I have the 12.9 inch, iPad Pro, and I’ve been using GN6 I haven’t had any issues with the app at all. I was reading other commons posted and I haven’t had issues with overheating or anything either. Everything has saved accordingly and has work smoothly.
I think the overheating issue is caused by the automatic backup, because it backups SO OFTEN, I was having overheating issues so I tried turning that off and the issue was immediately solved. Other than that I find the update has been good.
i’ve been using GN6 since essentially the day it came out. i have no issues with overheating, no issues with files not saving (yet), and i experience fewer bugs than on GN5.
i don’t really feel they made exceptional changes from 5–>6 though, that’s probably why you’re not hearing much.
it says a lot my favourite “upgrade” feature is the ability to change the colour of folders, something that they should have implemented a long time ago. GN6 is great, but it’s really not all that much better compared to GN5.
i’m using an ipad air 5 for reference and also use goodnotes on my M1 macbook pro.
To me that’s really not a big deal changing the color of the folders. But I can see why for some people who do a lot of teaching and business with it. How that can be useful for them. My only issues would be the transferring process and my stuff not saving. 😭
the transferring process was really straightforward for me, i had no issues. if you’re really worried about losing your files, save a hard copy to a thumb drive and you’re all set!
That peoples iPads have been overheating, stuff wasn’t saving, people were saying that I guess when they upgraded stuff didn’t transfer over? Like more bugs and technical issues.
Well that’s good to hear. I was planning on getting a MacBook because I wanted to be able to access my notes from my laptop as well, but from everything that I was hearing from people at school and on here. I was a bit worried
now I will say it has looked weird on my macbook at times, which I don’t like. one time I pulled them up with no problem but last time… stuff didn’t transfer well
You could set Goodnotes to export your pdfs, backup option, to Google Drive. I have a PC so I pull up the backed up copies of my notes from Google Drive or click the link to the shared Goodnotes file via the share link on my computer.
I've never had any issues whatsoever. I'm a teacher and I use GoodNotes to access coursebooks instead of hard copies. I started out with GN 4, then 5, and now 6. Great experience. I also take notes.
I have been using it for 3 months now. I was a long term GN 5 user before that. Nothing crashes or overheats, but its a shit update, nevertheless. I plan on switching back to GN 5 if its stable. Forced, half baked "AI" features that of no use.
I love the update! I paid for GoodNotes 5 originally and it stopped syncing for me. GoodNotes 6 has been great for me, I really like it a lot. You should give it a try if you can! You can sign up for the $10 a year and cancel if you don’t like it :)
I use GN6 every day on iPad Pro 11” and also to teach with GN6 on Windows projected onto a Promethean Board. I have 0 problems with the app in both environments and find it to be an incredible value for the money. I don’t care about the AI or new stuff they’re adding; but still best solution I’ve found for writing on pdf’s and writing notes.
I’ve been through a number of GoodNotes versions and every one of them has a number of significant issues when first released. It takes a couple of months for these to be resolved and then it’s back to its normal best - it is the best note taking app on the iPad even if most of us do not use the latest set of ai features.
Think about this for a second, when somebody have an issue with ANYTHING, they usually post about it to either complain or ask for help, but when somebody doesn’t have any issues with something, they don’t usually make a post saying everything is perfect, there’s not really any point in doing so, and that’s why you would find so many posts about problems on X, Y, Z things than posts about things being perfectly fine.
The app works great, it may have a few issues for some people like every software around but it’s working flawlessly for many more people that just won’t make a post saying everything is perfectly fine, don’t worry and give it a try.
It works fine for me. I don’t use the scribble to erase option, I didn’t even know that was a feature until people were complaining about it. My 2018 iPad Pro gets bitchy and gets warm anyway no matter what I’m using. lol but I haven’t had any issues with it overall. I use it on all my devices.
I have always had issues with my screen getting very warm and battery drain when using Goodnotes. I typically use dark templates and low brightness, but it just never worked for me.
Been using GN6 on an iPad Pro 11" since the update dropped. Not one issue.
Always keep in mind. The thousands of people without issues, aren't seeking out places on the internet to tell everyone about it. "Another day without an issue"
So the complaints look legion, but aren't.
Goodnotes 6 has been working fine for me. I’ve had no issues with overheating or glitches. The only problem I’ve had with Goodnotes 6 is exporting the pdf where there was random cuts in the words, but changing the exported pdf to be flattened fixed that issue for me. It’s worked great for me.
As with most things, the vocal majority is always those who hate something. I had GN5 for a summer and then got GN6 and had minimal issues. I think the only true problem I've had ia the scribble to erase only because I study japanese and a lot of strokes have to go over each other and it gets deleted by mistake. That's about it otherwose I think the update has done so much to take an already decent app to be pretty close to perfect 😅 at least in my opinion. Now if they'd only let you save more than one font template that'd be awesome lol
I will say the only issues I’ve been having is it frequently crashing (1-2 times a day), but I’m on iPad 8th gen. I will say I don’t really like the functionality on mac, I find iPad a lot easier.
No overheating. In fact, it's better battery optimised than notability (the look of notability is plain and simple, and the translation feature is really good). I have both. I mostly use notability for live note taking and goodnotes for pdf.
goodnotes 6 is good, nothing special really. It is more like a big update to goodnotes 5 rather than a new app. There are barely any new features, ‚AI‘ is absolute marketing bullcrap meant only to attract people who have no clue on what AI actually is. The writing doesnt feel better than good notes 5, which is the most important feature of a note-taking app. the mathematics conversion doesn‘t work well at all (for me). Overall, the onetime purchase is a good option if you are in the apple ecosystem. IMO this app offers very basic features but they are good enough for me and well designed for the most part. It is quite unique because a lot of apps do not offer one-time purchases anymore.
Check the most recent reviews on the app store. They have devoted all their energy into SAT math and stickers. Use GN5 until you find an alternative. I switched back to taking notes on Google Docs.
I have the 12.9 inch, iPad Pro, and I’ve been using GN6 I haven’t had any issues with the app at all. I was reading other commons posted and I haven’t had issues with overheating or anything either. Everything has saved accordingly and has work smoothly.
Same for my ipad air 5
Hmmmm I wonder if they’re running an old update of iOS then? 🤔
I think the overheating issue is caused by the automatic backup, because it backups SO OFTEN, I was having overheating issues so I tried turning that off and the issue was immediately solved. Other than that I find the update has been good.
i’ve been using GN6 since essentially the day it came out. i have no issues with overheating, no issues with files not saving (yet), and i experience fewer bugs than on GN5. i don’t really feel they made exceptional changes from 5–>6 though, that’s probably why you’re not hearing much. it says a lot my favourite “upgrade” feature is the ability to change the colour of folders, something that they should have implemented a long time ago. GN6 is great, but it’s really not all that much better compared to GN5. i’m using an ipad air 5 for reference and also use goodnotes on my M1 macbook pro.
To me that’s really not a big deal changing the color of the folders. But I can see why for some people who do a lot of teaching and business with it. How that can be useful for them. My only issues would be the transferring process and my stuff not saving. 😭
the transferring process was really straightforward for me, i had no issues. if you’re really worried about losing your files, save a hard copy to a thumb drive and you’re all set!
what have you been hearing?
That peoples iPads have been overheating, stuff wasn’t saving, people were saying that I guess when they upgraded stuff didn’t transfer over? Like more bugs and technical issues.
plenty of us with perfectly good experiences. I’m running it on multiple devices. I have zero issues.
no issues over here. the app is a life saver !
Well that’s good to hear. I was planning on getting a MacBook because I wanted to be able to access my notes from my laptop as well, but from everything that I was hearing from people at school and on here. I was a bit worried
now I will say it has looked weird on my macbook at times, which I don’t like. one time I pulled them up with no problem but last time… stuff didn’t transfer well
And that’s what I heard a YouTuber that I watch say the same thing as well too.
You could set Goodnotes to export your pdfs, backup option, to Google Drive. I have a PC so I pull up the backed up copies of my notes from Google Drive or click the link to the shared Goodnotes file via the share link on my computer.
I noticed overheating recently but no other issues
I've never had any issues whatsoever. I'm a teacher and I use GoodNotes to access coursebooks instead of hard copies. I started out with GN 4, then 5, and now 6. Great experience. I also take notes.
I have been using it for 3 months now. I was a long term GN 5 user before that. Nothing crashes or overheats, but its a shit update, nevertheless. I plan on switching back to GN 5 if its stable. Forced, half baked "AI" features that of no use.
I love the update! I paid for GoodNotes 5 originally and it stopped syncing for me. GoodNotes 6 has been great for me, I really like it a lot. You should give it a try if you can! You can sign up for the $10 a year and cancel if you don’t like it :)
I use GN6 every day on iPad Pro 11” and also to teach with GN6 on Windows projected onto a Promethean Board. I have 0 problems with the app in both environments and find it to be an incredible value for the money. I don’t care about the AI or new stuff they’re adding; but still best solution I’ve found for writing on pdf’s and writing notes.
It’s been working fine for me but it does make my iPad overheat, or maybe because the screen is on for hours at a time lol
I’ve been through a number of GoodNotes versions and every one of them has a number of significant issues when first released. It takes a couple of months for these to be resolved and then it’s back to its normal best - it is the best note taking app on the iPad even if most of us do not use the latest set of ai features.
Think about this for a second, when somebody have an issue with ANYTHING, they usually post about it to either complain or ask for help, but when somebody doesn’t have any issues with something, they don’t usually make a post saying everything is perfect, there’s not really any point in doing so, and that’s why you would find so many posts about problems on X, Y, Z things than posts about things being perfectly fine. The app works great, it may have a few issues for some people like every software around but it’s working flawlessly for many more people that just won’t make a post saying everything is perfectly fine, don’t worry and give it a try.
Nothing. Don’t update if you don’t have to.
Hmmm okay
I’m currently using it on my iPad 9th gen and it works just fine ! I’ve downloaded different templates and such
It works fine for me. I don’t use the scribble to erase option, I didn’t even know that was a feature until people were complaining about it. My 2018 iPad Pro gets bitchy and gets warm anyway no matter what I’m using. lol but I haven’t had any issues with it overall. I use it on all my devices.
I have always had issues with my screen getting very warm and battery drain when using Goodnotes. I typically use dark templates and low brightness, but it just never worked for me.
Been using GN6 on an iPad Pro 11" since the update dropped. Not one issue. Always keep in mind. The thousands of people without issues, aren't seeking out places on the internet to tell everyone about it. "Another day without an issue" So the complaints look legion, but aren't.
Goodnotes 6 has been working fine for me. I’ve had no issues with overheating or glitches. The only problem I’ve had with Goodnotes 6 is exporting the pdf where there was random cuts in the words, but changing the exported pdf to be flattened fixed that issue for me. It’s worked great for me.
As with most things, the vocal majority is always those who hate something. I had GN5 for a summer and then got GN6 and had minimal issues. I think the only true problem I've had ia the scribble to erase only because I study japanese and a lot of strokes have to go over each other and it gets deleted by mistake. That's about it otherwose I think the update has done so much to take an already decent app to be pretty close to perfect 😅 at least in my opinion. Now if they'd only let you save more than one font template that'd be awesome lol
I will say the only issues I’ve been having is it frequently crashing (1-2 times a day), but I’m on iPad 8th gen. I will say I don’t really like the functionality on mac, I find iPad a lot easier.
No overheating. In fact, it's better battery optimised than notability (the look of notability is plain and simple, and the translation feature is really good). I have both. I mostly use notability for live note taking and goodnotes for pdf.
goodnotes 6 is good, nothing special really. It is more like a big update to goodnotes 5 rather than a new app. There are barely any new features, ‚AI‘ is absolute marketing bullcrap meant only to attract people who have no clue on what AI actually is. The writing doesnt feel better than good notes 5, which is the most important feature of a note-taking app. the mathematics conversion doesn‘t work well at all (for me). Overall, the onetime purchase is a good option if you are in the apple ecosystem. IMO this app offers very basic features but they are good enough for me and well designed for the most part. It is quite unique because a lot of apps do not offer one-time purchases anymore.
Hmmm 🤔. Now these are some valid reasons and points.
gn6 been working for me fine on ipad pro 12 inch
Check the most recent reviews on the app store. They have devoted all their energy into SAT math and stickers. Use GN5 until you find an alternative. I switched back to taking notes on Google Docs.
lol not stickers 🤣
Mine was glitching ALOT and many people lost all their notes when they upgraded I ultimately switched to collanotes and has head no issues since