Goodnotes has always been the place to capture your ideas — from quick notes to big plans. Now, it goes further. With powerful AI and new ways to capture information, Goodnotes helps you connect the dots, unlock insights, and turn ideas into action.
*Existing Goodnotes 5 users can continue to use Goodnotes 5 indefinitely or upgrade to the new Goodnotes. Either way, your notes are safe!*
For professionals: Increase productivity at work
■ Whiteboard + Goodnotes AI: One of our most requested features — brainstorm, mind-map, and diagram freely on an infinite canvas that grows with your ideas. Enhanced diagramming tools and real-time collaboration make it easy for teams to workshop, ideate, and problem-solve together, while Goodnotes AI helps you capture and organize key takeaways instantly.
■ Goodnotes AI Audio & Meetings: Stay fully present in every conversation while Goodnotes does the work for you. AI-powered transcription and live summarization automatically capture discussions and structure them into clear meeting minutes. After the meeting, merge transcripts with your own notes to create polished, shareable documents in seconds.
■ Text Documents + AI: Create documents that think with you. Enjoy a superior typing experience with rich inline blocks, build on ideas with external insights, and collaborate seamlessly with teammates. With AI-powered summarization, automated note generation, and transcript support, you can turn rough notes and meetings into finished content faster than ever.
■ Present your notes, slides, and content directly from Goodnotes when you connect your device via AirPlay or HDMI to an external screen.
■ Use Laser Pointer to guide your audience’s attention during your presentation.
■ Export your notes to email, print, or share them anywhere as PDFs.
■ Send a link to your notebooks to work on the same notes directly — perfect for asynchronous work or collaborative brainstorming.
■ Import documents by emailing them to your custom Goodnotes email.
For students: Ace your exams with ease
■ Record audio notes that are magically synced to the moment you write — perfect for lectures or presentations.
■ Search and instantly find any of your notes from any class.
■ Study and practice straight from your notes with Study Sets — flashcards built on active recall and spaced repetition.
■ Use AI to summarize, shorten, change the tone of your words, and perfect your typed text.
For planners: Let your creativity flow
■ Customize the size and color of your paper templates to create the template you want.
■ Add, create, or import stickers, stamps, washi tapes, images, and more
Digital notebooks: unlimited notebooks for the price of a single physical one.
■ Combine handwriting and typed text on one page, alongside images, stickers, diagrams, and doodles.
■ Create digital notebooks with customizable paper templates, including Blank Paper, Ruled Paper, Cornell Paper, Checklists, Planners, and more.
■ Navigate long documents with ease. PDF tables of contents are automatically imported; or create custom outlines yourself.
■ Back up all your notes to Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive, and use iCloud to sync across iPad, iPhone, and Mac — so your notes are always safe.
■ Edit your writing by resizing it, changing the text color, or moving it to another spot on the page.
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This digital notepad and PDF markup tool covers all the bases. Create notes with your keyboard or Apple Pencil: the app transforms your hand-drawn shapes into perfect ones, and can even convert your handwriting to text.
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fidanhummatli13
The app name itself already sounds well! It is my first time using it!I am obsessed already! I have used less paper to throw now! Now it is better because it is less wasting paper which causes them to cut the trees for us. I love it thank you! And I have improved my grades too! Thank you GoodNotes. Have a great day! 💖
An icon is missing
saulgoodman999
In goodnotes 5 i was constantly using the feature that allowed to hide the tools bar and let me just view the document without any interruptions. And it allowed me to scroll through the document with my fingers. Now in goodnotes6 there’s to icon like that. It was like a pencil, which was either crossed, or it was like drawing and there was a circle. I’m really disappointed that there’s no feature like that anymore. And it’s hard to use the app like that, cause if i dont wanna use my pencil and scroll with fingers, i use the keyboard mode, which is very uncomfortable. Sometimes it opens the keyboard. Cause it thinks that i wanna type something. But i was just scrolling. Anyway, there’s so much more to add to the app. Things that would be so much more significant, that the ai function
The problems after updating the app
Inniie_06
I’ve been using this app for 4 years and it has always been an essential part of my studies. However, after the recent update, the interface has become much less comfortable to use. I thought I would get used to it, but the app now lags constantly.The handwriting tool no longer writes smoothly — the pen strokes appear broken, and sometimes I can’t even write a full word properly. When I try to insert images, they either duplicate multiple times or I can’t move or resize them at all. I often have to completely close and reopen the app just to continue working.I also tried to submit a problem report through the app, but it kept crashing and closing, so I couldn’t even report the issue properly.Please, improve the performance and stability. This app used to work wonderfully and supported me through my studies for years, but now it has become very difficult to use. I really hope the experience is restored to what it used to be.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. For further assistance or to share your feedback, please contact us at https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. Or share your suggestions in our Customer Suggestions portal https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274. Learn more about Upcoming Improvements https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/14029000789519. Thank you for helping us shape Goodnotes into something better!
* Introduced Quick Diagramming. Tap any edge dot on a selected shape to instantly create a connected node and build flowcharts without switching tools.
* Connectors now automatically switch to a cleaner route when shapes are repositioned. Added the ability to add and remove control points on Connector paths for more precise editing.
* Added keyboard shortcuts for Text Document, including inline code, subscript, superscript, block quote, bulleted and numbered lists, to-do/checklist, add comment, paste without formatting, and table cell navigation.
* Fixed several visual polish issues across dialogs, coachmarks, and Search empty states under Liquid Glass.
* Fixed an issue where certain Vietnamese characters didn't display correctly when previewing files to import.
* Fixed an issue that could cause the app to hang during launch on some iPad models, and for users with a lot of saved preferences.
* Restored "More from Templates" in the Add Page menu for Education users.
* Fixed a rare crash during the erasure flow on shared iPad devices in Classroom, and added extra safeguards to keep student and teacher notes separate.
* Education: Fixed the Ask Classroom button text being truncated, and the Search result bar moving from the bottom of the screen in Teaching mode.
* Fixed a visual glitch where shrinking a shape containing text could leave ghosting on the canvas.
* Fixed an issue where the Lasso object menu could stop appearing after using circle-to-lasso.
* Fixed an issue where the Laser tool could get stuck.
* Fixed an issue with context menu ordering on iPhone when using long press.
* Fixed an issue where accepting an org invite while already a member could show a misleading error.
* General bug fixes and stability improvements.
Version 7.1.12
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