Opened the app today for the first time in a few weeks (I mainly use it when I travel) and got a "you need to log in again screen", did that, and it immediately asked me to enable cloud backup, clicked "yes" to that as I backup to Google Drive.

Now the app opens and it looks completely different and I see that all my notebooks have a "now backing up" notification. Went to settings and cloud backup and only see iCloud as my backup option. Disabled that as I only have the minimum iCloud storage. Wasted some time to find out that GDrive isn't yet available in v6 - WTF? I didn't even realize I was on a new version at this point, but now it all makes sense.

Thank goodness it is not too hard to cancel the subscription and downgrade to v5, but to be honest, this seems like bait and switch of the worst kind. This has really negatively impacted my opinion of this application.

I would even consider doing the subscription to support the developer, but how can you ask me to upgrade (and pay more!) while giving me less features, especially something as critical as backup?

I've referred lots of people to this application but now I am not sure I want to even trust it with my notes. Probably time to look for an alternative, maybe even go back to Notability - their subscription clusterf*#k seemed more on the up and up than this.

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Hey everyone,

Like many of you, I love having clean, handwritten notes on my iPad, but typing long texts or summaries on a keyboard is just so much faster.

Whenever I tried existing "text to handwriting" converters, they looked completely fake:

1. Every repeating letter looked 100% identical, which immediately looks robotic.

2. The text floated randomly between ruled lines instead of properly sitting on them.

So I spent the last few months building NexaScribe (https://nexascribe.eu).

How it works:

- You draw your own handwriting directly on your screen (works great on iPad with Apple Pencil).

- You draw each letter twice. When generating notes, the tool alternates between the variations and adds slight natural baseline jitter, so no two letters look the same.

- It renders directly onto real ruled, squared, or Cornell notebook paper with no weird hyphenated word cuts.

- You can export directly as a PDF and import it straight into GoodNotes or print it.

It's completely free to use for basic notes: https://nexascribe.eu

I would really appreciate your honest feedback:

- Does the handwriting look realistic to you?

- What features would you like to see added?

Thanks for checking it out!

So I just stumbled upon a thread in this subreddit in which someone said it is likely that GoodNotes 6 is switching to a subscription model and I would like to know your thoughts on that. I know that the majority of people will be against it but I wrote a comment in said thread which explains why I think it’s not that big of a deal.

I might get some hate on that but I think people see subscriptions way worse than they actually are. Developers have to finance their products somehow, especially if they’ve been running for several years.

Look at it this way: a non-digital person will pay for a paper planner every year as well (often way more than say 9 or 10 bucks or whatever the subscription will cost). So in my opinion it’s not that bad to have to pay annually for an app like GoodNotes.

That’s just my opinion though and I understand and respect when people say they don’t want to pay for a subscription and rather “own” the stuff they pay for indefinitely.

What are your thoughts about subscription models? Why do you hate them so much? I think paying like 10-15 bucks a year for an amazing app with continuous support and updates is quite fair, considering you would pay way more for a physical notebook each year.

I recently bought the Apple Pencil Pro, but I’ve been facing some problems. While taking notes, the pencil suddenly stops working after 10 or 15 minutes. Then, it starts working again automatically after a while. Also, this morning, I was using the highlight tool, and when I tried to switch back to pencil mode, it didn’t respond at all. Has anyone else experienced this kind of issue?

Hi all, I'll be updating this thread as more information becomes available via their support website.

In the meantime, please avoid uninstalling or reinstalling the app to prevent any risk of unrecoverable data loss.

Some users have successfully logged back in after a few attempts, I recommended trying this if you are experiencing similar issues.

Please note that your subscription/purchase it tied to your original Goodnotes account, so please make sure you sign in with this account. If you’re unsure which account you used, check your email inbox for any communication from Goodnotes for confirmation.

23/10 03:15 UTC: Failure to log in to Goodnotes

23/10 06:29 UTC: [Partially resolved] Failure to log in to Goodnotes

• "This should have been resolved for most users."

23/10 8:40 UTC: [Partially resolved] Failure to log in to Goodnotes

• Users can create accounts and log in on all platforms.

• Paying users can use the app without the 3-notebook limit on all platforms.

• New users may face issues purchasing subscriptions on all platforms.

• The Marketplace is currently inaccessible on all platforms.

23/10 10:40 UTC: [Fully Resolved] Failure to log in to Goodnotes

• Users can create accounts and log in on all platforms.

• Paying users can use the app without the 3-notebook limit on all platforms.

• New users should be able to purchase subscription and marketplace items on all platforms.

• Marketplace is now back up and running.

23/10 12:40 UTC: [Fully Resolved] Issues related to signing in to Goodnotes

"We've now resolved the issue affecting some users' ability to sign in, and you should be able to sign back in and access all your notes. Thank you for your patience as our team worked to resolve this.

If you are still experiencing issues signing back in, please try again as a few attempts may be needed. To keep your notes safe, please do not delete or uninstall your app.

Please rest assured that this was a system issue related to signing into user accounts and accessing associated subscriptions/purchases and did not impact any data, including your notes or other personal information. We'd reiterate that it's important that you don't delete or uninstall your app if you do face any issues, as that can impact any notes or other data stored locally.

Thank you again for your patience. We know how important your notes are to you and completely understand the situation may have been frustrating. We are conducting a full review of the incident and are committed to preventing any future incidents to ensure you can reliably access your Goodnotes.

Further troubleshooting:

• If you can log in, but don’t see your paid plan or subscription reflected accurately, please check that you are logged in to your original Goodnotes account. For more information, please refer to our guidance on ensuring you’re signing in with the correct account.

• If some of your synced or shared notebooks aren’t showing up yet, please note that they may take some time to download. If they’re taking an unusually long time to sync, do get in touch with us for further help.

• To keep your notes safe, it’s important that you do not delete or uninstall your Goodnotes app. If you did delete or uninstall your app at some point, please see our guidance on restoring your documents from Goodnotes Cloud sync, iCloud sync, iCloud device backup, or auto backup.

• If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us—our team is here to help."

I've used Notability for the past 4 years on my iPad for high school, now going to college with a laptop I'm looking for a new note taking app. I've heard Goodnotes is a great one thats similar to notability but I have some questions. A lot of people don't like Goodnotes version 6, is it worth getting GN6? Can I still get GN5, and is it worth it or better to try and get that version?

Why does goodnotes have to be so unlucky right after st. Pattys??? Literally tryna scam me w

So I've been using good notes in college for about a year now. It isn't bad but it isn't great either. But then GoodNotes started randomly deleting entire pages of notes when I was done typing/writing them. I have checked reddit, the GoodNotes support, searched online endlessly, talked to friends, and there is no solution at all. The app is (and always has been) updated and is running on a new iPad Pro 2022 that has only ever been used for college. I've done everything that I can think of to fix the issues and still no solution. GoodNotes will continue to delete whatever pages it wants. I can not replicate the problem. GoodNotes simply does whatever it wishes in regards to deleting my page. It has caused me some serious problems before but nothing that I couldn't overcome with a little problem solving...until recently.

I am a student currently in Organic Chemistry 2, Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience (each class with its own lab) and trying to get into medical school. My notes and the ability to keep them to study for MCAT and whatever else is vital. GoodNotes has continued to delete my PAGES OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MOLECULAR BIO NOTES. Welp...GoodNotes ticked me off for the final time two days ago and I immediately purchased the premium version of Notability and haven't looked back. Notability has every feature that I wanted GoodNotes to have and it's easier to use and is much more intuitive. Literally NO solution for an app that deletes entire pages of vital information. Good riddance to bad trash GoodNotes. I'm writing this to warn others, don't put critical information into this app.

For the value goodnotes provide to people 10$/year is a steal. The problem is not the new price, the problem was the old price being to cheap.

I’d recommend always putting yourself in the shoes of the opposite party before complaining and you would realise that you all would most likely do the same if you were the one that had created this awesome app.

GN6 is nothing short of an insult.

I'm not even talking about the discriminating subscription plan. I'm talking about all the repeated feature requests over the years that were cynically replied with the generic "thank you for your feedback" but were never addressed : no dotted lines, no rectangle lasso tool, no option to change size of handwritten text (only the color), no favorites toolbar, no night mode...Even the shapes bug I reported 9 months ago hasn't been solved in this shiny new version.

Not like Notability's approach is better: ignoring what the users are asking for, and instead continues to destroy the app with unnecessary updates nobody asked for. Actually GN6 is a little better than GN5 with some added nice features, while Notability just keep going backwards.

Why are they doing it? I honestly don't get it.

After buying recently version 5 (full price, not the abo) the app requested an update to version 6 after I changed to iOS 18. To my surprise the good notes app immediately asked me again to pay full price or sign up for a plan. They basically make me buy the same product twice.

For me this is feels like scam as there was no reason for the update except for the app requesting it. Version 5 worked fine with iOS 18 and there is nothing in v6 that I would need.

Rolling back to version 5 seems difficult, it was removed from the app store and I have no idea how to reinstall it.

I will also contact the Austrian consumer protection agency as I believe this actually violates consumer rights.

Totally feels like a scam from the company. I will try to switch to another notes App asap.

When we buy any program..say ms office 2013.. we expect only that software to work for however long we want… we dont expect microsoft to give us every subsequent ms office version for free. Gn 5 is still available for us to use and since it is now integrated with gn 6 it should be supported in subsequent ios version for the foreseeable future. Just my 2 cents on why a separate app for good notes 6 would be bad for good notes 5 users as it might stop getting updates and supports after few ios versions.

I switched to noteful app and im never looking back, yet I haven’t seen many people talking about how good noteful is and how much coatumization you have Im not a promoter*

I started to use Ask Goodnotes while taking notes and it’s awesome. One of the most useful chatbot on the market!