

GoodNotes
Experience "digital paper" with seamless note-taking on iOS devices. Annotate PDFs, PowerPoint, and Word, plus organize notes in unlimited folders. Enjoy searchable handwritten notes that sync across devices with iCloud, intuitive QuickNote feature, and customizable templates.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Features
- Handwriting
- PDF annotation
- Pressure Sensitivity
- Integrated Search
- Apple Pencil support
- Drag and Drop
- OCR
- Handwritten Notes
- Support for Gestures
- Folders
- Handwriting recognition
- Import PDF
- AI-Powered
- Sync with iCloud
- Freehand Writing
- Indexed search
Tags
- shortcuts
- Accessibility
- handwriting-notes
- Template
- PDF Markup
- handwritten-input
- handwriting-to-text
GoodNotes News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about GoodNotes
Goodnotes update brings new plans, AI features, Whiteboards, and Text DocumentsGoodNotes has launched its next major version, effectively what would have been Goodnotes 7 after t...
- Maoholguin published news article about Traw
Goodnotes acquires Traw, an AI video summarization tool, set to shut down in FebruaryGoodNotes has recently acquired South Korean startup Dropthebit, developers of Traw, a tool for sum...
- Maoholguin published news article about GoodNotes
GoodNotes 6 is the app's largest update yet, featuring new AI-powered handwriting capabilities and official versions for Windows, Android, and the webGoodNotes has released GoodNotes 6, arguably the biggest update to its digital note-taking app in t...
Recent activities
ATShields934 added GoodNotes as alternative to Samsung Notes- luk15 reviewed GoodNotes
Unfortunately the app has bugs over bugs. Every update breaks a feature and it seems like there is no QA testing going on. Some bugs even caused full pages to disappear, which is the last thing on needs for studying. Additionally, a lifetime purchase is not really a lifetime purchase. I would not buy it again.
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What is GoodNotes?
GoodNotes is a notetaking app with the theme of "digital paper." It's usable for all your handwritten notes and formerly paper-based information. Take handwritten notes in digital, multi-media notebooks or annotate PDF, PowerPoint, and Word documents. All notes are searchable.
Enjoy the freedom of handwriting: Write and sketch with your finger or a stylus on digital paper & imported documents. You can add images, typed text, and shapes to the page and reorder and resize them.
GoodNotes is usable as a centralized home for all of your documents. Quickly import PDF, Word, and PowerPoint files to annotate them or create a new blank notebook to take notes.
Organize and manage them with ease: Organize your notebooks and documents in folders and use favorites star icon for favorites feature for lightning-fast access whenever you need them.
GoodNotes lets you search and find information from your whole library and open it right away. You can also search in an open document and jump to the search result with a single tap.
Import documents without ever leaving the app or copy them to GoodNotes from your browser or another source. In GoodNotes, you can import PDFs as new files or add them to existing documents.
Create a structure with unlimited folders and subfolders to organize your documents and notebooks. Pages, documents, and folders can be marked as "Favorites" for fast access no matter where they're stored in your library.
GoodNotes comes with preset covers for your library as well as paper templates for every occasion. Additionally, you can import own templates.
QuickNote: A new blank note can be created with a double tap. Jot down thoughts or important information within seconds. To keep your library clean, you decide whether to save or discard a QuickNote when you're done.
iCloud Sync: Thanks to iCloud, your documents and notes will be in sync across your devices and will be secured in the cloud.











Comments and Reviews
the best in the business. too bad it is not available for Android tablets
Unfortunately the app has bugs over bugs. Every update breaks a feature and it seems like there is no QA testing going on. Some bugs even caused full pages to disappear, which is the last thing on needs for studying. Additionally, a lifetime purchase is not really a lifetime purchase. I would not buy it again.
Almost perfect but main usage OCR terrible for my native language (Turkish). It was my first note taking app and used it almost 1 year. I though my handwriting so bad and unique so it can't convert. Then used gived a try to Notability, it was perfect. It did get almost all my handwriting. Even when I did not write carefully. Then I gave a chance to OneNote. OneNote does so much better ocr than GoodNotes. I hope they improve Turkish OCR.
Only for Samsung tablets
I like Goodnotes, because it provides a really nice user-friendly environment.
This software is perfect for taking notes and it is a lot of fun to read and structure texts with it. New features are also added regularly, so it is always evolving.
Simple, touch focused, digital note-taking. For a while, there was no competition. Now, open-source competition is out-pacing this apps development when it comes to the actual note-taking experience on desktop. For one, this app is STILL locked onto apple systems. The Mac App needs desktop features such as proper keyboard shortcuts for more than the basic tools.