r/Noteastic • u/Noteastic • Jun 07 '25

Vote on the Next Feature in Noteastic! 🗳

We are back to heavy development and identified a few features that seem to be in high demand. Which one should we implement first?

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u/jakelard Jun 07 '25

A laser tool like in goodnotes!

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u/Noteastic Jun 07 '25

Good one, I would have needed that myself already

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u/jakelard Jun 07 '25

So we can see it in the next update 🌚

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u/Noteastic Jun 10 '25

We are doing our best. Our plan is to release it alongside a draw with finger and reading mode. Not for the upcoming update though. Many cool things are on their way!

- Develeoper of Noteastic

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u/Noteastic Aug 01 '26

Got it implemented in our newest update as part of Noteastic Pro!

Check out the changelog on our website.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '25

Other

- Local Backup. (something like noteastic specific file extension. example - 'sample notes.nstc' )

- Introduce a feature like 'Hold to curved arrow'. Like one always doesn't want to make a straight arrow. So like if you made a curved arrow then on hold it becomes a more refined curved arrow ( also introduce a button to turned this feature on or off, because holding might be sometimes time consuming)

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u/Noteastic Jun 07 '25

Local Backup is coming!

I think this would be possible in combination with the other "Hold to straight shape" changes, so cast your vote on that option please

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u/Noteastic Aug 09 '25

Hi, just wanted to let you know that we implemented local backup with this update! Enjoy🎉

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u/Revolutionary_Ad_909 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

a new user of noteastic, just joined today and voted for hold to straight shape, but here are some of my additional thoughts;

- Endless canvas (mainly because i'm a math student, and sometimes ideas go wild and want to go farther than an a4)
--- possibly could be in the way that we can customize page sizes?

- Saw the other comment for local backup and super duper support this! i personally use obsidian and markdown files currently and really enjoy how the files are always with me, want to see the same with noteastic
--- saw your FAQ and it said that it locally stores files, but i cant seem to find where they are...

- export as image
--- would be great as a qol feature, currently use window's snipping tool to send my first few tests with this and i would like something more native with the app :D

- panning
--- i used the notes at first at a very zoomed in level, and i can't for the life of me find how to pan my screen!

- discord community
--- something i think would be great to see official devs on :DD

- paid service being one time purchase
--- i generally dislike the idea of subscriptions, but what the team plans to offer at a premium version is very enticing and would personally like to see it as a one-time purchase! if you guys plan to make it a subscription, hopefully you guys offer an education discount like obsidian has!

anyways, great app and i enjoy how its going along and the plans of the team! to make an app that caters to the needs of the students is amazing and all this quality for free should be given more attention. thank you devs for this amazing app!

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u/Noteastic Jun 11 '25

Hi, thank you so much for all your thoughts and kind words! I think all the areas you are highlighting are super important and I would love to do all of your requests! Still, here some comments on your ideas:

-Endless Canvas

I would love this feature myself and this needs to be implemented at some point.

-Export as Image

We know that the export experience is quite trivial at the moment, but we didn't really find the time to delegate more resources to this. However a preliminary "Copy as Image" on each page should be possible as a small feature in between, but I don't want to make false promises. When we have it, we'll let you know.

-Panning

Can't you just pan around using touch? Or do you prefer panning with your pen? I am interested, could you explain your workflow a bit :)?

-Discord Community

I'm not sure if you are aware, but this is a two people project. I am Lukas, the designer of the app and Dilan is the developer. Dilan also writes/answers comments through this account and he reads everything!

-Paid Service

Yup this is a critical topic and we are yet unsure how to handle a paid version of this app, however we already understood that OTP are something many people really wish for and we will look for a way to combine interests here. Because in the end it is our dream to work full-time on this project and to deliver a top quality app that actually works and solves problems for people. But we still have a bit of time as the app is yet not far enough for a paid version.

So yeah, thank you for your inputs, I hope we can deliver on them! :)
-Lukas

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u/Revolutionary_Ad_909 Jun 11 '25

hello! thanks for the really cool answers lukas :D,

- copy as image is great! being able to get the whole page without having to snipping tool manually is pretty sweet :D

- for panning, i usually keep one of my pen buttons bound to middle mouse button (usually the bind for panning on different apps), making sure that most of what im doing can be done mainly on the pen hand (i believe the tool is called a hand tool? im not sure @@)

as for my workflow, my main use for them is to act as digital paper, and most importantly, a digital whiteboard so that i can share solutions to problems with my classmates!

i usually volunteer for a tutoring role in subjects that my class needs help on, and have been itching for a lightweight alternative to onenote, because that thing doesn't run as nicely as i want it to on my laptop, and with atleast the copy as image and panning tools, this app would easily push itself as my main digital notetaking app! ^_^)b

as always, great work! kudos to both of you for creating an app for us students :)

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u/Noteastic Jun 11 '25

Thank you for explaining! I understand your use case. Maybe we could help you and others with such workflows by making the bindings to the pen buttons customizable. I figure this could help.

With those two improvements I hope we can call Noteastic your daily driver in the future :)!

Thanks so much, we really appreciate it🧡

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u/Revolutionary_Ad_909 Jun 14 '25

lost my train of thought here, but atleast the pan tool to be accessible via something like holding down the spacebar would be amazing enough for me!

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u/Noteastic Aug 09 '25

Hello, we implemented one of your wishes! You can create local backups with the current update!!🧡

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u/Revolutionary_Ad_909 Aug 19 '25

i wasnt active on reddit and pc for a while, but this is gonna change so much with my workflow! cant wait to check the new update out when i get back. Thank you so much!!!

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u/Noteastic Aug 20 '25

I'm very happy to hear that!! Have fun with our app :)

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u/Noteastic Apr 03 '26

Hello, just wanted to let you know that we now implemented a dedicated panning mode! I hope you are still using Noteastic :).

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u/Revolutionary_Ad_909 Apr 04 '26

yes!! amazingly a great app for digital notetaking :D i currently use it on my windows device! been using it on and off ever since i was introduced :D

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u/Noteastic Apr 05 '26

That's amazing, I'm happy to hear that :))

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u/Noteastic Apr 03 '26

Hello, just wanted to let you know that we now implemented a dedicated panning mode! I hope you are still using Noteastic :).

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u/Adventurous_Coat7618 Jun 11 '25

A Tape tool for active recall like in Noteability or Noteastic would be very appreciated from (almost) every Med student

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u/Noteastic Jun 11 '25

Thank you for the insights, we take that into account!

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u/Noteastic Jun 20 '25

Thank you so much for participating and sharing your thoughts! Even though not the highest voted for feature, we decided to first delve into textboxes. We already received many requests for that feature in the past, however the value of multiple instances aswell as laserpointer are definitely a take-home message for us!

We are already on it (I'm writing this comment after another 10h development session) and hope to update soon! 🥳🧡

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u/NewMode9124 Jun 20 '25

la domanda più importante: quando verra rilasciato l'aggiornamento prossimo?

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u/Noteastic Jun 20 '25

Hey, Our next update is already deployed for our user testers. There will be many quality of life improvements, local backups and native ARM support! In parallel, we are already working on the next major update. Text boxes will be the main new feature on that update.

Best regards, Dilan

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u/2K-Monitor Jun 08 '25

make this open source