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.
Battery drains so fast using the app
Milet123
I just recently downloaded goodnotes 5 because of the good feedback. However, when using it my iPad drains so fast that I need to constantly charge it after 2 lectures which is annoying because battery is very important for me especially in my classes where I often take notes. It would be really great if this issue is fixed. I read that it drains a lot because Bluetooth is on, but I hope this is fixed. I used to use one note and battery used to stay throughout the whole day ! I hope this gets fixed since its one of the best note taking apps.
I want to be the best
gelgelglagel
Dear GoodNotes Team,I hope this message finds you well.I’m writing to share a concern regarding the text selection feature in GoodNotes. I’ve noticed that it is often difficult to precisely select certain words or lines within imported PDF files. This makes it challenging to copy text directly, especially when compared to other apps like Notability, where text selection and copying from PDFs is much smoother and more accurate.This limitation impacts productivity, particularly for users who work extensively with annotated PDFs or educational materials. I believe improving the precision and ease of the text selection tool would greatly enhance the user experience.I truly appreciate the work your team is doing, and I hope this feedback helps in further developing the app.Thank you for your attention and continued support.The current process of selecting parts of an image or word from a PDF is very inefficient. I often have to take a screenshot, crop it manually, and paste it — just to extract a simple element. This workflow slows down my note-editing process significantly. A better and more intuitive selection tool would be highly appreci
Effective notes taking
E Fouda
Very efficient and effective application for note taking. I’m using it for 1 month now and literally abandoned all hardcopies or paper notes. However, have some recommendation that can be an adds to application’s performance such as the ‘set a transparent color’ in photos of text with white background to show only the text as in MS Word, import PNGs, controlling smoothness of lines which allow to draw curves. Hope these will be taken into consideration.Thanks
General bug fixes and stability improvements
Version 7.0.47
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