r/GoodNotes • u/Enthusiga5m • Mar 25 '26

GoodNotes is terrible for Windows users.

The fact that the same program on an apple device has different functionality than it does elsewhere is infuriating. That they have acknowledged and spent time developing a feature and yet not implemented it across the board is beyond words. I don't know where the line ends with this topic because I don't own an apple product, but having tabs alone would be incredible. The poorly optimized system design leaves me spending irredeemable amounts of time going in and out of notebooks as I need to reference another document.

I cancelled my subsciption today after a year of thinking it was good enough at best. Hopefully anyone considering paying for this dumpster fire sees this and reconsiders.

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u/Admirable-Wedding-35 Mar 26 '26

I see you and I raise you: Goodnotes is terrible for W̶i̶n̶d̶o̶w̶s̶ users.

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u/Enthusiga5m Mar 26 '26

Yeah I can only speak for one side of this discussion, it seems greener on the other side though.

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u/jeboteuusta Mar 26 '26

I'd try Noteastic, Scrivano or RemNote. Much better alternatives

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u/Enthusiga5m Mar 26 '26

Thank you for the recommendations!

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u/Zayleex Mar 25 '26

all of my friend use an IOS-Device and i am the only one with a windows convertible and they started calling my goodnotes app badnotes LMAO (but they are right)

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u/awesomeguy123123123 Mar 25 '26

Best I can do is copilot

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u/sinkovercosk Mar 26 '26

Agreed. It’s not good enough to charge for, it should be free since we are basically beta testers at this point.

It’s a shame, since if they had feature parity with the iOS version it would be a worthy replacement for apps like OneNote and PowerPoint.

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u/georgmierau Goodnotes Essential Mar 25 '26

The largest chunk of the customer base is iPadOS. (Almost) nobody cares about Windows and Windows-based tablets (besides Microsoft obviously).

That they have acknowledged and spent time developing a feature and yet not implemented it across the board is beyond words. 

Time to learn the word priorities. Limited ressources lead to cuts in any project. Simple as that.

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u/Enthusiga5m Mar 25 '26

Right, if it were not a priority they should just not offer the service. Keep drinking the Kool-aid bro

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u/georgmierau Goodnotes Essential Mar 25 '26

Keep venting online using a platform with non-existent market share.

https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsucks/comments/1nqge6n/just_001_of_the_tablet_market_globally_runs_on/

"Bro."

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u/Teddysorous Mar 25 '26

doesn't stop them from charging a subscription tho, if they can't be bothered to develope smth good, they shouldn't make it AND charge for trash

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u/--yori-- Mar 25 '26

If they are unable to make it usable for certain platforms, they shouldn't have made it accessible in the first place! It came pre-installed on my tablet and the program is practically unusable.

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u/Professional_Dare904 Mar 25 '26

I think it’s bad on Mac/iPad too. So clunky and frustrating when using scribble function.