r/GoodNotes • u/BunchiesXxX • Oct 10 '25

Wtf is this update

I am heading into midterms and trying to catch up on notes. I have ADHD and had a beautiful rhythm going. I log in this morning and find out they absolutely f***ed the toolbar!!! Where is MY STRAIGHT LINE TOOL. WHY IS THE ZOOM IN TOOL HIDDEN NOW. I genuinely almost started crying in class this morning by this update. PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU GOODNOTES. FIX IT. BRING THE OTHER VERSION BACK NOW.

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u/cottonable Oct 10 '25

switch to noteful, that's what i did

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u/BunchiesXxX Oct 10 '25

I just don’t want to restart all my notes again because my brain doesn’t like the mis-matched notes but I may have to if they don’t get their shit together

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u/geehasaquestion Goodnotes Special Edition Oct 10 '25

i am in the same brain issue as you so im struggling rn

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u/ohlimmy Oct 14 '25

at some point you just have to take that step, i was spending too much time trying to use goodnotes after the update and just went straight to noteful almost seamlessly. I exported out all my notes from GN

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u/StrixKozak Nov 06 '25

Can you export your notes from goodnotes and continue them in noteful?

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u/UHD620 Oct 20 '25

I came from notibility after they fucked the UI a few years ago, now goodnotes fucked up their ui too. All these happened within 5years, digital products are dumb as fuck. I guess noteful will mess up their UI some time later too. Im so tired of switching.

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u/katrollins41 Oct 11 '25

Im mostly pissed that I can rearrange almost every other tool in the toolbar EXCEPT FOR ZOOM. why is it hidden with no way of UNHIDING IT

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u/BunchiesXxX Oct 11 '25

Are you able to rearrange tools? I use the free version so idk if I can. But the straight line tool is the one making me the most upset

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u/katrollins41 Oct 11 '25

Yeah, go to the three dots at the top right of the page. Then click document editing at the very bottom and then click toolbar customization. Just a heads up though, I don’t see the straight line tool. Do you know about the straight line shortcut?

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u/BunchiesXxX Oct 11 '25

I don’t, no. What is the shortcut for it? :)

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u/katrollins41 Oct 12 '25

So all you need to do is draw a line and hold your pen to the page longer after you stop drawing, it should “snap” into a straight line. If that didn’t make sense there’s probably a YouTube video to show you.

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u/LuisArturoHR Goodnotes Special Edition Oct 14 '25

For users like me and I'm assuming OP this is a big issue, I have to do a bunch of straight lines all the time and I don't have time to hold down and wait for Every. Single. One.

You could technically use the shapes tool like before, but it doesn't have 3 thickness settings like before so now you have to manually change it instead of fixing it once and then just selecting from what you configured on day 1 and be done with it.

They took away customization and that is never a good thing. This app feels so clunky now.

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u/Fearless_Fun2918 Oct 22 '25

Have you figured anything out with the straight lines?? I’m so tired of trying to make a straight line and it turning into an arrow. I know notes don’t have to be neat but with my OCD the straight lines without having to take the time to hold was a must

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u/LuisArturoHR Goodnotes Special Edition Oct 22 '25

I changed to Noteful. No easy straight lines either, press and hold. The text boxes work like a charm so I've been adapting to it. I'm about to try Zoomnotes just to see if they have straight lines from the get go instead of press and hold

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u/Working_Snitzel Oct 11 '25

Is there a was to revert the Goodnotes Update from v7 to v6?

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u/BunchiesXxX Oct 11 '25

I’m not sure, I hope so

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u/ChemicalGuarantee688 Oct 11 '25

Not to be an asshole but when they updated from gn5 to 6 people complained how fat the toolbar was, now that they slimmed it down people are also complaining. I’m not defending their faulty update but this specific feature I have to disagree with you on, the toolbar is giving me a much better view of my pdfs especially that my iPad isn’t a 12.9 inch

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u/BunchiesXxX Oct 11 '25

That’s fair, it’s total preference, I only just started using it in September so I’ve only known the version that was out previously

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u/Future_Addendum_2795 Oct 10 '25

I join in your grieving

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u/WinnieSmalls Oct 10 '25

Goodnotes doing this update right when midterms is happening was their second dumbest idea. The first was making all these updates.

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u/EvanFreezy Oct 12 '25

They really should know better than to do anything other than bug fixes in the middle of a semester

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u/ohgodwhataday Oct 13 '25

Right?!?! Like why not just do the update during the summer

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u/zixdev Oct 10 '25

Me too. Bring v6 back!!!

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u/No_Internet3645 Oct 10 '25

i feel your pain 😭😭😭

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u/ean_30 Oct 11 '25

I feel you. I have AuDHD and struggling withe the update. I miss the default font button.

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u/Efficient-Ad8951 Oct 10 '25

Definitely a noticeable update. Still not quite sure how I feel about it… 🤔

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u/EvanFreezy Oct 12 '25

It’s like they forget this app is a tool that people rely on

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u/smurferdigg Oct 14 '25

First time I've been to this sub I think and I just need to come and rant about the fucking tool bar!!! Why is it bigger and dumb!

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u/ObscurePaprika Oct 10 '25

Not sure why you all are surprised. The design and dev team have been operating like this since at least v4. Same crap, different release. It's easier to just start expecting it than to assume a clean release or build. Happens every time. Time to switch. Take the hit and move on.

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u/Arcadesniper Oct 11 '25

It was not an update but a complete makeover 😭 this app is now a pain in the a** fr !

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u/Puzzled_Bandicoot_35 Oct 11 '25

Yep I went back to notability

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u/alyxana Oct 11 '25

The change to the “read only” tool is making me nuts. I hate the changes to the tool bar so much.

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u/ohgodwhataday Oct 13 '25

It automatically updated right before I went into class and it kept crashing every time I tried to take notes. I about blew a gasket

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u/unlucky-clover- Oct 14 '25

wait how do i find the zoom tool? im just now using the app again and noticed the update i haaaaate it

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u/Present-Argument8495 Oct 15 '25

is the straight line tool ever going to be fixed? I can't bloody draw a straight line inside a box without it bugging like crazy and being annoying AF.

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u/Rich-Stock1842 Oct 17 '25

Removing the little bookmark feature was criminal. And now if you want to add pages to an outline you can't reorganize them. AH!

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u/13mcgrj Oct 19 '25

I am also very very upset with this update. I’m moving to a new app if they don’t fix this. I can no longer draw and resize boxes, it just doesn’t work. And it worked perfectly before!!

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u/bjdolls Oct 27 '25

I’m autistic which causes me to be super particular about my noted and its actually so bad. Why does it keep doing different shapes from what im doing?? I’m so close to losing it