GoodNotes

Access and organize your handwritten notes and documents stored in your GoodNotes iCloud library. The app also has an automatic saving feature that creates versions of documents as you edit them. Moreover, easily navigate through different document versions and retrieve pages from previous iterations.

In day-to-day work, GoodNotes is used like a paper notebook that travels with you. You open a notebook for a class, client, or project, write with a stylus, and keep pages in order without carrying binders. Many people start by setting up a few notebooks and sections, then add new pages for each meeting, lecture, or planning session so notes stay grouped and easy to revisit.

During fast note capture, you can focus on writing naturally while the app helps clean things up in the background with handwriting recognition and AI spellcheck for common handwritten mistakes. This is useful when you’re moving quickly in a meeting or listening to a speaker and don’t want to stop to rewrite words. Afterward, you can find what you wrote more easily and reuse your notes for follow-ups, study reviews, or task lists.

A common workflow is working directly on documents. Import a PDF like slides, reading material, forms, or a draft contract, then highlight key parts and add handwritten comments in the margins. People often combine pages of notes with the source document in the same place, so a report, annotations, and action items sit together instead of being spread across apps. more