Getting started with GoodNotes 5 – GoodNotes Support

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Importing files

There are multiple ways of importing files into GoodNotes. Supported are: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and GoodNotes documents.

The most common method is to tap on the New… ( ) button and choose Import. The Files interface will show up and you can select a document to import by tapping on it.

Learn more: How to import files in GoodNotes 5

Sharing documents

Sharing a document or just a single page is something we do on a day-to-day basis. Sharing a page with a co-worker via email, or uploading multiple documents to a shared cloud storage folder — being able to do such things without having to scan, upload, and then trash paper pages saves a lot of valuable time and resources. There are multiple ways to do it in GoodNotes, but it all boils down to the following basic steps:

1. Select the document(s) or page(s) to export.2. Initiate the Export command.3. Choose a location for the exported file(s).

For specific cases, please see How to export documents or pages in GoodNotes 5.

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How we picked goodnotes

Finding a note-taking app that works well for handwriting is trickier than it sounds. Here’s what we looked for in the handwriting apps we compared:

Apple Pencil Support — Supporting the Pencil is, of course, a must. The Pencil’s first-party status means that palm rejection is almost perfect, the granular level of control is higher than any other stylus, and for those with the newest version of the Pencil, double-tapping the device can switch back and forth between tools like the pen and eraser.

Natural Ink Feel — The ink that a note-taking app chooses is also at the top of the list. Some full-featured apps sadly lack the feel of writing with an actual pen, leave behind awkward looking pen strokes that are too narrow or angular, or simply have too few options when it comes to selection a writing tool. A good note-taking app should take this into account.

Paper Options — Hot on the heels of the ink feel is also the types of paper options available. A wide variety of choices allow the app to fit in more people’s mental models of note-taking, and templates for calendars, to-do lists, or other unusual note-taking scenarios are also great to see.

Search — Hand-written notes prove to be tricker to index than a traditional notes app, but search is nonetheless a must-have feature when it comes to this category. With the ability to peer into the notes even more difficult than usual, being able to quickly search for a keyword can prove incredibly handy once the library of notes begins to grow.

Sync — Sync is also a desired feature, as losing all of your hand-written missives is an undesirable fate. Many apps feature iCloud sync, which is even nicer when paired with the ability to sync with an iPhone or Mac app.

New Device Support — Another must-have is proper support for the latest and greatest tablets. Who wants to spend the entire time note-taking with unsightly black margins on each side of the page? We consider quick updates to support new screen sizes essential; after all, if you’ve gone out of your way to take notes using the Apple Pencil, you’re most likely the type who’s also an early adopter.

Importing documents

PDFs are fully importable, meaning that it’s possible to mark up any document with ease. This is handy for a variety of reasons: taking notes on top of a class’s lecture outline, using a digital yearly planner, creating your own custom paper template, the list goes on and on.

Notability

Notability may be the best pure note-taking app on the App Store. It doesn’t have some of the task-related features of Evernote such as tying into your calendar, but if your killer feature is advanced note-taking, Notability is your top choice.

Notability supports the precise annotation of pictures, shapes, or web clips with handwritten notes. A magnifying feature lets you write something in an expanded view and have it show up in a smaller area on the note, which is great if you are using your index finger instead of a stylus.

Save your notes to most popular cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive, or let iCloud sync your notes across your devices. 

Notes plus

One thing we haven’t covered is converting your handwritten notes into digital text. Skip Evernote and Notability and shoot for Notes Plus if you value this transcription.

Notes Plus is a very good note-taking tool even if you don’t take into account the handwriting-to-text capabilities. It offers a built-in browser that allows you to search Google for images and then drag-and-drop them into your note, backup of your notes to a cloud-based service like Dropbox and export for your notes to PDF or various other formats.

If you don’t need the handwriting-to-text feature, you may be better off with one of the free alternatives, but if you don’t mind spending a little bit of money and you think you might want the ability to turn your scribbles into legible text, Notes Plus is a good choice.

Onenote

Microsoft OneNote earns lavish praise for its powerful but easy-to-use interface. OneNote syncs with your Microsoft Account or with an Office365 account, so your notes travel with you by means of your OneDrive storage.

With support for complex notes, images, pencil drawings, and even an Apple Watch app, OneNote’s versatility is unmatched. Plus, it’s free to use without limit.

Paper

If you don’t use Evernote, Paper combines some of the basic features of Evernote with a world-class sketching tool. Paper is at its best when you combine drawings with your handwritten notes, and it really goes hand-in-hand with Apple’s Pencil stylus.

Paper supports typed notes and performs basic formatting, but this side of the app offers fewer features than even the built-in Notes app. If you don’t need all of the advanced features of Evernote and primarily need to sketch out your notes, Paper may be the way to go.

Penultimate

What if you need to go heavy on the handwritten notes? Penultimate may be the ultimate handwriting app on the iPad. It is made by Evernote, which means the notes you write with Penultimate will sync to your account and show up in the Evernote app.

It also has a ton of formats, including graph paper, dotted paper, preformatted to-do lists and shopping lists, and even a hangman game. Penultimate can also search through your handwritten notes and recognize words, which is really cool. Unfortunately, it won’t convert that handwriting to text.

Personalization and easy downloads across platforms

This collection of PDF downloadable digital planners can be used with Goodnotes, the premier iOS note-taking app and productivity suite. Upload any one of these PDFs and use the planners with your iOS or Android device, and never miss a meeting or lose a series of phone numbers again.

Browse through our selection of daily, weekly, monthly, goal, meal planning, fitness, teaching and class planning, student planners and assignment trackers, class note-taking and more.

Price

GoodNotes 5 for iOS costs $7.99, and there are no premium subscription-only features or free versions available. For those upgrading from GoodNotes 4, a bundle is available to get the app at a reduced cost.

Settings

Apple Pencil support: With the note-taking apps only being as good as their Pencil support, here’s how the two apps stack up.

GoodNotes supports the Pencil natively, and automatically supports ‘Single Finger Panning’ which allows the finger to navigate the page while the Pencil make changes. It also provides three levels of palm rejection sensitivity, and eight angles for writing posture.

Notability has a toggle to turn palm detection on and off, as well as a left-handed mode option.

Summary of features

In the end, GoodNotes 5 walks away with more check marks than Notability in regards to our specified feature list.

Using a keyboard

Pairing an iPad with a keyboard can be like turning it into a laptop. Using a keyboard is a personal decision and will depend on how fast you can type using the on-screen keyboard, but if you do go with a keyboard, you may want to go with Apple’s Magic Keyboard, or if you have an iPad Pro, one of the new Smart Keyboards, because these keyboards support many of the special shortcut keys that include command-c to copy and command-v paste.

Using hand-writing apps for school

A quick excerpt from Josh Ginter, Editor-in-Chief of The Sweet Setup, and current student.

There’s an inherent connection between handwritten note-taking apps and learning. It’s been well-documented: handwriting greatly improves the learning process and it’s easier to commit things to memory if you write them down.

The original iPad debuted right around the time I started post-secondary school in 2009. That first year, I trudged textbooks, a 15-inch MacBook Pro, notebooks, and my lunch each day to and from class. When the iPad debuted in 2021, it promised to eliminate the need to carry textbooks and notebooks, and seemed like an easy fit to take the place of the 15-inch MacBook Pro (at least for study purposes).

However, the handwriting component of learning was lost, as the original iPad only really had external keyboard support as its primary input method. I eventually returned to handwritten notes in a spiral-bound notebook for the remainder of my first degree.

I’ve been going to school ever since, and I took handwritten notes right up until the first iPad Pro with Apple Pencil.

Everything changed with the Apple Pencil.

iOS Safari has improved over the years as well, increasingly supporting more and more types of webinar delivery methods and online student portals. The majority of my textbooks today are delivered in the form of a gigantic PDF, easily annotated within any app on the iPad and easily searched through with a swift keystroke.

With Split View and Picture-in-Picture video overlays, the newest iPad Pro along with the newest version of iOS is the device I imagined back in 2021. On the left, a textbook, quickly searched and easily annotated, and on the right, a digital piece of paper ready for all sorts of pens, highlighters, shapes, and jotting. Hovering anywhere on the screen is the picture-in-picture video webinar, streamed right from the student portal.

I have a particular love for handwritten note-taking apps. Young students today, who began their high school careers in the iPad era, will simply never understand the very real annoyance of buying real textbooks for hundreds of dollars, having to search through a glossary or index in the back of the textbook, having to read those textbooks at the latest hours of the night with poor light, and somehow having to pass an exam the next morning.

The iPad has fixed every one of these annoyances, and the single biggest learning hurdle — that of writing with an actual pencil and experiencing the feedback a handwritten gesture gives to your brain — has been cleared with the Apple Pencil and any of these note-taking apps.

Simply put, if you’re a student today, either of our top two handwriting note-taking apps are must-have purchases from the day you unbox your new iPad. I implore you to look at an iPad and consider its strengths as a learning device — there is no greater device for learning than the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

Voice dictation

The iPad is capable of performing voice dictation almost anywhere that the on-screen keyboard appears. A microphone button on the keyboard turns on voice dictation mode, which means you can use your voice to take notes in almost any app, including most apps on this list.