Hi.

Are there any similar alternatives to Notewise or Goodnotes? It’s for taking notes on a tablet.

Thank you

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Have a look at my list

RNote and Xournal++ are both pretty good and modern, RNote is the most modern.

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I took a look at Logseq, and probably switching from Obsidian to that.

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Both are great if you’ve got a keyboard or can use one, but they aren’t quite the same usecase as GoodNotes. GoodNotes is more a PDF annotation software but with bell and whistles added in that make it more functional as a digital notebook, with document scanning and web collaboration tacked on as well.

I’ve been looking for a suitable replacement for 3 years but everything I’ve tried has been short of the mark.

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This

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Why do you want to give up Obsidian?

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Actually never did, tried Logseq and found that the sweet spot of being to lazy and having what I need in obsidian made me stick with it

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What’s with the weird android permissions it needs? Full file access?

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You can see a discussion here - basically handicapped by Android permissions until further work is done

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Interesting, hope they can figure something out.

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It doesn’t really have any of the fancy bells and whistles, but if you want a notes app that allows handwriting, I use Xournal++

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Your question just solved an issue that has been keeping me on iOS. I use GoodNotes at work as a digital replacement for a thick clipboard of paperwork. I didn’t know that it was available on Android or had even heard of Notewise. Thank you!

As for answering your question, not that I had found over the last 3 years. At least on Android or iOS. When I ask online I’m always pointed towards Obsidian or LogSeq, which while they are great if you sit at a desk, aren’t the same use case as GoodNotes. They are more for Markdown formatted text file notes. Looks like there’s a few options now if you want to start running a Linux tablet though.

Thanks again!

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No problem. Thank you too :D

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