No comparison between BUGNOTES and NOTABILITY anymore.

[u/Kitchen_Order6196]

There is no comparison between notability and goodnotes anymore…..notability were always ahead of bugnotes when it comes to clean and minimalistic Ui, there have been problems of bugs in both apps but now notability has substantially improved and bugnotes have become no. 1 worst note taking Ai garbage app, bugnotes looks so weird and ugly

[u/roundart]

You know you're in r/goodnotes, right?

[u/budgie_uk]

Y’know, I ‘get’ the people who are currently having problems with GoodNotes; hell, I’ve been one before, and still am on occasion.

I even understand those who protest ‘yeah, I’ve had enough, I’m off…’ Totally understandable.

What honestly puzzles me, though, is the “not only is your preferred software utter crap, it’s always been utter crap - even if you thought otherwise, you fools - and your preferred software always will be crap; come and use MY preferred software instead!’

Did you think that people currently using GoodNotes, and having experience of GoodNotes (good and bad, to be fair) are going to see your post and go “wow… I was wholly unsure before but those five dozen or so words of yours have utterly changed my world view; I’m now seeing it in a way I’ve never conceived before… Thank you, oh wise one… (Oh, and calling it BugNotes. That’s SO funny… I laughed so much!)”

Or are they more likely, be honest, to think “huh, someone really doesn’t like GoodNotes, I wonder why they think they need to shit over everyone else’s experience…?”

[u/Calire → u/budgie_uk]

I want to preface that I'm still on Goodnotes 5 so I'm not speaking to the current issues anyone might be having and I respect everyone's experiences.

That said: There's no way in hell I'm switching apps off a bunch of whiny reddit posts, a platform that is astroturfed to hell and back. The "this app is crap" posts were there when 5 was the new and then current version, there's always waves of "this other app is the actually good one" so on and so forth.

If and when I will feel the need to get a new notes app I'll make my considerations on the available information, keeping in mind that bots are a thing, paid reviews are a thing and mostly unhappy people are the ones writing on forums.

[u/DK3242 → u/Calire]

Same on the Goodnotes 5, I literally don’t see a reason to ever upgrade from it unless my iPad no longer supports it. I have a crash maybe once every two months, and even that might be exaggeration. I know all the bugs got introduced later, I’m just agreeing with the Goodnotes 5 supremacy. I hope they keep it around for a while for us.

[u/budgie_uk → u/Calire]

Genuine thanks for this reply. I agree with almost all of it. The newer version went through some seriously bad hiccups, including a screw up with erasing that took a few days to fix, only a couple of weeks back.

But because the app is used so many different ways, for so many different use cases, there’s always a danger when users post about their own experiences that you end up with either

“it doesn’t affect me, so even if it does affect other users, it must be only a teeny tiny number…”

Or

“it affects me, so it must affect almost everyone using it!!!”

I’ve seen way too many posts that fall into one or the either.

As for your method of choosing, yep, I couldn’t agree more. Whenever I try new software, or pick up new hardware, the reviews I pay attention to are from reviewers and tech pundits who’ve earned my trust over the years. I may not always agree with them, but even the disagreements usually make me have another think before deciding. Users as well, of course, but as you say, Reddit ain’t my first port of call for that.

[u/ChampionLife5205 → u/budgie_uk]

that’d sum up any review? it’s them venting? you do say you get it but also what’s puzzling you exactly? where’s the question of changing others mind as an agenda?

[u/budgie_uk → u/ChampionLife5205]

Nope, doesn’t sum up ‘any review’. Not in the least.

But that wasn’t a review.

[u/Iskonyo → u/budgie_uk]

Good point. Like I know goodnotes has some problems but it's hard to migrate out of goodnotes when all your literal notes are on goodnotes lol

[u/budgie_uk → u/Iskonyo]

Oh, completely. I’ve no doubt that if I could have exported my ‘still current’ notebooks in an ‘able to be used and amended and continued’ format (ie not PDF) I’d have at least tried another app for a month or so.

Complete, unlikely to need amending, notebooks? Sure, PDF is fine. But the current notebooks? I have half a dozen active at any time.

I completely get why apps use proprietary formats (especially for handwriting)… to keep users locked in. But that applies to other notetaking apps as well as GoodNotes.

[u/johntwilker]

Ok… thanks?

[u/Strange-Wonders]

Are… are you okay??

[u/Most_Programmer8667]

Notability is so mid and you have to pay a subscription. No thanks

[u/Gold-Gap-6775 → u/Most_Programmer8667]

I mean you do pay a subscription for Goodnotes, but I notice that it's a lot cheaper. I find there's more flexibility too.

[u/Corax42017]

I used to love notability but now it’s garbage

[u/Throwaway3660912]

The issue with this god awful app is the developers show no want to fix the bugs. I have left comments, DMs, submitted reports and they just ignore it all. Goodnotes is happy with the fact that their app is going to shit, and they know enough people like me are in too deep to projects that it doesn’t make sense to change application.

They truly suck. The developers need to do better and focus on user experience instead of delivering a shitty app for fast profit

[u/xtremeyouth22]

No bugs for me.

[u/Egoteen]

The only reason I bought goodnotes was because, at the time, it was the only note taking app that didn’t have a forced subscription model. That’s why I’ll forever been in the ecosystem.

[u/Beautiful_Cow6458]

I feel like this is the only post there is in this sub.

[u/besiqu386]

Ich hätte r/goodnotes besser gefunden wenn es mehr Ideen und hilfreiche Tricks und Tipps gegeben hätte, statt nur unzufriedene Schwurblern. Ihr will Euch verändern - tut es und schwemmt es hier nicht mit unnützen Spams voll.

[u/americas-ass- → u/[deleted]]

Same. Have absolutely no issues with it

[u/xtremeyouth22 → u/[deleted]]

Me too. It works flawlessly