Goodnotes for Android

In-app purchases
3.7
17.6K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Goodnotes – Take Notes, Organize Documents, and Stay Productive
Goodnotes is a powerful note taking app that helps you capture ideas, organize your notes, and manage your documents across Android tablets, Chromebooks, and the web. Whether you're in class, at work, or planning your day, Goodnotes provides the tools to create, edit, and organize all your notes in one place.

Take Notes Seamlessly Across Devices
- Write and take notes using a stylus or keyboard on Android tablets and Chromebooks
- Sync your notes and documents automatically across iOS, Android, Web, and Windows. GNC library sync is live for all XP users ON iOS, as long as they have first created the account on XP.
- Access your notes anytime with cloud backup

Ideal for lectures, meetings, study sessions, or personal note taking

Students:
- Capture and Organize Learning
- Share links to notebooks or docs for collaborative note taking
- Work together with classmates in real-time or asynchronously
- Keep your notes tidy with folders, tags, and search
- Access all handwritten and typed notes from any device
- Planners and Creators: Make Every Note Your Own
- Choose from pen styles like pencil, fountain pen, ball pen, brush pen, and highlighter
- Personalize note covers,custom stickers, paper templates, and folder layouts
- Download templates for planning, journaling, and creative note taking
- Use the lasso tool, layering, and elements to design unique notes

Professionals:
- Work Smarter with Your Notes and Documents
- Import meeting documents, images, presentations, and more
- Add handwritten or typed notes directly onto your documents
- Export your notes as PDFs or images for email, printing, or sharing
- Present directly from your device using the built-in laser pointer

Organize Notes and Documents Your Way
- Create unlimited folders to manage all your notes and documents
- Instantly search across your entire note library, including handwritten content
- Tag, label, and categorize your notes for easy access and organization

Cross-Platform Note Taking
- Use Goodnotes on Android tablets and Chromebooks with stylus input
- Access your notes and documents across Android, Windows, and Web
- A seamless note taking experience across all your devices

Goodnotes is trusted by millions for intuitive note taking, smart document organization, and creative productivity. Download now and start organizing your ideas, one note at a time.
*Please note that some highlighted features, such as collaboration/sharing and unlimited notebooks, require an active Goodnotes subscription to use.

Compatible Devices:
Android tablets (8 inches or larger, 4 GB RAM or more) and Chromebooks with stylus input support

Privacy Policy: https://www.goodnotes.com/privacy-policy
Terms and Conditions: https://www.goodnotes.com/terms-and-conditions
Website: www.goodnotes.com
Twitter: @goodnotesapp
Instagram: @goodnotes.app
TikTok: @goodnotesapp
Updated on
Sep 4, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Personal info
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

2.2
462 reviews
Kue Tee
September 15, 2025
I really wanna once love this. App does not sync across platforms correctly. I started with desktop. Can't add sticker collection. Tried on iPad, works great. Just downloaded android, it synced partially. Sticker collection did not sync nor did client data for the one item I used it for. can't pay a monthly subscription for cross platform access when it does not sync properly. Developers need to go back and work on this.
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Goodnotes
September 15, 2025
Thanks for your feedback! We're improving the app for a more consistent experience with our iOS version. We’d love to hear which features you'd like to see most, please share your thoughts here: https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/950440. Also check out our upcoming updates here: https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/9978929767695.
Nathan Roberts
April 17, 2025
I've long been a Goodnotes apostle. It basically got me through anesthesia school and I never would've searched for anything else. At that time, I had an iPad that was my primary note taking device and an iPhone. Shortly after graduation, I switched to a Z Fold 5 (still iPad for tablet). Everything still worked well, but the syncing options were horrendous. Then, my next phone is a traditional-style Android and the app isn't even compatible? Why? It isn't a form factor issue when iPhone has it.
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Bella Petramala
September 4, 2024
I had high hopes after looking at my friends notes with iPads. Friends, it is NOT THE SAME. At all. It lacks canvas compatibility that iOS has which is absolutely obnoxious. It won't let you upload notes into the notebooks themselves and it lags pretty badly. I was constantly behind on lectures. I wanted to like it because of long press for line straightening and palm rejection, but this is the worst app I've used for notes. That's even compared to One Note and my default app.
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What’s new

- Introducing Pencil Tool
- Handwriting to Text Conversion: Support for English and Latin languages
- Support for Dotted and Dashed Lines
- Copy and Paste Page
- Change Shapes of Existing Strokes
- Circle to Lasso: Select multiple items by drawing a circle around them, without switching tools
- UI Updates: Page operation shortcuts added to the toolbar's "More" (...) menu