**The Daily Tech After Party Podcast**

If you're an iPad user, then why not check out the daily tech after party podcast? Our podcast is free and it's linked up down below, and you'll love it. Before you decide which app to buy, you got to thinking about the future too when you built up a huge library of notes and how you're gonna find and access the information in those notes. It's a huge deal so search is very important.

I tend to prefer the way that search works in Good Notes over Notability because Good Notes immediately found the handwritten text that I was searching for, whereas Notability was only searching through the titles in the meta info. I mean search is something that Good Notes really promotes on their website pretty heavily and it's easy to see why.

**The Importance of Search**

If you're gonna be working with PDFs a lot whether you just want to import them and mark them up or you want to create a template out of them, here's what you need to know. I think a lot of people are gonna prefer PDF import in Good Notes because Not only can you import a PDF and then turn it into a notebook but you can also use it to create a new paper type which you can then use as a new paper default on the other hand though Notability does let you import PDFs really easily and you can even add them to an existing note, which is kind of nice. On top of that, it even lets you choose selectively which pages of the PDF get imported.

However, in Notability there's no easy way to make a template out of your imports except for copying them over and over and over again. This lack of flexibility in notability's import feature is something that Good Notes really steps up with its ability to create templates from imports.

**The Different Features of Each App**

If I had to pick one feature from each app that really sets it apart from the other, here's what I would pick. In Notability, it's the audio recording and real-time playback. If you want to review a lecture for instance, and see the notes that you took while playback is listening, you can do that with notability. This feature is incredibly useful and makes notability stand out.

In Good Notes, I would say it's the notebook covers slash customizability. Some people just like to tinker with settings and options more, and those people will appreciate everything Good Notes offers. Whether it's changing up the paper type or adding in some extra features, good notes gives you the flexibility to customize your experience.

**The Pricing of Each App**

At first glance, the pricing would seem very straightforward if you just look at both in the app store, but it's really not on the iPad app store. Good Notes 5 is $7.99 and Notability is $8.99. However, whenever Good Notes comes out with a major new version, you're gonna have to pay for it, if history is any guide. So don't expect Good Notes 6 to be free.

It's worth pointing out that Good Notes doesn't offer any annoying in-app purchases, while Notability on the other hand makes you pay extra for things like handwriting recognition. Remember when I was talking about search and how Good Notes found it right away? Well, with notability, you got to pay extra for that if you own an iPad or you're looking to get one soon.

**Paper Like Now**

If you're gonna be working with apps like Apple Notes or Notability or Procreate or Affinity Photo among many others when you place an order you'll get two paper like covers plus application accessories along with free worldwide shipping and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. You can place a paper like to point out order using a link down in the description.

**Conclusion**

After this second round of looking at these apps with a fresh pair of eyes, which one would I go with if I had to choose honestly it's so close and that's why the ratings and rankings in the App Store are so close. While I like the actual handwriting experience and highlighting experience and the search experience of Good Notes better, what's really holding me back from just fully endorsing it is the page layout concept.

The concept of having to have a bunch of pages rather than being able to infinitely scroll through one long totally connected note is something that I feel like Notability slightly edges out. It's simplicity and straightforwardness in the infinite notes is something that notability has on its side.

Overall, both apps offer some amazing features and functionalities that make them stand out from each other. Whether you prefer Good Notes for search, or Notability for audio recording and real-time playback, there's an app here that will meet your needs.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday's video is sponsored by the new paper-like 2.0 which makes writing or drawing with any Apple pencil on any iPad feel more like paper hey it's Chris welcome to notability versus goodnotes v2 now I've done this before in the last round notability inched out as my favorite at the time but since then goodnotes has made some improvements so who's gonna win this round let the fight begin now both of these are paid apps if you want to save some money be sure to check out my Apple Notes tips video which I'll link up down below because it actually does a lot more than you realize now just to get this out of the way a lot of people seem to feel in the last video that I was biased toward notability and wasn't very fair to goodnotes well that's called having an opinion or a preference but like I said a lot has changed since then for instance notability always had side by side note support on the iPad and it used to be a major advantage but now thanks to iPad OS you can view two good notes notes side by side as well okay just for fun let's kick this off by mentioning a few things that each Notes app is missing notability which is all about simplicity and streamlining your workflow doesn't give you folder covers or doesn't give you the option to scroll horizontally and it doesn't have tab documents like you get in good notes good notes which aims to transform your iPad into smart digital paper won't let you record audio while creating notes with real-time playback and also doesn't offer password-protected notes like you get in notability in terms of similarities though both of these apps support document importing global search paper style customization PDF hyperlinks iCloud sync the ability to convert a handwriting to text and left-hand support and each app also has separate iPhone iPad and Mac versions the first thing I really want to hit is just the user experience or the design of the workspace because I think for most people this is ultimately gonna be the biggest thing just how the digital canvas feels to work in to me notabilities interface feels a little bit more straight forward and a little more to the point where as goodnotes interface looks a little bit cooler and also tends to be more customizable I also personally prefer the default look and feel of notabilities infinitely scrollable interface for individual notes versus good notes sheet of paper approach where you have to keep adding pages the longer your notes get so let's talk next about the handwriting experience which is obviously critical to this debate my ideal digital handwriting experience would consist of a digital ink that doesn't feel or look or seem digital in the last video I said I slightly preferred the way the digital ink looked and felt in good notes I think that's generally still true although notability is just fine I will say though that I really like the highlighting and the way that works and feels and looks and good notes a lot better than I do in notability now even though these are handwriting first apps let me just at least address the topic of typing text for those of you who do want to mix and match let me just say I don't like typing in either app because both treat text like a second-class citizen necessarily and it shows on the one hand I guess I do prefer the way that you can put text anywhere in good nodes and then reformat it and resize it and change the size of the text box and move it all around but on the other hand I think that text and note ability actually looks a little bit cleaner although I hate how it just overlaps with anything that you've handwritten when it comes to organizing all your notes I understand that your personal preference is probably very different than mine but I tend to like notabilities minimalistic approach that just puts a simple list of folders over on the left and then your notes in those folders over to the right I understand it looks a little bit boring but at least you can immediately understand it and there's nothing to learn I get it though some people just click with the idea of a notebook either a paper notebook or a digital one like you get in good notes and some people just like that visual representation of folders / notebooks and that's cool again I personally don't love the idea of page breaks but to each their own now here's something to take note of if you're an iPad user then why not check out the daily tech after party our podcast is free it's linked up down below and you'll love it now before you decide which out to buy you got to thinking the future too when you built up a huge library of notes and how you're gonna find and access the information in those notes it's a huge deal so search is very important I tend to prefer the way that search works in good notes over notability because good notes immediately found the handwritten text that I was searching for whereas notability was only searching through the titles in the meta info and I mean search is something that good notes really promotes on their website pretty heavily and it's easy to see why now if you're gonna be working with PDFs a lot whether you just want to import them and mark them up or you want to create a template out of them here's what you need to know I think a lot of people are gonna prefer PDF import in good notes because not only can you import a PDF and then turn it into a notebook but you can also use it to create a new paper type which you can then use as a new paper default on the other hand though notability does let you import PDFs really easily and you can even add them to an existing note which is kind of nice and on top of that it even lets you choose selectively which pages of the PDF get imported but in notability there's no easy way to make a template out of your imports except for copying them over and over and over again now if I had to pick one feature from each app that really sets it apart from the other one here's what I would pick in notability it's the audio recording and real-time playback if you want to relist into a lecture for instance and see the notes that you took playback while you listen you can do that for good notes I would say it's the notebook covers slash customizability some people just like to tinker with settings and options more and those people will appreciate everything good notes offers there now let's talk about the pricing a little bit because at first glance the pricing would seem very straightforward if you just look at both in the app store but it's really not on the iPad app store you can see that both have started under $10 good notes 5 is $7.99 and notability is $8.99 but whenever good notes comes out with a major new version you're gonna have to pay for it if history is any guide so good notes 6 don't expect that to be free it is worth pointing out though that good notes doesn't offer any annoying in-app purchases while notability on the other hand makes you pay extra for things like handwriting recognition remember when I was talking about search and goodnotes finding it right away the handwritten stuff one notability doesn't well you got to pay extra for that if you own an iPad or you're looking to get one soon then check out today's sponsor paper like now in the second version which is an accessory that makes it feel and sound more like you're using real paper when you're working with an Apple pencil one of my favorite things about the new paper like is that it's much clearer to watch movies or view content through it when you're not writing or drawing paper like actually gives you more control with your Apple pencil thanks to that paper like resistance that it offers and yes it really makes a difference plus it reduces glare and finger prints which who doesn't want that paper likes great for anyone who wants to use apps like Apple notes or notability or procreate or affinity photo among many others when you place an order you're gonna get two paper like covers plus application accessories along with free worldwide shipping and a 100% satisfaction guarantee you can place a paper like to point out order using a link down in the description so you might be wondering now what's my conclusion after this second round of looking at these apps with a fresh pair of eyes which one would I go with if I had to choose honestly it's so close and that's why the ratings and rankings in the App Store are so close while I like the actual handwriting experience and highlighting experience and the search experience of good notes better what's really holding me back from just fully endorsing it is the page layout concept the concept of having to have a bunch of pages rather than being able to infinitely scroll through one long totally connected note so in my head I guess I feel like notability slightly edges that out even if I don't like the handwriting quite as much just because of its simplicity is straightforwardness in the infinite notes thanks for watching hope you guys like this don't forget to check out daily tech on Instagram on Twitter and the podcast of course and I'll catch you guys in the next video latertoday's video is sponsored by the new paper-like 2.0 which makes writing or drawing with any Apple pencil on any iPad feel more like paper hey it's Chris welcome to notability versus goodnotes v2 now I've done this before in the last round notability inched out as my favorite at the time but since then goodnotes has made some improvements so who's gonna win this round let the fight begin now both of these are paid apps if you want to save some money be sure to check out my Apple Notes tips video which I'll link up down below because it actually does a lot more than you realize now just to get this out of the way a lot of people seem to feel in the last video that I was biased toward notability and wasn't very fair to goodnotes well that's called having an opinion or a preference but like I said a lot has changed since then for instance notability always had side by side note support on the iPad and it used to be a major advantage but now thanks to iPad OS you can view two good notes notes side by side as well okay just for fun let's kick this off by mentioning a few things that each Notes app is missing notability which is all about simplicity and streamlining your workflow doesn't give you folder covers or doesn't give you the option to scroll horizontally and it doesn't have tab documents like you get in good notes good notes which aims to transform your iPad into smart digital paper won't let you record audio while creating notes with real-time playback and also doesn't offer password-protected notes like you get in notability in terms of similarities though both of these apps support document importing global search paper style customization PDF hyperlinks iCloud sync the ability to convert a handwriting to text and left-hand support and each app also has separate iPhone iPad and Mac versions the first thing I really want to hit is just the user experience or the design of the workspace because I think for most people this is ultimately gonna be the biggest thing just how the digital canvas feels to work in to me notabilities interface feels a little bit more straight forward and a little more to the point where as goodnotes interface looks a little bit cooler and also tends to be more customizable I also personally prefer the default look and feel of notabilities infinitely scrollable interface for individual notes versus good notes sheet of paper approach where you have to keep adding pages the longer your notes get so let's talk next about the handwriting experience which is obviously critical to this debate my ideal digital handwriting experience would consist of a digital ink that doesn't feel or look or seem digital in the last video I said I slightly preferred the way the digital ink looked and felt in good notes I think that's generally still true although notability is just fine I will say though that I really like the highlighting and the way that works and feels and looks and good notes a lot better than I do in notability now even though these are handwriting first apps let me just at least address the topic of typing text for those of you who do want to mix and match let me just say I don't like typing in either app because both treat text like a second-class citizen necessarily and it shows on the one hand I guess I do prefer the way that you can put text anywhere in good nodes and then reformat it and resize it and change the size of the text box and move it all around but on the other hand I think that text and note ability actually looks a little bit cleaner although I hate how it just overlaps with anything that you've handwritten when it comes to organizing all your notes I understand that your personal preference is probably very different than mine but I tend to like notabilities minimalistic approach that just puts a simple list of folders over on the left and then your notes in those folders over to the right I understand it looks a little bit boring but at least you can immediately understand it and there's nothing to learn I get it though some people just click with the idea of a notebook either a paper notebook or a digital one like you get in good notes and some people just like that visual representation of folders / notebooks and that's cool again I personally don't love the idea of page breaks but to each their own now here's something to take note of if you're an iPad user then why not check out the daily tech after party our podcast is free it's linked up down below and you'll love it now before you decide which out to buy you got to thinking the future too when you built up a huge library of notes and how you're gonna find and access the information in those notes it's a huge deal so search is very important I tend to prefer the way that search works in good notes over notability because good notes immediately found the handwritten text that I was searching for whereas notability was only searching through the titles in the meta info and I mean search is something that good notes really promotes on their website pretty heavily and it's easy to see why now if you're gonna be working with PDFs a lot whether you just want to import them and mark them up or you want to create a template out of them here's what you need to know I think a lot of people are gonna prefer PDF import in good notes because not only can you import a PDF and then turn it into a notebook but you can also use it to create a new paper type which you can then use as a new paper default on the other hand though notability does let you import PDFs really easily and you can even add them to an existing note which is kind of nice and on top of that it even lets you choose selectively which pages of the PDF get imported but in notability there's no easy way to make a template out of your imports except for copying them over and over and over again now if I had to pick one feature from each app that really sets it apart from the other one here's what I would pick in notability it's the audio recording and real-time playback if you want to relist into a lecture for instance and see the notes that you took playback while you listen you can do that for good notes I would say it's the notebook covers slash customizability some people just like to tinker with settings and options more and those people will appreciate everything good notes offers there now let's talk about the pricing a little bit because at first glance the pricing would seem very straightforward if you just look at both in the app store but it's really not on the iPad app store you can see that both have started under $10 good notes 5 is $7.99 and notability is $8.99 but whenever good notes comes out with a major new version you're gonna have to pay for it if history is any guide so good notes 6 don't expect that to be free it is worth pointing out though that good notes doesn't offer any annoying in-app purchases while notability on the other hand makes you pay extra for things like handwriting recognition remember when I was talking about search and goodnotes finding it right away the handwritten stuff one notability doesn't well you got to pay extra for that if you own an iPad or you're looking to get one soon then check out today's sponsor paper like now in the second version which is an accessory that makes it feel and sound more like you're using real paper when you're working with an Apple pencil one of my favorite things about the new paper like is that it's much clearer to watch movies or view content through it when you're not writing or drawing paper like actually gives you more control with your Apple pencil thanks to that paper like resistance that it offers and yes it really makes a difference plus it reduces glare and finger prints which who doesn't want that paper likes great for anyone who wants to use apps like Apple notes or notability or procreate or affinity photo among many others when you place an order you're gonna get two paper like covers plus application accessories along with free worldwide shipping and a 100% satisfaction guarantee you can place a paper like to point out order using a link down in the description so you might be wondering now what's my conclusion after this second round of looking at these apps with a fresh pair of eyes which one would I go with if I had to choose honestly it's so close and that's why the ratings and rankings in the App Store are so close while I like the actual handwriting experience and highlighting experience and the search experience of good notes better what's really holding me back from just fully endorsing it is the page layout concept the concept of having to have a bunch of pages rather than being able to infinitely scroll through one long totally connected note so in my head I guess I feel like notability slightly edges that out even if I don't like the handwriting quite as much just because of its simplicity is straightforwardness in the infinite notes thanks for watching hope you guys like this don't forget to check out daily tech on Instagram on Twitter and the podcast of course and I'll catch you guys in the next video later\n"