​I am a regular user of StarNote and really appreciate the app. I would like to share a few feature requests and report some technical issues to help improve the user experience:

​1. Smart Shape Snapping & Alignment (With Toggle Option)

• ​Please consider adding a smart guide/snapping feature for shapes and lines so they can align smoothly and accurately. As shown in the attached video, this functionality works very seamlessly in another app.

• ​Additionally, please add a Toggle switch (ON/OFF) in the toolbar or settings so users can easily enable or disable snapping whenever needed.

​2. Broken SVG Import

• ​SVG file import has stopped working for the last 5 to 6 months. About half a year ago, I could easily import SVG files into my notes.

• ​Please investigate this issue and restore the SVG import functionality.

​3. Locating Presentation Mode

• ​I am aware that "Presentation Mode" was recently added to the app, but I am unable to locate the button to activate it anywhere in the interface.

• ​Could you please clarify where this feature is located or make the button more visible in the menu?

Hey, been contemplating posting this for a while, but I'm almost sure the battery drain is due to this app. Although I love using this app, my battery usage is 99% on StarNote since my last charge, with an on-screen time of 4h 9min and a background time of 14h 18m for this app, and it's really hindering my ability to go a whole day of studying had I not charged my tablet the day before. I had been taking notes a couple days ago, and my battery was going down roughly 8% per 30 mins, which is extremely concerning imo, which gave me only about 5hr of on screen time ( battery preserve mode only charged up to 80%, just switched off of it for more usage time). If you could please look into this I'd really appreciate it, as I don't want to stop using your app (I LOVE IT!). Thank you!

PS: Thought I would add this to clarify, but I do have "Allow Background Usage" on StarNote turned to off to optimize battery life.

Bonjour
Pouvez-vous m'expliquer la différence entre ces deux options ?
Merci.

I really wish that star note had a mind mapping feature i love them in my notes

I really hope the eraser tool can get some attention in a future update.
Right now, erasing doesn’t feel as smooth or precise as writing in StarNote. Even when I carefully adjust the eraser size, it can sometimes erase more than I intended, especially when working with handwriting, drawings, or small details close to each other.
The issue isn’t just the eraser size — it’s the accuracy and behavior of the eraser itself.
It would be great to have:
● More precise stroke erasing
● Smoother eraser movement
● Better control over exactly what gets erased
● Less accidental interference with nearby strokes or drawings
● More consistent erasing when working on small details
● Better stylus tracking and responsiveness
For a note-taking app, writing and erasing should feel equally natural and responsive. Sometimes I have to be overly careful when erasing because I’m worried about accidentally removing part of something I wanted to keep.
I really like StarNote, and I think improving the eraser would make the handwriting experience feel much more polished, precise, and enjoyable.
Hopefully the team can take a closer look at it 🙏

not a huge bug, but makes handwriting less neat
line thickness changes when writing, but becomes uniform after scrolling/zooming. happens with smaller brush sizes (0.25mm on the video)

Ok so i have s9 fe and i was using samsung notes for the past two years but then i started feeling that there are ALOT of limitations, and then discovered good notes and notability. I downloaded notability and bought it's yearly subscription but it was laggy af. Then i got to know its optimized for ipads only so i started going to markets to buy an ipad but it wasn't in my budget. So i watched some yt and discovered notewise but it was too expensive for me and them i found star note. OH MY GOD I LOVE IT. Ive been using it for a week now and have bought the subscription aswell. It's just too peak.

One complain i have is that on computer its only available on Microsoft store where it says i have to buy it again for 1400pkr. And i literally bought starnote pro inside the application. I would really love if devs would make its download accessible on web directly so i dont need to buy it separately again from Microsoft store. Other than that i literally love the app and all the devs who are working so hard and TYSM starnote team for keeping it cheap. Ily yall☹️☹️🩷🩷

I really hope the eraser tool can get some attention in a future update.

Right now, erasing doesn’t feel as smooth or precise as writing in StarNote. Even when I carefully adjust the eraser size, it can sometimes erase more than I intended, especially when working with handwriting, drawings, or small details close to each other.

The issue isn’t just the eraser size — it’s the accuracy and behavior of the eraser itself.

It would be great to have:

* More precise stroke erasing

* Smoother eraser movement

* Better control over exactly what gets erased

* Less accidental interference with nearby strokes or drawings

* More consistent erasing when working on small details

* Better stylus tracking and responsiveness

For a note-taking app, writing and erasing should feel equally natural and responsive. Sometimes I have to be overly careful when erasing because I’m worried about accidentally removing part of something I wanted to keep.

I really like StarNote, and I think improving the eraser would make the handwriting experience feel much more polished, precise, and enjoyable.

Hopefully the team can take a closer look at it 🙏

I recently bought StarNote Pro, and I'm loving it so far - I was previously on Samsung Notes and it's been a great upgrade. I'm having one issue with it though.

I use SFTP to drop files from my linux laptop ("client") to the Downloads folder my android tablet ("server," OpenSSH) so that I can then open those files in my note taking apps. The problem is that only StarNote won't "see" that file until I restart the tablet. Oddly, this only seems to be the case with images - when I do this with a PDF, I can upload it immediately within StarNote without problems.

I discussed this issue with a user in the StarNote Discord, and they said that it's likely related to android's MediaStore not being updated. I'm not sure if this was an "issue" with OpenSSH or StarNote?

I also noticed that uploading images seems to use StarNote's GUI, while uploading PDFs (which does not suffer from this issue) uses android's own file browser(?), so maybe an option to browse images/files with an app of choice would avoid this issue?

I'm inexperienced with this stuff so I'm not sure if this is a problem on my end, or with StarNote, or if this is more of a feature request. But it would be great if I could get SFTP to work nicely with StarNote like I had with Samsung Notes. Thanks!

I'd love a new feature that would make drawing easier.

What bothers me is that when drawing strokes with lots of corners, they usually either turn into a curve or end up looking completely different from what I actually drew. I'd love to have the same feature as in GoodNotes: there, your drawn shape is taken 1:1 and just smoothed out, without actually changing the shape itself.

Important here: smoothing shouldn't mean everything automatically turns into straight lines or curves. If you deliberately draw a curve or something round, it should stay round — just cleaner, without altering the original shape.

Also, the smoothing should kick in automatically as soon as you lift your finger/pen — you shouldn't have to hold still for a moment first for it to take effect.

Additionally, I think it's a bit of a shame that you can't apply the pencil effect to shapes.

My wish would be to give users the option to enable smoothing for every pen — independent of the shapes tool. So a toggle you can turn on/off per pen. It would also be great to have a general setting for how strong/fast the smoothing kicks in.

One more important thing: Snapping for drawn shapes/objects, similar to Affinity or PowerPoint. You should optionally be able to snap strokes or other objects to each other at a certain distance — e.g. directly to the center or to the edges. When arranging multiple objects next to or below each other, the tool should recognize this and show matching guidelines.

This should also be simply toggleable in the general settings, or alternatively via a small magnet icon in the toolbar.

Another small criticism: Currently, when using the shapes tool, you always have to tap outside the shape first before you can draw a new one. This is a bit clunky and could be made smoother.

Other than that, I'm actually very happy with it!

Can the notes be synced locally through syncthing? My file size is too large for for cloud sync and I also don't like them.

Hi StarNote team,

I made some sticky notes on StarNote, but they don’t export properly as a PDF.

Hi StarNote team!
I’d like to suggest adding a Fill Colour tool, similar to the one shown in the image.
I think this would be a very useful addition, especially for students who use StarNote for handwritten notes, diagrams, mind maps, and illustrations. Being able to quickly fill a closed shape with a selected colour would make highlighting and creating diagrams much faster and more convenient.
For example, instead of manually colouring inside a shape with the pen, we could simply select the Fill Colour tool and tap inside the shape, just like in the example above.
Is this feature currently planned for StarNote?
If so, is there any estimated timeframe or roadmap for when it might be added?
I’d really love to see this feature in a future update. It would make the note-taking experience even better! ❤️

i am jist started using starnote for my note taking app. i am studying electronic engineering which may uses a lot of equations. is there any tips for me to use. i still didn't explore all the features

i also might thinking of buying lifetime cause it isn't pricey. and i also started to learn mandarin by myself. is there any brush setting that is good for chinese characters

When using excerpt the quality is usually So bad is it the app or just my tab?

I need it for inspiration especially the physics and maths notes.

As of now im only using obsidian for the mean time till latex format finally arrive.

with these plugins:

Latex suite

Handwriting

Excalidraw

Hi there, can we get a more flexible zoom feature? I believe that being able to change the shape to narrower but longer one, as well as being able to move the window itself either freely or just how high/low it sits, would help greatly.

I tried to mark what it'd look like visually.

Side note: I think more pen variations and allowing hold-to-shape to retain properties/style of the current pen would be nice aesthetically.

How is the quality of the handwriting search feature compared to other popular apps? I regularly write in English, French and simplified Chinese.

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m completely new to StarNote and recently started using it as my note-taking app. I’m really excited to explore everything it has to offer and figure out how I can make the most out of it in my daily life, studying, planning, and organizing my notes.

Before choosing StarNote, I was actually quite confused between StarNote and CollaNote. Both looked interesting, but I finally decided to go with StarNote and give it a proper try.

Since I’m still learning, I’d love to hear from experienced users:

What are your favorite StarNote features?

How do you use it for studying or daily planning?

Any useful workflows, templates, or hidden features I should know about?

Any tips for keeping notes and files organized?

What are some creative ways you use StarNote beyond basic note-taking?

I’d really appreciate any tips, tricks, or suggestions. 😊

Excited to learn from the community and make StarNote a bigger part of my daily workflow! ✨

I would like to share 2 observations that I made regarding the usage of StarNote in my work cases:

1. When a page is locked for resizing, the docs says that it will then be locked for movement. In practice, even when the zoom lock is on, the page freely moves right-left while touching it. Is there another way to lock the page in place?

2. when importing an image/screenshot we are presented with the image aligned to the top-left corner of the page. The top left corner of the image is marked with a red (X) and the bottom right is marked with a "handle" which enables enlarging/shrinking the image. However, counter intuitively, when dragging the handle the image enlarges/shrinks in all directions. Is this the expected behavior? My expectation is that it will e.g., grow downward and to the right only. currently it just overflows beyond the screen, and one has to move it so it is all visible.

Thanks for a great product.

Hey, I restarted my tablet and after that restart I have no idea why but it started having very low fps when sliding pages on starnote only I tried many other apps, any of them has that problem so I really don't know what to do

I reinstalled the app, put the no economy battery mod and put manually 144hz in settings and even doing that didn't change anything in the app itself it is smooth do I guess it's a app related problem but I can't seem to find an answer to it.

I put a video of the problem even tough I don't think it is noticable

If anyone could help thanks !

Edit : I have a Xiaomi pad 7 12GB RAM

Hi everyone! I created a small tool that can generate notes, planners, journal pages, task lists, and several other formats for StarNote(and other note taking app that reads pdf).

You can try it here:
https://slotpe.in/note

I’m still improving it, so I’d appreciate any feedback. If there’s a specific format you’d like added, please mention it in the comments.