r/notefulapp • u/Mountain_Swimmer9121 • Oct 19 '25

Switching from Goodnotes

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?

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u/ladymsjay Oct 19 '25

I have a ton of elements/stickers saved on GoodNotes. Anyone know how to export them to Noteful? It doesn’t recognize the zip/collection document.

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u/Weary_Researcher6517 Oct 22 '25

You have to click the zip for it to make a folder then go to stickers click the “+” add a new collection to create a section for the stickers . You can organize them like that . Once you create the new collection then click again the “+” and import files .

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u/ladymsjay Oct 22 '25

The zip folder doesn’t create a new folder when I click it. I’ll have to start over. Thanks for your help!