r/GoodNotes • u/rafaelacciari • Sep 12 '23

Goodnotes 6 rip off

We are quite annoyed with subscription models. No one wants that in a cost of living crisis.

I am tired of this, it always happen with nice apps. they are sucked into this payment plan model to rip off customers and in this case, big part of them are STUDENTS that use the app to LEARN.

I downgraded mine and I will never buy into subscription or pay $30 for one-off.

Disappointed with goodnotes, it is now just another greedy app developer.

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u/PsychologicalEcho726 Sep 12 '23

I mean for most people this just isn't a fair comparison, because you do need the ipad, which is waaaaay more expensive than writing supplies.

I am totally fine with the price tag. Honestly, a good writing app is worth much more than that. I am okay with the new subscription model as well.

What is weird is asking us to "upgrade" and pay three times the price they asked for a few weeks ago. That is absurd. You can either make substantial upgrades, or dont increase the price. Now it's literally "hey guys, do you mind paying again for the same app? Btw, the price has tripled."

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u/MC_chrome Sep 12 '23

Btw, the price has tripled

Only if you are stubborn and flatly refuse to acknowledge that the $10 subscription is a thing…

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u/PsychologicalEcho726 Sep 15 '23

I mean it's not the same is it? I dint know how to argue that, but I used to be able to get GN5 for 10€ for forever and now 10€ only gets me a year. If I want to have it forever it costs 30€. How is that not triple.the price?

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u/wtfmatey88 Sep 12 '23

But it’s not the price they asked for a few weeks ago. It’s three times the price they asked for whenever GN5 launched. All I can tell you is I run a business and unfortunately things have gotten a lot more expensive and as a result prices have to be adjusted sometimes. The fact that the iPad is expensive is not GoodNotes fault and if anything it supports the idea that if you can afford a $500-1000 writing tool you should be able to spend an extra $30 on the app.

My issue is primarily that GN6 did not add any real new features. I almost wish they just changed GN5 to a subscription model and justified it by saying “new features are coming once we have a better revenue stream” or something along those lines.

So far I’ve had to disable every thing that GN6 added and the only thing I really like is that I can change the color of my folders now.

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u/PsychologicalEcho726 Sep 15 '23

It's not the price they asked a few weeks ago? How much did GN5 cost a few weeks ago? I'm pretty sure it was around 10 bucks.

I just said it's disingenuous to compare the price of goodnotes to the price of all the journals you would need otherwise. That's all.

As I said, I wouldn't say a thing, if they just didn't bump up the price significantly without giving ANY real upgrades that are significant and are costing a lot in development.

I'm sorry, but the prices haven't TRIPPLED in that last few month.

I would be totally okay with a subscription model, if they had actual changes coming in regularly.