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: 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 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 turns them into clear meeting minutes. After the meeting, merge transcripts with your own handwritten or typed 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, 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 handwritten and typed notes to email, print, or share them anywhere as PDFs.
■ Send a link to your notebooks to work on the same notes.
■ 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 exact moment you write: perfect for lectures, seminars, and presentations.
■ Take handwritten notes that stay fully searchable: instantly find any word across every class notebook, even mid-lecture.
■ 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 turn messy handwritten or typed student notes into polished, structured study material.
For planners and journalers: Let your creativity flow
■ Plan your week, month, or year with built-in and importable planner templates, fully customizable to match how you plan.
■ Keep a daily journal alongside your planner. Combine handwriting, typed reflections, photos, and stickers on the same page.
■ Use Goodnotes AI to summarize a week's worth of journal entries into key themes and takeaways.
■ Customize the size and color of your paper templates to create the planner or journal 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, planners, and journals 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 handwritten and typed 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 handwriting by resizing it, changing the text color, or moving it to another spot on the page.
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Goodnotes is a digital notepad and PDF markup tool. And it’s very good at both. As a notepad, Goodnotes covers all the bases. Create notes with your keyboard or handwrite them with Apple Pencil. The app transforms your hand-drawn shapes into geometrically perfect ones. It’s also capable of recognizing your handwriting (even when you can’t) and converting it to text.
Love this app, but a frustrating change
jpensreview
I have loved using this app ever since I began PT school, however a change in the Lasso tool has really frustrated me. Anytime I try to move some notes using it on the whiteboard, it seems to “lag” and the smoothness of moving the note you encircle is gone. I’m unsure if this is a new change or bug, but I really preferred the old smooth lasso! This one does not allow you to make fine adjustments :(((
Fantastic app! (There’s not much else I can say about it.)
Ilikespanish7
The only issue I had was signing in and I resolved the problem quickly. You can draw, design, write, Apple pencils work. Some of the gestures are similar to procreate (Polyline, straight line), It’s simple to keep organized. The only problem I have is that there are very few fonts. I need more fonts preferably a list that includes Lora & Times New Roman. Great app otherwise!!
Developer Response
Hello! Thank you for your review and feedback. It's wonderful to hear that you find the app fantastic! We appreciate your insights on the features and your thoughts about font options. For further assistance, please contact us at https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. If you have more suggestions, we invite you to visit our Suggestions Portal at http://feedback.goodnotes.com. Thank you again, and enjoy your creative journey!
Useful, doesn’t feel fleshed out.
Untakennickname—
It’s good as an essential notes app, but it really comes with its frustrations for heavy note takers. Syncing takes forever, exporting takes forever, and it overall is a huge memory hog & you’ll start feeling the latency after 1hr of note taking. Takes 30 seconds to load up sometimes, and AI transcription features have trouble with cursive writing. Plus there is no undo/redo gestures. These small things really make the app feel like it’s working against you sometimes
Developer Response
Thank you for sharing your feedback. If you have any questions or need further assistance, our support team is available at https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and will be happy to help. Thank you for your support!
- Download language packs while recording, so transcription never has to wait.
- Redesigned the Share and Export menu, with new options including CSV export and presentation mirroring.
- Fix sync issues yourself with a new in-app option — no more reinstalling.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the app to hang while paging through documents.
- Fixed an issue where shared PDF pages could appear blank and comments could be created more than once.
- Fixed an issue where documents could fail to reopen after being closed while still loading.
- Fixed an issue where pasted text could lose formatting and highlight pills could render incorrectly when zoomed.
- Fixed several issues with audio recording and playback.
- Fixed an issue where the close button didn't respond on an unsaved tab, and connector strokes could duplicate with Apple Pencil.
- Fixed an issue where the secondary toolbar would be on top of the page in some situations.
- General bug fixes and stability improvements.
Version 7.1.14
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