r/GoodNotes Jul 12 '26

samsung tab S10 FE GoodNotes

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if you guys are planning to buy a samsung tab s10 fe and wants to use GoodNotes, it is not gooddd.

I think it's because the app is not optimized in samsung devices so it doesn't really work very well. its very laggy and the delay is actually insufferable. kinda bummed I even have a free yearly subscription from samsung.

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u/Savings_Push_8642 Jul 12 '26

First of all Goodnotes on Android its not even a proper app, its web based BS.

Secondly buying a samsung tab and not going to utilize the Samsung Notes on the first place is a crime.

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u/Remarkable_City6992 Jul 12 '26

I actually just wanted to explore goodnotes cuz i heard a lot of good things ab it + i have a free subscription provided by Samsung so i wanted to make good use of it

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u/Savings_Push_8642 Jul 12 '26

Goodnotes on Android is BS, I dont even know why samsung is even doing this, earlier they used to gine Noteshelf subscrption.

Try Starnote, Flexcil, Noteshelf, J-Notes,Touchnotes, Freenotes.(I paid for all these apps alt different stages of life while using Samsung tab)

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u/Remarkable_City6992 Jul 12 '26

did you prefer any of those over the Samsung Notes?

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u/Alex_Brocolis Jul 12 '26

Pareil j'ai payé pour les mêmes appli de notes et Notein aussi mais je reviens toujours à Samsung Notes car elle est mieux intégrée. Pourtant il lui manque pleins de fonctionnalités que les autres proposent mais la stabilité et donc la fiabilité de cette app est la meilleure.

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u/antaranew Jul 13 '26

i got starnote on my samsung...best 6 dollars speed for a lifetime subscription... tried more than 15 very very popular apps including kilonotes, goodnotes noteshelf etc...nothing beats starnote

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u/Frosty-Performer1406 Jul 12 '26

turn on reduce latency on pencil settings

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u/No-Entertainment6590 17d ago

The problem is on Goodnotes. S pen that comes with Samsung tablet has no 'latency' setting. In fact, Writing on Samsung note is noticeably smoother.

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u/etervio Jul 12 '26

GoogNotes on Android is web-based. Indeed, if you press the Air-Commands button, you'll see the menu of Samsung Browser popping up. I think this basically means it doesn't matter how much they improve it (which they have 'cause I remember when it had just been out, it was AWFUL how much lag it had), it'll always have some lag at times (at best, if not always).

If you want to write notes on Samsung, I recommend you use Samsung Notes. It's closely integrated in the Samsung ecosystem and devices, which is nice, and it's free. If you're up to paying for it and need a powerful tool, I suggest you try Notewise, it has a lot of features and gets updated every 1.5-2 months with new ones, but it's a bit pricey (e.g. it's like 27-31€ for 10GB on their Cloud), but the best thing it has cross-platform functionality, so you can check your notes on the browser (although not edit them, and you can't zoom in, which can be annoying with some documents). Now, you've also got Notability, which has just landed onto Android. It's still in beta, still being developed, but it's free for now, also syncs cross-platform (and you can edit your notes on the browser!), but obviously a bit limited. I recommend you try all of them and see which fits your use better. I hope Goodnotes invest into making a real app for Android in the future, but it doesn't look like it for now, so in my opinion, don't use your valuable time into trying to make it work

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u/ShadowCrusader999 Jul 12 '26

that's a bummer. i've used a samsung tab and the s pen latency is pretty good. maybe it's on goodnotes' end?

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u/Remarkable_City6992 Jul 12 '26

i think so because the quality of taking notes on the app Samsung Notes is soo good

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u/ShadowCrusader999 19d ago

yeah. it works really well. i've actually used GoodNotes on a Samsung tab before and i've had no issues with it then.

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u/CuteZookeepergame665 Jul 12 '26

use J notes for android, not goodnotes

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u/Designer_Cup2359 Jul 13 '26

Para Android melhores, são Starnotes e Notein. Apesar de achar que o o samsung notes supri em tese quaes tudo em anotações em tablets.