Introducing Goodnotes 6: Notes Reimagined

Your notes just got way smarter.

Goodnotes 6 is the next generation of digital note-taking. It’s the note-taking app you know and love, with a fresh new look and a new suite of features. 

Features to look forward to:
• Tidy up your handwriting with the Lasso Tool
• Ask your notebook to generate answers to questions you ask about your notes
For this initial launch, Spellcheck is available in English, Spanish, German, and Dutch, and Word Complete is available in English. More languages will be added soon!

Already a paid GoodNotes 5 user? Your notes are safe! You can continue using GoodNotes 5, and you'll get a discount if you upgrade to Goodnotes 6.

Try Goodnotes 6 today. Your first 3 notebooks are free!

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[Goodnotes]

As Goodnotes 6 is a substantial all-app update with many AI features that incur significant ongoing costs, we are unable to offer Goodnotes 6 for free to our GoodNotes 5 users. However, we are offering our loyal GoodNotes 5 users a number of discounts depending on when they bought GoodNotes 5. We’ve also done our best to keep the price low. Whereas other AI productivity apps charge 20 USD per month, we are only charging 9.99 USD per year or a one-time payment of 29.99 USD.

[DrMeetPatel]

It's frustrating to pay for the update. When you say "ONE TIME PAYMENT", it's supposed to be one time payment for lifetime. If you're going to charge every new upgrade, its better to clear things before. Make it transparent. We can't trust this App 😔

[mikeytee]

*What part of LIFETIME PURCHASE are we misunderstanding...? THIS IS CRIMINAL!! I paid for LIFETIME PURCHASE of Goodnotes 5, AND YOU CHANGE THE NAME so you can bill me AGAIN?!?!? EXTREMELY DISHONEST.*

[GrzegorzMaestropeaceBobrowski]

I bought Good Notes 5, one-time payment, no time limit, and now, after releasing Good Notes 6, you limit users of the earlier version to editing only 3 notebooks. You should announce such restrictions when releasing future versions, then it will be fair. Or maybe just drop this restriction. Maybe I'd buy the latest version, but what guarantee do we have that you won't make similar restrictions on this version in the future?

[cee_bee]

Imagine if Apple charged for every time they launched a new iOS. I paid for GN5 and will stick with that.

[PinAda]

I can see why most people are upset with this decision, especially since many features that have been asked for (ex: lock a folder) have not been taken into account. While I do understand you too need to make money, not listening to your supporting community will be a certain downfall in the near future, especially since we are all going through the same inflation and money issues :)

[CammieWong]

Would be better if features in GoodNotes 5 could be updated continuously instead of stopping/limit the update completely. And charge annually/one-time payment exclusively for the AI feature. Not everyone needs AI feature, our initial purchase is just to have a good writing app.

[maryamkalhori]

For those who say that money is small, we are not all from the first world. The value of the dollar in the national currency of many countries is very different and it is not possible for many students. I am a student and I bought this program for several months, why should I buy it again? I know that it can still be used, but when there is no update for bugs and problems, it will become useless after a while

[eldopereira]

AI should be sold separately… I don’t want any AI, I just want the right to use the app properly since I already bought it

[fanfan]

I like the new version 6. But it should be an independent app with a separate link in the app store. Users can keep both versions.

[wunderedits]

i think it should be free for gn5 paid accounts

[KaziAmitHasan]

Goodnote 6 looks good but the upgrade plan sucks! Totally ridiculous. The 3 different discount plans are not designed to respect the previous paid users. I just purchased it 3 months back, now you want me to pay again? This is totally not acceptable.I will explore notability. This type of behaviours, I was not expecting.

[josiebobi]

yeah i'll just stick to less popular apps from now on... at least they don't exploit their users. For those who are switching, I think Noteful is pretty good, it has somewhat the same features and most importantly affordable

[BasicFolders]

One time payment for GoodNotes 5 and then another one time payment for GoodNotes 6 *IS NOT ONE TIME PAYMENT.... UNACCEPTABLE!* I feel ripped off.

[theorist]

The new features are good, but not good enough for most existing users to pay for the upgrade. If you want damage control and money from the existing users before they think about switching to other apps, you need more substantial changes/expansions/features to make the AI integration useful for the average user.

[Extra_Player-]

Why don’t you do this like a dlc in video games?? I don’t care about an AI I just want to note the reasons in class.

[ishaan]

I’m pretty sure that goodnotes 5 will stop getting QOL improvements and bug fixes because they want more people to switch to goodnotes 6. They already did that by not adding scribble to erase and auto lasso. Good work goodnotes

[ladidoschladido]

CAREFUL everyone! The one time purchase ONLY supports Apple platforms! You get Windows/Web only if you choose the subscription model. Insane what they are doing with this update…

[tawseef]

Still staying with goodnotes5 is pure wisdom...so lucky i found reviews on time.

[maheshghuge]

Utterly disappointed after seeing the pricing😓
Why should we pay for update when have already paid for lifetime subscription for same program.
Other apps in your competition are providing their premium features for free to their old (who purchased lifetime subscription) customers.
You can exclude the ones which actually required expensive technical things.(like AI updates)
But atleast give UI updates to your old customers who had trust on your SO CALLED LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP.