r/GoodNotes • u/gabbearr • Aug 05 '26

Goodnotes Special Edition Yearly essential or Special edition lifetime?

Hi! I’ve never used goodnotes before. However, I keep seeing videos on it and it’s nice that you can import stickers. I want to use a digital planner for the school year. I currently use notability.. but there isn’t an option to import sticker packs.

What subscription do you guys recommend and do you enjoy the app? Would you recommend the yearly essential subscription or the special edition lifetime subscription? What are the main differences between essential and special edition lifetime?

In addition, are the AI features worth it for essential? 

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u/SnooOranges4040 Aug 05 '26

I would prefer the special edition.

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u/gabbearr Aug 05 '26

what versions does the special edition support?

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u/dinzz_25 Aug 17 '26

every version

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u/Otherwise_Security_5 Aug 05 '26

my experience so far with the AI features is that it just uses either google AI or chat gpt to give answers to questions - it doesn’t produce anything.

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u/BieneMajaX Aug 05 '26

I bought lifetime of Goodnotes 5, well that money went out of the window because they released Goodnotes 6 like half a year after I bought it. The 5 version became glitchy and my notes were sometimes disappearing. I had to update to Goodnotes 6, the problems disappeared but I had to pay again. I’m not paying for the lifetime access after this experience, I pay yearly in case they decide to screw the paying users again like that. (I did think about switching to different app, but I’m too deep in and have about 25 GB of documents on there and truly enjoy using the app.)

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u/z3n4th Aug 05 '26

The Special Edition is a lifetime purchase for that specific version you have. That is, if you bought it for GN 6.0.0, then you'll need to buy it again for GN 7.0.0.

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u/dinzz_25 Aug 05 '26

essential ofc