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  • Note: Compatible with iOS 12 or later, iPadOS 12 or later and macOS 10.15 or later.
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  • Create, Import, And Edit Documents
    • Create digital notebooks and type text with your keyboard or write and draw with the mouse/trackpad or the Apple Pencil using Sidecar on your iPad
    • Import PDF and images to annotate them in GoodNotes
    • Add documents from your Mac to existing GoodNotes notebooks via drag and drop
  • Paperless Document Management
    • Organize your documents in folders and create unlimited subfolders
    • Mark your most important documents, pages, and folders as Favorites to access them quickly
    • Create custom outlines for easier navigation through your documents
    • Instant export of documents or pages as PDF via drag and drop
  • All Your Notes Always With You
    • Sync your latest changes to your iPad, iPhone, and other Macs using iCloud
    • Prepare documents on your Mac and pick them up on another device to continuously work on them
  • Escape The Limits Of Analog Paper
    • Move, resize, and rotate your handwriting or change colors
    • Draw perfect shapes and lines with the Shapes Tool
    • powerful & smart eraser tool: Choose to erase the entire stroke or only parts of it. Set it to "Erase Highlighter Only" to leave the ink intact
    • Navigate through imported PDFs with existing hyperlinks

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#1 note taking app almost never go on sale. Now 50% because their main competitor (Notability) made a mistake going to subscription only, then retracted that decision for existing users.

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Is it just me, or are subscriptions the worst thing to happen to the App Store?

I used to buy apps all the time, but now I try to avoid them because every app, no matter how insignificant, now requires a monthly fee.
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I believe the "free" year was their "generous" offer to existing paid customers with the introduction of the subscription model. Now that they've gotten in trouble, they're supposedly extending it.

What they'll probably do is just abandon the base Notability app everyone paid for and introduce a "brand new", "upgraded" subscription version of Notability (Notability Pro, Notability 12, etc.) that will technically be a new app.
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That feeling when you come into a thread thinking you'll be buying a nice app at 50% off, only to discover you already purchased its competitor a decade ago, and you now have free lifetime access. mmm-mmmm good. Thanks, OP.
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11-03-2021 at 12:46 AM.
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11-03-2021 at 06:56 AM.
11-03-2021 at 06:56 AM.
Existing users get to continue using Notability for free for one year, then it is an annual subscription for $11.99. How did Notability reverse its decision for existing users?
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11-03-2021 at 07:12 AM.
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Not trying to be that guy but this looks like the Samsung notes app for android.
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11-03-2021 at 08:27 AM.
11-03-2021 at 08:27 AM.
Quote from Kaufboy :
Existing users get to continue using Notability for free for one year, then it is an annual subscription for $11.99. How did Notability reverse its decision for existing users?
Notability decided to give lifetime access to people who have already paid for the app:
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11...gy-outcry/



I've never used Notability but I did pay full price for Good Notes 5 and have enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing, OP.
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11-03-2021 at 08:35 AM.
11-03-2021 at 08:35 AM.
That feeling when you come into a thread thinking you'll be buying a nice app at 50% off, only to discover you already purchased its competitor a decade ago, and you now have free lifetime access. mmm-mmmm good. Thanks, OP.
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11-03-2021 at 09:55 AM.
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Quote from emceep :
Notability decided to give lifetime access to people who have already paid for the app:
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11...gy-outcry/



I've never used Notability but I did pay full price for Good Notes 5 and have enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing, OP.

That's good to know. In app, I see a "complementary" subscription until November 1, 2022. I guess that means I would get all updates until then, but no future updates after 2022.
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11-03-2021 at 10:21 AM.
11-03-2021 at 10:21 AM.
Quote from ZeeOhhSix :
That feeling when you come into a thread thinking you'll be buying a nice app at 50% off, only to discover you already purchased its competitor a decade ago, and you now have free lifetime access. mmm-mmmm good. Thanks, OP.

Me too. I had no idea about the Notability announcement but I'm glad they rectified the situation.
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11-03-2021 at 10:24 AM.
11-03-2021 at 10:24 AM.
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That's good to know. In app, I see a "complementary" subscription until November 1, 2022. I guess that means I would get all updates until then, but no future updates after 2022.
I believe the "free" year was their "generous" offer to existing paid customers with the introduction of the subscription model. Now that they've gotten in trouble, they're supposedly extending it.

What they'll probably do is just abandon the base Notability app everyone paid for and introduce a "brand new", "upgraded" subscription version of Notability (Notability Pro, Notability 12, etc.) that will technically be a new app.
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11-03-2021 at 10:33 AM.
11-03-2021 at 10:33 AM.
Quote from emceep :
Notability decided to give lifetime access to people who have already paid for the app:
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11...gy-outcry/



I've never used Notability but I did pay full price for Good Notes 5 and have enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing, OP.
Notability will release another app the will be subscription only and will quit updating the existing one. That's how most companies doing now.
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11-03-2021 at 10:35 AM.
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I believe the "free" year was their "generous" offer to existing paid customers with the introduction of the subscription model. Now that they've gotten in trouble, they're supposedly extending it.

What they'll probably do is just abandon the base Notability app everyone paid for and introduce a "brand new", "upgraded" subscription version of Notability (Notability Pro, Notability 12, etc.) that will technically be a new app.
Yep that's exactly how they going to do. The need to show constant incoming revenue from their product for the investors, that's gonna happen only with subscription business model.
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11-03-2021 at 10:45 AM.
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I'll tell you who made the boo boo here, and it wasn't Notability.

Prepare to have it handed to you.

What do you mean?
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11-03-2021 at 11:08 AM.
11-03-2021 at 11:08 AM.
Is it just me, or are subscriptions the worst thing to happen to the App Store?

I used to buy apps all the time, but now I try to avoid them because every app, no matter how insignificant, now requires a monthly fee.
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