GoodNotes 5
Perfect Apple Pencil companion
Last week, I posted the first annual app ratings for 2022. Spoiler alert if you didn’t read: This app, GoodNotes 5, won first place! As promised, here is my full Hreview on GoodNotes 5! GoodNotes 5 is a note-taking app that is primarily built around the Apple Pencil. This app is FANTASTIC for note-taking and so much more! When thinking about GoodNotes, three amazing pros that the app presents come to my mind.
First, flexibility is significant when it comes to an app. GoodNotes 5 is a very flexible app because you can do so much with it. You can annotate files, scan documents, and choose from templates to write or draw on. GoodNotes 5 also allows you to pay to download other templates like planners, calendar, and additional notebook covers. I use this app in so many cases, including taking notes for History class, completing my math homework digitally, and scanning assignments to submit online. This is easily the best addition to my school lineup of apps this year. When working on a document, there are many pens to choose from, as well as highlighters, text, stickers, and so much more!
When talking about flexibility, some people may wonder about complexity. If an app is too complex, then people won’t want to use it. That is the thing about GoodNotes, though; it isn’t complex at all. It is easy for anyone to use. It seamlessly pairs with your Apple Pencil, so you can start writing or drawing. It is easy to create a document, write, erase, highlight, or do anything else you might need to do. It is easy to use for people of all ages, and I would recommend it mostly to students, but also to anyone else who has an Apple Pencil and wants a note-taking app.
Finally, you require a place to organize all these documents. Luckily, organizability is one of GoodNotes’ strong suits. You can organize everything into notebooks, folders, and documents. Everything goes where it needs to be and is easy to find when needed. You can star important files and search for something to find it quickly. Also, you can choose from a selective array of beautiful covers for your notebooks, which is really nice. I have a notebook for each class, and each of these are in a separate folder, so I can store other documents from that class if needed. It is effortless to store and organize anything you create in GoodNotes 5.
Overall, GoodNotes 5 is an outstanding app, and I don’t regret giving it first place last week! It continues to get better with each update, and I’m excited to see what they add to it in the future. I would actually rather use the Apple Pencil in GoodNotes 5 than in Apple Notes. This app is an absolute essential if you have an Apple Pencil. I’m so glad I discovered this app, and I will definitely continue to use this app!