New Goodnotes features for iPad note-taking!

Goodnotes just launched their BIGGEST update yet. With new features like text documents and whiteboards plus a smarter AI note-taking assistant, there’s a lot to uncover in the world of iPad note-taking.

I plan to do a deep-dive into these features over on YouTube but for now, you can check out my interview with the CEO of Goodnotes to get the inside scoop on how this update came to be and what it means for the future of digital note-taking!

#digitalplanning #digitalnotes #ipadproductivity

2025/9/26 Edited to

... Read moreAs an avid iPad user, I’m constantly looking for ways to boost my productivity, and Goodnotes has always been at the top of my list. This latest update has truly expanded its capabilities, making digital note-taking even more powerful. Let me share some personal insights into how I'm leveraging these new features, especially for areas like flashcards, handwritten notes, and even the audio recording feature, which many might not realize how potent it is! First off, for those wondering about Goodnotes flashcards, while the update doesn't introduce a dedicated 'flashcard' tool, the new AI note-taking assistant has revolutionized how I approach studying. I can now create my lecture notes or study guides and then use the AI to 'quiz myself' directly from my content. Imagine writing out key concepts and then having the AI generate questions to test your recall – it’s an incredibly effective way to learn! You can also quickly create text documents with questions on one side and answers on another, using the new text features to format them neatly. Next, let's talk about handwritten notes and search. Goodnotes has always excelled here. I adore the freedom of writing naturally on my iPad, and the handwriting recognition search feature is a true lifesaver. I can instantly find any word or phrase I’ve scribbled across countless notebooks. This is invaluable when I need to quickly reference something from a past meeting or lecture. The new AI assistant can even summarize my handwritten notes, saving me so much time when reviewing. One feature I find indispensable, especially for students, is the Goodnotes audio recording feature. It's so seamlessly integrated! When I'm in a lecture or a brainstorming session, I simply tap the microphone icon. What’s amazing is that as the audio plays back, my notes highlight in sync, showing me exactly what I wrote at any given moment. This Goodnotes audio recording interface makes reviewing incredibly efficient and ensures I don't miss any crucial context. The Goodnotes whiteboard feature has also been a revelation for visual thinking. It's not just a blank canvas; it’s a dynamic space for mind mapping, brainstorming, and diagramming. I've used it to lay out complex project plans and even visualize my weekly tasks. The new diagramming options make it intuitive to create professional-looking flowcharts and concept maps that truly bring my ideas to life. Finally, the refreshed Goodnotes toolbar is more than just a cosmetic change. Its floating design and contextual adaptation mean my workspace is cleaner, and the tools I need are always at my fingertips. I've customized it to quickly switch between my favorite pens and highlighters, streamlining my workflow significantly. These enhancements truly elevate the Goodnotes app for iPad note-taking, making it an even more robust tool for productivity and learning.

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HER🩵 lol I make digital stuff COLORFUL DIGITAL NOTE TAKING NOTES IN 4 colors but I do nails too boo book or orderrr ig in bio🦋

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I was part of the beta for this, I absolutely hate this update 😔 I felt like it makes absolutely everything so much more difficult to use

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Here are 5 must-have iPad apps for digital planning to help you stay organized and boost productivity: 1. GoodNotes 6 • Why You Need It: Ideal for creating and customizing your digital planner with seamless handwriting, sticker imports, and notebook templates. • Key Features: • Supports PD
Joy 📚

Joy 📚

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An iPad displays 'Chapter Notes' with vocabulary and key concepts, demonstrating the note-taking interface of the free ultimate notes app. Headphones are visible next to the device.
An iPad screen shows the Notes+ app with an integrated ChatGPT interface, illustrating the convenience of having AI assistance directly within the note-taking environment.
An iPad displays notes alongside a converted PDF of a website or textbook, demonstrating the app's feature for annotating external documents directly within the note-taking interface.
FREE iPad notes app with chatGPT and more
I've been using Notes+ for the past week to rewrite my review notes for midterms, and it has genuinely changed how I take notes on my iPad 🤭 I don't like having multiple devices in front of me while I'm studying, so having the in app extensions helps me minimize distractions. It has
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Essential Back-to-School iPad Apps 📚✏️
Maximize your productivity with these must-have iPad apps! Whether you’re organizing your schedule, staying focused, or enhancing your creativity, these apps are perfect for students getting ready for the school year. 🚀 Note-Taking📝 - Goodnotes:A powerful app for handwriting notes and organiz
Ayesha 🍋

Ayesha 🍋

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An iPad displays various content creation examples, including a game, a Minecraft build, and social media posts, with the overlaid text 'BECOME A CONTENT CREATOR WITH JUST AN IPAD'.
An iPad screen shows the Control Center settings, with an arrow pointing to the 'Screen Recording' option, demonstrating how to add it for recording content.
The iPad App Store interface showcases several video editing applications like Adobe Premiere Rush and Splice, illustrating options for creating and editing video content.
Become A Content Creator With Just An iPad
Did you know you could be almost any kind of content creator with just an iPad? It may seem like a stretch, however, you can create just about any type of content with only an iPad. Features your iPad has that can be used for content creation: camera, microphone, and a screen recorder. ✨Want
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🌻ChromaGlitch

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A digital notebook page with a Goodnotes icon and the text "steal my current goodnotes settings" in the center, indicating a guide to personalized Goodnotes configurations.
An iPad screen displaying Goodnotes pen settings, showing the 'Ball Pen' selected, stroke settings (Solid, Dash, Dotted), and a pen thickness of 0.4 mm, overlaid on a digital planner.
An iPad screen displaying Goodnotes highlighter settings, showing various pastel highlighter color options and a highlighter thickness set to 4.0 mm, overlaid on a digital planner.
What are your favorite Goodnotes settings? 🩵
These are my go to Goodnotes setting for digital planning, note-taking etc. I do switch around my color palettes kind of often, but the rest of the settings have stayed the same pretty much since when I downloaded Goodnotes! #lemon8partner #ipadair #applepencil #goodnotes
Allie Marie 🧚🏻

Allie Marie 🧚🏻

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Best Note Taking Tips! (For All Note Takers) 📝
Hello! Im back with more tips for a successful school career! 📓 Summary: To effectively take notes, try: - Using colors - Using visuals - Mark important info - Use well known note taking techniques - Set your environment Taking notes by hand has been found to be more effective than ty
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Merni

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A spiral-bound notebook with handwritten notes and a clear cover, featuring a pink gaming device sticker. The text overlay reads 'MY NOTE-TAKING ESSENTIALS'. A white keyboard and a black laptop are visible in the background.
Multiple open notebooks filled with handwritten notes and diagrams, including a yellow sticky note with a diagram. The text overlay says 'A lot (!) of notebooks'.
A clear container holding a stack of star-shaped sticky notes in pastel pink, yellow, and blue. The text overlay reads 'Sticky notes (in different shapes and colors)'.
My note-taking essentials ✍🏻☕️📚💕
Hi guys!! Happy Friday 😌💕 Today I’m going to share with you guys some of my essentials when I take notes for my classes 📚✍🏻 📚 Lots and lots of notebooks: I keep one notebook for each class, and I have a different system for taking notes for each notebook. Some are entirely in the Cornell Syst
enchantia

enchantia

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A tablet on a keyboard case displays a home screen with widgets and app icons. Text overlay highlights 'note-taking apps for iOS & Android phone/tablets,' with icons for Notebook, Board Notes, Simple Notes, OneNote, and Nebo pointing to the keyboard.
A smartphone screen shows the 'Notebook' app with a colorful mind map about 'MATCHA TEA.' Accompanying text describes features like note-taking, to-do lists, sketching, audio recording, and Apple Watch support for this free note-taking app.
A smartphone screen displays the 'BoardNotes' app, featuring a whiteboard-style note with math equations, chemistry drawings, and physics concepts. Text highlights its use for note-taking, brainstorming, PDF reading, and various tools, noting it's free for up to 4 boards.
Free Note-Taking Apps 📝
~ for iOS & Android phone/tablets ✨ 5 free note taking apps: 📒 Notebook [iOS, Android] — Note-taking, Notepad, Memo 📑 Board Notes [iOS] — Whiteboard, Note-Taking, PDF — Android: Notewise is similar 📝 Simple Notes - Notepad Manager [iOS] — Notepad Manager — Andorid: Simple Notepa
studywithnali

studywithnali

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An iPad screen displays the title 'NOTETAKING methods' in a green cloud and 'How to take the best notes!' below it, introducing the topic of note-taking strategies.
An iPad screen shows the Cornell Method note-taking layout with sections for 'TITLE', 'Keywords', 'Questions', 'Main points', 'Key thoughts', and 'SUMMARY'.
An iPad screen displays the Slides Method note-taking layout, featuring a 'TITLE' and three sections labeled 'Topic 1', 'Topic 2', 'Topic 3', each with a corresponding 'NOTES' area.
The Note Taking Methods That Saved Me This Spring!
Your Notes Deserve Better! So try out these 3 study methods ✨🖊️ Whether you’re writing by hand or using an iPad, these note taking styles keep your notes clean, organized, and actually useful when it’s time to study! 🗂️ Cornell Method – Great for structured review with clear sections for note
CompSkyy

CompSkyy

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A desk setup showing a physical notebook with handwritten notes on music topics next to an iPad displaying digital notebooks in GoodNotes, posing the question 'paper vs iPad notes?'.
Several open physical notebooks filled with handwritten and highlighted notes, described as rewritten summaries that helped the user ace exams before switching to digital methods.
An open physical notebook with handwritten notes on history and culture, illustrating the difficulty of keeping up with fast-paced classes by hand, leading to typing notes on a laptop.
pros and cons of note-taking on paper vs iPad
📝 Before I had an iPad, I was pretty fine note-taking on paper, until I got to college where every information thrown at me at an unimaginable speed. I resorted to bringing my laptop to take notes in class to make sure I don’t miss out on anything, and then hand-write (rewrite) the typed notes afte
Emily H.

Emily H.

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An iPad displays the title "goodnotes features that will make your life easier" with a Goodnotes app icon. A pair of brown headphones and a stylus are also on a wooden surface, setting the scene for tech tips.
An iPad shows a Goodnotes 2025 Planner. A pop-up highlights "Text Styling" with the option to "Save as Default," demonstrating how to save default text settings for new text boxes in Goodnotes.
An iPad displays a Goodnotes 2025 Planner. A pop-up shows "Sky Task Labels" with various digital stickers like "PLAN" and "SCHEDULE," illustrating how to import digital stickers as Goodnotes elements.
You need to know about these Goodnotes features 📣
If there's one thing I will always post about, it's tech tips that will make your life easier. Anything that will save even the smallest minute of time, is worth sharing 🩵 📣 Default text settings If you haven't done this in Goodnotes yet, stop reading, and go save your default text
Allie Marie 🧚🏻

Allie Marie 🧚🏻

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An iPad displays aesthetic digital notes about living abroad in Kyoto, featuring text, images, and decorative elements. A pink stylus rests beside the tablet, with the title "how to start taking aesthetic digital notes part 2" overlaid.
An iPad shows a digital journal log entry about strawberry season and new nails, with illustrations. Overlaid text recommends note-taking apps like Goodnotes6, Collanote, and Samsung Notes, with a Goodnotes6 icon.
An iPad displays an app interface for creating a custom font from handwriting, showing "this is my handwriting!" and font customization options. Overlaid text suggests using ifontmaker or Calligraphr to turn handwriting into a font.
how to take aesthetic digital notes! (part 2) 💗
in this series of posts I'll show you what you need to do to make your digital notes look aesthetic! this is part 2 of this series. ✨ install a note taking app, such as goodnotes, collanote or samsung notes. ✨ turn your handwriting into a font to stay enjoying your own handwriting while typ
studiocherii

studiocherii

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An iPad screen displays the title "How to use Freenotes on your iPad" in white handwritten text, enclosed by a pink cloud outline on a black grid background. The top bar shows various app and status icons.
An iPad screen shows the Free notes app interface with existing notebooks and a menu for creating new notebooks, importing, scanning documents, and cloud storage options. Text highlights "Choose what kind of notebook you want."
An iPad screen displays the "New Notebook" creation interface in the Free notes app, offering options for cover, template, title, size, basic paper templates (plain, rule, grid, dot), paper color, line color, and spacing. Text highlights "Choose your kind of paper."
iPad Notes
I am a huge fan of taking notes on my iPad I use this free and simple app called Free notes -You can make as many notebooks as you want for free -There is no time limit -There is a recording button for lectures and videos which is super helpful for college #ipadnotes #ipadforstudent
Amri

Amri

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An iPad on a desk displays a note-taking app with a detailed diagram of cranial nerves and brain regions, illustrating Goodnotes alternatives for biology studies.
The Nebo app interface shows a brain diagram with cranial nerves, highlighting its handwriting-to-text feature, minimal UI, and endless space for quick note-taking on iPad.
The Noteful app displays neuroscience study notes with a 'Layers' feature sidebar, demonstrating its ability to annotate PDFs while keeping the original intact for studying and planning.
Goodnotes Alternatives
These two apps are my go-to for note-taking! ✨ Noteful is awesome for studying, work, or planning. Layered notes keep everything organized, and sharing is super easy! 📝💡 Nebo makes handwriting-to-text so smooth. Its clean design and endless space make it quick and fun to use! 🎉 Both app
Reverelia

Reverelia

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Apple Pencil Note-Taking Tips for Students
Your Apple Pencil + iPad can completely transform the way you take notes! Here are the best tips and hacks to maximize your digital note-taking experience: 1. Choose the Best Note-Taking App Different apps work better depending on your needs: • GoodNotes – Best for handwritten notes
Joy 📚

Joy 📚

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How to Use the Write to Text Feature in Good Notes
One of the best features in Good Notes is the write to text feature, where you can write in your own handwriting and it will automatically be converted into any font of your choice. This is a setting that is automatically set up in Good Notes, however you have to ensure that the “scribble” function
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Ashley✨

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