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Goodnotes

Goodnotes is a iPad focused note-taking application with AI and handwriting tools.

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What is GoodNotes?

GoodNotes is a digital note-taking app that allows you to handwrite or type notes on a virtual paper using the Apple Pencil on iPads or other iOS devices. It offers an intuitive and distraction-free environment for taking organized notes for work, study, or personal use. GoodNotes uses styluses to help make you more productive on the go.

GoodNotes wants to manage your notes visually with handwriting notes. It is popular amongst Apple users with Apple Pencils and iPads, but it now comes on web, Android, and Windows devices, too.

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How does Goodnotes work?

Goodnotes is similar to Apple Freeform; however, it offers natural handwriting and organizing, whereas Apple Freeform provides a free-form canvas for open-ended notes.

Many people create Goodnotes templates like journals, diaries, project plans, etc. These templates help you get started with Goodnotes, boost productivity, or learn something new.

Goodnotes is fantastic for personal use. It turns your iPad into a paperless device, replacing note-taking, drawing, brainstorming, and more with a digital space for which you can customize, share, and download templates.

Goodnotes Pros

  • Ideal for those who use iPads
  • Works well with styluses to make sketch notes
  • The reasonable $9.99 per year pricing
  • Popular for students

Goodnotes Cons

  • It might not be for everyone

How much does Goodnotes cost per month?

Goodnotes is free with some premium pricing options:

Plans

Pricing (approx)

Basic

Free

Premium

$9.99 per year

Is Goodnotes good for student productivity?

Goodnotes is a note-taking application perfect for handwriting on the iPad.

Students can use It to create notebooks or journals for each topic they are studying. It's also great for drawing pictures to accompany notes to help further learning.

You can draw, add text, graphs, diagrams, or whatever you need to help with learning. Still, you can also use Goodnotes as a daily journal for mindfulness and to keep track of how you feel throughout your university or college experience. You can download tons of templates and PDFs to begin journaling using Goodnotes.

Is Goodnotes worth it?

Goodnotes is a really nice app for creating notebooks for journaling, studying, making notes, editing PDFs, and much more. It also offers much flexibility and customization to create a place you want to work.

Using templates is also great, as this helps users get started and create a workspace that suits their note-taking needs.

Students love using this application to help with their studies, exams, lectures, and everything else they need. You can create any kind of document using whatever visual methods of note-taking you enjoy.

Creatives enjoy the visual and experimental abilities of taking notes, too. There are tons of tutorials online on how people use Goodnotes differently, some for journaling, planning, learning, creating, and much more.

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Ty Thomas

Nov 24

ADHD Strong | PhD Student

Top VoiceUse: 5Y 8.6 / 10

A students best friend

I have tried nearly all of the hand-writing notes apps, but I always return to Goodnotes because of its refined features, including audio recording/transcription, handwriting recognition, and simple stylus gestures like scribbling to erase and circling to select. The Goodnotes team has added AI features recently, which can create questions for......

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Kamil Koza

Oct 24

Chief Efficiency Overlord

Use: 3Y 8.4 / 10

My basic handwriting tool

It's a fantastic tool, much better than the native Apple Notes. It works really fine with an Apple Pencil. I don't like that a sync is so slow and the style of the main menu/dashboard is old-fashioned, but I can't live without it.

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