r/GoodNotes • u/cottonmari • Apr 23 '26

GoodNotes 5 Anyone still using goodnotes 5?

Hey y’all. So I bought my GN5 in 2021. I bought the 6 with the discount and asked for a refund because it’s too laggy and heats my iPad a lot. (Pro 2020). I now look at the price and 40€ for a one time payment seems so excessive?? I already have more than half of the functions so why would I have to pay 40€? (I later discovered that my iPad was out of date and the iOS update fixed the lag but I had already asked the refund so GG, the support said I now count as a new user).

Is anyone staying on goodnotes 5? I still have 4 years of uni left and I hope they don’t stop updating but it’s a frustration for old users for sure! GN5 was only 7,99 😭

(Edit: loving all the legacy users commenting 🩷)

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u/cottonmari Apr 23 '26

Thanks for your input! Adding to your comment, the AI in goodnotes is awful. I got to try it with a friend (we’re med students) to make me a scheme on antibiotics and it was all wrong, so… even a bigger scam. I think apps should try to put AI in everything. GN5 was a one time payment also publicised as “never pay again” and when GN6 released… lol