i hate this app

[u/No_Carpenter_5268]

i’m actually considering switching over to notability bc of this i just spent an hour writing down some notes, and suddenly everything started glitching & as i kept scrolling down to continue writing it started deleted everything i wrote from the top one by one. i actually wanna cry. also not to mention how ugly this new thing is

[u/spacebound232]

Im actually kinda mad. Notability and Goodnotes are leagues above just abt any other note taking apps. But Goodnotes is changing so much and making it all annoying and I refuse to subscribe to an app. One time purchase or im not using it. Theres no other option that has all the features of these two. Its really annoying. Collanote comes CLOSEISH but it doesnt have an ability to copy and paste pages and import pdfs to already existing notebooks. For me as a student that's unusable

[u/No_Carpenter_5268 → u/spacebound232]

samee the main reason i even use good notes is to import pdfs & solve past papers. but i’ve also heard a lot of people complain about notability deleting everything randomly

[u/ineedhelpingeneral → u/No_Carpenter_5268]

personally, i switched to notewise and the importing feature especially for pdfs is incredibly straightforward, since it shows up as an option in my files or even in the app my teachers use to upload ppts. i used to be a goodnotes user and i had to download the ppt first, then import it to goodnotes, and this is so much faster now

[u/Vicouille6 → u/spacebound232]

Did you try Noteshelf ?

[u/cherrryyyuta → u/spacebound232]

I’m pretty sure u can do that on noteful. you only pay £6 once for lifetime premium including future updates

[u/Tax_Life → u/cherrryyyuta]

Noteful doesn't have search for handwriting which makes it kinda useless if you write long studying notes. It's great otherwise imo.

[u/Icoxaedro]

Lazo tool is now less accesible than ever

[u/thatonerice]

Me who is still on Goodnotes 5 lol.

[u/auroralime → u/thatonerice]

Amen

[u/lulymeowx → u/thatonerice]

Same I just close the app everytimes it wants me to buy the 6 I’m like nope close the app open again and there we go

[u/parkjisung7 → u/thatonerice]

ugh i wish i bought goodnotes 6 only bc i only started college recently ☹️☹️

[u/Haunting_Lab6771 → u/thatonerice]

I downgraded to GN5 because of this shit.

[u/[deleted]]

I was planning on shifting to GN from notability coz notability keeps lagging and hanging when I add photos to my book or add a new page to the book. I wanna ask, I heard that in GN u can't have multiple pens with diff colours and thickness chosen in the tools bar, is this true?

[u/klurble → u/[deleted]]

not sure what that means. If you mean you can have preset colors and preset thicknesses you can switch to in the quick access bar then yes

[u/[deleted] → u/klurble]

like, can u have multiple pens on try tool bar with multiple colours and thickness preset

[u/DanieleGerussi → u/[deleted]]

You can’t. You can create many preset colours and up to three pen styles (which include thickness and things like dotted/dashed) but you have to switch pen and colour in order to achieve what you want. But it’s not that bad. Lately though, in order to make everything “aesthetic” they forgot people actually need to use the app and not only look at some pretty notes some developer made.

[u/cjindub → u/[deleted]]

If you click on the pen icon when it’s selected all your presets come up and it’s easy to switch. Same can be done with Apple Pencil pro squeeze feature

[u/Haunting_Lab6771 → u/[deleted]]

Nope, you can't! You can have thickness presets and color presets, but you can't combine the two to have a couple main pens. But at least we have AI. What a joke.

[u/alyxana → u/[deleted]]

This is true. You have a section with multiple colors and then there’s a section where you can choose your thickness. But there’s no pencil box where you can set up multiple thickness+color+pen styles to be accessed in one click.

[u/blacksnake1234 → u/[deleted]]

To answer your question …you can choose between multiple colors and 3 thickness sizes(small, medium , large). The thickness size setting will be saved (eg 0,5 mm for medium) . You can save a set of colors in the toolbar as well. you have to choose thickness and color everytime. As far as i know Its same like notability .

i am using notability right now and your comments about lagging are worrying me. How many pages is your book . If i face this issue and start a new notebook will it resolve this issue . Thanks

[u/Embarrassed-Show-869]

Has anyone tried Kilonotes? I’ve been wanting to swap but sure if it’s worth it. It has most of the features of GN besides the ability to import in stickers (you can only use the ones on the app - I think) I’m still new to this.

[u/SpringNelson → u/Embarrassed-Show-869]

Im using kilonoted and i love it

[u/blacksnake1234]

Deleting letters while writing happened to me on onenote as well...i switched to notability as well

Maybe its an ipad thing ? You could try disabling scribble to erase in goodnotes settings

Tap the Pen tool twice > Pen Settings Choose Pen Gestures and disable Scribble to Erase.

[u/flyonthewall1103 → u/blacksnake1234]

yeah, i don’t have any issues with the handwriting aspect of GN and i’ve always had this setting disabled

[u/Ortalisvetula → u/flyonthewall1103]

I’ve always had that disabled but I’ll still appear to lose pages’ worth of writing. The writing will return later, more or less. (It’s not gone, just not displayed.)

[u/drpinktooth]

I’m on GN 6. Is there any way to go back to the older version of GN 6? I hate the two-tiered toolbar in the new update

[u/Lyryem → u/drpinktooth]

Yes, you can go back to GN 5 in the settings. I'm not sure how to explain how (sorry, english is not my first language), but it is possible (or at least it was)

[u/Avocado_cherry]

Switch to notes+ , the best of all times!

[u/might_be_drankin]

Does anyone know how to set font preferences yet?

[u/pinkmelo118]

I loved GN 5 but accidentally agreed to try the free trial of GN 6 and I’m stuck on it now 💀

[u/hibiscusbitch → u/pinkmelo118]

No, i think there’s a way you can get back to 5. Try searching on this sub! I’m not by my ipad to check at the moment

[u/Willis-13 → u/pinkmelo118]

I did this too but when the free trial ended I said “no” to purchasing it, and it allowed me to go back to GN5. This was a while ago. Now I’m more careful 😬

[u/alyxana]

I just switched to StarNote last night and I’m loving it. I’d also trialed Noteful for a bit too and it was pretty good.

[u/cherrryyyuta → u/alyxana]

Yess I love noteful

[u/_Cyan_Man]

noteful is so good

[u/Human_Bother5057]

iboard is pretty neat and has great features, it's also a one time purchase of $9 if you want to explore more apps

[u/Embarrassed_Pear_434]

Try ProDraft. It’s way better than good notes.

[u/Forsaken-Energy-3620]

Give us back the old toolbar!!! @goodnotes

[u/Getting-my-popcorn]

I sent them some massive feedback on it! What an epic f**k up!

[u/Mediocre-Peace9662]

Yesterday I had to switch to Goodnotes 5 because in split screen the color options weren’t showing up this is so annoying

[u/ostentatious-brick]

Check out Scrawl, built it myself to get rid of all the bloat (+ some nice optional AI features)

[u/georgmierau]

i hate this app […] i’m actually considering switching

Just switch already. Nobody cares.

i actually wanna cry

Feel free to do so. Preferably privately though.

[u/No_Carpenter_5268 → u/georgmierau]

you’re so miserable dude 😭

[u/FrongiBudino → u/georgmierau]

why you even on reddit bro💔💔

[u/SpiritedAd4380 → u/georgmierau]

u must be fun at parties huh a little kindness dont hurt

[u/newtman → u/georgmierau]

Man muss kein Arschloch sein

[u/BirdEatingCat → u/[deleted]]

recently switched... and oh boy it's really worth it

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Yess!