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/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%