Customer Ratings & Reviews

This product is highly recommended for everyone. It’s an excellent digital paper tablet and very easy to navigate.

I have an issue writing on normal electronic tablets but this was the perfect tablet for taking notes. I use it for sketching, note taking, and annotating pdfs. The price is steep but I've already gotten a lot of use out of it and all my friends like to take turns trying it out. If you have the money I recommend this, but it cannot search the web or download apps. It is a paper electronic tablet

This has been a lifesaver! I am a nursing student, and I have quite a few assignments that have to be handwritten then uploaded. This is now just a simple few clicks and I am done. I also have quite a few study guides that are in color. I originally had the previous version, but it was only black and white. With upgrading to the color version, my study guides are easier to study. Plus, I can now see what I highlight.

I’m obsessed, it’s helped so much with efficiency and organization and it’s unbelievably lightweight. I’ve already got all my friends to buy one!

More useful than predicted. I use it for work, music and shopping lists. Now I don’t forget anything when my wife sends me to the store because it syncs to my phone :-D

I cant get enough of this remarkable. I use this for everything and it has made things so simple these last few weeks.

As an aooraiser, im able to sketch out the plot plans, make notes and send as is, or form it in a text .

The device would be an amazing device as is for a college student or psychologist/counselor. I will never understand how the developer shipped this device with no abily to add e-books with drm protection. This means no graphic novel, no macazind, and no novels. I was unable to find a web browser or any ability to inst third-party apps.

Excellent product. Helped me replace my stacks of notes! Great battery life.

Love it and hate it at the same time Love writing feeling and colors option But red is not really red it’s more like orange And weight is not heavy for me it doesn’t bother me but page turning not always working smoothly it bothers a lot and pdf files support is pretty limited overall if this device was under $500 with marker plus then maybe worth it But in this price I don’t think it’s worth it

It’s awesome. Just makes want to write and write just cause it feels so smooth.

This is a truly wonderful product. The screen displays vibrant colors, it offers various pen types, and it connects seamlessly with your devices, eliminating the need for additional paper notebooks.

I have been using the reMarkale Paper Pro with the Marker Pro for the past week. I designed a simple home theater, updated my resume, and jotted down my notes for this review as ways to get familiar with the Paper Pro and Marker Pro capabilities. The quality of the Paper Pro is fantastic. The body is metal with a slightly textured glass writing surface. The metal body has four anti-slip pads that do an excellent job of keeping the Paper Pro from slipping while writing or drawing. The Marker Pro charges wirelessly when magnetically attached to the right, long edge of the Paper Pro. The writing surface provides tactile experience that simulates a writing instrument dragging across the grain of paper. It is not an exact duplicate, but good enough to remind me that I am not writing on a traditional tablet. The Marker Pro pencil is slightly heavier than a #2 pencil, it is as long as a #2 pencil, and it fits and moves in my hand like a #2 pencil. Setup: The reMarkable Paper Pro’s quick start guide is a total of three instructions. 1. Power button, 2. this is where the USB charging cable goes, and 3. here is where the Marker Pro attaches to the Paper Pro. The Quick setup for the Marker Plus directs that the Marker be attached to the Paper Pro prior to powering on the Paper Pro for the first time. This allows the Paper Pro and Marker Plus to sync. I was directed through a series of setup instructions the first time I powered on the device. I was then directed to a Getting Started notebook once setup was complete. Read this notebook! The six pages are extremely lite reading but do offer some key information on how to change writing instruments, pick colors, use highlighting, and how to make a straight line. Unfortunately, the level and amount of information is inadequate to get the most out of the Paper Pro. I spent a lot of time experimenting with the different icons found along the left-hand side of my notebooks and with the icons used to manage the Paper Pro. A reMarkable account is required for features such as OCR, cloud folder synchronization, and integration with the reMarkable application. The reMarkable will function both with and without the paid subscription. The free account will get you OCR, cloud storage access with certain providers, and integration with the reMarkable app. The $3.14 a month (The site says $2.99 until you check out) will get you unlimited cloud storage, extends the warranty, and adds advanced data sharing features between the Paper Pro and your other devices. The Paper Pro comes with a 100-day demo period so that you can decide for yourself if the subscription has value for you. Writing Experience: Using black ink with the different pen, pencil, marker, and brush tools is clean, accurate, and immediately makes a mark on the tablet surface. Wherever the tip of the Marker Pro touches the writing surface is exactly where the mark is made. The different writing tools do interact with both the writing surface and the Maker Pro in unique ways. For example, using the pencil tool allows for pressure sensitive writing. It also allows me to use the writing tip at an angle so that I can shade in objects or make specialized marks, just like a real pencil. Not all writing tools have special features. At least nothing that I discovered. Please note that reMarkable’s documentation and website are overly simplistic and do not provide much content or instruction. There is a support section to the site which is equally spartan. Color writing and drawing is a neat feature but can be disruptive. All of the writing tools can use most colors that the Paper Pro screen supports. However, the mark on the page starts as black. After a brief pause, the line refreshes four to five times until my chosen color appears on the page. Sometimes the whole page refreshes multiple times if I am using multiple colors or layers. This is not a big deal if using a color over here or a color over there. But if I am drawing with multiple colors or using multiple colors to organize a lot of information then this becomes really annoying really fast. For example, when designing a home theater system, I need to measure and calculate angles. Using different colors to represent different layers of associated data goes a long way to allow me to express my ideas in a clear and easy to understand manner. But if the screen is going through four or five refreshes after every color line I make then I am fighting the tablet as much as I am trying to exercise my creativity to express my ideas. Drawing Tools: The Paper Pro ships with a wide range of templates. The templates can be applied per page. Meaning, page one can be wide lined, page two can be a daily planner, and page three can be covered in hexagons. However, I make a lot of organizational charts and business workflow diagrams. I draw out home theater and room design projects. And the Paper Pro does not have any tools that assist me with these activities. For example, to draw a straight line, the Marker Pro’s tip must touch the surface, pause for a second, draw my line, and then pause the Marker Pro’s top at the end point. This tells the Paper Pro that I want a straight line between the two points. That is the entirety of all the special tools available to drawing. Drawing a box is completely manual. If I want lots of boxes, then I can select my drawn box and copy it as many times as I want. Which is what I did with my sample home theater. There is no tool to make a perfect circle, triangles, rectangles, or other shapes. I had to raid my art supplies to find a stencil in order to make a perfect circle to represent a tower style subwoofer in my home theater design. I would like to see reMarkable add some drawing tools including shapes, arrows, indicators, and other quick features that support business, process design, and types of shapes that make drawing and collaborating much easier for how I will use the tablet. I would also like a shape filling tool so I can easily fill a shape with a pre-determined color. I realize that this is not an art tablet, but I consider these bare bone functions that that fall right in line with the Paper Pro’s design goals. The good news, however, is that I can use stencils, protractors, rulers, and other drawing tools with the reMarkable. The edge of the remarkable is level with the writing surface which means oversized tools such as rulers are flush to the writing surface. And the four non-slip pads on the bottom of the Paper Pro ensures that the tablet does not move while using these tools. This is great if I need to make precision drawings. No Distractions: The Paper Pro has no ads, no web browser, no app store, no games, no sound, no pop ups, and nothing else that I would consider a distraction. It is a work tool. What a refreshing experience. Back Lighting: The Paper Pro has five levels of backlight and backlight off. The backlight is excellent in different lighting conditions. I am more inclined to have the backlight off in a bright room and then the backlight on in a darker room. The e-ink display does not cast any light of its own like an LED, LCD, or an OLED. I also noticed that the vibrancy of the e-ink colors is dependent on lighting conditions and backlight intensity. For example, the colors black, blue, red, and grey all look like the same color in a poorly lit room with no backlight. The colors resolve as the backlight is turned up. Battery life: I got the Paper Pro on Friday afternoon. I have used the Paper Pro on and off for four days now. Backlight on and off. As of this writing, I am down to 21% battery. I estimate that I have used the Paper Pro for about 20 hours total. This will most likely get me through multiple days of use before it needs to be charged again. Marker Pro: As mentioned before, I find the Marker Pro very comfortable and easy to use. The marker ships with a box of additional tips. This should keep me going for a good long while. The top of the marker acts as an actual eraser on the Paper Pro’s surface. It is just one of three different eraser functions. I appreciate this functionality because I instinctively flip my pencil around to the eraser when I need to erase a mistake. The pen is also used as a stylus and a mouse depending on the chosen function when working in a notebook. For example, copy/paste functions is completely controlled via the marker. Final thoughts: I do not have the room to write about everything that the reMarkable Paper Pro does or how I have enjoyed using it. This is not a perfect product full of limitations and opportunities to expand it capabilities via further software development. At least I hope there is more coming. This is not a computer tablet in the traditional sense. The Paper Pro is a paper notebook replacement product that offers all the benefits of a traditional notebook with the added functionality that modern technology affords. The Paper Pro and Marker Pro are excellent in this space. I would like to see reMarkable to increase the number stencils and other drawing tools. I would also like to see e-book tools like global font sign reassignment that other e-readers have. I can pinch and zoom but that becomes tiresome on an e-ink screen that is not as instantly responsive as other screens. Overall, I think this is a great product. I am having a great time with it. And am looking forward to where else I can integrate this device into my personal and professional life.

On a consumer level the ReMarkable Paper Pro model is a fantastic digital notebook – maybe the best available now. It’s a sleek, slim design with a large writing surface and an exceptional in-hand feel. Its backlight makes it usable in almost any lighting condition too. As a true professional device though, at least for those who need to keep their work product and client information private and secure, it has an obtrusive Achille’s heel. ReMarkable’s cloud service, just like most other consumer-oriented cloud services, is only End-To-End Encrypted rather than the stronger Zero Knowledge End-To-End Encryption, where the hosting company has no access to the encryption key or ability to read your files. Companies hold keys for a legitimate reason as explained in the terms of service. Nonetheless, it’s a security risk, even if small, to the owner of the stored material because anyone, say a hacker, who gets hold of the key can access those files. Many of the Paper Pro’s features relies on ReMarkable’s free or premium cloud service including syncing to your computer and phone and handwriting to text conversion. In fact, the only way to transfer files without using the Internet is a clunky, time-consuming process of connecting a USB cable between devices and entering a specified IP address into a web browser on your computer, similar to setting up a Wi-Fi Router. I have to use my Paper Pro this way to keep my files as secure as possible. It is an annoyance, but I like the Paper Pro enough to put up with it. Many businesses and professions have strict security protocols so I wanted to shine a light on this before delving into other details so the Paper Pro’s limitations are understood as it could be a non-starter for some. Putting cloud services aside for a moment, the Paper Pro’s hardware itself can be secured by an optional four or six digit log in passcode. After the passcode is set you are presented with a recovery key in case you forget your passcode. You’ll want to save that in a safe place. HARDWARE HIGHLIGHTS The standout features of the Paper Pro are its 11.8” screen size (approx. 7” W x 9 5/8” L) and the ability to write and highlight in color. The total design is phenomenal and is the reason I decided to use the Paper Pro even if it meant forgoing features and conveniences by using it only offline. Its all-metal back and slim profile is so sensual I love holding it. And no more paper cuts. For desk use it has molded feet to prevent the back from getting scratched if not using a case, which is a nice touch. The stylus-on-screen is as close to a tactile replication of pen-on-paper I’ve ever experienced on a digital device. The larger screen closely resembles an actual note pad allowing for a more natural and comfortable experience compared to smaller digital pads. I appreciate being able to write for longer periods before having to start a new page. In turn, that also means fewer pages to “flip” when reviewing notes. Everyone hates bezels, and there is a chunky chin at the bottom, but I don’t find it distracting and much prefer it here than on the side. The bezel blends in well with the screen, though it does glow a bit when the backlight is on. The screen has excellent palm resistance too and I’ve yet to trigger an unintended action.. Speaking of the backlight, it’s adjustable to five levels. The top level is pleasing but not especially bright. For sure the Paper Pro is versatile enough to be used outside on a sunny day or a softly lit auditorium or somewhere in between. In normal room light the backlight is unnecessary. One drawback of e-paper screens in general is their visible refresh rate. ReMarkable says the Paper Pro is its fastest screen yet. I can’t compare, but whatever lag there is when writing in black I don’t notice it. However, when using color, especially highlighting it does take a couple seconds for it to register. It can be distracting as it flashes colors. I’d still rather have color than not. Switching pages or screens it’s also noticeable and to be expected. Being able to color code notes is nice productivity boon to have now on e-paper and a relief for my aging eyes. I find the colors are similar in brightness to a real highlighter. That’s dim compared to what an OLED screen can offer, if that’s what you are expecting, but an LED/OLED glass screen can’t provide either the reduced eye strain or credible simulated pen-to-paper feel of e-paper. In both reading and writing text is crisp and easy to read. Reading long documents on an OLED/LED screen or monitor burns my eyes. So reading and annotating PDFs with the Paper Pro is a joy and my #1 use of Paper Pro. Highlighting, for example, is smart enough to convert a quick swipe into a sharp rectangle over the marked words. The Marker Plus stylus came with my unit. It’s similar in size and grip of a standard ballpoint pen with the heft of a pencil. I prefer thicker and heavier pens, so this is a slight drawback to me. It’s texturized and grippy though. The tip is pressure and tilt sensitive which is handy when you want to bold a word or you like to doodle. The top acts as an eraser which is kind of cool, though from a workflow perspective I’d prefer a physical or haptic button to allow the pen tip to erase. The Marker Plus magnetically attaches to the side of the Paper Pro for safekeeping and charging. The magnet is quite strong but still can get knocked off, so be aware. Internal storage is adequate if you won’t be subscribing to ReMarkable’s unlimited cloud storage or one of the other integrated cloud services: Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft One Drive. Officially the Paper Pro has 64 GB of RAM but the actual storage available on my unit is a bit more than 46 GB. That may seem small but the reality is text documents are a few MB unless they are heavy on color photos. If you are editing big color catalogs or photo books this isn’t the device for you anyway. USER INTERFACE, APPS & THE CLOUD The user interface is mostly intuitive but there is a learning curve. Menu icons are displayed vertical down the left side. They can be hidden if desired. There is a variety of pens, highlighters, widths, ink colors from which to choose. Other functions include adding layers to pages the ability to apply tags to aid organization. Also in the organization realm, folders can be set up at any time to house specific notes for easier reference. Navigation can be controlled via common gestures like the one finger horizontal swipe to move between pages. At first use I was confused how to get back to the main file from a note as there is no common “return” or “menu” icon. Instead, there is an “x” on the upper right. I assumed this was to delete a note, but no, it was to go back to the file menu. Strange, but now I know and you to do. Notetaking is available in two different methods. Quick Note offers a blank slate brainstorm, doodle, whatever. For more formal writing, a notebook is available. In this mode a number of templates can be selected from lined paper, grid paper to music writing sheets and weekly planners. With the Paper Pro’s color ability, it tremendously broadens the use of e-paper pads. For organization, documents can be stored in a folder. This is another area that isn’t intuitive but easy to understand. Simply long press the document, a menu appears, hit move and then select the folder. Being a color screen I’m a bit surprised folders can’t be color coded. Much of the Paper Pro’s functionality requires ReMarkable’s cloud service and its apps, which are available for Mac, iOS, Windows, and Android. This includes handwriting-to-text, syncing, emailing, and using the aforementioned 3rd party cloud service integrations. A “free” basic cloud service is provided and stores documents for 50 days and requires manual syncing (press a button) between devices. For additional features there is a “Connect” subscription that provides automatic syncing, unlimited storage and the ability to edit files in the ReMarkable app. I tested these features out before going “offline” and they work as advertised. New users get a 100-day trial to try them out. Handwriting-to-text conversion does a good job as long as the writing is readable to another human. It even reads mixed block and cursive, as I often write. The weak point of the conversion is that it format isn’t always retained so you have to go back and tweak it to make it look right. As noted at the start of this review there is no way to do anything in this section without going through ReMarkable’s service. The only non-Internet option to transfer files is by using the USB cable. While the Paper Pro has a USB-C port it’s not possible to save directly to a thumb or other storage drive. Regardless of how you export your files they will be in .PDF format. The Paper Pro can read Microsoft Office files, but it can’t write to them -- a bit odd and inconvenient. It also can read non-DRM EPUB. CONCLUSION In short, the Paper Pro is a winner, but not a “professional” all-star due to its heavy reliance on ReMarkable’s cloud service that requires ReMarkable to hold a copy of the encryption key. But the device itself is still the best electronic handwriting pad I’ve experienced by far. It’s everything I’ve wanted; an elegant build, roomy screen, and life-like pen-to-paper feel. Its color ability is a bonus, but one I’ll never be able to do without again. I look forward to using it to read and markup documents and brainstorm, albeit offline. Perhaps, since the cloud service is separate from the Paper Pro, ReMarkable will introduce a “Zero Knowledge” service at some point. Either that or make it easier to transfer files between personal devices without an Internet connection. That would elevate it as a true pro writing pad and the one to beat.

PROS + Writing on the reMarkable Paper Pro feels natural, responsive, and accurate; much better than writing on any tablet I have ever used + Display supports color in addition to the traditional e-Ink black & white + Text and reading material is very stable, and “newspaper-like” is quality + Several stylus software styles/options (such as Pen, Marker, Highlighter, Pencil, etc.), that all look and feel different + Supports connection to cloud storage services like Google Drive, Dropbox, & OneDrive + Can load and markup a variety of documents like PDFs + Able to easily send notes to/from the Paper Pro + ~46GB of usable onboard storage + Cloud storage syncing & screen share through the reMarkable app + Stylus charges wirelessly when magnetically attached to the Paper Pro + Battery life on the Paper Pro is very good + Large screen yet very thin, lightweight, and comfortable to use + Comes with spare marker tips for the stylus + Backlight is a nice addition for low-light scenarios, and while not blazingly bright, does help tremendously if working in darker environments, and is gently on the eyes CONS - Color options for drawing are a bit limited & less accurate when it comes to reds (which look more orange on the device, although print/render fine when shared to other screens) - Screen responsiveness to the pen is great, but scrolling and typing with your fingers has a noticeable delay before the screen refreshes - Most colors don’t sync/display fully until after you are done editing and the screen can refresh fully - For screen sharing & automatic cloud syncing you need a reMarkable account and app for syncing with reMarkable’s cloud services, which may raise security concerns around storing sensitive and/or secure content/notes in the cloud - There is an additional subscription fee for the reMarkable Connect service SO-SO * At this premium, I wish it came with even a basic carrying case * Some ghosting/slowly fading impressions of content, specifically colored content, after being erased which can still be seen for a short period time on the display before slowly fading away THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT The reMarkable Paper Pro is a very good device, that has a lot expected of it and largely delivers. As someone who has always preferred pen and paper note taking, but has long gone the way of transitioning to digital notes, I have had a lot of fun using the reMarkable Paper Pro to bridge the gap using digital notebooks. The stylus looks and feels like a real pen, and when writing, feels almost like pen & paper, or at least as close to it as I have ever experienced over many years of using digital writing tools. The screen has a matte, almost paper-like texture to it, that when combined with the low-latency of the stylus, software, and feedback, feels extremely natural. There was almost zero learning curve for me as I got up to speed taking notes, drawing pictures (which I am far from an artist at), marking up content, and more. I found that connecting lines, filling in gaps, and staying in place with continuous drawing is all seamless. There are assistance features when working with content. You can do things like connecting two points with a straight line quickly, using the back of the stylus as an eraser, being able to circle content to edit it, move it, convert it to printed text based on your handwriting, and do bulk erasing based on marked-up areas. When working in notebooks, there is a toolbar you can pull-up which has a variety of stylus pen styles you can choose from, colors, line widths, eraser styles, notebook settings, layers, and more. There is a lot of control and customizability you can do, if you spend the time to learn and find what works for you and your uses. ReMarkable also provides some nice on-device guides for getting started and learning the ropes of the device. From an integration standpoint, it is easy to add notes/documents to the device through cloud syncing and/or sideloading content, as well as creating your own folder/notebook/file structures. You can choose different paper types like lists, line paper, empty canvases, or grid paper for your projects, and can build notebooks/content however you would like to organize it, then save it all to the cloud or email it to your other devices. There is also a screen share option where you can share your content to a device in real-time using the reMarkable desktop app, however in this case you do need to be using the reMarkable cloud services, which brings me to my first complaint, which is the online nature of the device. You can get a lot of utility out of the device without being connected online, but once connected and creating an account, the device will automatically start syncing with the reMarkable cloud, which can be an issue if you are concerned about taking confidential notes for example. I wish reMarkable did a better job of communicating where and how cloud data is being stored/used & encrypted, as it takes a bit of digging to understand. For the average user this likely won’t be an issue or something you think about, but for others it may be a deal-breaker depending on your needs. Aside from that, the rest of the device hardware and software is top-notch. One nice additional feature is that you can display color with a version of the Gallery “Canvas Color” display that the device uses. While colors can sometimes look a bit muted (like they would be printed on newspaper for example), they do have a very natural quality to them. The one noticeable limitation is in the number of colors you can use (in most cases up to 9) and while they are all of the primary colors you would expect, reds tend to be the most impacted, coming out closer to orange on the display (but they look fine when displayed on a normal LED screen). Also, you do tend to get a bit of ghosting/fading with content, specifically colored content, after it is erased/moved on the screen. It doesn’t get in the way of new content, but it can look a bit like a “dirty screen effect” you might see on a TV screen, where shadows of older content remain for a bit before the screen refreshes enough times and they clear. Which speaking of screen refreshes, also is a bit of a pro/con. While the screen is very responsive for editing, when scrolling/moving objects, there is a noticeable delay in the screen, followed by a full screen refresh which, when paired with colors other than black and white, leads to colors “resetting” for a few seconds before they take on their normal color. Maybe a nitpick, but if you are an artist or creative who is highly dependent on color, this is not the device I would recommend for those reasons alone. This device is clearly made for business first, and color is geared more towards mark-ups and labeling, rather than true creative designs & artwork. Finally, in terms of the battery life, backlight, and other hardware, it is all excellent. ReMarkable quotes around 2 weeks of battery life, and while I haven’t tested this fully, I do personally find I am getting less than that, but still more than enough (about 1-1.5 weeks), with my heavier usage of the device. The backlight is pretty good, and while not transcendently bright, does make the device easier to use in low light conditions. The back of the device is also magnetic, so if you want to buy an official or aftermarket magnetic case/keyboard for example, it works great. Overall, I do really like the reMarkable and I have been enjoying using it a lot as my daily notetaking device and portable whiteboard. There is no getting around that it is a premium device though, if it justifies that price is going to be a pretty personal question to your needs. This is not a full featured tablet, and will not replace a computer or tablet for any kinds of serious computing needs. This is strictly positioned to be a notetaking and mark-up focused device first, and that is what you should go in expecting. It melds pen and paper with technology and cloud sharing better than any device I have ever used, but I would recommend doing your research to understand if this is something you really need. It isn’t perfect, and I can see several ways reMarkable can improve on this in the future with more iterations, but it is great in most cases and I would recommend it if budget is not an issue.

It's difficult to understand who this device is for exactly. for everything I absolutely love, there seems to be something that makes me feel frustrated using this device. It's the best Color E-ink on the market but to the average person they will find the colors muted if they don't understand the technology. It's a beautiful design, thin, sleek, a great size. The build quality is best in class and the writing feel is unbelievably good compared to writing on a glass tablet. However, the front light is extremely dim, even with it fully on, in a dark room it can still be difficult to read the screen. There seems to be a ton of defective devices (Just check the remarkable reddit page) Adding PDF's and documents can feel like a chore because the RPP doesn't allow you to use the device itself to add files, you have to do it through their MyRemarkable website or app. You cannot use 3rd party pens. You cannot download any apps that might be helpful. It's truly a device that is meant to be distraction free, which I think is actually a stroke of marketing genius phrasing for lack of accessibility and versatility. It may seem like I'm bashing the RPP, but I think it does exactly what Remarkable set out to do with this device. It's the best at distraction free color E-ink writing, drawing and note-taking. But for the premium price it feels like there should be... more somehow. But maybe I'm wrong. I've had the RPP for about 2 weeks now and I've been drawing more than I have since I was a teenager, learning to journal my thoughts, I use it for simple PDFs at work. And if it had apps capability who knows, maybe I would have been too distracted with other menial things. Or who knows, maybe it would have been a true gamechanger in the E-ink space. It makes you wonder every time you use this expensive device.

I have been on a journey over the past few years trying to find a digital notebook that will suit me. I've tried iPads with paper-like screen protectors, a mix of other tables with 'smart stylus' and even the latest Amazon scribe. The one thing that always strikes me after I've gotten over the initial 'wow' factor of the package, is that their typical strength is also their weakness - that they are trying to be great at lots of things, which means that they are typically good-enough at all of them. The reMarkable bucks the trend by being a one-trick pony , but boy does it do it well. I had tried but couldn't go through with purchasing the original reMarkable 2, but could never get over the lack of back-light. Don't get me wrong, I don't make a habit of sitting in the dark writing, but when you're in a dimly conference or meeting room it seems odd to need a light to use a digital device. I'm so glad I waited for this reMarkable Paper Pro - the backlight makes it a utility product, I can use anytime , anywhere. The fact that it's not a glossy backlit screen means I can use it equally in the bright daylight or this dark corners of a conference hall. The tactile feedback on the pen is, well, just like a pen - to the point where I sort of forgot this was even a digital tablet after I'd been using it for an hour or so. The other selling point on the pro vs reMarkable 2 is the support for color e-ink - again, I'm not typically scrawling notes in 10 different colors, but the reason I kept going back to an old fashioned paper journal, was when I annotate notes or key points in color (drawing circles or shapes next to them in black and white doesn't really of it for me). The reMarkable Pro has a nifty feature where you can either write directly in one of a range of colors, or retrospectively highlight with it. The immediate action with the pen is in black and white, but after the pen stroke , it immediately flashes into the chose color. It taks a little getting used to that millisecond delay to get the color, but if like me you're only using it to highlight or for emphasis its likely not to be the main use day-to-day. Lastly this tablet is slightly larger than the reMarkable 2- this has the double benefit that you can now interact with whole page bot in person and on the web (I found in my tests that the reMarkable 2 ones left a black section on each page due to the aspect ration - no such issue with the pro and you get to interact with 100% of the real-estate. Using the desktop app you can 'live stream' you drawing on the table, but be aware that you need the cloud subscription to fully sync and store your notes in the cloud (this is exactly the same as the reMarkable2, so I'm only mentioning it for consistency). So if you are looking for a digital tablet to replace your notebook - the reMarkable Pro is the best on the market at what it does. The color options to be honest are a nice enhancement, but the backlight and the slightly larger screen give it the edge for me over all the competitor devices.

Remarkable Pro Summary: Familiar idea, excellent execution. Use: I take lots of notes. For school, for work, and also personal logs. I've used actual notebooks, and diaries, but those are cumbersome and carrying them around and storing is difficult. Having a tool that is dedicated to doing these things is a huge time and space spacer. Plus its all digital and can be converted to text! I also like to illustrate ideas, and even draft sketches of artwork. This device lets me do it all. The auto adjusting background is very neat and subtle - it adjusts the the brightness of your surroundings to make the digital "paper" look consistent. It is, dare I say, reMarkable? Pros: * Form factor. A sleek, thin, form allows for extreme portability and comfort while doing so. * Display. The display is quite impressive. The look and feel does emulate paper very well. Its like a super granular and responsive appearing liquid crystal display. It also appears to be power efficient (see below). * Purpose. Not having ancillary apps to distract you from its purpose, means you get more stuff done. Finish your writing, compile your notes, jot down your ideas, and draft your sketches. * Power. The built in battery lasts a long time. After a week, the unit was at about 89% with regular use. Thankfully, no proprietary power source. USB-C will charge the unit! Cons: * Refresh Rate. The refresh rate may bother some folk. It isn't a traditional tablet and a simple glance at the unit and the brightness, feel, look, make that clear. But the refresh rate may be something you miss without use. Zooming in, out, or repositioning the stationary does take some time to do. Not a deal breaker for me, but may be initially jarring/ annoying to others. * Subscription. This unit follows the trend of making everything "rented." Some functionality of this unit is gated behind a monthly subscription. This is almost a deal breaker for me that I'm still weighing given its price point. A star is docked for this reason alone.

Having always been a pen and paper note taker (hate typing notes), I've been trying every possible solution to handwrite notes and digitize them. I was an iPad and Apple Pencil user with a screen protector for a while but it just wasn't a good experience. I ended up an RM2 person for a while and that has the very best writing experience there is. But, no backlight an the screen was just a little too small. Enter the RMPP. A different experience (it's better than the iPad screen protector and far, far better than straight up iPad glass), larger screen, backlight and color! I absolutely love it and can't recommend enough. It's a different writing experience, but another one that is inline with handwriting on paper, maybe closer to a ballpoint pen where the RM2 is more like writing with a pencil on paper, both pleasurable. Yes, it's expensive, so if you can live without a backlight, colors and smaller screen, go with the RM2.

Excellent writing tablet that's built with apple's precision but this is not your every other tablet on the market. It does not have any social media or video consumption apps or games. This is purely for the professional note taker and sketcher with the occasional book reader. This device is made to separate yourself from the AI controlled world that we live in today. Unbound yourself from the internet and spend more time doing, less time consuming. This is meant for the professional that is serious about their career. If you like pen and paper feel this is the tablet for you...with color included. If you are one with notes that look like it came from a rainbow, then this may not be your first choice, the colors here are best used for highlighting and the occasional special notes that needs to stand out. If you want a device that last days on a single charge, writes like pen and paper, disconnect from the world (mostly), but dislike carrying notebooks or physical books then this is the device to get. Get the Marker Plus, trust me, the eraser is valuable.