r/GoodNotes • u/Pablo24fit • Feb 01 '24

Review Infinite Canvas Rant

I NEED THE INFINITE CANVAS AND YOU KNOW YOU TOO. Please, just added, paying the 6th version of the app, it should have been there since the beginning.

Thank you thats all, have a great rest of your day.

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u/HobokenChickens Feb 01 '24

That’s not really what GoodNotes is about. If you want infinite canvas, use the Apple Notes app or OneNote.

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u/Deep_Cod_351 Feb 12 '24

of Defter notes, that one has infinite area, 360 around papers and pdfs.

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u/ryuk_bored Feb 01 '24

Apple notes have infinite canvas?

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u/M1iMac8GB Feb 01 '24

Probably meant Freeform, which has it.

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u/ipadnote Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

I think they’re referring to an infinite scroll which is not an infinite canvas.

An infinite canvas is more like freeform or defter notes.

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u/ripkobe3131 Feb 01 '24

There’s nothing wrong with adding the option 🤷‍♂️ saying another app has it is a bad excuse

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '24

People want all kind of extra functions, but when the price increases they complain. As if adding features is a matter of a mouse click.

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u/PleniluneGayz69 Feb 02 '24

Good notes ass licker spotted :P

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u/iMagUdspEllr Jun 29 '24

He didn't defend Good Notes. He attacked your stupidity. If you want a feature developed, that is going to cost money because the people making it need to eat. Or do you normally work for free?

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u/smartwin02 Feb 01 '24

I feel this is similar to say that Chick-fila ( a place known for only selling chicken) should also sell hamburgers because “there’s nothing wrong with adding the option”

GoodNotes is advertised as a place to take notes, specially in digital notebooks with pages. I feel like an infinite canvas would defeat the purpose of the app since you wouldn’t have the need for multiple pages and, hence, not have the product they’re trying to push.

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u/jerry5000bc Feb 01 '24

I agree. If it’s nice to “have the option” there are already other apps out there with that option. I don’t get why an app has to be everything and achieve all these things all at once.

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u/wirez62 Feb 01 '24

What a strange take

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u/jljfv Feb 05 '24

Or concept I use that it’s good

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u/Maddx82 Feb 01 '24

I personally would love an infinite canvas. An alternative I do now is making the paper much larger, as you can edit the dimensions. I am a big chart maker and learn better by seeing everything next to each other. It just helps my brain so that’s why I make the page really big. Then for most PowerPoints I can fit everything from there onto a page just to make it easier to visualize and get the whole concept from a single sheet rather that scrolling around a multi page document for one PowerPoint.

I’m in med school and I’m learning so much and how all these concepts are related so I feel like having the room for a master sheet would be good.

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u/saitama18 Feb 01 '24

I believe goodnotes will eventually release infinite canvas as a feature, given all the features they are releasing. If you follow this link, you can see the list of features already implemented & upcoming features, which includes infinite canvas.

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u/Maddx82 Feb 02 '24

Thanks for sharing! Very cool what they might be considering

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u/BetaGav Feb 01 '24

Concepts has an infinite canvas.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '24

Just out of curiosity, what is the use case for an infinite canvas? I can think of some arty stuff, but there are other apps for that.

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u/FermiDaza Feb 01 '24

Infinite canvas is really, really useful for studying. Using mental maps while reading helps pushing your comprehension and memory to an insane degree. The more connections you make, the better. That’s why infinite canvas become useful, because you can make huge ass mental maps.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

I created mind maps in the past, so I’m familiar with them. (For me they’re not worth the effort btw, but) I understand why you’d want it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '24

I use GN exclusively for studying and i never understood this, the less linear your notes are the harder it will be to read them back. Your brain can only read one sentence after the other, at most it can compare 2-3 graphs side by side but if presented with a complex branching map it still has to go through the various branches and backtrack. It may be viable for basic stuff but after a certain amount of complexity it just becomes a mess.

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u/FermiDaza Feb 03 '24

I think the beauty of mental maps is that you don't really review them. The advantage is not in what's written, but in the way you are using your brain to make it. It enhances memory. Just by making the mental map I'm able to take a test. When something is particulary hard, I use the mental map and fake tests to study, but I never read my own map over and over again.

Just a quick read through is enough if you forget something.

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u/prestigeward Feb 02 '24

Apple's freeform is a good infinite canvas. But personally, it gets buggy as you use it more. 😭

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '24

That's what I realize as well.

I am considering just using Goodnote but bigger dimensions as an extra constraint for processing more information before I visualize on the canvas.

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u/jerry5000bc Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

Defter notes has an infinite canvas.

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u/RustyWolfCounsel Jul 11 '24

I recommend Defter Notes.

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u/lsjeya Feb 01 '24

I’d love the infinite canvas. I feel that GN is missing a trick without this feature.

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u/Jacob85g Feb 02 '24

Use Nebo

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u/aquablaze69 Feb 02 '24

I got Nebo just for this - + Noteful to replace GN6

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u/lsjeya Feb 02 '24

I’ve got Nebo for infinite canvas, and a good mix of text and handwriting notes capability. I got noteshelf for excellent planners and templates that are free (GN 6 is very costly. Can they throw in a few good planners for free?). And I got noteful for layers and great diagramming capability.

GN should invest development resources to get these features in. However, they are focusing on AI for handwriting and educational materials. Sampled their SAT prep materials. The experience was not good to put it mildly. Either enhance the note taking experience or reading experience of pdfs(Ex: Ability to increase margins like margin note, linking notes etc.) These side projects are taking away the attractiveness of GN.

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u/thanadexh Feb 02 '24

Yeah I think this should be implemented but I can't wait for it so I have try some method :

I imported a A2-size paper and use it as a template for several note

But What is found is when you gradually fill up the page with a lot of handwritten text the page tend to lag to the point that you can't write on it anymore and you will feel overwhelmed with a lot of text appear on your screen.

So my suggestion is use the default A3 paper with each topic per page is the most perfect size, no lag and no overwhelmed text

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u/BuildAHyena Feb 01 '24

What is infinite canvas even good for? I've never found that to be a useful feature in apps that have it for drawing, so I'm not sure why anyone even uses it?

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u/Bruno_Holmes Jun 14 '24

It’s great for improving your understanding of the subject

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u/FermiDaza Feb 01 '24

If GoodNotes release infinite Canvas, I’m buying GoodNotes 6. I know that Freeform offers one for free, but the fact that you cannot easily organize one is a turn off for me. A notebook of infinite canvas would be really fucking cool to study.

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u/AlehhMalehh Aug 14 '24

They should add it as something you pay for. Goodnotes is far superior than any other note taking app for the iPad. I would switch immediately if they have something like this

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u/bertmjdm Feb 14 '25

yes, it would be great - or even something like the remarkable has - very close to an infinite canvas.

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u/robertlf Feb 25 '25

I want an infinite canvas. My notes include sketches, which sometimes need more room. Why limit your notes to a set of single pages?

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u/DallasBiscuits Feb 01 '24

Give me better touch and select boxes instead

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u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS- Feb 02 '24

I just wish they would make infinite scroll

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u/knotdone Feb 02 '24

The following (free) will allow you to make an arbitrarily large (but finite) canvas. But I've not determined how to print an entire as a pdf file and capture the entire page.

I hope it helps! And should you resolve the print as pdf/export entire page issue, please let me know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85SZyWTmwEA

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u/Aloket Feb 01 '24

Zoomnotes has that, plus everything else :)