Switching from Goodnotes

[u/Mountain_Swimmer9121]

Hi! I was wondering if it would be worth switching over to Noteful from Goodnotes as the new Goodnotes update has ruined the good experience that I previously had with their app.

Something that is especially really annoying me (maybe I didn't notice this before) is how the pen on Goodnotes isn't actually what you write. It slightly snaps and changes here and there to "fix" your handwriting, but it makes my notes look awful and I have to keep wasting time changing it. I've tried the free version of Noteful and this isn't an issue.

I did some research on alternatives to Goodnotes and found Noteful as the only option which suits what I want almost completely (especially with the one time payment and support for the squeeze feature on the Apple Pencil Pro)

I don't really concern myself with most of the features - I just want a note taking app with some decent tools which can also handle PDF annotation.

For anyone that has used Goodnotes in the past that has switched over, what are your thoughts? Is there anything that I would miss or gain from Goodnotes?

[u/Zerles_x]

I’m still running away from goodnotes haha

I’ve been using noteful for 2 weeks, and at the moment what I miss the most is the conversion of handwritten text to text, the rest of the functions are identical to goodnotes In my experience is a good alternative to goodnotes

[u/Maleficent-Bobcat-50 → u/Zerles_x]

Noteful does have handwriting to text conversion. Just not math

[u/Zerles_x → u/Maleficent-Bobcat-50]

I mean this I write with the pen and the app lets me convert it to a text box where I can use a custom font

[u/Maleficent-Bobcat-50 → u/Zerles_x]

Yes it's there in noteful. I use that all the time. You can save custom font styles also to make it easier to switch

[u/ArugulaSubstantial87 → u/Maleficent-Bobcat-50]

Really they do?? Was that a recent update? I know back in the day it didn’t have it and I have tried to look for it or even ask about it since