Goodnotes has always been the place to capture your ideas — from quick notes to big plans. Now, it goes even further.
With powerful AI and flexible tools built for your Mac workflow, Goodnotes helps you connect the dots, unlock insights, and turn ideas into action.
*Goodnotes 5 users can continue using it indefinitely or upgrade to the new Goodnotes. Either way, your notes are safe and fully accessible on Mac.*
For professionals: Supercharge your productivity on Mac
■ Text Documents + AI: Create intelligent documents that think with you. On Mac, enjoy a superior typing experience with inline blocks and flexible layouts that make the most of your screen. AI-powered summarization, automated note generation, and transcription support help turn rough notes and meetings into polished and shareable content.
■ Whiteboard + Goodnotes AI: One of our most requested features is here. Brainstorm, diagram, and mind-map freely on a spacious, infinite canvas that grows with your thinking. Perfect for larger screens and multitasking on Mac. Enhanced diagramming tools and real-time collaboration let teams workshop and problem-solve together, while Goodnotes AI helps capture and organize ideas instantly.
■ AI Audio & Meetings: Stay focused in your meetings while Goodnotes on Mac works behind the scenes. AI-powered transcription and summarization tools record your conversations and structure them into clear meeting notes, ideal for remote work and hybrid teams. Merge transcripts with your own notes to create polished, shareable documents in seconds.
■ Present directly from your Mac via AirPlay or HDMI to an external screen — no need for third-party tools.
■ Use Laser Pointer to guide your audience during virtual or in-person presentations.
■ Export your notes easily via email, print, or as PDFs.
■ Share notebooks via link for collaborative editing — perfect for async work or team brainstorming.
■ Import documents quickly by emailing them to your Goodnotes address — available on all devices, including Mac.
For students: Study smarter, wherever you are
■ Record audio notes that sync with your writing, perfect for lectures.
■ Instantly search across all your notes with Mac’s powerful tools.
■ Study Sets turn your notes into flashcards using active recall and spaced repetition.
■ Use AI to summarize, rewrite, or edit your notes with tone suggestions and corrections.
For planners & creators: Organize with freedom
■ Customize paper size, templates, and colors to match your workflow.
■ Add or design stickers, stamps, washi tapes, images, and more to make your workspace yours.
Digital notebooks on Mac: All-in-one workspace
■ Combine handwriting and typing on a single page, ideal for hybrid note-taking.
■ Choose from customizable templates like Blank Paper, Ruled Paper, Cornell, Checklists, Planners, and more.
■ Navigate long documents easily with outlines or imported PDF tables of contents.
■ Sync seamlessly across Mac, iPad, and iPhone with iCloud.
■ Back up everything to Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.
■ Edit handwriting with your mouse or trackpad — resize, recolor, or reposition effortlessly.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7
out of 5
15 Ratings
Editors’ Choice
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.
- Smart geometry-based connections that 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.
- Fixed Classroom issues: 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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