Goodnotes records 3,227,341 monthly visits with +10.8% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. Kagi Search records 4,647,605 monthly visits with +3.2% growth and Free Trial, Paid pricing.
Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and AI study tools on one canvas
A paid, ad-free search engine that answers to its users
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | goodnotes.com | kagi.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Free Trial, Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 3.23M (3,227,341) | 4.65M (4,647,605) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +314.75K (+10.8%) | +145.18K (+3.2%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (33.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (56.4%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.64M | 4.38M |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and AI study tools on one canvas
Low-latency ink with palm rejection, cross-out to erase, and handwriting-to-text conversion keeps writing close to pen on paper.
Import contracts, papers, or textbooks and mark them up by hand, with searchable annotations and clean exports.
Search across typed text, handwriting, and sketches, and turn notes into summaries, mind maps, or structured plans.
Work together in shared notebooks, documents, and whiteboards simultaneously, without version conflicts or file ping-pong.
A paid, ad-free search engine that answers to its users
Subscriptions replace advertising, so there are no sponsored results, affiliate links, or data sales influencing what you see.
Rank any website up or down, pin favorites, or block domains entirely so your results match your own standards.
Append a question mark to get an AI answer above the results, or chat with the Assistant for deeper tasks with sources included.
Restrict searches to categories like forums or news, or jump straight into a specific site's own search with shortcuts.
SpecialistDelivers top-tier reasoning and web search capabilities, but lacks Kagi's dedicated focus on ad-free search results.
SpecialistDelivers top-tier reasoning and web search capabilities, but lacks Kagi's dedicated focus on ad-free search results.
SpecialistExcels at complex analysis and document interpretation, but lacks Kagi's core web search engine capabilities.
SpecialistExcels at complex analysis and document interpretation, but lacks Kagi's core web search engine capabilities.
Stronger conversational AI answers and live web citations, but lacks Kagi's pure ad-free traditional search results.
Stronger conversational AI answers and live web citations, but lacks Kagi's pure ad-free traditional search results.
Provides advanced agentic research and multi-source synthesis, though it has a busier interface than Kagi.
Provides advanced agentic research and multi-source synthesis, though it has a busier interface than Kagi.
SpecialistSpecializes in searching peer-reviewed scientific literature with citations rather than general web search.
SpecialistSpecializes in searching peer-reviewed scientific literature with citations rather than general web search.
SpecialistExcels at automatically generating flashcards and practice quizzes from study notes, but lacks freehand drawing features.
SpecialistExcels at automatically generating flashcards and practice quizzes from study notes, but lacks freehand drawing features.
SpecialistTurns course materials into interactive AI study tools, but focuses less on handwritten digital notebooks.
SpecialistTurns course materials into interactive AI study tools, but focuses less on handwritten digital notebooks.
SpecialistStronger online PDF editing and AI chat capabilities, but lacks tablet-optimized handwritten note-taking workflows.
SpecialistStronger online PDF editing and AI chat capabilities, but lacks tablet-optimized handwritten note-taking workflows.
SpecialistConverts notes and PDFs into quizzes and flashcards, but lacks stylus-based handwriting and sketching tools.
SpecialistConverts notes and PDFs into quizzes and flashcards, but lacks stylus-based handwriting and sketching tools.
Delivers structured, cited answers to natural language questions, but lacks Kagi's comprehensive traditional web index.
Delivers structured, cited answers to natural language questions, but lacks Kagi's comprehensive traditional web index.
Provides gorgeous structured block-based document editing, but is built for typed text rather than handwritten notes.
Provides gorgeous structured block-based document editing, but is built for typed text rather than handwritten notes.
Organizes notes into interconnected typed objects rather than traditional notebooks, but lacks handwritten ink support.
Organizes notes into interconnected typed objects rather than traditional notebooks, but lacks handwritten ink support.
