
This is important because it is distracting for most folks. Audience or students in my case do not see when I change pens, or switched to another tool etc.
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When you connected to an external display GoodNotes does not mirror screen, instead only document is shown on full screen. Good notes does it in opposite way, when you need to add a text, it adds a text box. When you add a hand written note after a text, it opens up a huge box and you have to write in that box. After each new iPadOS release, I got exited by new features added to Apple Notes but did not like how it handles PDFs and hand written notes.
#NOTABILITY VS GOODNOTES REDDIT PDF#
I am not sure but probably iOS/iPadOS 13 added to ability import PDF in notes app but I was already into GoodNotes. The reason I am telling my life story, I have experienced the evolution of Apple Notes and pdf annotation apps. It was a good device but soft tip stylus by Wacom was perfect. After a while Wacom released bluetooth connected Bamboo version. I was using soft tipped Stylus, there were so many styluses but Wacom one was the best. I was in Germany and got those apps with iTunes card credit which I got it in a supermarket. Notability was endorsed by Apple and influencers on the media a lot but I have always loved using GoodNotes to this day. I tried all three but keep getting back to GoodNotes. I paid for Notability, GoodNotes and one more that I cannot recall. Since I needed to annotate PDF files for teaching specifically on iPad, I looked for different apps. More than 10 years I have been using Apple Notes.

I tried many notes but always got back to Apple Notes. There were many notes apps such as Green icon one with elephant logo on it. I use Apple Notes since my first iDevice which was iPod Touch 1st gen. But their switch to subscription is a turn off for most people.īoth great apps. I used to highly recommend Notability, as it has a nifty audio recording feature that is somewhat unique.

There are tons of other note taking apps out there as well. If not, try out Goodnotes and see if that meets your needs. Try out Apple Notes and see if it works for you. Point being, there is no perfect app for everyone. There is a cost, though it's pretty nominal. For some people, those additional features are important, so it's worth using Goodnotes.

Goodnotes has some more advanced note taking features compared to Apple Notes, but doesn't have some of the more tightly knit integrations that the latter has. Apple Notes has a lot of good features, works on all of your Apple devices, is already pre-installed, easily supports sharing/sync'ing between other people, and fits the needs of many people.
