GoodNote Free Change

GoodNote Free Change replaces the background PDF of your already-annotated GoodNotes documents — typically when a new revision of a form is released — without touching your handwritten annotations. The file keeps its name; your notes stay exactly where you wrote them.

Key features

A genuinely safe background replacement

• The modified document is built separately, then submitted to six checks before anything is written
• Every untouched element is compared by SHA-256 digest: your annotations are provably intact
• If a single check fails, your original file is left untouched
• Batch processing: replace the background of several documents in one pass

Fix a form field without losing anything

• A wrong value in the PDF form? Open it in the built-in editor, click the field, fix it, reinject
• Same checks and backup path as a full background replacement
• Flattened PDF with no live fields? Extract it, edit it in the app of your choice, reinject it

Backups that are never overwritten

• Before every write, an intact copy is created next to the original (NAME.backup.goodnotes)
• Later passes create -2, -3… — the first backup, your pristine original, is untouchable
• One-click restore from any backup

Built for everyday use

• Drag and drop, clear warnings when page geometry differs
• Polished interface, Liquid Glass on macOS 26, runs from macOS 14
• No account, no telemetry, no network access
• Interface in English, French, Spanish and German — instant language switching

Who is it for?

Designed first for pilots and instructors who fill in their check forms (OPC/LPC) in GoodNotes, it serves anyone who annotates PDF forms and needs to move to a new revision without redoing their work.

Download

GoodNote Free Change is distributed outside the App Store. To get the latest version, write to us via our contact form.