
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 7.0.0
Meet the new generation of Goodnotes.
- New document types: Whiteboard and Text Doc
- Goodnotes AI: a powerful collaborator to brainstorm, create, and polish any content on any canvas.
- AI for Math: solve handwritten and text equations
- AI for Meetings: live summaries and post‑meeting notes with key points, decisions, actions
- Updated Toolbar: faster, more intuitive note‑taking
- Updated Shapes: draw connections, attach content, add text, and start faster with new shape presets.
- Real‑time collaboration: work with others’ contributions live in shared docs and see instant updates
- Integrations: Google Calendar, Google Drive, and OneDrive
- Updated plans: Essential, Pro, and Special Edition
- AI Pass add‑on: unlock advanced AI features and higher credit limits
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Choice
Goodnotes is a digital notepad and PDF markup tool. And it’s very good at both. As a notepad, Goodnotes covers all the bases. Create notes with your keyboard or handwrite them with Apple Pencil. The app transforms your hand-drawn shapes into geometrically perfect ones. It’s also capable of recognizing your handwriting (even when you can’t) and converting it to text.
A bit of kinks here and there but overall a good study app!
I love this app, it helps me to study! But, there are some things i'd like to see improved on it. I found that while working on some notes i'd get to the bottom of the page and when it would tell me to make a new page I would add one. However, there would be times when I'd add a new page in between already made notes (if by accident or just because i'd think i'd need the extra page), that when i'd delete the page (even if im currently selected on it), it would instead delete the ones with the already completed page of notes and I can't recover the page anymore, so i'd have to retype everything. There would also be times when the computer would add in already typed out words when it's trying to actively predict your word (e.g. I would type the word "paragraph" and while i'm typing out "paragr-" it would type out "paragrparagraph" or double the word "paragraph paragraph." I also noticed on the flashcards that you can only choose between text,picture, or written/drawing. sometimes my professor would have the pictures that are too big to capture with both the picture and questions in them. When trying to put pictures into the study cards I was disappointed knowing I can't really add in a text with the pictures that doesn't have questions such as putting "Find the amygdala in the picture". Aside from these hiccups that needs to be improved on, I think this app is a very good app.
This is an excellent app! I only have one pet peeve…
Honestly, I really love using this app! It is very well thought out and I can use it for many different kinds of workflows. Great app if you are considering starting/ transitioning to digital note-taking/ journaling. I enjoy taking handwritten notes in it with my apple pencil and being able to easily import pdfs that I can mark up is great. I enjoy the elements feature, which allows me to add custom sticker that I use all the time as post-its or stickers for journaling. Plus there are som many other excellent features, such as being able to search in your hand written notes and the ability to back-up your notebooks, to name a few.
I only have one pet peeve when it comes to this app. It does have a typing feature, but it’s a bit clunky and not very intuitive. When I am doing journaling, it is very nice to put text exactly where I want it, so I don’t want the feature to go away. But having to use the text boxes for more type-intensive tasks can be a bit annoying at times. I would be nice if there was a feature you could enable within the notebook where if you could type in a notebook like a normal word document. My work around is typing something ahead of time in a word document and then importing it into the app, but honestly, it would be nice if I didn’t have to do that (maybe I am being too picky)… Otherwise, this a really excellent, solid app that I recommend highly to folks for note-taking.
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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, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Goodnotes Limited
- Size
- 762.3 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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- Goodnotes 6 (1 year) $11.99
- GoodNotes 5 Unlock $9.99
- Goodnotes 6 One-Time Payment $35.99
- Goodnotes 6 (1 Year) $11.99
- Goodnotes 6 Free Trial $0.00
- Goodnotes 6 One-Time Payment $28.99
- Marketplace Content $9.99
- Goodnotes 6 (1 Year) $11.99
- Marketplace Content $1.99
- Marketplace Content $6.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
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