Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF 4+
Note taking & whiteboard app
Goodnotes Limited
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
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.
Privacy Policy: https://www.goodnotes.com/privacy-policy
Terms and Conditions: https://www.goodnotes.com/terms-and-conditions
What’s New
Version 7.0.8
- The Pen Tool will no longer unexpectedly switch to the Eraser after you use the Lasso Tool.
- Your Toolbar will now stay hidden when you double-tap your Apple Pencil to switch tools.
- We've improved shape recognition when drawing with your pen, especially for geometric drawings.
- Shapes created with by drawing and holding the pen tool can now be rotated.
- You can now remove the outline from your shapes for more creative control.
- Buttons are now more responsive while recording audio.
- The export window now displays correctly on all devices, so you can see every option.
- The copy button for your User ID is back in Account Settings for easy access.
- You can now properly delete the first bullet point in a list.
- Now you can edit diagrams generated with Goodnotes AI if you’re on Goodnotes Pro or have AI Pass. Move shapes, change text, and adjust arrows to make it perfect.
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Notes
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.
My most used app ?! aka MUST HAVE APP 📖📆📓🗂️🎨📊
Goodnote's is the best of all the notes taking app's. If you are interested in taking notes, virtual planners/ diaries, virtual school folders and notebooks, creating all kinds of documents or even drawing: this is the only necessary app for your device. I personally think it is the best way for organizing tools and planning. Thanks to this application I started to plan my days virtually and I am using its contents as my diary and planning tool to stay on track. It was a pleasure to exchange it for my hand-written diary and planners. Thanks to the app I save so much time during planning and scheduling. I don't see any kind of lacking in the app itself and it's tools are just perfect for creating documents and folders. You can surely understand whenever you install and use, that you are no longer be able to live without it. Make your life organized and easier than ever: tap install and learn easily how to make exciting notebooks, folders and documents, that you can surely share with friends NOW! 🩷☺️
What I love & miss
I’m glad that I purchased this app. It’s more powerfull than an average note-taking app and I just enjoy using it.
But a fter transfering from original apple notes I started to miss some functions.
Here’s what I love:
- Overall speed and smoothness of handwriting!!!
- File system and notebook covers!
- Bookmarks!
- Fast laso tool (you don’t wait for reshaping closer aroung your selection.
- Tabs.
- Optimalization for two windows. And more windows opening in general.
- Cropping scaned documents using same corner zooming as apple’s original note app. I tried many other scaning apps and I was disappointed by how badly they cropped. Guidelines were thick and there was mostly missing corner zooming (and it also did not pop-up near your finger but under it).
- Adding both PDFs and pictures.
What I miss:
- I really miss classic pencil tool!
- Duplicate opiton!
- It’s hard to draw regular square or rectangle. I would be glad to see shape edditing option.
- I would like to keep constant thickness of the stroke when resizing it. Mabe add some on/off button?
- Creating a bulleted list in text box.
- Remembering last chosen tool and color for each document.
- Option to edit opacity.
- Drawing a streight line with laso tool and then moving evething underneath upside or downside.
- I would appreciate page zoom percentage.
App Privacy
The developer, Goodnotes Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
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Goodnotes Limited has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- DUNS Number
- 226275236
- Address
- 5 Churchill Place 10th Floor LONDON N/A E14 5HU United Kingdom
- Phone Number
- +44 2036672683
- support@goodnotes.com
- Size
- 759.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.5 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.5 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.2 or later.
- Languages
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English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- Learn More
- Copyright
- © 2011-2025 Goodnotes Limited
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Essential (Yearly) 299,00 Kč
- Special Edition 899,00 Kč
- Essential (Yearly) 299,00 Kč
- Goodnotes 6 Free Trial 0,00 Kč
- Essential (Yearly) 299,00 Kč
- Pro (Yearly) 899,00 Kč
- Special Edition 719,00 Kč
- Dotted Squares: Draft Papers 29,00 Kč
- Marketplace Content 249,00 Kč
- Marketplace Content 49,00 Kč
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.