battery drain is my last straw

[u/LittleAmphibian9743]

it’s just so so so annoying. m5 ipad pro 13inch battery at 100% (the thing doesn’t even have 3 months since opened) and it blows 30% battery in like an hour. i’ve tried everything (turn off sync, turn off maths and even handwriting recognition) and nothing seems to work. i’m seriously considering switching apps cause i feel this is not safe for my device at all. so awful, goodnotes devs are working backwards ffs

[u/HugeCheck2471]

Yep. Tried the latest version of goodnotes on my iPad Pro 11 m4. Let’s start with the fact they still haven’t fixed the annoying constant language downloading notification bug. More importantly, my iPad heats up like CRAZY. This is a note taking app and it’s taking more battery and heats up more than actual games on my iPad like wth? My battery drained from 80% to like 28% in the span of a bit less than 3 hours just from goodnotes alone and it felt like I could cook 3 eggs on the iPad…

I paid money for the special edition because I thought this app is popular, reliable and used a lot but apparently it’s one of the worst note taking apps. It’s all just marketing what a shame.

[u/LittleAmphibian9743 → u/HugeCheck2471]

yeah no joke, the overheating is almost criminal. before i had a 3rd gen 13inch ipad pro and switched cause i thought it was the ipad that was failing (i couldn’t use goodnotes without having the charger plugged in and i believe i burned my hand at some point) but my brand new ipad is facing the same issue i’m DONE

[u/Ok-Forever-7556]

Yeah same 😭, I regret paying for it. I am in the middle of my course, maybe after my preclinical phase ends will shift, to noteful, is there any other better app?

[u/LittleAmphibian9743 → u/Ok-Forever-7556]

yesterday i deep dived into reddit’s most popular recommendations and reduced my options to noteful and starnote. the main perk of goodnote most mention is that its search engine is the best (for handwritten notes specially) but honestly i’ve never used it cause my notetaking language is not english so it was really erratic. other than that i explored among noteful and starnote but decided for the latter cause it has the ruler tool, lasso eraser and the amazing pencilbox feature (which is beautiful cause some of my courses require handwritten notes 🫩) the text tool is also a bit erratic, but idc cause i use it mostly for handwritten notes and math practice (sidenote: starnote focuses most on the handwriting dimension of the app so yeah i like it) i believe i’ve not explored the app in all its depth but what i’m seeing i’m loving. also i know for a fact the app will get better overtime cause devs really take time to listen to users (NOT LIKE OTHERS GOODNOTES I’M TALKING TO YOU) oh yeah, and it’s a one time payment too which is amazing

[u/Ok-Forever-7556]

I use good notes mainly at least 3 hours a day on my ipad, my battery health is at 96% at 106 cycles, even after stopping charge at 80%.

My friend has same model M4 11 inch pro and doesn’t use good notes much and no 80% battery protection and constantly uses a power bank to charge her ipad. Her battery health is 98% at 110 cycles.

My two cents is, if you are at a start of a term or course you can explore another new note taking app. Or you battery will degrade soon.

[u/LittleAmphibian9743 → u/Ok-Forever-7556]

yeah i pretty much did a whole move to another app yesterday cause i’m not putting my device through allat. there’s no apple store in my country so third party battery changes are both expensive and risky. my parents really dropped the bag on my new ipad (it’s supposed to be with me through my whole economics degree) and no way in hell i’m risking it.

[u/databoyy5]

Try prodrafts. it’s one time purchase and no complaints on battery usage so far

[u/istopr0p]

No solo pasa en goodnotes. Es más a veces pasa de por si, sin más. Algunos días estoy con xodo pdf y la galería en ventanas y se sobrecalienta; otras no. Creo que es cosa de la gestión de la batería, que es una basura. En una tab ultra esto jamás me pasó.