Goodnotes records 3,227,341 monthly visits with +10.8% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. SciFig records 91,473 monthly visits with +4.7% growth and Freemium pricing.
Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and AI study tools on one canvas
AI scientific figure generator for publication-ready illustrations, charts and flowcharts
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | goodnotes.com | scifig.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 3.23M (3,227,341) | 91.47K (91,473) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +314.75K (+10.8%) | +4.07K (+4.7%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (33.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (28.1%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.64M | 23.55K |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 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.
AI scientific figure generator for publication-ready illustrations, charts and flowcharts
Three dedicated engines: Illustration, DataChart and FlowChart for scientific images, data plots and protocol diagrams respectively
Six illustration input modes: text, sketch, photo, PDF, reference figure and photo enhancement, backed by hundreds of discipline-specific templates
Data charts straight from CSV or Excel across around 50 chart types, including volcano plots, survival curves, forest plots and heatmaps
Fully editable output: change any label, recolor, redraw a region or shift a box and its arrows without regenerating the figure
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.
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.
SpecialistUses an infinite visual canvas for note organization, but lacks Goodnotes' paper templates and PDF annotation polish.
SpecialistUses an infinite visual canvas for note organization, but lacks Goodnotes' paper templates and PDF annotation polish.
Offers spatial whiteboards for organizing complex research, but lacks Goodnotes' freehand handwriting stylus support.
Offers spatial whiteboards for organizing complex research, but lacks Goodnotes' freehand handwriting stylus support.
Editable scientific figures and graphical abstracts from a prompt
Editable scientific figures and graphical abstracts from a prompt
SpecialistAI scientific figure and data chart generator for researchers
SpecialistAI scientific figure and data chart generator for researchers
SpecialistAutomatically converts lectures and PDFs into structured study guides, but lacks freehand ink and drawing tools.
SpecialistAutomatically converts lectures and PDFs into structured study guides, but lacks freehand ink and drawing tools.
Free / Open-sourceProvides privacy-focused local Markdown note-taking with backlinks, but lacks PDF markup and stylus handwriting capabilities.
Free / Open-sourceProvides privacy-focused local Markdown note-taking with backlinks, but lacks PDF markup and stylus handwriting capabilities.
