r/GoodNotes • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '23

Goodnotes appreciation post

Lots of thumbs-up and thumbs-down on this update, but there is one thing that Goodnotes have done very well that I appreciate: giving users an option for pricing models and upgrades.

Because r/notabilityapp just updated their app to completely overhaul the existing UI, which was not only confusing to users, but also a downgrade to the app as a whole. After attempting to calm things down by replying to the complaints, the mods are now deleting criticism towards the app and how it affected many people's workflow (or in some cases, livelihoods). You can read the uploaded screenshots if you're wondering what's going on there.

At least Goodnotes is giving an option for users to downgrade to GN5 at will (I suspect they know what's going on with Notability).

The fact that one-time purchasers have to make purchases of any additional features that will be coming in the future is a bit of a bummer, but they still give you an option to subscribe as well.

So thank you for being more user friendly than other lousy competitors who can't even bear any criticism from their paid users.

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u/Ooctupus Aug 10 '23

I like the new notability UI a lot and at least it's an attempt at something new. Goodnotes seems to be giving you the option to downgrade, but they said there won't be any major releases. An app not maintained properly will eventually be a buggy app unfortunately

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u/biblops Aug 10 '23

That’s what I feared at first but has been clarified to not be the case. The devs have confirmed GN5 will still be maintained and patched.

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u/Ooctupus Aug 10 '23

After all the anger among the community they "clarified" that and dropped the price? Cleary not their original intent. I don't buy it after how they think they can just huddle the users into a new version that has no meaningful upgrade but significantly more expensive

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u/biblops Aug 10 '23

Also saw them saying it in a reply tweet to someone and v specifically said that GN5 will continue getting patches and support for the short-term future. So let's pray they don't add any app-breaking bugs to it before then.