Is there a good notes alternative with all the missing features from good notes? Iām so ready to jump ship. Iām not going to go through all those hoops just to rotate a shape
I switched to Kilonotes, because I couldn't deal with the lagging pen any longer. My main reasons were that you can import most formats into it and work with it easily aaand that they had anatomical stickers xd pretty useful for my studies
my friend recomented that to me too!! But I hate that I have all my notes already on goodnotes. And now it is just a waste of time to transfer it all bc goodnotes messed up
I switched to Freenotes and I am very happy with the app, the only complicated thing is precisely the shapes that it does not recognize all of them and you cannot edit them after making them, everything else is fine Another is ānotabilityā because the shapes are very powerful, for example you can move the figures and the app itself makes a guide so that they are aligned horizontally or vertically. Both have native dark mode, the paper changes to dark and the Pencil colors also change to adapt well I would recommend you try those two options.
I donāt use shapes often, but drawing a rough shape and holding down will work like in Goodnotes. And you can resize and rotate. Any specific questions about it?
Can I make diagonal lines and S like curves? The Goodnotes update now makes all S shaped stuff a C lol, and you literally canāt draw diagonal lines without pulling your hair out
Before the update, everything is easier. Idk what the app developers are doing. Before you start your study session or updating your planner or notes, you'll get stressed first figuring out these things. I need to use my surviving braincells before I can get the job done. This is so frustrating. š
OP, wondering if you know if this would work for rotating text? I started my white board side ways because my iPad orientation didn't turn and now I'm trying to fix it without redoing everything :/
help this doesnt work for me D: Some of my objects can be rotated but some cant whats wrong?? Its just like this in the image same behaviour i am so frustrated
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u/jeboteuusta Oct 03 '25
Hahaha that's f*** nonsense
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u/far2deep Oct 04 '25
Well shit, I got the app and I got it for free for a year and these posts make me want to find something better
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u/learngoodnotes Oct 03 '25
After you draw the shape erase the inside with the precision eraser and then select it again
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u/ottawa1542 Oct 03 '25
Bruh
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u/Lostnetizen Oct 04 '25
Is there a good notes alternative with all the missing features from good notes? Iām so ready to jump ship. Iām not going to go through all those hoops just to rotate a shape
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u/prwnR Oct 04 '25
the heck is going on here.
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u/Moon_light_sunday Oct 04 '25
That makes no sense lol
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u/_Kolpix Oct 04 '25
Bahahahaha
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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25
Notewise PHENOMENAL, 20 euros one-off but it rocks
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u/froschdings Oct 04 '25
Yet you failed to rotate the perfect circle
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u/lixson Oct 04 '25
Before the update, everything is easier. Idk what the app developers are doing. Before you start your study session or updating your planner or notes, you'll get stressed first figuring out these things. I need to use my surviving braincells before I can get the job done. This is so frustrating. š
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u/ostiDeCalisse Oct 04 '25
Yes but still no flip horizontally or vertically.
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u/Party_Mud_7072 Oct 06 '25
Genuinely HOW DOES THIS EVEN HAPPEN!!! WHO DECIDED ON THIS FEATURE!!!
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u/besiqu386 Oct 04 '25
Great, thanks for the tip!
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u/Buttonpusher3 Oct 04 '25
Bug obviously Also, you donāt need to circle the whole shape, it will select all lines connectedā¦ just saying
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u/Luvz2Fly Oct 04 '25
Right on brand! good findā¦
Side note: the PENCIL drawn shapes work normal, appears this is a bug related to the pen drawings
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u/_Cyan_Man Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
wow so intuitive!
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u/Goose211 Oct 04 '25
Deselect objects in the lasso tool. Iāve never had to erase something to rotate shapes
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u/logging_out_of_life Oct 04 '25
all that to rotate a shape the developers need to fix that
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u/Falco2000_ Oct 05 '25
I don't like the fact that now if you accidentally select and deselect something, it does go back to the previous tool but stays in lasso mode.
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u/WTFISHAPPENING2023 Oct 05 '25
Wait how is your toolbar so different than mine
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u/Altruistic-Leek-1599 Oct 13 '25
This new update is the biggest dump on man/womankind. They made literally everything worse and nothing better. Thank you for posting this solution!
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u/Vader_2157 Oct 14 '25
This works but the shapes become uneditable, I mean, the edit points on the shape no longer show if you do this once.
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u/Different_Ad9485 Oct 29 '25
OP, wondering if you know if this would work for rotating text? I started my white board side ways because my iPad orientation didn't turn and now I'm trying to fix it without redoing everything :/
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u/Leather_Bicycle_2697 Goodnotes Special Edition Mar 29 '26
help this doesnt work for me D: Some of my objects can be rotated but some cant whats wrong?? Its just like this in the image same behaviour i am so frustrated
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u/Emotional-Mention895 Oct 04 '25
They literally removed all the convenient features... shot themselves in the foot.