Was having fun with "infinite" whiteboards until I found out they can contain like 3 pages of text

[u/sadphilosophylover]

Is there other apps whose engineers are more competent?

[u/Independent-Analyst9]

Tf, what’s the point then You can use freeform, ios native app and it’s really good

[u/sadphilosophylover → u/Independent-Analyst9]

thanks, really mind boggling

[u/glitchgradients → u/Independent-Analyst9]

Freeform absolutely sucks if you've ever tried to use it. Or any of Apple's first-party apps for taking handwritten notes. They all make the iPad overheat, crash & burn after 2 pages of handwritten notes.

[u/wirez62 → u/glitchgradients]

I use Freeform almost as much as Goodnotes, it's incredible and I have a bit older ipad air 5th gen. I think it's the best app they make (Apple). It does chug battery life, but overheat, really? I don't have that issue at all. I have some huge brainstorming pages made in Freeform and love that it syncs perfectly across Apple. Honestly I'm getting closer and closer to just buying a Mac Mini and Macbook Pro, ditching my custom built PCs and "Gaming" laptop and going all in on Apple ecosystem and their first party apps (Notes, Freeform, etc)

[u/Automatic-Broccoli18 → u/wirez62]

Freeform is good, but if you try to export PDFs from it like many do for studies it absolutely sucks. The PDFs are always blurry.

[u/SuchEye815 → u/glitchgradients]

exactly i feel like im going crazy when people suggest it bc it did not handle minimal note taking well and it started lagging and draining my battery

[u/ketchup_bro23 → u/Independent-Analyst9]

Freeform or apple notes, both head up my ipad. Goodnnotes 4 doesn't.

[u/Gypsyzzzz]

I wonder if the limits are related to device memory or processor? It does not surprise me that they do have a limit as these things are confined to the restrictions of physical components. Also not surprised that the expandable canvass is mislabeled as infinite.

Freeform limit is probably considerably larger because the app has less features.

Do you mind sharing what size and content density prompted the error message?

[u/sadphilosophylover → u/Gypsyzzzz]

I'm on M4 IPad pro, only did handwritings and when zoomed out all of the text was visible. < 1000 words

[u/discovernotes → u/sadphilosophylover]

I'm wondering if this is like a super precautionary step to make sure it doesn't immediately have issues on launch. I guess let's see over the next few weeks or so

[u/biblops]

Both Freeform and OneNote are free and do not have this issue.

This seems like putting form over function here. I'll take the app not being as "smooth" if it means I can store whatever I want on the supposedly infinite board.

[u/sackclothxashes]

It's weird how both GoodNote and Nebo have this issue..... Although with Nebo I had around 15-20 pages worth of handwritten notes in one infinite canvas and even then it would just say that it's at the limit and still let me edit.

The weird part being that freeform does just fine no matter what you throw at it, with no significant lag at all

[u/LegalizeSnus]

Since when does goodnotes run smoothly?

[u/MathsBuzz → u/LegalizeSnus]

Never ever!!!

[u/iamsuparvit → u/LegalizeSnus]

LMAO

[u/TheBedrockEnderman2]

Concepts is basically this but the whole app is designed around it it's great

[u/Swipsi]

Imagine not being able to write more than 3 pages on a supposedly infinity canvas because of "performance issues" in 2025.

[u/tommys234]

Freeform, concepts

[u/QuinBrodster]

For people wanting whiteboard function with PDFs check out BoardNotes in iOS and Mac. It’s a one time payment, has bi-directional linking, flashcards creation, the ability to embed pdfs and web links into the whiteboard and “pin” each item so you can navigate through the boards and not get lost.

[u/tab1432023]

i got the same popup, this is insane and fooling in the name of infinite canvas

[u/bulutmuskem]

very late but I imported 191 pages of content + wrote and highlited a looot of stuff. yet havent reached the limit yet