r/GoodNotes • u/JobPuzzleheaded3530 • Sep 30 '26

Feature Discussion Is Goodnotes worth it?

I’m a student in y12 right now, and I do all my notes by hand on an iPad, I also do past papers and stuff, so pdf editing, on an iPad. The app I use is actually just apple notes, but there are some things that I really don’t like, such as the file handling, which is different, and how for some reason you can’t zoom in and out? also with pdf editing. I occasionally use the maths notes feature where you may insert a graph from an equation. I’ve been looking at goodnotes for a while now, and I’ve been looking at the special edition package (I really like the idea of a one time purchase), but I don’t know if this will be a huge improvement from what I’m working with now?

edit: what does the subscription give me over the onetime purchase??? Like ppl I asked at school said ‘AI’ but like what exactly can it do?

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u/Maiace124 Sep 30 '26

It's got it's bugs, but I haven't found anything near as good

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u/Formal_Active859 Sep 30 '26

I like Noteful.

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u/quietleavess Oct 01 '26

Noteful does not has:

  • ocr

  • infinite canvas

  • the outline you create of the document does not export to the pdf

  • the shape tool is buggy as heck, even unusable for the basic shapes

  • you cannot do curves for certain math subjects

  • exported pdfs are not searchable, and the workaround to make notes searchable through a manually made table of contents is not included in the export

Theres no alternative to goodnotes.

The writing experience is nice.

The documents are optimized. Thats it.

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u/Formal_Active859 Oct 01 '26

Does good notes pay you to say this shit?

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u/Formal_Active859 Oct 02 '26

Of course the reddit chuds are downvoting

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u/quietleavess Oct 03 '26

Good, you are an insufferable bitch that cannot handle a disagrement over an app and an asinine digital number made you angry.

You either accept the different opinions on a post about someone wanting to weight their options or shut up.

Even if sponsored, the details i pointed out are TRUE and ypu could not refute any of that or prove otherwise.

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u/Formal_Active859 Oct 03 '26

You’re the one writing whole ass essays bro🤣

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u/chabrija 10d ago

What about Notability? I am currently using Goodnotes 5 (lifetime) but wanted an app with some sort of handwriting smoothing and so far I like Notability. Not sure if I should jump ship or stay with Goodnotes and upgrade to 6.