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Strawberry Notes vs Goodnotes

Goodnotes is the go-to digital paper notebook for iPad, and it now runs on almost every device. It has added whiteboards, typed docs, and AI. Strawberry Notes puts your notes, flashcards, and tasks in one simple, private app for iPad and iPhone, with infinite pages, linked notes, and AI that studies from what you write.

Go with Goodnotes if…

  • You love the paper-notebook feel and planner templates
  • You love to fine-tune everything, with tons of settings to tweak
  • You need Windows, Android, or the web right now
  • You want full typed documents next to your handwriting today
  • You write notes with classmates, live

Go with Strawberry Notes if…

  • You want notes, flashcards, and tasks in one simple app, with docs and a calendar coming soon
  • You want an infinite notebook with infinite zoom, not fixed pages
  • You want to link notes, nest subnotes, and see it all on one map
  • You want image occlusion flashcards for diagrams
  • You want every feature, sync included, for $19.99 a year or $39.99 once
  • You want to use AI and only pay for what you use

Side by side

Checked against Goodnotes’s own website in September 2026.

Strawberry Notes and Goodnotes, feature by feature
Strawberry NotesGoodnotes
Works on
iPad and iPhone. Android, Windows, and Mac coming soon
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, and web
Price
$19.99 a year (7 days free), $4.99 a month, or $39.99 once
Free for 3 notebooks. $11.99 a year, or $35.99 a year for Pro with sync across devices
Handwriting
Yes:Smooth, realistic-looking ink with pens, pencil, highlighter, study tape, and shape recognition
Yes:Smooth Apple Pencil writing with pens, highlighters, and shape recognition
Page style
Yes:Infinite notebook or infinite whiteboard, with infinite zoom and templates
Yes:Page notebooks, plus infinite whiteboards
Write on PDFs
Yes:Write on PDFs and scans, or read side by side
Yes:On every plan, even free
Typed notes
Yes:Text boxes mixed in with your handwriting. Full typed docs coming soon
Yes:Full text docs with tables and images
Record audio
No:Not yet
Yes:Recordings synced to your writing
Flashcards
Yes:Built in, with FSRS spaced repetition, image occlusion, and Anki import
Yes:Study Sets with spaced repetition. No image occlusion that we could find
AI study tools
Yes:Chat, summaries, study guides, games, and quizzes with matching, fill-in-the-blank, and ordering questions. Free starter credits, then pay only for what you use
Yes:Summaries, quizzes, and Q&A. 5 a month free, full AI on Pro, heavy use $9.99 a month extra
Tasks
Yes:Tasks and reminders for every class, with a calendar coming soon
No:No task list that we could find
Organize and link
Yes:Subjects, folders, subnotes, tags, links, backlinks, and Sky View, a map of your notes
Partly:Folders, and links from typed text to other pages. No subnotes or map that we could find
Works offline
Yes:Yes. Everything saves on your device first, then syncs to your other devices through iCloud
Yes:Yes
Where your notes live
Yes:Your device, plus your own iCloud if you want it. Back up your whole library as one file anytime. We can't read your notes
iCloud, or Goodnotes Cloud on Pro to sync across devices. AI runs in the cloud
Share and work together
Partly:Publish a note, or export it as a .sbnote file, to share it. Live editing isn't here yet
Yes:Live editing on Pro

Why Strawberry Notes

Everything for school, in one simple app

Notes, flashcards, and tasks live together, and docs and a calendar are on the way. Every subject, folder, and subnote gets its own notes, flashcards, and tasks, so nothing gets lost between apps.

  • Notes
  • Flashcards
  • Tasks
  • Docs (soon)
  • Calendar (soon)

Notes that connect like your brain does

Link any note to any other, nest subnotes as deep as you like, and zoom in forever. Sky View shows it all as a map. You're free to think your way instead of going page by page.

Private by design

Your library lives on your devices, and we can't read it. iCloud sync is optional: keep everything on one device if you like, and export your whole library as one file anytime to back it up or bring it back in. Handwriting recognition runs on your device. AI only sees what you choose to share, and we don't store your chats.

Coming from Goodnotes?

Export your Goodnotes notebooks as PDFs, then import them into Strawberry Notes. You can keep writing right on the pages, and pull the important bits out into flashcards.

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Questions people ask

If you use Goodnotes to study, give it a try. Strawberry Notes has an infinite notebook and whiteboard with infinite zoom, linked notes and subnotes with a map of how they connect, flashcards with FSRS spaced repetition and image occlusion, and AI games and quizzes made from your notes. If you need Windows or Android right now, or love paper templates, Goodnotes is the better fit.

Goodnotes is free for up to 3 notebooks. Essential is $11.99 a year, and Pro, which adds sync across devices and live collaboration, is $35.99 a year. There's also a one-time Special Edition on Apple devices that can't use Goodnotes Cloud. Strawberry Notes is $4.99 a month, $19.99 a year, or $39.99 once, and every plan includes every feature and iCloud sync.

We couldn't find it. Goodnotes Study Sets use spaced repetition, and image occlusion is a popular request on Goodnotes' feedback forum. In Strawberry Notes, cover the labels on a diagram with study tape, turn it into a flashcard, and FSRS tells you when to review each label.

Yes. Export your notebooks from Goodnotes as PDFs, then import them into Strawberry Notes. You can keep writing on the pages and turn the important parts into flashcards.

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Sources: Goodnotes pricing, Goodnotes on the App Store, Goodnotes Study Sets, Goodnotes links, Goodnotes image occlusion request. Prices are in US dollars and can change, so check before you buy.

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