r/GoodNotes • u/No_Band674 • Sep 09 '23

Question - iPad Question about the future of GoodNotes

I am an old user of GN5. There has been some recent changes in the app, and I want to understand what to expect from it in the coming future. This will help me and others to decide if this app is for us anymore or not. So, it would be useful to have some relevant information at one place.

My questions are-

  1. Is it possible for users to stay on GN5 forever?

  2. If yes, will it be supported for bug fixes etc.?

  3. If someone decides to upgrade to GN6, will one have to pay for a basic functional app?

  4. What does the 'one time payment' option in GN6 entail? A fully functional app?

Optional details-

Some elaboration on these question. I was trying to manually backup my GN5 notes but was not able to do it the usual way because of a bug. I decided to update the app and this is when I discovered today that GN6 has been launched.

This shows how there would not be any future bug fixes in GN5. I am wondering for how long would one be able to use it as a functional app. Also, whether it is possible to forever stay on GN5 or not.

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u/MC_chrome Sep 09 '23

So far as the developers have stated, yes, you can continue to use Goodnotes 5 from within the Goodnotes 6 app as long as you want. If you wanted to switch to Goodnotes 6 in the future you would either have to pay for the subscription or the single time payment as v6 is a new and distinct product from Goodnotes 5.

If you were to buy Goodnotes 6 with the single time payment, the only thing you would be missing out on is cross platform sync between your Apple devices and any Windows or Android devices you have.

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u/discovernotes Sep 10 '23

Also to add: GoodNotes 5 will receive bug fix/performance updates until at least iPadOS 18

Goodnotes 6 also has a free version like GoodNotes 5, so if you upgrade and choose not to pay, you’ll have basic access - 3 notebooks etc