Over the last few months, several people have asked for recommendations for good note taking apps. I'd like to suggest one that I haven't seen discussed too often: Goodnotes.
I use Goodnotes primarily as a lecture note presenting electronic whiteboard. It works very well for that purpose. I am constantly using and testing note presenting apps, and I intend on continuing that this semester using the Airshow feature of 2Screens. We will see how that works. So far, Goodnotes has the others beat.
I've been searching for THE note taking/presenting app, which I would depend upon exclusively (so my lecture notes are not sprawled across several apps). In prior semesters, in addition to Goodnotes, I have used Noteshelf, Notes Plus, Upad, Note Taker HD, DocAS, Remarks, Penultimate, Notability and neu.Notes+. While some of these excel in certain areas, I find each has enough deficiencies that none have claimed title. Goodnotes, on the other hand, is the app I keep coming back to. It's not perfect, but it's getting pretty close. With its most recent updates, I will likely be relying on it solely, unless some of the others offer some significant revisions.
Here are some the things I like about Goodnotes:
- it's fast
- stable
- dependable (haven't lost any work)
- fairly intuitive UI
- good inking (with the recent addition of a fountain pen option)
- shapes
- excellent zoom mode
- add/move text
- copy/paste/move ink lasso tool
- allows PDF markups and importing of images without becoming too sluggish
- very good VGA display out mode
While some of the other aforementioned apps have these features (and often many more features than Goodnotes), my experience is that on the whole Goodnotes executes most of these better than the rest. With most of the other apps, I find myself getting bogged down and distracted while lecturing, trying to make things work in the app. In Goodnotes, however, I can DO my presenting without having to think too much about HOW to do it with the app. Thus, I find the overall experience of using Goodnotes a positive one.
Most of the improvements it needs, I understand, are being added by the developer:
- sub-folders
- more pen sizes
- more pen colors
- auto load Dropbox/Box support
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodnotes-notes-pdf/id424587621?mt=8
I use Goodnotes primarily as a lecture note presenting electronic whiteboard. It works very well for that purpose. I am constantly using and testing note presenting apps, and I intend on continuing that this semester using the Airshow feature of 2Screens. We will see how that works. So far, Goodnotes has the others beat.
I've been searching for THE note taking/presenting app, which I would depend upon exclusively (so my lecture notes are not sprawled across several apps). In prior semesters, in addition to Goodnotes, I have used Noteshelf, Notes Plus, Upad, Note Taker HD, DocAS, Remarks, Penultimate, Notability and neu.Notes+. While some of these excel in certain areas, I find each has enough deficiencies that none have claimed title. Goodnotes, on the other hand, is the app I keep coming back to. It's not perfect, but it's getting pretty close. With its most recent updates, I will likely be relying on it solely, unless some of the others offer some significant revisions.
Here are some the things I like about Goodnotes:
- it's fast
- stable
- dependable (haven't lost any work)
- fairly intuitive UI
- good inking (with the recent addition of a fountain pen option)
- shapes
- excellent zoom mode
- add/move text
- copy/paste/move ink lasso tool
- allows PDF markups and importing of images without becoming too sluggish
- very good VGA display out mode
While some of the other aforementioned apps have these features (and often many more features than Goodnotes), my experience is that on the whole Goodnotes executes most of these better than the rest. With most of the other apps, I find myself getting bogged down and distracted while lecturing, trying to make things work in the app. In Goodnotes, however, I can DO my presenting without having to think too much about HOW to do it with the app. Thus, I find the overall experience of using Goodnotes a positive one.
Most of the improvements it needs, I understand, are being added by the developer:
- sub-folders
- more pen sizes
- more pen colors
- auto load Dropbox/Box support
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodnotes-notes-pdf/id424587621?mt=8
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