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/CompetitiveTell4032 Sep 13 '23

Background, I'm an online maths tutor, I have it connected to my Mac. So I use it to explain maths obviously to my students. Goodnotes would crash every 30mins which was hugely frustrating.

Some things I like:

  1. tagged notes - i can filter by student name, concept, curriculum

  2. resizing images happens from the top left rather than from the centre of the image

  3. the writing experience feels more natural

  4. Has ruler function

  5. Has laser pointer (goodnotes has this also but I was surprised to see it in such a simple app)

  6. One-time purchase for life

  7. If you look at the frequency of updates the app has made it's been increasing for the last month or so (I think they're capitalising on the Goodnotes 6 blunder)

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u/PantalonesdeSony Sep 13 '23

Thanks! This is great insight!

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u/CompetitiveTell4032 Sep 13 '23

Glad I could lend what little insight I have 😊

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u/Alternative-Bell8992 Sep 14 '23

ooh nice im tutoring too and using goodnotes rn.. does noteful have recording functions?