
Offers vastly more powerful database and project management features, but is less visually polished for simple note-taking.
Craft: Provides gorgeous structured block-based document editing, but is built for typed text rather than handwritten notes. Craft records 703,417 monthly visits with +8.9% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Goodnotes records 3,227,341 monthly visits with +10.8% growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing.
A polished space for notes, tasks, and documents that follows you across every device.
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | craft.do | goodnotes.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium, Free Trial |
| Monthly Visits | 703.42K (703,417) | 3.23M (3,227,341) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +57.54K (+8.9%) | +314.75K (+10.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (21.2%) | 🇺🇸 United States (33.8%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 368.32K | 1.64M |
| User Rating | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
A polished space for notes, tasks, and documents that follows you across every device.
Embed tasks directly inside documents and pair them with a calendar view so planning and execution stay connected.
Choose the structure that matches your thinking — separate work and personal spaces, nested folders, tags, or database-style collections.
Draft, refine, rewrite and summarize content without leaving the document.
Apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, Windows and Android with local access when you're offline.

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.

Offers vastly more powerful database and project management features, but is less visually polished for simple note-taking.
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.

SpecialistAn extendable launcher that puts your tools, AI, and automations one keystroke away
SpecialistAn extendable launcher that puts your tools, AI, and automations one keystroke away

SpecialistAutomates task scheduling and calendar management with AI, but lacks Craft's elegant document and note-taking canvas.
SpecialistAutomates task scheduling and calendar management with AI, but lacks Craft's elegant document and note-taking canvas.

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.

Combines documents and relational tables with powerful automation, but has a steeper learning curve than Craft's clean UI.
Combines documents and relational tables with powerful automation, but has a steeper learning curve than Craft's clean UI.
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.

SpecialistADHD-friendly AI assistant for notes, email and tasks
SpecialistADHD-friendly AI assistant for notes, email and tasks

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.