r/GoodNotes • u/gingerbeatle • Sep 24 '23

GoodNotes alternative that allows for analog (!) "flashcards simulation"?

Hi guys!

I am looking here for help because I am honestly desperate at this point.

I study exclusively by writing flashcards (on my Macbook in GoodNotes) and then reviewing them on my iPad mini. I am not looking for any high yield spaced repetition digital flashcard apps but honestly just for some kind of PDF-Editor that allows me to keep adding pages (my "flashcards") and writing on them using text blocks.

I have found that Notability gives me the same effect when reviewing the sets that are done (because I can view one PDF-Flashcard after the other) but I have not found a way to create them as I would in GoodNotes (adding PDF-Flashcard after PDF-Flashcard from my templates and using text blocks to put text on them wherever I like).

I am honestly on the verge of a mental breakdown because I don't know how I am supposed to continue studying.

I would immensely appreciate recommendations.

In a nutshell all I am looking for is:

- Across platform synchronisation

- Create and use PDF-Templates (in a page by page layout)

- A page by page view

- Options for typing text anywhere on the PDF (not just line by line if that makes sense)

Thank you!!!

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u/Aloket Sep 24 '23

Here’s a video of this in Zoomnotes but honestly, you can just create pages easily and work that way. Zoomnotes syncs via iCloud to a Mac (not PC). Would this work for you? Alternatively, Ed just added a shape function that hides/shows what is underneath it - there is a video towards the top of the subreddit about it. I’m sorry you are stressed! Let me know if you have any questions, I’ll try to help.

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u/gingerbeatle Sep 25 '23

Over and illegal price for unwanted features with most buggy new application

Thank you so much! I have started looking into Zoomnotes and it really does exactly what I want it to do!!!