same here! I’m a biochemistry major and the drawing features on goodnotes work a lot better for me- I used onenote for a semester but I hated that I could never export to pdf easily since that is how all of our homework is submitted. I take my in-class notes on paper, but use digital for revising and homework assignments
As a history student, I fell in love with GoodNotes because it gave me the opportunity to take my notes like I used to on paper, but digitally- At the same time, I definitely believe that what app you may want to use/need depends on your study method and course, so I absolutely see your point!
@@casandrasantander3290 well, usually teaching or research jobs. I’m not really worrying about putting my degree to use in the near future, I studied it because I love history and I already tried to study for a better job in high school, and it was hell. So I’m not too sure, guess we’ll find out!
@@casandrasantander3290 you can do archaeology, museum curator, forensic, it’s good for political careers as well because history can be used as an example. There are also teaching careers, I am hoping to become a University Lecturer in Egyptology. I’m not sure if you wanted this list, but I just thought in case you wanted to join us history nerds!
@@oliviabutler3084 I'm actually a history nerd lol. I love history but I'm not sure if I would take it or not bcoz I always search for a high paying majors
To solve your paper size problem in Onenote go to "View" > "Paper size" > and from the dropdown where it says "auto" select "A4" This will ensure your page is sized to A4. If you then go beneath it "Save current page as template" then all new pages you add in that section of that notebook will be A4 :)
Ahh this is so reassuring! I'm buying an iPad soon but have been using onenote on my computer for my whole undergrad (life sciences major). I hadn't seen people talk about onenote on the iPad much so I wasn't sure if it was as good but here you are saying it is so thats great! I agree that the ability to switch from writing to typing is really helpful for these kinds of majors
I love notability, it’s organized, easy to use and also u can always switch between typing and using ur apple pen when you need to, I use it mainly to study from my lecture slides, note taking. But I never use it for assignments because I usually use grammarly and word on my laptop. love the hidden functions in it like hoe you can favorite brushes, copy and paste any shapes or things that u drew, search for certain words and the zooming function that makes writing on an ipad WAAY easier.
I love Notability the best too. I don’t use Grammarly, so I have no problem using it for assignments. Notability has been life changing during lectures.
I've also downloaded notability on my mac. Although it doesn't automatically sinc ALL the time, if I have lab worksheets that require both typing and annotating, the combination of MacBook and iPad is pretty awesome.
@@sara6969 I got the apple magic keyboard with my iPad so I can easily switch between typing and drawing for my chem and bio notes it makes it soo much easier than having to have an iPad and MacBook
The Onenote experience is way better with the microsoft surface tablets and surface pen since they were designed for one another, and with the pen I can also write directly in PowerPoint and Word files seamlessly which is really cool. I just think Onenote isn't as smooth with ipads
Samsung's S Pen work nice too, because of their partnership with Microsoft, S Pen is now optimized for OneNote, Word and other apps, both on Windows 10 (Galaxy Book etc.) and android. :)
onenote user here! i've never had an issue with exporting notes; i usually just click the square with the arrow in the top right corner and then send copy of page and then email or whatever. the file that renders is usually a continuous flowing pdf without any breaks or anything. hope this helps :)
Really glad you brought this up! I felt the same with Notability for a long time - I kept thinking I wasn't using it right. Sure, you could annotate slides, but beyond that the majority of my studying was still off my laptop. After all, 9/10 RU-vidrs were recommending it as a 'must have' for studying. Now I know it isn't just me :)
I'm an IT student so most of my notes involve coding. I just discovered I can copy between my Mac and Ipad using Universal Clipboard. That should make copying code snippets and taking screenshots of video lectures really easy. I hope it doesn't become tedious.
Wow, I feel spoiled by this new upload schedule hehe. My own experience has taught me that hybrid systems tend to be better than purist ones, the added flexibility is really neat.
notion is great if you prefer typing but want to embed stuff. It's overwhelming at first but once you watch a few tutorials, you can do all sorts of organization systems.
I've been using onenote like forever... like since 10 years ago I like to write my journal, reflecting, stories, annotate pdf, literally everything because it was really easy to use, it saves automatically without me worrying if there is electricity off I used to have problem with electricity off, blue screen and having tons of ms. Words and notepad without saving them, so onenote always been a life saver for me :')
This video aside, I think ANOVA was my favorite part of my Statistics classes (I had Stats 1, Stats 2, and am now almost done with Stats 3) so it was cool to see it here. What I've been using on my laptop + pen tablet setup is Microsoft Whiteboard + Notion. I use Whiteboard to make mind maps and written exercises, and I export it into an image and add it to Notion. Anything that is theoretical info, I use toggles in Notion to have them on questions and answers. Notion is also cool with R code because you can type in R code easily. After the points you made though, I might give OneNote another shot :)
same! i actually thought about that too. but i'll still opt for GN5 since my major is biology-related like you said. i hope onenote will update abt the pdf exporting, and goodnotes for its typing experience lol.
This is a great video. After using goodnotes for a week and a half, I completely agree. I'm studying design and thought the visual side of it would be beneficial, but I struggle with the app otherwise! And, honestly, drawing in Goodnotes isn't it's strength. Thanks for putting this into words!
quick tip! if you haven’t bought an ipad or macbook for college yet, consider a surface and a surface pen and keyboard. running one note on a surface with the pen allows for a similar drawing/writing aspect and easy typing. along with this you can type essays, watch netflix, take notes, etc... all on one device as it runs all regular laptop functions as well. i got a surface instead and i love it!
@@Babab.studio Haha ya, quick update. My surface died after a year. Just stopped working in class one day. I then bought an IPad and now use goodnotes. Much happier with the IPad btw. :)
@@abbyhorn3421 lol, how very expected. I don't like any hp products. I have an iPad Pro which I've had since 2019 and its awesome still, and I love using goodnotes
A way to fix the awkward cut on onenote is to configure the page's lenght (which i believe you can only do if you get onenote 2019 or on microsoft 360), in that way you can where the page cuts :)
I mainly use notability for annotating slides and one note for in class note taking(typing). I have only used goodnotes for writing quick notes and quotes for essays and videos instead of actual note taking. I don’t even have actual notes anymore bc all I study off of is through the slides and textbooks which I usually have stick notes pasted on certain pages
i use both onenote and goodnotes depending on the subject hahah, usually i type my notes in class cause i type faster, but when i revise i like using goodnotes to write/do working out for maths. but then again i'm only in high school lmao (year 11/igcses rn)
definitely!! it depends a lot on what formats you work with the most -- and i'll say that for my first year of college when it was mainly reading texts and annotating them, goodnotes was great -- it's just not the best with numbers aahh
Why? What does GN offer law students that Notability doesn’t? I would have thought the lecture recording/syncing would be very valuable for law students. No?
@@2triangles Well in my case my classes are 100% online so I don’t need to record anything and I have both apps but in terms of customisation I prefer GN
I am specifically using Goodnotes to make handwritten notes and not needing to carry around tons of books or printouts. Yes as an EE student i do quite a bit of coding. But the code lives inside project folders of the IDE on my laptop, only code samples or examples get mostly handwritten into goodnotes. I don’t want to type my notes, for one, I’m to slow and it’s way less stressful. Some of my profs don’t even allow typed notes because it’s too distracting in small classes (~20-30 people). And with AirDrop and a Mac it’s no challenge at all to get a picture to goodnotes. You literally just have to command+c on the Mac and paste inside goodnotes, done.
Nutrition Major here, good notes is EXTREMELY useful for chem and bio tbh! I absolutely love it! You draw the diagrams and write out definitions for terms, it’s great!
I'm a social science degree with an anthropology major and I have sworn by OneNote since year 11 high school, I then tried Goodnotes due to the hype on studytube about it and it's nothing special. It just doesn't compare to OneNote if you are doing anything except for handwriting notes. Totally agree with you and people needed to hear this!
i never could decide between good notes and note something but i realized the free one note i have is perfect and i also have teams so it works out for teachers as well. you’re the only other person (after another person on yt) i’ve seen to say one note is the best
Yes one note was amazing for me for 9 months, until it literally stopped synching on my ipad...even re-signing in, closing-opening notebooks wouldnt even load anything on the ipad. So I lost all my ipad notes, but could still access them on my PC. If it wasnt for this, I would still use Onenote, so guys, beware of the huge synching issues that may happen after months when you least expect it. Edit: lol just re signed in and I could now open all on the ipad. There are some annoying synching issues that can happen on this app for no reason though.
As an actuary, I did a lot of stats and maths. I used good notes for my predictive analytics exam and I loved it because ... I put a lot of annotations on my graphs with colours and I was much easier to understand. I have one note for my job and honestly I don’t really like it . It so limited, you can’t really use a lot of colours and it’s quite hard to have neat notes just because you don’t really have any frame. Honestly, I am using Notion right now for another exam and I am trying to convince my boss to use it at job because it’s much more convenient than one notes
wild to find another actuary in the comments! i'm still in my last year of college, but i will live and die by goodnotes + notion, trying to use onenote during my internship was terrible 😭
Thank you for sharing your experience! I am almost finished my BA working towards my Masters. I recently got an ipad and tried to do away with OneNote because I have watched so many note taking videos. I have become so frustrated with it latley and I thought it was just me. This makes so much sense, I didn't realize specifically what I didnt like about goodnotes until now. I feel at peace now 😌
I wish I had notes when I started med school, cause I kept losing all my paper notes, I just love the fact that I can keep all my notes in a certain problem
i totally agree, i only use goodnotes to annotate econ slides since every single class had like 40 lecture slides (primarily why i got an ipad in the first place) or to write my econ and math psets. The only formally handwritten notes I use goodnotes for is math since my professors still use the chalkboard, and i cant type math very quickly. But other than that, onenotes is perfect for creating my study guides for econ. I can type really quickly and rearrange typed text in different boxes, saving me hand muscle pain and time, as well as allowing me to command+F any specific economics concepts or equations I need to find.
ohhh that's an interesting perspective... before i have my ipad i used to only use onenote, but i remember feeling very drained and had to constantly stop my study process. i think the many pretty notebook & stickers available to use on goodnote really help me to stay focus longer now, so maybe if you are more of a visual learner like me who get bored very easily, goodnote can help
What’s so funny was I went from One Note to Goodnotes! HOWEVER all my classes (a biology major) like never need typing. What made me switch was because One Note took so much space on my ipad and my computer.
hi not sure what you want to export to pdf specifically for, but if you aren't exporting for printing, i believe you can export to pdf via the app on the ipad and get a full pdf that doesn't have that weird cut-off issue that you get when you export on a laptop. The pdf will just be a full custom-size page that fits everything. hope that helps someone!
i've been using it for a few months and it's pretty good! the exporting function doesn't export in a full page + the drawing function doesn't automatically change back after you erase something = the two things that (kind of) are annoying, but overall it's definitely my go-to note-taking app!
@@asynchloe I will surely try it out! (I just discovered your channel about a week ago and i’ve been loving your content. Keep it up! Greetings from Madrid, Spain 🙌🏻🙌🏻)
Not sure if Apple products have this, but with one note on Windows there's two different versions. One note for Windows 10 is the app version with only infinite canvas. If you want to do a set page size, so it doesn't cut off.. you can go into the start menu and look for a program labeled as one note (without the for Windows 10). Then you can set page size.
I totally agree with you. I´m studying electrical engineering and using OneNote is my way to go. While most students use an Ipad as a secondary device, i use a Surface Pro, because I need to run engineering programs like MatLab, CLion, LabView, LTSpice and many more programs. OneNote has the great capability to share and use Notes simultanously with your main device and also with other students. I think writing focused studies are better set with good notes, because it is optimized for that. But when you step into multi handling programs, having a device with a dedicated OS and having OneNote is the best for an optimized workflow
I actually onenote and samsung notes. Onenote it's more of my typing note app, it's always organized and clear so I can understand what I'm reading and goodnotes it's like a messy classbook with exercises and scratches.
I having been using a VM for coding, making graphs and and so on. My ipad became pretty much a cpu or a note taking device, wherever I choose. But you are right. I think goodnotes hasn’t some basic features that booms out. For note taking I have chosen nebo and for reading I use notability. Goodnotes is just there and I have no use for it
@@saychanpheng4343 is stands for Virtual Machine. You can virtually run a computer on you Ipad and use programs like R or Phyton for coding. If you’re interested you should check google cloud or azure.
Nice video! It all depends on your major. I’m pre-law and Goodnotes is perfect for me because all I do read documents, annotate, and prepare for presentations. That’s it. However, if I stayed a nursing major I probably would’ve preferred notability.
hey Chloe. first of all Love u. second can please show us how you use ur one note in-depth for difference classes? as an "going to be freshmen I am dying to k. 🥺
Goodnotes has been doing a lot of upgrades lately; it launched a Goodnotes app for windows laptops that you can share your ipad notes with, and you can edit your notebooks at the same time on your laptop like Onenote does. I find the text tool on the laptop Goodnotes app up to par with Onenote's text tool, and you can copy and paste images or screenshots into Goodnotes smoothly. I'd say the only thing Goodnotes hasn't caught up on with Onenote is it's embedded file tool, where in Onenote you can insert a PDF file and you can write directly on the file page as well as beside it due to the endless pages (makes me feel less anxious about running out of space, BUT Goodnote's sitcky note feature does help overcome this. While Onenote also has a supreme organization of notes (notebook, section, pages), Goodnotes makes up for this by its outline feature that can help you jump from different sections of your notebook you assign (Just not available on the laptop companion app). Also, being able to easily switch between notebooks with tabs in Goodnotes helps too.
I used to take notes with OneNote, but it didn't worked out for me... My biggest issue is that when you add PDf with 40+ slides the document got so freaking long and to find any specific slide was ao bad... also there was no printing option or any guide lines to stay with in a certain format like A4, etc... It really bothered me, so I switched to good notes... If Microsoft would add a page option instead of the endless pages and a overview option of the pages in on notebook to easily find pages, it is/would be an amazing program... but so far nothing has changed in OneNote within the last 3 years... Goodnotes for Windows or Android Tablets would be amazing as well tho. Both are amazing, but have also their weak points, I guess you have to decide on which weak point is less effecting you...
Psychology major here but on a pre-med track, which means that I have a mixture of typing many essays (psychology) and taking many science notes (physics, biology, etc.). It depends on the class. I HAVE to use my iPad because I have a lot of PowerPoint slides or non-PowerPoint slides that I have to take notes on; then, I use my MacBook or Microsoft Surface to type my essays. So, I just say that it depends on what you're studying.
I’m doing electrical engineering, which has a fair bit( more than one might expect) of coding but, GoodNotes in my opinion is still Great. However, thanks for the suggestion, I’ll definitely be trying OneNote out!😄
Onenote is basicallya a multimedia annotation app. You can attach any media files to your note, so you can, for example, record a whole lecture and write notes at the same time.
Since watching the first time I’ve been using OneNote for a year… and now I’m changing to GoodNotes. OneNote worked very well for a while but the long loading time both in my iPad and computer was really annoying, for example just opening OneNote on my computer was really slow and the synchronisation would not be immediate and sometimes would not work at all. Also, when marking big sections of notes it would be very slow at loading which just gets on my nerves. But the thing that made me switch was when I tried to save my notes to PDFs and 1) it was very slow 2) the quality was bad and 3) it ruined one of my notebooks. I cannot get in to those notes and I’m so scared of it happening again. So GoodNotes it is! For context I mainly use handwritten notes and annotations.
this video is very specific to the stem experience lol I'm a humanities major so I've never worked with data or slides--just readings and notes from discussion. i think everyone should just use what works for them
It really depends on how you use it. My courses include a lot R and Python and other programs coding and slides. But what I did is I either turn R into RMarkdown and export it out as pdf or just export the script into pdf, use it in Goodnotes, then run the code and copy and paste the result to my pdf code in Goodnotes. It definitely takes more time but more convenient and works better for me than Onenotes. I still use Onenotes but only for something typing heavy like preparing an essay layout
Omg finally someone who uses goodnotes for coding!! 😭 I have been struggling to find a good note taking app for computer studies and coding (Tbh confused between notability and goodnotes).But, just couldn't decide properly!! Your comment helped me to add a pointer to goodnotes. I am still confused tho.
@@dishuuu112 For coding, they are not too different for me! My method only requires the app to be able to copy/paste image easily onto pdf, which they both are especially if you have an Apple ecosystem. Besides that, you can just treat them like any other pdf note taking apps and decide. I personally find goodnotes to write and edit on pdf easier and nicer than notability. Plus its organization system is less confusing than notability. So you can watch some comparison videos and decide further on what fits your needs more. The coding aspect will work for both; you just need to be creative with it!
I used last year (im studying mechanical engineering) OneNote, i had some dislikes about the app, i couldn't get used to the infinite workspace, i do lots of handwriting, and in OneNote it didn't feel good for me, or at least not as good as in goodnotes. I Started this year with goodnotes, and i am used to change from keyboard to handwriting fast and the notes are pretty as hell. Also, in goodnotes for being an standard size pages, and having better handwriting, i will be selling my notes
Please in Engineering I found OneNote super useful specially syncing-whise and exporting wise. The ability of exporting to PDF all my notes just by sections/subsections is so useful
Hey Chloe really amazing video! I've had the cut-off situation happen with one note and it happens with my Mac computer but it doesn't happen with my computer that uses a Windows operating system. I've only had good experiences exporting my notes from OneNote on a Windows based computer.
OneNote user here! I bought an android tablet (tab s5e) and they gifted me the original keyboard cover so I've been using OneNote to type down notes during or after lessons. It's amazing to view the lesson on one side and take notes at the same time on the other side with the split screen function. Only thing I don't like about OneNote is that it has an horizontal infinite page. I wish the horizontal was fix but you could still scroll vertically forever...
I don't think anyone relies on Goodnotes solely that I know of, moreso a combo of Goodnotes for handwritten notes and annotations and Onenote/Word for typed notes or any types of typed work.
The thing with one note is that it only offers free use for 5 gb of data. After that u need to pay a yearly subscription of 80 dollars For OneDrive cloud storage.
I actually love good notes. I majored in biomolecular science. I found it easier to annotate my slides on there while in class. Typing my notes does not work for me. If I needed to type I would just use my laptop. But whatever works for you.
In my courses (I study Geography) we get all the powerpoint files (and in some courses even a Summary) where most information we need is on. So the only thing I need to do, is mark some things, highlight some slides and write some additional things on the Slides and for that GoodNotes is still the best I‘ve tried. The only thing I‘m not that happy with, are the geometry features. Maybe a ruler, more options to edit the lines after they were created and the possibility to create lines that are curved in multiple directions would be nice.
Loveddddd one notes I could never get the hang of good notes. Good notes you are also restricted to a standard page. One notes you are given a broad page it’s like a huge white board where you can zoom in & out
OneNote is very good! Especially when syncing up my notes with my PC, which I tend to do anyways. I wouldn't say the writing tools are as good as GoodNotes, but it gets the job done and I type my notes anyways
Remote desktop control might help you for software restriction. You can experience full computer(whether its mac or windows) on ipad when youre not at home.
Watching this made me realize that i really wanted to have a samsung s7+ or s6 lite for digital note taking and use samsung notes since they have functions about the voice recordings and others.
Yes typing on GoodNotes is terrible !!! I have one notes and word for typing . But I’m a dance major that is also pre pt typing won’t help me remember my classes are science based and ESS
I bought an iPad and Goodnotes after seeing tons of note-taking videos on RU-vid, but when I started to use them to take notes, it felt very awkward. Goodnotes is still a wonderful tool, especially for those who have Mac, iPad, and iPhone because they can automatically sync between those devices, but for a Window user and a typer like me, it is so inconvenient. I use Notion to write things down on my laptop and now, after I take a note with Goodnotes, I have to screenshot it, download the picture, then upload it to my Notion :)) Still, Goodnotes is a very good app and every student with an iPad should have it. Goodnotes is coming to Windows real soon so I hope that it can be a game-changer for me
Soo glad to found this! I’ve already got OneNote and wanted a review of good notes for college as I’m doing a photography class which has a lot of pdf & slides. ☺️🧡
Currently i am using combo: Laptop + Graphic Tablets + Onenote for study ✌ I used a tablet for studying before but the experience was pretty bad, people have taken it too seriously🤷♂️
Good point. but be warned it automatically Syncs between ipad and laptop...until it doesn't. i switched off my device before it had synced resulting in a conflict and my huge document that I cut and pasted from other onenote docs was wiped. It's also annoying how each text entry is in a box.
I looooove OneNote! People tend to choose GoodNotes/Notability because of the fact that these are like binders and paper. That's not working digitally.
Fountain pen with good ink on good paper is how I do notes. I get the notes digitized on Apple Notes. If you're an iPhone-iPad-Mac person Apple Notes works seamlessly.
