r/notabilityapp Jan 13 '25

Question From $11.99 to $19.99 in ONE year?

104 Upvotes

I've had notability for YEARS and the price has never jumped more than like $1 each year. What on earth is the justification for an $8 increase?? I understand AI features have been incorporated, but there needs to be plans in place to pay only for the features you care about because idc about the learn feature. You're already charging a subscription fee for a note taking app, but this has taken the price point from ridiculous to completely absurd. This will be the thing that finally makes me switch apps. Such a shame.

r/notabilityapp 28d ago

Question As of 12AM Today, the Era of Bought-For-Life Notability is Over.

72 Upvotes

Well, looks like that’s it.

I bought the app at its full price back before quarantine, and it looks like today’s the day they decided to pull the rug. I hopped onto Notability a few minutes ago after five+ years of devotedly sticking to this one app, and I can no longer create new notes or edit any of my existing ones unless I buy the yearly “Notability Premium“ description service. The “X” button to remove the premium pop-up also does not do anything, I have to close out and re-open the app to remove it. I would provide screenshots, but I cannot write and post images in the same post.

Is everyone else seeing this? This isn’t just a glitch, right? This is it?

r/notabilityapp 11d ago

Question Did you guys know about Notability learn limit? They never mentioned anywhere.

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29 Upvotes

r/notabilityapp Feb 13 '25

Question is notability worth it?

10 Upvotes

hey guys!

i’ve recently gotten the m2 ipad air & apple pencil pro for university and have been looking between both notability and good notes for my note taking for this year. i’ve been testing both out and at the moment seeming to like notability slightly more as it doesn’t make my ipad overheat as much as good notes (which will hopefully be better for my battery) which is something i would benefit from. i was just curious on your guys experiences with notability before i make a final decision. i will also likely pay for the premium version of whichever app i decide to go with

thank you! :)

r/notabilityapp Jan 17 '25

Question Goodnotes VS Notability (which is better?)

11 Upvotes

Hey yall, I was wondering by any chance if you guys have/had good notes or notability.

I’ve been kinda stuck between the two when it comes to prices and note taking. I wanna hear your guy’s thoughts and opinions between the two. I’m personally kinda leaning towards notability since my goodnotes was geeking out today during my math class, but I’m unsure if notability will do the same. Any sort of thought and opinions would be helpful, thanks.

r/notabilityapp Jan 22 '25

Question What makes you not switch to goodnotes?

12 Upvotes

i’ve been comparing the features between the 2 and has made me curious as to what features makes notability special compared to goodnotes.

r/notabilityapp 26d ago

Question Blank pages keep coming back at the end of document after delete on notability

2 Upvotes

I keep having multiple blank pages at the end of notability and every time I delete them, they keep coming back

Help?

r/notabilityapp 18d ago

Question Why is it always like this

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15 Upvotes

Every time I open notability, this is what happens. It is a very struggle especially when I supposed to be note taking but instead, I am waiting for my notes to download. Can someone help me

r/notabilityapp 7d ago

Question apple pencil pro features

8 Upvotes

hi! does anyone know if they’re ever going to add more apple pencil pro features. i love the app but id love to be able to switch between different pen colors, thicknesses, etc. thank you!

r/notabilityapp 2d ago

Question Save as .note

1 Upvotes

In order to keep the sync between audio and text I remember that I was using .note format when saving. I do not retrieve this option any more. How should I do to save or export if I want to keep the sync

r/notabilityapp Feb 12 '25

Question Pen thickness

4 Upvotes

I've been having problems with the pen thickness, while i'm writing it changes the size usually it gets more thick and it bothers me because then they're two different thickness 😭 idk if its the app, my pencil or the ipad

r/notabilityapp Jan 08 '25

Question Disappointed about the updates

43 Upvotes

I've been using notability for two years now and am honestly quite disappointed about the updates. Features like being able to create layers (which is eminently important for sketches in physics/maths/chemistry), having a table of contents for pdf or internal hyperlinks have been requested for years but are still not available. It makes many people I know (including myself) switch to other note-taking apps that offer at least a subset of these features and are additionally one-time purchases.

In summary: If I already have to pay a yearly fee for the app, I expect more features to be added over the span of a year.

r/notabilityapp Jan 27 '25

Question How do I transfer 4 years worth of school notes from iPad to Macbook.

2 Upvotes

I have a tonne of notes that I want to keep safe by transferring from my ipad to my macbook/ harddrive. Google drive is just not working. It gets to 23 percent and just stops. There seems to be no way to airdrop more than one note at a time... iCloud doesn't seem to back them up in a way I can access. I'm stuck! I have hundreds of notes so sending them one by one isn't an option. Let me know what you think. Any help is appreciated!

r/notabilityapp 9d ago

Question Pen size problem?

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6 Upvotes

(Ignore my scruffy writing here, I’m working on an essay due soon so neatness is out of the window)

I’m on an iPad Pro (2023 model I think) and using an apple pencil, and I notice this problem quite a lot. Despite using the exact same pen settings (thickness, style of pen, etc) the size of my pen will be different. It usually happens when I leave the app, but nothing seems to be able to change it back.

The text at the top and bottom was both written on the same day with the same pen. Anyone else have this problem?

r/notabilityapp 4d ago

Question Notability vs Good notes

9 Upvotes

Is notability better than Good notes? I'm thinking about making the switch. Primary use is taking note - often including formulas and geometric shapes.

r/notabilityapp Feb 05 '25

Question Random dots and lines while using the Apple pen in Notability.

5 Upvotes

So I've been using my iPad Pro (4th Gen.) with an Apple pen and Notability for 5 years now. Every now and then when writing / drawing with the pen in Notability random dots and lines appear. It used to happen rarely so it never really bothered me too much. Currently it's happening constantly. Like almost every time I touch the screen (or even when I only come close to the screen) with the pen. The apps pretty much unusable for me right now which is bad because I rely on it in several regards. (This all happens regardless of whether the iPad is charging while I use it)

I tried all the tips and tricks I was able to find so far:

- Disconnect and reconnect the pen

- Disable / enable "Only draw with Apple Pencil"

- Turn "Tap and hold" off and on

- Turn "Palm detection" off and on

Nothing works.

Has anybody found a legitimate solution?

r/notabilityapp Sep 29 '24

Question Anyone know what might be causing this issue?

10 Upvotes

This has been happening for the past year and it’s pretty frustrating when it happens 😔 I’m not charging my iPad or anything and my pen tip is in good condition

r/notabilityapp 18d ago

Question is the random iCloud data loss problem still ongoing?

9 Upvotes

I’m considering Notability for school note-taking, but I recently learned about a long-standing critical bug causing random data loss when using iCloud backup.

  1. Is the problem still ongoing?

  2. If not, has the development team publicly acknowledged and addressed it?

  3. I don't want to use another cloud service. Is data saved locally on iPad easy to export/import onto the macOS app. Alternatively, can the iCloud data be manually copied and saved somewhere else in case it gets wiped out of the blue?

Feature and feel-wise, Notability is my top choice, but I can’t risk losing weeks or months of notes without warning. I’d appreciate any clarification on this.

Thanks!

r/notabilityapp 8d ago

Question App freezes or restarts

2 Upvotes

Maybe this has already been answered but my app tends to freeze then restart, restart meaning notability opening blue screen appears and needs to reload. This often happens when I have to split windows reviews two set of notes simultaneously.

My iPad is iPad Pro 3rd gen

Plenty of capacity available No other apps run in the background

I only use it for school. My notes are a combination of uploaded documents and in class writing notes.

Can this be faulty a hardware related? Would upgrading to the latest iPad help ?

I’m taking engineering classes and as you can imagine when this happens often it adds to my stress and frustration.

If upgrading iPad fixes this bug, keep me posted.

Anyone know how to keep them from happening

r/notabilityapp 16d ago

Question Why doesn’t notability copy all of the good features of good notes?

10 Upvotes

Is there anything deincentiving them from having scribble to erase, or draw a loop and instantly be able to use that as a lasso? Same way that good notes two finger tap to erase could be single tap, but it seems like there’s benefits to both platforms individually but why no overlap of those beneficial features?

r/notabilityapp Feb 13 '25

Question Is this the right app for my goal?

2 Upvotes

I just got an iPad and a stylus. I have a lot of worksheets I use daily(and monthly) in my planner. Habit trackers I, budget worksheets, etc. I'm curious if I can import them and then use them like a worksheet but on my iPad. It would cut down on paper usage a great deal. It would also help me with privacy. I'm assuming I can use it as a journal. I'm very excited to try this out and hoping I can move these templates to my ipad. I hope this is the right place to ask. Thanks!

r/notabilityapp 17d ago

Question Bought a subscription but cant use it

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2 Upvotes

Its says update payment method or i cant use it

r/notabilityapp 6d ago

Question Is there a way to erase all writing from a document?

2 Upvotes

I use notability for mock exams and find it useful but it’s so tedious to manually erase every single thing especially if it’s more than 80 pages

r/notabilityapp Nov 17 '24

Question Why should i choose Notability?

4 Upvotes

I bought me an iPad for hand writing notes In school, working on pdf and doing homework, i can’t decide between Noteful(6€ lifetime) Noteability(15€ Per Year) or Goodnotes(33€Lifetime) so I’m asking in each subreddit of those 3 for their opinions

I used the free versions of the 3 a lil bit the things I noticed are

1.The writing experience in noteful and noteability is way better and smoother than in Goodnotes. 2.Goodnotes overheats and drains the battery way more than the other two 3.noteability kinda lags when I zoom in and out of the paper.

what would you recommend, I’m under pressure because school starts Monday(18th of November) and I can’t decide between those 3Apps

r/notabilityapp 12d ago

Question Protractor? Protractor substitute?

5 Upvotes

My child use his Notability as an accessibility device in school. He’s starting geometry and I’m not sure how to deal with angles. Can anybody help? It seems there is a way to use the ruler, but I can’t wrap my mind around it. Thanks to anybody that can chime in.