Save iPad Notes to Google Drive
To save your iPad notes to Google Drive, share the pages from GoodNotes, Notability, or any handwriting app to the Flowstate app. Flowstate transcribes the handwriting and saves each note as a Google Doc in the folder you choose, usually within a couple of minutes.
Updated July 2026
Why Google Drive can't do this on its own
You can save an iPad note to Google Drive as a PDF, but it won't become an editable Google Doc. Drive's OCR targets printed text, so handwriting and your shorthand don't come through cleanly.
Share to Flowstate
- Use any handwriting app to take notes — GoodNotes, Notability, Apple Notes, saves, or wherever you write.
- Tap the share icon. Pick Flowstate.
- If you want, you can give Flowstate optional instructions for how to read your notes. For example, tell Flowstate how to interpret your shorthand, or how to turn handwritten symbols into formatting, tags, and more.
- Send it off!
Flowstate takes it from there
Common questions
Which handwriting apps work?
Any app that can share a PDF or an image. GoodNotes, Notability, Apple Notes — if it can share, it works.
What format do the notes arrive in?
Each note becomes its own Google Doc in the folder you choose, or gets appended to an existing Doc.
How much does it cost?
Flowstate runs on credits. One page of handwriting, or one minute of audio, is one credit. You start with 50 free credits, no card required, and top up whenever you're running low. Purchased credits never expire.
Does Flowstate rewrite my notes?
No. It transcribes what you wrote, cleans up the formatting, and files it where it belongs. Your words stay your words.
Save your iPad notes to Google Drive
Start with 50 pages free — no card required.
Start with Flowstate →Want all the options? See the full iPad guide.