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Introducing Goodnotes 6: AI
Note-Taking, AI Math
Assistance, Dynamic
Templates & more
August 9, 2023

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Think you know note-taking? Think again.

Introducing notes reimagined: meet Goodnotes

6.

Introducing Goodnotes 6: Notes…

Already bought GoodNotes 5? Your notes are

SAFE and you won’t have to pay to continue
using GoodNotes 5. If you want to upgrade to
Goodnotes 6, you can do so within the same
app, and your notes will be transferred
automatically.

Goodnotes 6: 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.

AI-powered writing aids to help you write

with confidence
Goodnotes can learn and generate text in your
handwriting. Here’s the start:

Spellcheck. Write typo free, and get words

automatically corrected in your
handwriting.
Word Complete. Forget how to spell a
word? Goodnotes 6 can give you prompts.
This is like an early version of
autocomplete. Our goal is to make it
responsive enough to finish your
sentences, and help you save time taking
notes.

For typed text, Goodnotes has also now

integrated with Claude to allow you to shorten,
expand, summarize, and even change the tone
of your writing.

For our initial launch, Spellcheck is available in

English, Spanish, German, and Dutch, and Word
Complete is available in English.

From your feedback: we’re excited to

confirm that we will be adding AI features to
more languages in the coming months.

New learning tools to help you ace your

exams
Interactive Exam Practice. Find practice
materials for public exams like SATs and
practice straight in Goodnotes. Today, you
can already find SAT and DSE math prep
courses (more to come soon!).
AI Math Assistance. As you write in
Goodnotes’s math prep courses,
Goodnotes 6 can catch a wrong equation.
If you’ve ever found yourself studying
alone and having no one there to ask when
you’re stuck on a question, we made this
feature for you. In the future, we want to
make Goodnotes smart enough to be an AI
Tutor in more STEM subjects and beyond.

Intuitive pen gestures to write without

breaking your flow
Scribble to Erase. Made a mistake? You
don’t have to reach for the eraser. Just
scribble it out using the pen and continue
writing.
Circle to Lasso. Select anything simply by
drawing a circle around it with your pen.
Math conversion. Now, Goodnotes also
recognizes math equations. That means in
addition to converting handwriting to text,
you’ll also be able to convert equations.

From your feedback: We will also be adding

Math Conversion to GoodNotes 5 as well.
(Shout out to the GoodNotes user volunteers
that helped us perfect this Math Conversion
technology!)

More templates, more customization

Customize the size and color of your
templates. Want to create a square
notebook? Wish you could have lined
paper with blue lines? You can customize
and create exactly the paper you want in
Goodnotes 6.
Multi-colored folders. If you want to be
able to organize based on color, you can
now change the colors of your folders. You
can even add an icon or emoji to the folder
color to personalize it further.

In-app marketplace. Explore and snap up

new stationery like digital stickers,
planners, paper templates and more from
the in-app marketplace. You’ll even find
study notes. (Subscribers get access to
exclusive content and discounts!)

Highly requested features coming soon to

Goodnotes 6
In addition to introducing AI note-taking, we're
happy to share that some of the most highly
requested features are on their way.

From your feedback:

Password protected notebooks

Dotted lines
A pencil tool
Internal links between pages

... just to name a few!

Why we created Goodnotes 6

The Vision Behind Goodnotes 6

Goodnotes was started way back in 2011 when

the iPad first came out.

For thousands of years, humans have been

noting things down to record, manipulate
information, and be creative. We don’t think
that’s going anywhere any time soon.

Humans have used everything from cave walls,

rocks, papyrus, parchment, paper, and now
screens to take notes.

We’re on a mission to create the best digital

paper, to create the best note-taking
experience, and ultimately to facilitate and
enhance the way people share ideas and
knowledge.

With the artificial intelligence boom that’s

taking the world by a storm, we saw a huge
opportunity to take a step and pioneer AI for
handwriting.

Goodnotes’ AI features are the only ones that

can learn your handwriting, and replace words
in your unique handwritten font.

What’s more, AI handwriting features like

Spellcheck and Word Complete are built on our
proprietary machine learning models. They’re
run entirely on device and the data is not sent
anywhere so no one - including Goodnotes -
can access it.

We’ve increased the discount for

GoodNotes 5 users to upgrade
From your feedback: If you bought
GoodNotes 5 before, we have increased the
discounts for one-time purchase, bringing them
to a similar level as the subscription
discounts. The discounts will be available until
further notice.

Discounts on subscriptions:

100% off your first-year subscription for

those who bought GoodNotes 5 from July 1
to Aug 8, 2023
50% off your first-year subscription for
those who bought GoodNotes 5 from Jan 1
to June 30, 2023 (first half of this year)
25% off your first-year subscription for
those who bought GoodNotes 5 anytime
before 2023

Discounts for one-time purchase:

33.3% off for those who bought

GoodNotes 5 from July 1 to Aug 8, 2023
26.6% off for those who bought
GoodNotes 5 from Jan 1 to June 30, 2023
20% off for those who bought GoodNotes
5 anytime before 2023

You will see these discounts already reflected

on your upgrade page in Goodnotes.

Learn more here!

What if you’d already purchased Goodnotes

before the new one-time purchase discounts?
No worries: we’ll help you refund and get your
discount! Details here.

This serves as a huge thank you from the

Goodnotes team to our user community. We
couldn’t have done this without you and will
continue to strive to create the best product for
you.

Everything you need to know about

upgrading to Goodnotes 6

How to upgrade from GoodNotes 5

Firstly, your notes are SAFE! If you’ve purchased
GoodNotes you can continue to use GoodNotes
5.

If you’re already using GoodNotes 5 and want to

upgrade to Goodnotes 6 here’s what to do:

1. Update your app and make sure you’re on

the latest version
2. Open Goodnotes, go to your library view
and tap the new (6) icon on the top right
3. Tap “Try Goodnotes 6 for free”
4. Create a Goodnotes account
5. Start for free, or subscribe directly
6. Wait for the app to restart

Your notebooks will automatically be migrated

and available in Goodnotes 6.

Important details to keep in mind:

We will still be pushing bug fixes and

performance improvements to GoodNotes
5, and will maintain it until at least iOS 17
and 18. So, while the newest features will
go to Goodnotes 6, GoodNotes 5 users
who don’t upgrade can rest assured you’ll
continue to have the delightful experience
you’re used to.
If you have more than 3 notebooks in
GoodNotes 5, and you choose the free
plan in Goodnotes 6, you won’t be able to
edit or add more than 3 notebooks. You
will still be able to view them.
If you’re using the free version of
GoodNotes 5, you can continue using the
free version until September 9th. After
that, you’ll be automatically upgraded to
the free tier of Goodnotes 6.
From August 9th onwards, you won’t be
able to download GoodNotes 5 anymore,
since the listing will now be Goodnotes 6.
However, if you already have GoodNotes 5
and are a free user, you will still be able to
purchase the full version of GoodNotes 5
within the app until September 9th, 2023.

What if you want to switch back to

GoodNotes 5?
If you’re using the free version of GoodNotes 5,
you can continue using the free version until

September 9th. After that, you’ll be

automatically upgraded to the free tier of
Goodnotes 6.

How much does Goodnotes 6 cost?

Goodnotes 6 is free to download and try for up
to 3 notebooks.

If you want the full experience, you can

subscribe for Goodnotes 6 $9.99 USD a year
(which comes to only $0.83 a month!), or get it
for $29.99 USD as a one-time purchase.

Or in other words, a Goodnotes subscription is

the cost of:

Two lattes
Half a Moleskine notebook
One month of Spotify Premium

And this is what you get:

Unlimited digital notebooks that are

searchable and synced to the cloud
Unlimited audio recordings that sync to
your notes
AI features that allow you to paraphrase,
shorten/lengthen, and change the tone of
your typed text
New stationery every month (or so) is
included in your subscription. There is a
section on the Marketplace for Subscriber
Specials, which is content exclusive for
subscribers. For example, you could get a
new pack of stickers, a planner, or bundle
of paper templates each month

But you may be wondering – why subscription?

The short answer: greater things are coming.

With the initial launch of Goodnotes 6, you’re

getting AI features for handwriting, as well as
AI-powered math assistance, and AI typing
tools.

But that’s just the beginning.

We’re building new tools that are going to make

your learning, note-taking, and planning a lot
more efficient, enjoyable, and almost magical.
These technologies do cost money, but we’ve
still chosen to price ourselves at the lower
range when compared to other AI productivity
tools.

You can expect bigger and greater things from

us going forward.

What happens to your notes if you stop

your subscription?
Your notes are safe! You won’t lose access to
your notes and you can continue to open and
view your notes. However, you won’t be able to
edit more than 3 notebooks.

Try Goodnotes 6 today

Exciting things are still to come, and you won’t
want to miss it.

Try Goodnotes 6 today and be a part of the next

big step in AI, productivity, and note-taking.

Upgrade in app if you already use GoodNotes 5,

or download here if you’re ready to join millions
of people worldwide using Goodnotes.

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