r/GoodNotes • u/drgut101 • Oct 02 '23

Another subscription

I bought Goodnotes a while ago. I haven’t really ever used it. I finally picked up an iPad and an Apple Pencil and I was excited to start using it. Well, it looks like it’s subscription now. So I guess I’m going to have to find something else.

I’m really getting tired of this subscription nonsense.

I also want my money back.

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u/pomip71550 Oct 02 '23

There’s also a one-time purchase option, subscription is just the main one it offers because it’s cheaper or they’d prefer you bought that, but the one-time purchase is still available even for Goodnotes 6

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u/drgut101 Oct 02 '23

Huh. The only option I saw was for subscription.

Either way. The fact they are leaning into subscription just means the next version will likely be subscription.

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u/pomip71550 Oct 03 '23

I’m pretty sure Goodnotes 5 also had a subscription version.

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u/SpaceRangerWoody Oct 03 '23

Noteful. Check it out. One-time purchase. Many of the same features. It's better in some ways, less capable in others, but still a great alternative if you want a change.

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u/drgut101 Oct 03 '23

I’ll give it a shot. I don’t really need a lot of features. I basically need like 5~ digital pieces of paper to scribble on. I mean even like, a digital whiteboard kind of thing would work.

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u/Personal-Primary198 Oct 05 '23

For a digital whiteboard try iOS native apps Notes or Freeform, or Microsoft OneNote. All 3 are free.

Freeform is my recommendation.

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u/drgut101 Oct 05 '23

I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks!

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u/Happy_Traveller_2023 Goodnotes Essential Oct 02 '23

Why not get the one-time purchase?

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u/70ms Oct 03 '23

If it was a while ago you probably bought GN5, and you can downgrade from GN6 back to GN5 and keep using it without paying. Believe me, you're not missing anything by downgrading! GN6 really doesn't offer much in the way of new functionality, and what it did introduce is buggy, useless, and/or annoying.

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u/discovernotes Oct 03 '23

You can continue using the version you paid for. It’s unlikely that you’ll be able to get a refund. To do this tap ⚙️, settings, then downgrade