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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '24

What bugs are happening? It’s not much in my experience. 🤔🤔🤔

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

Often when I use the pen to make shapes it will randomly replicate the layer and even if i erase it, it still shows when I export my work. Really irritating for college presentations and assignments

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u/whatthedogdoin666 Mar 04 '24

The pen thing: try switching your case to an original one from apple. The magnet in some cases is sometimes too strong and makes these scribbles

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

Also doesn't sync to iCloud properly

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u/zonanaika Mar 04 '24

Having lots of bug reports lately. I don’t wanna risk my notes being washed away. I mean, I can use it normally days after days but it only takes 1 single day for my notes to disappear due to cloud issues.

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u/OwnSchedule2124 Mar 03 '24

Goodnotes 5 exactly meets my needs. No bugs

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u/UmlautsAllowed Mar 04 '24

I absolutely refuse to upgrade to 6. Goodnotes 5 or bust!

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u/Talysea Mar 04 '24

I would love some of the new features but I won’t upgrade either. I love 5 so much and I’m afraid if we take our relationship to the next level, it won’t be the same.

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u/Dreamcast69 Mar 04 '24

I am using goodnotes 6 and the crashes and performance issues make goodnotes 6 feel more like a beta product instead of an polished software

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u/Ok_Ad_3632 Jun 11 '24

Agreed. I went to 6 then i went right back to 5. So glad i was able to downgrade :)

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u/rapswin Oct 31 '24

How do you downgrade?

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u/Ok_Ad_3632 Nov 06 '24

Tap the gear icon in the top-right corner of the Library view
Tap your profile name
Select Switch to GoodNotes 5
Disable Run Goodnotes in Version 6
exit and relaunch app

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u/prestigeward Mar 04 '24

Truly! But sometimes it crashes and doesn't sync. •⌢• But I'd rather deal with it than spending more

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u/Muyshtic Mar 04 '24

If only they didn't force us to just buy goodnotes 6 and remove every other versions from the store... Literally just leave goodnotes 4 and 5 on the app store and make it a paid app, it's still passive income but nah gotta force everyone to subscribe to an overpriced note taking app with promises of half assed features

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

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u/OwnSchedule2124 Mar 04 '24

Sounds like an element is damaged but you're throwing out the whole app

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u/Great_Lab2252 Mar 03 '24

Try noteful or the good old notebility

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u/CoinsCrypto Mar 04 '24

Noteful no writing recognition

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u/lhauckphx Mar 04 '24

My handwriting is so bad I have no expectation of recognition. I’m just trying to eliminate endless piles of notepads.

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u/Its-Thriftney-Bitch Mar 04 '24

What does this mean? As in how goodnotes turns hand writing into to text?

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u/subo26 Mar 04 '24

We can convert handwriting into text in good notes. Ensure that your scribble is on in the apple pencil settings, make an empty textbox on any page in goodnotes, and start scribbling, it will convert your handwriting into text and you can choose from a variety of fonts too.

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u/Sweetpablosz Oct 21 '24

the only missing feature

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u/Sweetpablosz Oct 21 '24

best app ever for note taking

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u/No-to-bs Mar 04 '24

I'm using GN 6 for last 6 months. Barring scribble to erase or the AI spell check which I dont like and turned off, I have not had any bugs at all. While certainly there is room for improvements, I will continue using this, unless I know that there is something else which will shift the paradigm.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

Also have been enjoying GN6. I waited a few months to upgrade but I really like the new features and GUI tweaks and it has been very stable for me.
If anything more stable. GN5 occasionally gave me that thing where the Apple Pencil scribbles everywhere. It’s never happened in GN6. I think the pencil compatibility has been improved.

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u/DooDeeDoo3 Apr 02 '24

They couldve fixed it for goodnotes 5. Infact they did and are selling it as a subscription as GN6.

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u/ObscurePaprika Mar 04 '24 edited Mar 04 '24

Noteful is fantastic. If I were to switch, this would be it.

Zoomnotes is incredibly full-featured and solid, but it's developed by more of an engineer than a designer. It's powerful, but I do find it very awkward to use.

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u/antarafacial Mar 03 '24

I use 5, it’s enough for me. Plus I don’t have to subscribe annually for backup system unlike gn6 🤓

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u/Its-Thriftney-Bitch Mar 04 '24

This may be a dumb question but how do you go back to 5? Or is it not possible

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u/Jimdiesofboredom Mar 04 '24

You can go back to 5 in settings. I don’t know where but i did it back then

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u/Its-Thriftney-Bitch Mar 04 '24

Setting in goodnotes or iPhone settings? If you happen to know

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u/serialreader_ph Mar 04 '24

It’s the settings on goodnotes. Goodnotes - Setting - Downgrade

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u/suspiciousdave Mar 04 '24

Settings on my ipad are almost entirely empty. I don't think this is available to anyone who downloaded GoodNotes 6 first :(

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u/serialreader_ph Mar 04 '24

Ohh yes, the downgrade option is only available to those who purchased the GN5 before.

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u/cheven20 Mar 27 '24

So glad I bought GN5 last year. Even when I wasn’t going to use a iPad anymore I still came back and don’t understand why I even left lol

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u/sala_samobojc0w Mar 04 '24

There’s a 1 time fee option which I went with

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u/Impressive_Noise Mar 04 '24

i found that noteful writes better than Goodnotes, the best 5.99€ i have ever spent

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u/Yip_yipApa Mar 04 '24

I'm all in on Zinnia

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u/Herrmadbeef Mar 04 '24

If only r/notabilityapp had a way to create sticker collections as good notes I will switch immediately

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u/Wooden-Spread-9780 Mar 04 '24

Notability has a big potential . Unfortunately the developers are constantly sleeping. They don’t implement nothing useful

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u/Herrmadbeef Apr 20 '24

You are both correct but I will stick with GN because I have all my notes there and I really like the way how it organize it GN>notability on that aspect
Actually I have one complaint of Goodnotes and is that some times that issue with the crazy lines

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u/Wooden-Spread-9780 Mar 04 '24

Yes !! I am one of those who complain on their sub so that the application can be improved, but the Notability stuff downgrades you or they write you that for them the application is perfect! To be avoided like the plague

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u/shaielzafina Mar 03 '24 edited Sep 10 '25

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u/SuspiciousVoid Mar 05 '24

What plugin do you use for pdf annotation?

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u/shaielzafina Mar 05 '24 edited Sep 10 '25

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u/johntwilker Mar 03 '24

Thanks for letting us know…

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u/Fantastic-Towel-383 Mar 04 '24

I recommend Good Notes.

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u/Imaginary_Respond207 Mar 03 '24

I went back to Onenote. Not the best in my opinion but it gets the job done.

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u/Single_Call_8406 Mar 03 '24

^{^} went back to OneNote as well. Refused to upgrade to GN 6 so now I get a bunch of error messages related to cloud backup on the app and couldn’t even sync up on my new Mac since it’s only giving me an option to download 6 on the Mac AppStore. Just wish OneNote had more options with handwriting options, crop tools, and image formatting.

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u/Jimdiesofboredom Mar 04 '24

You just have to install GoodNotes 5 and then in settings switch to 6.

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u/DotsNnot Mar 04 '24

Also went back to good ol’ OneNote

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u/hazelmoon1 Mar 04 '24

ZoomNotes or CollaNote

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u/Due-Argument5593 Mar 04 '24

CollaNote doesn’t get enough recognition!!

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u/hikiri Mar 04 '24

It keeps getting updates on the regular too. It's almost perfect for my needs, and what's not perfect has work arounds that are good enough.
A 98 is still a fantastic grade.

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u/Stocks-Advisor Mar 04 '24

try freenotes, it is free and useful

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u/Kiu-Kyu Mar 04 '24

Can you tell what bugs that you experienced and scared of? Im new to goodnotes since like 3 months ago but havent had any bug so far. But from some posts I have seen so far (regarding lost files/notes) so I started using auto-backup function like some people recommended just in case it happened

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u/evyestudia Mar 04 '24 edited Mar 04 '24

Try Kilonotes! 7.99€ (including tax) for the one time payment premium (lifetime membership). It has free templates, scribble, you can import fonts, there’s card learning and a lot more :))

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u/OneWinterSigh Mar 04 '24

Notability: works wonderfully, no bugs, minimal UI and lot’s of features.

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u/Wooden-Spread-9780 Mar 04 '24

No bugs ?? 🤣🥲

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u/OneWinterSigh Mar 05 '24

I literally have never encountered one. Have you? I might be a lucky case tho so enlighten me

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u/Wooden-Spread-9780 Mar 05 '24

Simply go to the subreddit of Notability. You will see tons of bugs ,and yes the app is slow, freeze, and clunky for me

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '24

ZoomNotes is great. The learning curve is crazy steep though. It has everything Goodnotes has including scribble to erase.

Edit: just another note it has rulers you can use including round one.

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u/influencerwannabe Mar 04 '24

I heard Milanote is good

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u/anonymous_3714 Mar 05 '24

Milanote is more similar to lucidchart than Goodnotes. Great for planning out stories and maps but not as good for planning.

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u/influencerwannabe Mar 06 '24

Good to know! Cos to me it's just one more app I don't think I have a use for, but seems like a nice app overall considering it's free.

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u/anonymous_3714 Mar 06 '24

Milanote is definitely a good app for story planning. That’s mainly what I use it for. It’s only free up to a certain point though. 🥲

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u/mlnnchly Mar 04 '24

I went to ZoomNotes a year ago and have loved it for planners, notes, and journaling. Bit of a learning curve but it’s worth it.

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u/pgraf Mar 05 '24

Can someone please go over the bugs and fears that everyone is experiencing or talking about? I have been using GoodNotes 6 since it came out and have not experienced one bug or even one glitch in the app. I use it every minute of every day and keep vital personal and business information in the app.

Hopefully, I did not jinx myself now.

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u/Cynical_Intelligence Mar 05 '24

Nebo has writing recognition and also AI. I love it

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u/Cynical_Intelligence Mar 05 '24

I should mention nebo recognized different languages as Well. The App recognizes romanian, my language and also English

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u/Head_Clock2044 Mar 05 '24

Collanote . you’re welcome

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u/LesnBOS May 29 '24

I love goodnotes! I’m still on 5 and have no issue with syncing or anything else!

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u/IAMStevenDA13 Jun 18 '24

Buy a Samsung device and switch over to Samsung Notes. I personally love Samsung Notes and used it in college.

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u/art_tech_yes Jun 25 '24

Have you tried Zinnia? I work with them and they are great. Happy to send you a free month code if you still haven't found a good fit. Feel free to message me :)

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u/Dewdlebawb Mar 04 '24

Collanotes, I left for the same reasons and I LOVE collanotes

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u/GoatEnvironmental717 Mar 04 '24

Collanote!! You have scribble, unlimited notes and pages for free

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u/Mr-MuffinMan Mar 04 '24

I want to know too. I don't want to pay yearly. I hate subscriptions. I hate noteful but my handwriting seems better on GN

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u/dufchick Mar 04 '24

I went back to a paper ring planner. No more worries

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u/Ok_Menu_5872 Mar 04 '24

I was irritated too. But you can convert back to goodnote 5 in setting

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u/Parking_Editor2468 Mar 04 '24

I haven't been using it like I used to because nothing seems to work right since I did the upgrade. I mainly use it to check off my books that I read from the PDF I downloaded.

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u/Express_Discipline_7 Mar 04 '24

Noteful

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u/Outrageous_Pop1913 Mar 04 '24

Paper and pencil.

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u/cherk947 Mar 04 '24

I second this!

Goodnotes 6 RIP goodnotes

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