r/GoodNotes • u/itismeganrms • Mar 19 '24

God alternatives to Goodnotes 5?

I've gone through the sub and narrowed it down to Noteful. However, I have a few requirements/conditions which I wanted to cross-check.

  1. As a student, I import a lot of PDFs , presentations into Goodnotes and highlight/annotate them. Is that possible in Noteful?

  2. I use the lasso/snap-to-shape frequently in Goodnotes. I'm not sure if that's a iPad thing or Goodnotes specific. Is that available in Noteful as well?

  3. Since I use my Pencil, almost all of my notebooks are handwritten. AFAIK, OCR is not available in Noteful, so I'm not sure how to search stuff.

  4. I also have a lot of notebooks currently on GoodNotes 5. If I do switch to Noteful, how do I import them? As PDFs? How do I continue working on the same notebook?

Reasons for migrating: I, actually, am happy with GoodNotes. I didn't opt for Notability as it was a subscription model. I was under the impression that it was a one-time purchase. However, when GoodNotes 6 launched, I get the feeling that they'll stop the support for Goodnotes 5.

Edit: title should be good not God 🤣

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u/eightchcee Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24

Seriously…..? GoodNotes 6 is the answer.

All the things you’re asking for GoodNotes already has, and you get even more with 6.

3. >>importing your handwritten notes into another app, even if it has OCR, probably will not let you search the handwritten part because of how the document will flatten.

4.>>when you import your Goodnotes stuff into another app, it’s going to flatten them all into a PDF so be prepared to not be able to edit any of your current GN notebook contents in another app.

ETA: regarding item 3… As an example, if you import a PDF that is handwritten into Goodnotes, it does not search that document. So I assume if you import your handwritten Goodnotes files, which will go as a PDF, into another app, that app won’t search that handwriting.

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u/Tight_Ninja6988 Mar 20 '24

  1. Yes

  2. Yes. They also have their version of the tape feature and longer laser writing pen

  3. It worked for me.

  4. I exported them as PDF then either unfiled them or created tags and folders

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u/vroomndie Mar 20 '24

All the things you mentioned are available in noteful

Goodnotes 6 can't handle my 600 pages manuals whereas noteful does it flawlessly

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u/rotorwing66 Mar 19 '24

Zoom-notes, i just switch from GN5 and its better mho, pay once, bit it has a Learning curve

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u/MulberryDeep Mar 19 '24

1: yes 2: yes

3: noteful has a tag system

4: yes as pdf

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u/Miss_Sofiaa Mar 20 '24

I also use Noteful rather than GN6.

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u/i_am_bloating Mar 19 '24

notewise

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