What the Tech: App of the Day, Goodnotes
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - If you’re always looking for new ways to be more productive and more effective, you’ve probably looked in the app stores for some help.
Productivity apps are plentiful and if you’re always jotting down notes or working on a big project, a note-taking app can certainly make things better.
Free note apps from Google and Apple are fine for quick notes and scans, but organizing notes and creating bigger projects are not easy in those apps.
We found Goodnotes 6. And we may have finally stopped looking for something to replace Evernote.
Goodnotes 6 is truly a versatile and do-it-all platform for taking notes, writing long articles, sharing projects, and as a daily planner. It’s especially good for people who like to take notes by hand.
Where to begin with this app?
The interface is very clean and uncluttered. From the start, you create notebooks where you can organize your notes. If you’re a student in an English class, every note you take can be stored in a specific folder.
Like most other note-taking apps you have font options, ink colors, and highlighter. You can also include links, images, and audio in notes. That could include something the professor says or a co-worker making a point about a project.
The new features in Goodnotes 6 are amazing.
If you take notes by hand and misspell something, the app corrects the typo to match your handwriting.
Everything inside a note is searchable by keyword. Even if you don’t have the best handwriting, you can search for any word and Goodnotes finds the note you’re looking for.
An improved lasso tool allows you to select any section of a note and move it somewhere else on the page.
New Artificial Intelligence features will answer math problems and re-write a paragraph to make it more professional or more casual. Like Chat GPT, it added information when we asked it to mention other note-taking apps.
There are free templates for all sorts of projects including one to create a daily planner. Other templates are available to purchase.
Notes can be exported as PDFs and can be saved to any device or computer.
It syncs notes across all of your devices.
Goodnotes 6 is free for up to three notebooks. If you need more, a subscription is $9.99 a year, which is a real bargain.
We found it to be fine on a phone but if you have an iPad, Samsung tablet, and a stylus, Goodnotes 6 is a must-have.
Goodnotes is also free for schools.
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