Goodnotes records 3,227,341 monthly visits with +10.8% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. PDFgear records 2,845,280 monthly visits with -3.4% growth and Free pricing.
Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and AI study tools on one canvas
A free, AI-powered PDF editor for every device
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | goodnotes.com | pdfgear.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 3.23M (3,227,341) | 2.85M (2,845,280) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +314.75K (+10.8%) | -100.48K (-3.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (33.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (23.3%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.64M | 675.08K |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 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 free, AI-powered PDF editor for every device
Edit text, images, shapes, links, signatures and form fields in a document as easily as in a word processor.
Chat with a PDF, generate summaries and extract answers or text from long and awkwardly laid-out documents.
Convert between PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TXT and images, including batch conversion with lossless output.
Turn scanned or image-based documents into fully editable Word or TXT files.
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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.
Desktop document suite providing advanced editing, OCR conversion, and AI-powered chat assistance for local files.
Desktop document suite providing advanced editing, OCR conversion, and AI-powered chat assistance for local files.
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.
Cloud-based document platform offering robust PDF editing, format conversion, and interactive AI chat features.
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Browser-based PDF workspace combining document conversion, e-signatures, and automated AI summarization tools.
Browser-based PDF workspace combining document conversion, e-signatures, and automated AI summarization tools.
Feature-rich cross-platform PDF editor with integrated GPT capabilities for deep document summarization and analysis.
SpecialistLightweight conversational platform designed specifically for fast, effortless Q&A and summarization across uploaded PDF documents.
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.
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.
SpecialistFocused document intelligence tool providing precise Q&A, summarization, and developer APIs for chatting with PDFs.
