
AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
Goodnotes records 3,227,341 monthly visits with +10.8% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. VS Code records 7,397,370 monthly visits with -3.8% growth and Freemium pricing.

Handwritten notes, PDF markup, and AI study tools on one canvas
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | goodnotes.com | code.visualstudio.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 3.23M (3,227,341) | 7.4M (7,397,370) |
| MoM Traffic Delta |
|---|
| +314.75K (+10.8%) |
| -288.8K (-3.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (33.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (18.9%) |
|---|
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.64M | 2.17M |
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| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.8 |
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| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
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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.

Write code with precision, hand bigger jobs to agents, and keep working from anywhere
Agents open the repository, form a plan, edit multiple files and explain the changes so you can review each diff before accepting it. You can also run several agents in parallel to push a backlog forward.
Point the editor at Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft or open-weight models, or bring your own key. Pick the Copilot, Claude or Codex harness that matches how you like to work.
JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS work out of the box, and Marketplace extensions add IntelliSense, linting, refactoring and debuggers for Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust and more.
Integrated terminal, source control, debugger, testing, Jupyter notebooks, an integrated browser and Dev Containers all live in one window, so you stay close to the code.

AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
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SpecialistExcels at automatically generating flashcards and practice quizzes from study notes, but lacks freehand drawing features.
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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.

Free / Open-sourceOpen-source workspace control plane for orchestrating multiple coding agents from a single unified interface.
SpecialistConverts notes and PDFs into quizzes and flashcards, but lacks stylus-based handwriting and sketching tools.
AI-native code editor built on VS Code fork with deep multi-file editing and intelligent codebase indexing.
Agentic development platform offering an IDE and command center for running parallel AI coding agents.
SpecialistCloud-based development environment featuring an AI agent that builds, runs, and deploys full-stack applications instantly.
Agentic coding platform and IDE plugin that reads entire codebases to plan and complete multi-file tasks.
SpecialistExcels at automatically generating flashcards and practice quizzes from study notes, but lacks freehand drawing features.
Spec-driven AI IDE and agent platform from AWS that plans, builds, reviews, and verifies engineering work.
SpecialistAutonomous AI software engineer that independently plans, writes, and tests code across entire repositories.
Free / Open-sourceLightweight, customizable terminal coding agent supporting multiple model providers and extensible packages.
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.
SpecialistConverts notes and PDFs into quizzes and flashcards, but lacks stylus-based handwriting and sketching tools.