Goodnotes has always been the place to capture your ideas — from quick notes to big plans. Now, it goes further. With powerful AI and new ways to capture information, Goodnotes helps you connect the dots, unlock insights, and turn ideas into action.
*Existing Goodnotes 5 users can continue to use Goodnotes 5 indefinitely or upgrade to the new Goodnotes. Either way, your notes are safe!*
For professionals: Increase productivity at work
■ Whiteboard + Goodnotes AI: One of our most requested features — brainstorm, mind-map, and diagram freely on an infinite canvas that grows with your ideas. Enhanced diagramming tools and real-time collaboration make it easy for teams to workshop, ideate, and problem-solve together, while Goodnotes AI helps you capture and organize key takeaways instantly.
■ Goodnotes AI Audio & Meetings: Stay fully present in every conversation while Goodnotes does the work for you. AI-powered transcription and live summarization automatically capture discussions and structure them into clear meeting minutes. After the meeting, merge transcripts with your own notes to create polished, shareable documents in seconds.
■ Text Documents + AI: Create documents that think with you. Enjoy a superior typing experience with rich inline blocks, build on ideas with external insights, and collaborate seamlessly with teammates. With AI-powered summarization, automated note generation, and transcript support, you can turn rough notes and meetings into finished content faster than ever.
■ Present your notes, slides, and content directly from Goodnotes when you connect your device via AirPlay or HDMI to an external screen.
■ Use Laser Pointer to guide your audience’s attention during your presentation.
■ Export your notes to email, print, or share them anywhere as PDFs.
■ Send a link to your notebooks to work on the same notes directly — perfect for asynchronous work or collaborative brainstorming.
■ Import documents by emailing them to your custom Goodnotes email.
For students: Ace your exams with ease
■ Record audio notes that are magically synced to the moment you write — perfect for lectures or presentations.
■ Search and instantly find any of your notes from any class.
■ Study and practice straight from your notes with Study Sets — flashcards built on active recall and spaced repetition.
■ Use AI to summarize, shorten, change the tone of your words, and perfect your typed text.
For planners: Let your creativity flow
■ Customize the size and color of your paper templates to create the template you want.
■ Add, create, or import stickers, stamps, washi tapes, images, and more
Digital notebooks: unlimited notebooks for the price of a single physical one.
■ Combine handwriting and typed text on one page, alongside images, stickers, diagrams, and doodles.
■ Create digital notebooks with customizable paper templates, including Blank Paper, Ruled Paper, Cornell Paper, Checklists, Planners, and more.
■ Navigate long documents with ease. PDF tables of contents are automatically imported; or create custom outlines yourself.
■ Back up all your notes to Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive, and use iCloud to sync across iPad, iPhone, and Mac — so your notes are always safe.
■ Edit your writing by resizing it, changing the text color, or moving it to another spot on the page.
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This digital notepad and PDF markup tool covers all the bases. Create notes with your keyboard or Apple Pencil: the app transforms your hand-drawn shapes into perfect ones, and can even convert your handwriting to text.
I’ve been using GoodNotes 6 for two month on my iPad, Mac and iPhone,It’s very helpfully application
Crimsix jon
I I’ve been using GoodNotes 6 daily for over a month, and it has completely changed the way I take lecture notes. The handwriting recognition is spot-on, and the ability to convert handwriting to text makes studying a breeze.I especially love the new Study Sets feature that lets me create flashcards right from my class notes. It’s like having a digital notebook and study app in one.
Add speed scrolling and easy navigation
Pro Sandeep
As a pdf viewer, the app lacks speed scrolling and easy navigation. Scrolling speed is very low. The navigation toggle is very small and doesn't give a preview of the page when navigating. These are fundamental features that must be included in this app. Even basic pdf reader apps have these features. I saw reviews dating back 2 years, complaining about the same issue. App lacks auto highlight feature. So everytime I need to highlight in a straight line I have to hold the Apple pencil . This is annoying especially when you have ton of lines in a document to highlight. It's also difficult to change the color of highlighted texts. Give a quick option to change highlight color. Give an option to pan out of the pdf document rather than always fitting it on to the screen size. I hope the developers add these features quickly. I'll give 5 stars once I get them. Keep up the good work . ♥️
Please Fix Major Bugs – App Keeps Freezing and Lagging
BeastOrion
I really like the features of Goodnotes, but recently the app has been very frustrating to use. It often gets stuck or freezes, and sometimes it doesn’t respond properly when writing, which makes it almost impossible to take notes smoothly. I use Goodnotes regularly for studying and work, and these bugs seriously affect my productivity.I’ve already paid for the subscription, so I really hope the developers can fix these performance issues soon. Please release an update to make the app more stable — I truly want to keep using it, but right now it’s too unreliable.Thank you, and I hope you can prioritize fixing this problem.
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback and for being part of our journey. We care deeply about building a note-taking experience that feels intuitive, reliable, and inspiring - and we’re committed to keeping your trust. Please feel free to share your feedback with our Support Team https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/requests/new or submit feature requests and track updates in our Customer Suggestions portal https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274. Learn more about Upcoming Improvements https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/14029000789519. Thank you for helping us shape Goodnotes into something better, together.
- Smart geometry-based connections now attach lines to a shape's actual outline instead of its bounding box.
- Added indentation for bulleted lists, making it easier to create clear hierarchies and sub-bullets.
- Floating toolbar, alerts, and Time Keeper now slide in and out from the screen edge.
- Pasted URLs now automatically become clickable links when added to a Notebook or Whiteboard.
- Sharing a Text Document now starts collaboration immediately, without reopening it.
- Fixed several syncing issues, including slow sync startup, page import failures, and an incorrect sync error icon.
- Improved stylus drawing with smoother strokes, fewer unexpected corners, and cleaner lasso previews.
- Fixed an issue where pinch-to-zoom could trigger accidentally while writing with a stylus.
- Fixed object menu and toolbar issues, including arrow-key navigation, objects hiding behind the keyboard after closing popovers on iPhone, and the Record and Summarize audio icon disappearing from the toolbar.
- Fixed Mac issues where link taps and long-presses did not respond in edit mode, and the Shift key was not registered when resizing.
- Preserved PNG transparency when importing images from the Photos picker.
- Fixed copy and paste of text on Mac.
- Education: documents no longer break when moving the last page out, workbooks stay shared while loading, and resolved a crash on certain marking zoom values.
- Fixed an issue where rotating a page could offset auto-shapes.
- Education: Class Folders view default to "Active Only", so teachers can organise folders more easily.
- General bug fixes and stability improvements.
Version 7.0.66
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