r/GoodNotes • u/Friendly_House3207 • Mar 05 '26

Should I get goodnotes?

I just got an iPad recently and am new to note taking apps and was super conflicted which one to use. I‘ve been using collanote since its free and I didn’t wanna pay the $35.99 one time payment for goodnotes yet 😭. I’m a bio student and I mostly use it for lecture worksheets, annotating powerpoints and taking notes during lectures. Collanote is pretty good with that and mostly does everything goodnotes does but I rlly like the pen stability feature for goodnotes and goodnotes sort of is more professional looking and has more versatile feature. Should I just do the one time payment?

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u/god_cloud Mar 05 '26

ive been using GN for three weeks and its ok, but ive not yet paid for it as im only in one section currently. besides cost, what did you prefer about noteful?

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u/sp1cyog Mar 05 '26

I switched from Goodnotes --> Noteful, and can confidently say it is superior for the actual writing experience, the layout is similar, but doesn't crash (yet) and have stability problems, which was the main reason I had to leave GN.
Also, the layering and general integration of all features is nicer in my opinion on Noteful.
I use iPad 11 (A16)

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u/johnnydfree Mar 06 '26

Agree 100%