Kai Bernau

The already hilariously misnamed “Good Notes" iPad app has become further garbagified after recent updates.

What are y’all using these days to mark up PDF font proofs on iPad? (Eternal question, March 2026 edition)

Mar 23 at 9:07amWeb
Show threadibrahimMar 23
@kai Although it's missing "export only annotated pages" feature, Noteful works quite well.
Show threadKai BernauMar 23
@ibo thank I’ll check it out!
Show threadRobin MientjesMar 23
@kai I have given up for now and use Preview, but it’s very limited in its tools.
Show threadErikMar 23
@veryrobin @kai Same. The resolution of the hand drawn notes is not great. But it seems a small compromise compared to regularly having to find a new app.
Show threadWeiMar 24
@veryrobin @kai ha same
Show threadNamrata GoyalMar 23
@kai @letterror I would recommend Notability.
Show threadKai BernauMar 23
@namratagoyal @letterror I know a guy who pronounces it “not-ability”. Myself I used it many years ago but was not mightily pleased back when. Time to try it again!
Show threadBen KielMar 23
@kai notability which I am ambivalent about
Show threadCommercial TypeMar 23
@benkiel @kai Same here. I liked it a lot more a few years ago, when you could hide the interface completely and it didn't continually try to sell you upgrades, but it still works well enough.
Show threadBen KielMar 23
@commercial @kai This.
Show threadIndra Kupferschmid 💙💛Mar 23
@kai Still using Books. Still using that iPad Pro zweite Generation