Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF 4+

Name: Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF
Rating: 4.7 (1348 reviews)
Author: Goodnotes Limited

Note taking & whiteboard app

Goodnotes Limited

- 4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

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

30 Sept 2025

Version 7.0.3

This update includes performance and stability improvements:
- Fixed an issue where accented characters were duplicated or broken during typing
- Fixed incorrect recognition behaviour when using the Shapes tool
- Fixed an issue where drawing near shapes could cause the application to crash
- Fixed an issue where Toolbar tools may become unresponsive
- Fixed an issue with access to Goodnotes AI in Text Docs
- General bug fixes

4.7 out of 5

1.3K Ratings

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.

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Whiteboard, Text Documents, AI

Try Whiteboard for big ideas, Text Docs for polished work & AI tools to help you go from idea to first draft faster

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

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Provider

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: 1 Bartholomew Lane LONDON LONDON N/A EC2N 2AX United Kingdom
Phone Number: +44 2036672683
Email: support@goodnotes.com

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762.4 MB

Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF 4+

Note taking & whiteboard app

Goodnotes Limited

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My most used app ?! aka MUST HAVE APP 📖📆📓🗂️🎨📊

What I love & miss

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