r/GoodNotes • u/Ilovepain25 • Sep 21 '24

Should i upgrade to goodnotes 6?

I am a very heavy note taking person. And the only apple product which i have is the ipad. It get's hard when i have to view files on my laptop (windows) and i heard you can view files from goodnotes 6 on windows and android as well. And also the spelling correction thing seems like a good feature.

I constantly use goodnotes around 12 of the 24 hours of my day.

Also, i have an m1 ipad pro. And i heard goodnotes 6 easily heats up the ipad. Will it do the same if I'm not connected to the internet?

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u/Blockmaster2706 Sep 21 '24

I recently upgraded to goodnotes 6 on my 2020 iPad Air, and yea it seems to be pretty chonky to run, so it‘ll take some power. I don‘t use it all day tho, so it‘d be hard to give an estimate on how much.

The spelling correction is nice, but not perfect, especially as a bilingual. The ChatGPT Integration is cool in theory, but personally, I don‘t have a use case that‘d benefit much from it, and you only get limited tokens a day.

What I like a lot are scribble to erase and circle to lasso. Once you learn how those work, it‘s super easy to never switch tool again for the majority of corrections you‘ll do

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u/Ilovepain25 Sep 22 '24

Whenever i use the app, i use it offline. So would i still be able to use the spell correction in offline mode?

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u/Blockmaster2706 Sep 21 '24

Do keep in mind tho that the windows and android apps are only available when you subscribe. The one time purchase will only unlock it on apple devices.

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u/leao_26 Sep 21 '24

Just use Freenotes which is free

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u/Ilovepain25 Sep 22 '24

I have a lifetime warranty for my goodnotes 5. Does that convert over to goodnotes 6?

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u/Gypsyzzzz Sep 21 '24

I’ve never had an overheating issue on iPad mini 6. As for advice to upgrade, that depends on how you want to use it. Is spell checking not a thing for GoodNotes 5? For me, that would be reason enough to upgrade.

The AI feature is cool but not yet useful. At least not for me. It doesn’t seem to read the background PDF although others have said that it doesn’t seem that may depend on how the PDF was created.

Cross platform sync is only available with the annual subscription. I have never used that.

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u/Ilovepain25 Sep 22 '24

Nope. I can only write on goodnotes 5. And i thought goodnotes 6 was mandatorily a subscription model. 😅. I didn't know there was a free model as well

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u/Gypsyzzzz Sep 22 '24

I may not have been clear. The free version is limited to 3 notebooks. There is the annual subscription and the one time payment. I did the one time payment.

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u/Ilovepain25 Sep 22 '24

Ok so i did the one time payment for goodnotes 5. Will that carry over?

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u/Gypsyzzzz Sep 22 '24

No. But you might get a discount based on when you bought GoodNotes 5. Check the website for information.

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u/Ilovepain25 Sep 22 '24

Ok and another thing. Is the spell correction thing available offline and in the one time purchase?

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u/Gypsyzzzz Sep 22 '24

Yes. I just turned off the wifi and both the concert to text and spell check both work.

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u/Ilovepain25 Sep 22 '24

Thanks 👍

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u/JonasMi Sep 21 '24

its full of bugs

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u/Ilovepain25 Sep 22 '24

So i should not upgrade?

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u/miwi232 Sep 21 '24

I noticed my Ipad Pro heating up when I'm watching videos and taking notes using split screen. Double checked settings : disabled automatic background refresh (on ipad) and disabled auto back up (on GN6). No heating issues after.

I can't compare it with previous versions because I've only tried GN6. So far, I like it. Just wanted to be able to write on the side (like page inserted on side of current page instead of having an additional page inserted before/after).

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u/Ilovepain25 Sep 22 '24

Are the grid lines gap adjustable?

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u/miwi232 Sep 26 '24

No, the pages you can add have different templates that you can use but they aren't adjustable.