GoodNotes Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to GoodNotes for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Obsidian, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to GoodNotes and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to GoodNotes are Microsoft OneNote, Xournal++, xournal and OpenBoard Whiteboard.

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  1. Samsung Notes icon
     7 likes

    With Samsung Notes you can create notes containing texts, images with footnotes, voice recordings, and music. Moreover, you can share your notes easily to SNS.

    38 Samsung Notes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
     
  2. Jarnal icon
     13 likes

    Jarnal is an open-source application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal, making a presentation, annotating a document - including pdf - or collaborating using a stylus, mouse or keyboard. It is similar to Microsoft .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Inkodo icon
     1 like

    App for taking notes and organising them. Supports pdf's and pictures. Available in the Microsoft Store for free.

    4 Inkodo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. AINotes icon
     1 like

    AINotes is an open-source notebook application similar to OneNote but focused on improving the experience for students.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Bamboo Paper icon
     6 likes

    Bamboo Paper, a seriously fun new app from Wacom, provides you with the ability to create virtual notebooks for your tablet, letting you share your ideas visually with handwritten notes, sketches or doodles.

    26 Bamboo Paper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. Notetaking and blackboard replacement application. Inspired by Xournal. Written in C++/Qt for Linux / Windows. It has the ability to annotate PDF files and has a few other options (e.g. markdown support).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    MrWriter_PDF vs GoodNotes Comments
    Ian Dorfman
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    Though it is not available on iOS, this application supports handwritten notetaking as well as PDF annotation. This makes it an alternative based on featureset.

    • MrWriter_PDF is Free and Open SourceGoodNotes is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. MrWriter icon
     7 likes

    Notetaking and blackboard replacement application. Inspired by Xournal. Written in C++/Qt for Linux / Windows / Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. SpeedyNote icon
     1 like

    SpeedyNote is a fast, open-source note-taking application designed for stylus users who need iPad-quality annotation on budget hardware. Built with native C++ and Qt, it delivers 360Hz stylus input on hardware as modest as an Intel Celeron N4000 at 1.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. Rhyolite icon
     1 like

    Rhyolite is a simple markdown editor build using tauri framework that allows user to edit and work on markdown files.

    51 Rhyolite alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. Scrble icon
     2 likes

    Scrble Ink is an extremely simple app for freehand writing on Windows tablets. Scrble's inking is responsive and fun. You can ink with a pen or a finger and use two fingers to enlarge or move the selection.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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