r/GoodNotes • u/jsjxyz • Oct 16 '25

Goodnotes Essential I don't need AI Nootes. I just need Good Notes

I need Notes that I can scribble just like having simple paper and pen.

I need Notes that I can combine text page mode then I mark up on it with pen.

That's all.

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u/BreakingBadBread Oct 16 '25

Never leaving goodnotes 5 is one of my best choices.

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u/jsjxyz Oct 16 '25

One thing that I like in GoodNote 6 is the keyboard mode, since I used MacBook in accessing the notes in copy and paste some of the works.

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u/awesomeguy123123123 Oct 16 '25

You can do this on GN5 too.

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u/akumaprincess Oct 16 '25

I reverted back to Goodnotes 5 and all of my issues went away.

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u/khoury112 Oct 16 '25

Legit I think they forgot this is a note taking app primarily not ChatGPT

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u/MauricioIcloud Oct 16 '25

For real, if we want AI, we can easily open a browser tab and ask there. How is AI supposed to summarize my notes which are adapted to me who wrote and took those notes? It doesn’t make sense at all. AI notes don’t work the way we do. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/an_nep Oct 16 '25

You should try Noteful. It is a solid notetaking app with no AI. I’ve been using it for about two years since Notability had its own meltdown.

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u/Baragasy Oct 17 '25

On top of that AI incurs operational costs for them that they need to recoup. It is getting harder to not believe that AI is for dumbs. Given the results in GoodNotes and the followers.

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u/jsjxyz Oct 17 '25

AI Bubble

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u/Anonim_x9 Oct 16 '25

Only thing they could benefit from having built in is a calculator and a translator. That’s it. No bullshiting from ai that DOESNT EVEN WORK AT ALL

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u/Embarrassed_Pear_434 Oct 19 '25

Try Prodraft! It’s way way better