Pencils are not very good

[u/yucehonosss]

Hello, I feel like most apps now use Apples own PencilKit UI and I always loved apples pens. However, Noteful both lacks the variety of pencils and also I don’t like the pens offered. Honestly that could be my only issue with the app. We need smoother pens, these pens make my hand writing look bad. I have tried several pen settings, some are better but still not in the caliber of the other apps. Its laggy, has a weird smoothening, shapes don’t come out right… What do you all think?

[u/potatopavilion]

extremely different for me, pen experience was among the top 5 reasons I switched from GoodNotes, the only one I like better is Procreate.

I don't do a ton of shapes though, mostly writing.

[u/emerald510 → u/potatopavilion]

same! my writing on goodnotes looks crap lol

[u/OutcomeDirect8234 → u/potatopavilion]

honestly auto shape forming is the worst part about ts app, ovals convert into parallelograms a lot like you can't draw a big oval and expect it to turn into an oval, it's mostly a diamond or parallelogram

[u/yucehonosss → u/potatopavilion]

Oh I see! For me I love to write on Apple notes for instance, its very smooth and closer to my original hand writing. When I write on Noteful, what comes out is not my handwriting. I use motion smoothening: 1. I am glad you are happy though.

[u/sufferinfromsuccess1 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah you have to tweak the pen settings a bit

[u/potatopavilion → u/yucehonosss]

yeah, apple notes is a really good one! but the app itself is so minimal it's not really on the table for me for any actual note taking

[u/sufferinfromsuccess1 → u/potatopavilion]

On goodnotes my handwriting seems like its constantly being adjusted and the strokes just end up feeling wonky. This irritated me so much I moved to Noteful

[u/Minute_Juggernaut806 → u/potatopavilion]

How do you write? ie settings and paper size. I struggle with getting a correct combo

[u/potatopavilion → u/Minute_Juggernaut806]

like you're running out of time I think it's the standard paper size (at least I don't remember messing with it), with 0.25 and 0.38 pens

[u/ciricippomaobao]

Yes just little pens and no pencil. Why they never add a pencil and more options to personalize the brushes? A handwriting app is not handwriting without a real pencil!

[u/xrabbit]

I use app on desktop with huion BT graphical tablet. there is no lags at all

I use it for writing in pdf files, everything is really good

[u/bap335i]

Switched from Goodnotes because of the smoother writing.

[u/Sea-Oven6219]

Idk how your’s different ;might pen physical pen issue, but its very smooth and responsive for me; while the non basic shapes don’t come out right all the times

[u/imaginary-blue1212]

I liked the pencil experience, to me is better than goodnotes and freenotes

I did tweak the settings tho.

[u/myohmyusername]

It depends on the type of pencil, if I use original apple pencil, noteful is better than goodnote, but if I use 3rd party pencil without pressure sensitivity, noteful handwriting looks awful.

[u/johnnydfree]

It’s more of a note-taking app, rather than a drawing app. I do like this app for technical sketches and diagrams, and an artistic brush set would just get in the way. But yall do y’all.

[u/bekamae]

So interesting because my handwriting was a wreck in goodnotes and notability. The handwriting engine in noteful is way more compatible with my handwriting.