Goodnotes: AI Notes, docs, PDF

Goodnotes

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About this app

Goodnotes – Take Notes, Organize Docs, and Boost Productivity.
Goodnotes is a powerful note taking app designed to help you capture ideas, organize your notes, and manage your docs and documents across Android, Windows, Chromebooks. Whether you’re in class, at work, or planning your day, Goodnotes gives you all the tools you need to create, edit, and organize your notes and docs in one place for seamless note taking and document management.

🏆 Awarded Google Play Best of 2025 — Best App for Large Screens.

Now with Goodnotes AI: Type, think, and ship faster.
▪ Summarize, rewrite, and edit your notes with tone suggestions and smart corrections
▪ Create first drafts in seconds instead of starting from scratch
▪ Ask questions about your notes and get instant insights

Organize Notes, Docs, and PDFs Your Way
▪ Create unlimited folders to manage all your notes, docs, and PDFs
▪ Choose Notebooks for daily planning and PDFs, Whiteboard for brainstorming and mind mapping, and Text Documents for fast typing and polished docs
▪ Search typed and handwritten notes to find key moments fast
▪ Access your notes seamlessly across Android, Chromebooks, Windows and Web

For Students:
▪ Capture and organize learning with easy note taking
▪ Share links to notebooks, docs, PDFs, and whiteboards for collaborative note taking
▪ Work together with classmates in real time
▪ Keep your lectures organized with folders and favorites
▪ Personalize your notes with planners, covers, stickers, paper templates, and layouts
▪ Download templates for journaling, planning, and creative note taking
▪ Use the lasso tool, layering, shapes, and sticky notes to design unique notes and whiteboard content

For Professionals:
▪ Work smarter with your notes, docs, and PDFs
▪ Import PDFs to fill, sign, annotate and markup
▪ Export notes as PDFs to share, print, or email
▪ Present directly from your device using the built-in laser pointer
▪ Brainstorm and collaborate in real time—see your collaborators and their updates instantly
▪ Use note taking and whiteboard features to enhance productivity and creativity

Enjoy uninterrupted note taking and real-time collaboration anytime, anywhere.

Goodnotes is trusted by millions for intuitive note taking, smart document organization, and creative productivity. Download now and start organizing your notes, docs, PDFs, and whiteboards like never before.
Some highlighted features, such as collaboration, sharing and unlimited notebooks, require an active Goodnotes subscription to use.
All new users are eligible for a 7-day free trial to explore the full range of Goodnotes features.
On older or entry‑level devices, like tablets 4 GB RAM or less or basic Chromebooks, performance and functionality may be limited.

Privacy Policy: [https://www.goodnotes.com/privacy-policy](https://www.goodnotes.com/privacy-policy)
Terms and Conditions: [https://www.goodnotes.com/terms-and-conditions](https://www.goodnotes.com/terms-and-conditions)
Website: [www.goodnotes.com](http://www.goodnotes.com/)
Twitter: @goodnotesapp
Instagram: @goodnotes.app
TikTok: @goodnotes

Ratings and reviews

Been using OneNote for years but decided to give Goodnotes a try. It does some things better, but mostly, it just feels incredibly clunky on Android. From what I see online, it's not even close to the app it is on Apple which is incredibly unfortunate. I got a free 1 year subscription picking up a Samsung tablet. I'm going to keep using it, for now, but hope it gets updates to smooth out rough edges. On my Fold 7, it's AWFUL on the front screen and just OK on the inner display.

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.

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.

What's new

- Introducing Whiteboard: An infinite canvas to brainstorm, sketch, and plan without limits
- Redesigned Toolbar: Smarter layout to help you find tools faster and stay in the flow
- Updated toolbar UI: Surfaces the right tools exactly when you need them for faster, more intuitive note-taking.
- Performance Improvements & Bug Fixes