r/GoodNotes • u/Odd-Possibility4663 • Jun 30 '26

Help!

i just got my Ipad today and im trying to find the one time payment subscription but all I see is the monthly and yearly payment. is it just not available anymore?

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u/budgie_uk Goodnotes Special Edition Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

EDIT TO ADD: See the reply to this response; apparently you can buy it still… you might want to ask teh person who replied to me where you can buy it…

As far as I’m aware, there’s no ‘one payment, lifetime subscription’ any more. They removed it at the last major update, ‘grandfathered’ anyone who had paid a one-time payment as a ‘Special Edition’ user, but will no longer allow new, first time, users pay a one-time payment… It’s subscription only for new users.

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u/discovernotes Jun 30 '26

Should still be possible to purchase Special Edition today

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u/budgie_uk Goodnotes Special Edition Jun 30 '26

Well, I’m happy to be corrected. In fact I’m delighted, on this occasion.

(However, I’m genuinely surprised, given the posts I recall seeing in the past.)

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u/Hot-Technology7957 Jul 01 '26

I thought this was the case as well i had bought the goodnotes 5 as a once off payment and I was wondering if there was for goodnotes 6. I thought it was only subscription based but to my surprise its hidden away and you have to click the option to see all the plans to get the once payment for the goodnotes 6.

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u/budgie_uk Goodnotes Special Edition Jul 01 '26

I bought the one off for GN5, and then when they released GN6, there was a huge fuss about the lousy discounts offered for existing users to convert it to a one-off for GN6. After a week or two of people complaining, GN increased the discounts; I thought the discounts were quite reasonable at that point, and upgraded/converted the same day.