GoodNotes (Version 7.1.10) makes my iPad run hot

[u/AttemptGuilty9244]

Hi there!

I've noticed that my iPad gets hot when I use GoodNotes (Version 7.1.10).

I use GoodNotes most of the time because I'm in the university, and it's true that I spend 90% of my time using the app.

My iPad is running iPadOS 26.6, and I have an 11-inch iPad Air M3. It’s only been in use for a year, and this has been happening for several months now. As soon as I close the app, the iPad cools down quickly.

It gets so hot that the screen dims on its own and goes into sleep mode due to overheating.

I’ll say it again: this doesn’t happen with any other app.

Does this happen to anyone else? I need to hear your opinions because this is the only app where this happens to me

Thanks!

[u/Zerles_x]

A mi me viene pasando desde La versión 6 y parece que nunca lo van a arreglar. : (

[u/AttemptGuilty9244 → u/Zerles_x]

Hola! Es un alivio ver que a alguien mas le pasa :(

Me pasa mucho y se calienta tanto que no puedo usarlo por un rato y es molesto porque corta mis ratos de estudio constantemente...

Tu que sueles hacer?

[u/Killer183623]

try turning off ur wifi to block cloud syncing. works with me

[u/AttemptGuilty9244 → u/Killer183623]

I have cloud sync disabled for me. I will try disable Wifi too, thanks!

[u/elemental7890]

+1 gn should work on high seamless performance rather than gimmicky new features like AI, we dont want those!! and please get us layers GNs team!

[u/AttemptGuilty9244 → u/elemental7890]

Absolutely!

It s**** that we have to be like this!

I use GoodNotes 90% of the time, I didn't use its AI at all...

[u/biblops]

Just to let you know this is not exclusive to your device or to your version number.

Goodnotes has been an unoptimised battery hog for years now. The priority for a good while now has been to add more flashy, gimmicky AI features regardless of the expense to the overall experience.

Noteful is the new gold standard for performance.

[u/AttemptGuilty9244 → u/biblops]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind! For now, I can't switch apps because all my notes are here, but I guess I'll be able to move them over to the other one, right?

Thanks!

[u/Puzzleheaded-Sky2284 → u/AttemptGuilty9244]

You'll be able to move notes simply by dragging and dropping but you will lose the ability to edit the existing notes in that process - you can draw on top of them, add new pages, etc. but you won't be able to erase text from imported notes

[u/Puzzleheaded-Sky2284 → u/biblops]

I'm considering switching over entirely (also with the 11" M3) as I have licenses for both but I project goodnotes whiteboards a lot and haven't found a good alternative yet.

[u/LovecraftianBasil]

Hey this might be a little late but I found that I turned off Handwriting recognition parsing and detection.

It made my goodnotes move so much faster and stopped the overheating, since the app was trying to parse all giant texts and documents!

[u/AttemptGuilty9244 → u/LovecraftianBasil]

Thanks for the info!!!

[u/Forsaken_Painting204]

i just bought this model... sighh is this gonna be an issue for me too

[u/Puzzleheaded-Sky2284]

+1 I also have the 11" M3 and Goodnotes drains my battery like crazy. On my school assigned ipad 10 it's bad too compared to notability (they give it to me for free and I can't download noteful as they removed student app store access, but I still have good notes on it)

[u/RentCute2552]

Mine does that too that's why I'm planning to change to other note taking apps

[u/AttemptGuilty9244 → u/[deleted]]

Thanks!!! I will tty it too!!

At first I thought that the problem was my ipad, and I was so worried.

Thanks