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.
Continuously improving note-taking app
MLEV33
I have been using the Goodnotes app for over a year now, and during this time it has undergone many improvements. Initially, battery usage and my device heating up were issues, but thanks to the updates, this problem has almost completely disappeared. The app is easy and intuitive to use, and the note-taking experience is great. I especially like that I can easily export my notes to PDF format so I can print them out at any time. It also runs smoothly on iOS 18.
First look at GN6 after using version 4 and 5 for years
loserock
I use it for years, from the GoodNoted 4 version, have many handwritten notebook in it. I bought it with a one time purchase option years ago (basically, I have to buy it again for a three times bigger prize if I want to use the version 6 updates). What is new in GoodNotes 6? Basically three major thing: 1) new handwritten math recognition (with LaTeX command export, but nothing more, cannot fix the already converted expressions) 2) can erase handwritten text with strikethrough (not better then switch to the eraser and has more bugs) 3) more customization in page and cover templates (actually, it is useful) Of course, there are other minor improvements (sync, UI), but not much compared to the excellent GoodNotes5. Is it worth it? I do not think so. For example, there are no more language option for the handwriting recognition. And actually, there are better alternatives in the AppStore (with smaller prize) for math with more useful options. The strikethrough fixing also supported in other Apps, but here, it has bugs. The AI writer is… do not know, because it is basically a handwriting app, not a typing one. =( And now, I have to pay money, again, for a lifetime usage (I think until GN7 or 8), or I can change to stuck in the GN5. GN5 is good, but I am sure that I would stuck in it if I do not upgrade now. So at first look, I am not so satisfied. However… I think I can trust in the developers, they can fix the new features and the new concept to a good working one. But now, I do not like the situation, not at all.
Could be excellent with minor changes
andreismaster
It a very good and intuitive app for note taking, but there are a few quirks that would need addressing (and after checking the forums these have been asked by many for many years). First is separating the rotate and resize functions, there are really not many situations where it is useful to have these functions combined and most of the time it's just very annoying altogether. Second, flip function for selected objects is very much missed by the users since 2016 at least... it's a simple but extremely useful function, please add it. Third, I'd mention some minor things, like separating object moving from reshaping by for example pressure sensitivity. Then it would be nice to have some pre defined shapes which you can choose from and not have to hope that the recognition algorythim can guess your intention properly or not. One last thing I'm missing is the ability to snap to squared paper grids.
- Paste content without bringing along unwanted formatting like custom colors or fonts.
- Open GoodNotes AI in compact view without an unexpected slide-up animation.
- See a clearer explanation of your current subscription status when trying Pro for free.
- Display the correct sidebar header background for classroom users.
- Prevent importing Text documents into incompatible document types to avoid unexpected behavior.
Version 7.0.52
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