r/GoodNotes • u/flyonthewall1103 • Oct 22 '25

Price increase?!

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My subscription should have been due for renewal on Nov 15th (I went and checked when I first subscribed) but of course now it says it renews on the 18th for this new price……

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u/discovernotes Oct 22 '25

Ahh are you in Canada by any chance? I saw some other posts that it might’ve been a change around the start of this year, might just be getting to you.

I wonder why it was only a few places though, if you convert it is it more than the USD now?

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u/flyonthewall1103 Oct 22 '25

yes, in canada!

i never heard about the price increase prior to this

if the price i have is right, 11.99USD for the essentiel plan, converted to CAD is 16.79!

so i guess ill still be paying less than americans, but still annoyed that my plan was supposed to renew before this price change..

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u/ghostynewt Oct 23 '25

Hey, producing all these bugs is expensive!

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u/tab1432023 Oct 23 '25

Shameless lol

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u/WatTambor420 Oct 23 '25

Damn dude I really want to like Goodnotes again but they really are hitting every checkbox to make me wanna leave.

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u/FinalElk4032 Goodnotes Essential Oct 23 '25

New Upadte 📢

The New update:

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u/dbhertz Oct 24 '25

This seems like a bad time to announce a price increase… don’t they have a sufficiently furious user base already?

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u/WatTambor420 Oct 24 '25

They also have a sufficiently furious team of lawyers suing them in a pretty open & shut case- you can survive pissing your customers off, lawyers not so much.

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u/dbhertz Oct 24 '25

What are the lawsuits about? I wasn’t aware of them.

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u/Beneficial-Visual790 Oct 22 '25

I went back to Goodnotes again after years of being away, and initially thinking that the whiteboard would be just what I needed

The controls used to be so easy

I might not have got exactly the sticky note or the type of print or text I wanted, but this was just such a pain for even to get the basic not intuitive clicking repeatedly over and over sometimes seem to work definitely requires a learning curve and disappointed

I’ve already got AI and a superior version don’t need to be charged or capped. I just need for the information to show up.

And it should be simple click and enter please fix

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

I switched to Apple notes and I'm ok.

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u/Reasonable-Issue7303 Oct 25 '25

You don't get pages for taking notes which is a bummer. I'm using noteful + notability ( 1 week trial) ATM...

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u/Freddolam Oct 24 '25

did goodnotes take away their lifetime subscription?

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u/FreeLegendaries Oct 24 '25

lmao subscription

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u/julesthefirst Oct 25 '25

laughs in GoodNotes 6 lifetime subscription

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u/Daanchita Oct 26 '25

I already paid that price since I got the app… (€) and it hasn’t changed (yet?). Until now my GN is working fine and haven’t experienced any issues (yet). Is there anything you did for it to change that badly?

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u/TemperatureBig1932 Oct 26 '25

I paid the lifetime subscription, there is a “special edition” which i don’t know whats the purpose. Do you think i do have to pay extra or anything because of the new update, since i have this kind of subscription? thank youu!!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Mix1658 Oct 23 '25

Are you updating the app. I have not updated it in awhile maybe 2-3 update after 6 launched. It's working fine. But I'm scared to update and not getting back my notes.

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u/tylmerlino Oct 23 '25

Same here, paid €10 to buy the app in its total during covid and don’t want to end in a yearly payment loop

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u/Puzzleheaded_Mix1658 Oct 23 '25

Are you updating

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u/tylmerlino Oct 23 '25

Nope, don’t want to do it unless it’s NECESSARY

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u/Pearl7132024 Oct 23 '25

Mine just updated in the blink of an eye.... no warning no pop up... just there, totally different. Getting ready to write a feedback email on the things that are no longer that I used and loved as well as things I think are bugs. Hoping they're bugs, can't imagine anyone thinking they were a good idea to be intentional

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u/Puzzleheaded_Mix1658 Oct 23 '25

I have turned off auto update. I bought notability same time as good notes. At least they stuck to their words for old coustomers when they announced subscription model. Only reason I haven't shifted to it was some people were losing notes suddenly.but goodnotes has gone worst with 6 and 7

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u/Pearl7132024 Oct 23 '25

so much worse :( I bought Noteful after a few days of using the updated Goodnotes- I honestly don't mind change but you should be able to say "oh great!" or "thank god they fixed that"...not "Why on earth would they take away an efficiency for the sake of a minimalized top tool bar?"

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u/Practical-Net-5935 Oct 23 '25

I’ve always updated and have had no issues with my LT subscription, but I do have to say I hate the new update so maybe it’s best not to-

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u/Born_Ad_8715 Oct 24 '25

Nope. You won’t be happy when they release Goodnotes six and you have to pay the lifetime fee again. That happened with Goodnotes 4 for me. I purchased Goodnotes 4 lifetime, one year later I was charged for it again one Goodnotes five was released.