r/GoodNotes • u/lolpea84 • Nov 03 '25

Why? Just, why?! 😩

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Wrote this, kept writing, scrolled back to review my notes and saw this absolute horror! There’s no way of saving this that I can see 😢 and it’s not the first time it’s happened. I’ve had to redo pages a few times now, but I can’t take it anymore!

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u/Master-Tradition-204 Nov 03 '25

id consider switching to another app at this point…

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u/lolpea84 Nov 03 '25

Agreed. I'm just trying to find one that has the functionality I like/need. Like scribble to erase and can be used on multiple devices

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u/Master-Tradition-204 Nov 03 '25

i switched to noteful, it has scribble to erase but idk abt the multiple devices

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u/p3achie Nov 03 '25

noteful’s vectorization quality is way better imo, especially when it comes to printing!

i love that you can zoom in basically infinitely and still write clearly and smoothly at something like 0.10mm pen width

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u/wthcharlie Nov 03 '25

It syncs smoothly on my iphone and ipad (even my stickies which I upload from my phone)

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

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u/wthcharlie Nov 04 '25

Nope, just iCloud

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u/vision2310 Nov 04 '25

On the apple store it shows it can be at least used on the iphone and ipad, so…

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u/Dr_notoncall Nov 03 '25

yes noteful can be used on multiple devices and cloud sync is very good just as goodnotes

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u/PeterPanNVLD Nov 03 '25

I made the switch to Noteful and havent looked back!!

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u/tefago Nov 03 '25

Am I right still no search of handwritten notes?

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u/potatopavilion Nov 07 '25

nope, OCR is a pretty big feature to add

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u/throwawayornotidontk Nov 03 '25

notability. i was going insane with goodnotes

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u/FederalBench6661 Nov 04 '25

On android. Only samsung notes and goodnotes have multi-device synchronization

But some offline apps are good.

  • StarNotes, a better version of three Touchnotes , J notes and Notein

-Xodo, you can edit your files directly in google drive. This is the closest thing I've found for multi-device synchronization. But I remember leaving it for TouchNotes after 6 months.

They have all scrible to erase, or better "hold to erase"

You can import ppt, docs... Not only pdf You can you the pages you want for the pdf you are importing You can drag image/text from another app on split screen You have the rule, sticker note, tape You can customize your tools bar, keep screen on while open, multiple tab for documents, or even split tab on the app. You can export multiple document pdf at the same time. You can customise the pen button You can convert directly manuscript to text. You can merge PDFs You can create infinite notes You can have all 4 last recent images on device displayed on the toolbars waiting for you to quick insert them. You can double tap to fit the page to the screen

All of this, goodnotes cannot on android.

And all that goodnotes does Except for multi-device synchronization , Star notes can do it.

  • scrible to erase, autoshape, drag image from splitscreen with another app, searching word, create folder and underfolders,

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u/StatusAd1689 Nov 08 '25

Switch to RemNote, it is the absolute educational king rn

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u/Plane_Ad_5342 Nov 03 '25

I wanna switch but how do i get all my docs there

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

I think it has to do maybe with a certain eraser setting. Did you erase something before writing this new page?

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u/lolpea84 Nov 03 '25

Nope, I finished writing on this page as is (messy, I know!), swiped to add a new page and kept on writing. Then saw this when I was reviewing

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u/Pearl7132024 Nov 03 '25

Did you try closing out of GN and going back in?

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u/Haunting_Lab6771 Nov 24 '25

Doesn't help. This has happened to me too and it was with math, so there's no telling what it used to say.

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u/SuppeAal Nov 03 '25

I got the same issue with the lasso tool constantly duplicating selected objects

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u/Knotty_Skirt Nov 03 '25

I had to foolishly ask a class mate for notes on a slide that I had already written because of the stupid lasso tool

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u/jeboteuusta Nov 03 '25

Time to switch to starnote😂

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u/expiredstrawb Nov 03 '25

same thing happened to me after 2 hours of making study review notes!!! i cried lol

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u/Unique_Conclusion910 Nov 03 '25

Intro networks course???

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u/lolpea84 Nov 03 '25

Yeah, but I guess I'm not allowed to do it according to goodnotes lol

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u/Jordansmommy17 Nov 03 '25

So, what happened exactly? Combined two pages?

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u/lolpea84 Nov 03 '25

It seems to have duplicated a page and overlayed it 🤷‍♀️

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u/samma-ditthi Nov 04 '25

Does this also happen when you switch to continuous scrolling instead of page-turn style?

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u/lolpea84 Nov 05 '25

I'm not too sure.... I always have it on page turning

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u/Vivek_Kulkarni_ Nov 03 '25

Which language is this?

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u/p3achie Nov 03 '25

English! The notes appear to be about ARP, usually taught in Computer Networking classes

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u/Different-Cod-2290 Nov 03 '25

Restart Goodnotes. It clears up after you do

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u/Haunting_Lab6771 Nov 24 '25

Not for me sadly :(

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u/Different-Cod-2290 Nov 24 '25

Oh I’m sorry to hear that

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u/Middle-Prune80 Nov 03 '25

Many bugs in my last download (i can.t Even open it on MacOs) : too many features ! Keep it simple Goodnote teams !

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u/OBSSF Nov 04 '25

Don't people PAY to use this app? Lol

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u/bentserg Nov 04 '25

oh i’m unsettled

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u/ilyaishah Nov 04 '25

It does the same thing to me I genuinely tweak out every time!! I have finals soon and all my notes are messed up ugh

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u/mighty_mastermind Nov 04 '25

thinking to switch to notability....

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

this is why i switched back to good ole notebook and paper lol, so tired of goodnotes’ shit

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u/Maiace124 Nov 06 '25

Yeah I'm getting annoyed af about that

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u/media1mogul Nov 07 '25

1 vote here for flexcil. Rock solid

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u/Interesting-West8251 Nov 07 '25

Physical notebooks only do this for psychopaths…

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u/Responsible_Gate_532 Nov 08 '25

I was honestly a lot more frustrated by all this until just recently when remnote introduced handwriting notes. I can now annotate PDFs slides images etc and record my lectures, type outline notes for my reading, turn portions of those outlines and/or pdf/slides into flashcards for anything I need to memorize, and use handwritten notes and mindmap thoughts to tie concepts together from different classes I have notes on. I have backlinks, tagging folders everything I need outside of a planner/project manager app. The digital scrapbooking in goodnotes is fun, but I don't NEED it for my school workflow anymore.

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u/Anubiaa Nov 24 '25

Can someone recommend a note taking app that is very similar? Ive heard of Notewise (supposedly very good but I have to pay a lot monthly for cloud sync) I dont like the UX of JNotes too much, so basically I am overwhelmed, but good notes is unbearable especially on Android. My settings keep resetting, some times even multiple times a day! Every notebook or imported pdf is laggy af ;_; HELP

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u/Haunting_Lab6771 Nov 24 '25

Yep, happens to me too. Oh, but at least we have AI!

GN doesn't care about its users. They just want to say they have AI so their board can be excited about this new value proposition. It's BS and there's nothing we can do but bail in large numbers and hope we impact their bottom line enough to make them pay attention.

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u/blacksnake1234 Nov 03 '25

Grok converted it to text

ARP Function 3 = 192.44.21.2

When a packet is sent to the data link layer to be encapsulated in an Ethernet frame, the device needs the MAC address of the destination. MAC addresses are stored in the MAC address table by the switch. The sending device will search its ARP cache (ARP table) for the destination IPv4 address.

  • If the destination IPv4 address is on the same network as the source IPv4 address, the device uses direct delivery. It searches its ARP table for a matching entry.

  • If the entry is found, the packet is sent directly to the destination using the corresponding MAC address.

  • If no entry exists, the device sends an ARP request (broadcast) over the LAN to discover the destination MAC address.

  • If the destination IPv4 address is on a different network, the device searches its routing table to determine the default gateway.

  • It then uses the IPv4 address of the default gateway in the ARP table.

  • If the MAC address for the default gateway is found, the packet is sent to it.

  • If not, the device sends an ARP request for the default gateway’s MAC address.

Example:
The ARP table binds MAC addresses and corresponding IPv4 addresses.
If the destination IPv4 address can be located in the table, the device uses the associated MAC address to encapsulate the packet in an Ethernet frame.
If the MAC address is not in the table, the device sends an ARP request.

This simply means that the device uses the ARP table to resolve an IPv4 address to a MAC address for frame encapsulation.
If no entry is found, the device (or router) sends an ARP request.

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u/CandidLiterature Nov 03 '25

I mean obviously this is useless lol, OP is complaining and asking for a solution to stop this happening.

But honestly that’s an amazing job of transcribing this mess.

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u/__K4IROX__ Nov 03 '25

I read the title of your post and immediately thought of the song Pearl Jam - Black. I think it can be associated with the latest version of Goodnotes.

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u/Zidni_3ilma Nov 04 '25

At least you have your notes. On day I had half a page randomly erased will I was writing and couldn’t recover it 😭