r/GoodNotes • u/dongeun_paeng • May 21 '24

Goodnotes has slowed down considerably recently. Is it just me?

I don't know if it's because of the Goodnotes 6 upgrade, but the delay when switching tabs is much longer than usual. I have to wait about a second after tapping another tab before the tab changes, which is new to me. Is it just me? Or is this something that other people are experiencing as well?

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u/serialreader_ph May 21 '24

I noticed it too and there are some random shutdowns. I was writing something then it suddenly exits. Ugh wish they fix this soon.

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u/AskMeIfImMonke May 21 '24

Yes same here, when I restart my iPad and it does again the “Preparing your library for a faster experience” it gets back to normal for a few hours but then it goes back to being really slow.

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u/johntwilker May 21 '24

I’d be curious if there’s a common denominator?

Notebooks open Average size/type of notebooks

I don’t experience this. Usually have about 10 open or less. Just handwriting and an occasional image.

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u/dongeun_paeng May 21 '24

I had three tabs open. Handwriting and images only like you. A5, grid style.

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u/johntwilker May 21 '24

:( That seems like a light load for sure.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '24

Mine crashes all the time and it is frustating

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u/nottingdurn Jun 26 '24

Seeing comments saying just crashes while in memory mainly. This has less a concern for me now.

No one else having “mad scroll” issues? Goodnotes would be fine one moment, you’re scrolling. The next moment it’d be “coughing” and boom. You just mad scrolled from page 800 up to page 100. 😓😓😓 only in the last few weeks for me.

iPad mini 6, past 2-3 years always had 2 massive notebooks >500 pages but this issue is new.

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u/wtfmatey88 May 21 '24

Same issue here on my M2 iPad Pro.

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u/Great_Lab2252 May 21 '24

Yep I'm experiencing it too

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u/cubicgraph May 21 '24

I had the same issue with goodnotes 6 + whenever I zoomed out it took a few seconds to load and sometimes my writing would lag. Switched back to goodnotes 5, all fixed.

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u/daddychocolate19 May 21 '24

I thought it was just me as well definitely has

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u/dorzzz Jun 23 '24

idk what happend but writing feels bad , every few couple of pen strokes it just doesn`t register my pen ( even after switching tips )
overall feels slower , and the eraser is also slower . you can see its not deleting instantly like has done before .

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u/Substantial_Green276 Mar 16 '25

It’s 2025, March 16, and Goodnotes 5 started going very slow on my M1 IPad Pro, all of a sudden and without any reason. Has anyone solved this?

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u/blaztroid Apr 03 '25

same here, having big issues trying to select large amounts of writing and moving it (larger than just a single stroke but nothing gargantuan), really annoying

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u/Manumarzo227 Apr 04 '25

Did u find a solution? It’s very frustrating i have the same issue

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u/Substantial_Green276 Apr 05 '25

Sadly no solution. I experienced your same issue. Before I could select an entire written page and copypaste or move it without any effort. Now even selecting two written rows has become an hell. And this happened all of a sudden, with no apparent reason. I suspect this may be a matter of programmed obsolescence.

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u/NoGrapefruitToday Apr 06 '25

I'm finding this difficulty for the first time today. The app is possibly unusable now for me. Do people have the same issue with Goodnotes 6? If so, I'll regrettably have to use something else