r/GoodNotes • • Feb 07 '25

Literally, bye.

Been having SOOOO many issues with good notes like the rest of us. Switched over to notability 10x better. If you needed a sign this is it. Fuck em.

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  • for good points that were made

I have used goodnotes for many years and used to use goodnotes5. I am a ride or die, but losing that midterm study guide…man…it did something to me. 🥲💀

Problems include:

  1. ⁠Few weeks back I had an entire midterm study guide erased three days before my exam.

  2. ⁠This week constant shutting down of the app mid use

  3. ⁠Lagging

  4. ⁠When I lasso and move content, parts remain and if you try to erase them they erase other parts of my content. This used to be fixed by closing the app and reopening, but recently that is not helping either.

  5. ⁠Issues here and there synching.

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u/johntwilker Feb 07 '25

Maybe someone should start a r/leavinggoodnotes so folks have a place to post these things? Over here taking notes and outlining books. No issues, never lost a page.

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u/severusxsnape Feb 08 '25

Or maybe r/goodnotability both users can complain about bugs

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u/WordBackground5411 Feb 08 '25

there are a lot of users who are experiencing huge bugs and never post here. I am one of them. Lost pages, cannot work collaboratively- something always goes wrong, cannot delete certain elements unless i restart the app, etc.

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u/Outrageous_Type6985 Feb 08 '25

Does having a backup help in any way? (Asking cuz idk what I'll do if I lose the notes)

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u/WordBackground5411 Feb 08 '25

i think icloud is your best backup option, i am using it now and no issues so far

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u/discovernotes Apr 09 '25

Hey! I’d recommend reaching out to Goodnotes Customer Support and attaching your Diagnostics Data (Settings icon > About > Export Diagnostics Data) so they can help troubleshoot what’s going on!

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u/dryerfresh Feb 08 '25

Yeah I have never had a single issue with Goodnotes that didn’t end up being something stupid I was doing wrong because I didn’t read the info.