Goodnotes records 3,227,341 monthly visits with +10.8% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. Shortform records 847,045 monthly visits with -4.5% growth and Freemium pricing.
Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and AI study tools on one canvas
In-depth guides that help you actually master non-fiction
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | goodnotes.com | shortform.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 3.23M (3,227,341) | 847.05K (847,045) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +314.75K (+10.8%) | -39.67K (-4.5%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (33.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (49.9%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.64M | 146.14K |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 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.
In-depth guides that help you actually master non-fiction
More than 12,000 book guides, 1,000+ article and topic guides, and podcast breakdowns, with new titles added weekly.
Guides are written with smart analysis and opinionated commentary, so you engage with ideas rather than skim a trimmed abstract.
Every guide has full audio narration and supports offline listening, so commutes and workouts are study time.
Follow your subscription on desktop, iOS or Android, with highlights, notes, PDF downloads and reading lists that travel with you.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
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.
Provides concise 15-minute nonfiction book summaries with audio, but lacks the deep analytical guides and cross-book syntheses of Shortform.
Provides concise 15-minute nonfiction book summaries with audio, but lacks the deep analytical guides and cross-book syntheses of Shortform.
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.
Offers readable digests and audiobooks of popular titles, but provides less comprehensive analytical breakdowns than Shortform.
Offers readable digests and audiobooks of popular titles, but provides less comprehensive analytical breakdowns than Shortform.
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.
Converts books into personalized audio micro-lessons, but focuses more on bite-sized learning than deep conceptual study guides.
Converts books into personalized audio micro-lessons, but focuses more on bite-sized learning than deep conceptual study guides.
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.
