Medical student :
Until the recent updates, GoodNotes was an excellent tool for studying, especially for students who work with both English and other language. The app handled mixed left-to-right and right-to-left text smoothly and intuitively, which made it comfortable and efficient to use.
Unfortunately, after the latest update, this behavior has significantly changed.
Text direction is no longer handled correctly:
• Mixed English and Hebrew text is reordered incorrectly
• Bullet points and punctuation appear on the wrong side
• Writing structured notes (lists, headings, summaries) has become frustrating and time-consuming
I am not alone in this. Many of my fellow medical students experience the same issue, and we all feel that the app has become much less usable than it used to be. What was once a smooth and reliable study tool now disrupts our workflow and makes note-taking unnecessarily difficult.
This feels like a clear regression compared to previous versions, and it is genuinely disappointing, especially given how essential GoodNotes is for academic use.
We sincerely hope that you are aware of this issue and that restoring proper RTL/LTR handling (or giving users control over text direction) is being considered in future updates.
Thank you for taking the time to read this feedback.
We truly hope GoodNotes can return to the level of usability it once had.
Medical student :
Until the recent updates, GoodNotes was an excellent tool for studying, especially for students who work with both English and other language. The app handled mixed left-to-right and right-to-left text smoothly and intuitively, which made it comfortable and efficient to use.
Unfortunately, after the latest update, this behavior has significantly changed.
Text direction is no longer handled correctly:
• Mixed English and Hebrew text is reordered incorrectly
• Bullet points and punctuation appear on the wrong side
• Writing structured notes (lists, headings, summaries) has become frustrating and time-consuming
I am not alone in this. Many of my fellow medical students experience the same issue, and we all feel that the app has become much less usable than it used to be. What was once a smooth and reliable study tool now disrupts our workflow and makes note-taking unnecessarily difficult.
This feels like a clear regression compared to previous versions, and it is genuinely disappointing, especially given how essential GoodNotes is for academic use.
We sincerely hope that you are aware of this issue and that restoring proper RTL/LTR handling (or giving users control over text direction) is being considered in future updates.
Thank you for taking the time to read this feedback.
We truly hope GoodNotes can return to the level of usability it once had.