reMarkable Paper Pro

I got the Remarkable Paper Pro a couple of years ago to read and annotate PDFs, first drafts, etc. It also excellent for marking up student papers. The writing experience is a big improvement over the iPad, even with a Paperlike screen protector.

[...] I got myself the reMarkable Paper Pro some months ago and I haven’t touched my iPad ever since (I use it mostly for studying and reading). The built feels very premium and the screen texture is amazing! [...]

[...] I randomly encountered a reMarkable Paper Pro Move recently, instantly purchased it. [...] The software, simplicity, low-latency, form factor, writing feel, everything is absolutely perfect for me.

[...] That aside, the Remarkable Paper Pro is one of the biggest deltas I have ever seen between hardware and software quality. [...]

[...] The pen includes a built-in rechargeable battery. The device's battery is also not user replaceable. These are the same issues that the Remarkable Paper Pro has. They use the Linux kernel and some GPL software. They've made a change with Remarkable Paper Pro to only allow SSH access once the user has put the device in "developer mode". [...] These dumps are also rather useless if they still lack the source code for the frame buffer and the display. [...] They really want their customers to use their software, to have an account and to use their cloud services. [...] EPUB documents still have issues on my Remarkable 2 due to the bugs their USB based document transfer tool has. [...] They probably only update the account-based software they force people to use to get as much money from subscriptions as possible. [...]

I did this a few months ago with the Remarkable Paper Pro and Claude. It worked quite well, my handwriting is pretty terrible, and I even had a clunky workflow where I could just write down stuff I wanted to do, and roughly(or specifically) when I wanted to do it, and it was able to generate an ical I could load into my calendar.

I've only used the Boox Tab Ultra C Pro and Remarkable Paper Pro but the latter is definitely a lot more "calm" than the former. [...] Its sync was pretty slow and it needed wifi for any of the handwriting conversion but its latency felt a lot better (albeit the redraw was a bit annoying) and more importantly, it really felt like they nailed the colors better. [...] The keyboard folio was also better for the RMPP since I often experienced loose contact with the one on the BTUCP when I used it on my lap (flat surfaces were good once I set it up). [...] Additionally, the keyboard folio isn't a feature I use often. [...] RMPP does have a 90 days no questions asked return policy if you want to try it out (though I'm not sure how much that's worth).

@davidpierce.xyz I’ve been using a remarkable paper pro for a few weeks now and have really been enjoying using it as a replacement for notion. It’s distraction free being e-ink and gives the freedom of paper for note taking, sketching out thoughts and ideas but then with the app on my phone .pt 1

[...] I haven’t given an update on my remarkable PaperPro lately. [...] If I need to do handwriting to text, I just export a pdf to my iPad and let Apple do it for me. [...]

[...] I had one and could not get through the demo good thing I bought it at a reputable store that took it back when I explained how frustrating it was to get some of the most basic pen functions to work which were shown in the tutorial. [...] Even after adjusting the sensitivity of the screen or special pen. to me it was more trouble than it was worth even to try. [...] I could do better with the old Samsung note app on my phone and a stylus pen even though my phone screen is small at least I could jot down a note and save it the problem with that and what I was looking for was better looking penmanship because the samsung note app on a phone with a stylus only offers limited space and any letters you write come out looking like chicken scratch... so what I am saying is everything but the basic note taking options was firing off by means of the stylus and the remarkable scren when all I wanted to do was make a shopping list and save it in nice looking penmanship... I took it write back to the store I got it from and proceeded to show them how ridiculous it was to try and make a simple shopping list with out all this junk coming up that was triggered by the stylus and program that get bringing up pop up options and dialog boxes...

I have recently purchased reMarkable paper pro, and regretted instantly but unfortunately, it's purchased from a third party retailer, so I cannot return it. [...] Looks like after the recent firmware updates, you cannot create custom templates either. [...]

[...] If you are just using it for one area of your life, buying one the price point it’s at may not be worth it unless you take a ton of notes and have to keep track of many different things. [...] The case that includes a keyboard is elite for when you want to write while you are traveling (too bumpy to write with the pen in the car lol)!

[...] Looks like after the recent firmware updates, you cannot create custom templates either. [...]

[...] Looks like after the recent firmware updates, you cannot create custom templates either. [...]

I have very bad ADHD and the Remarkable Paper Pro was definitely the right choice for me. [...] Supernote Manta X2, Boox note Air 4c, and the Remarkable Paper Pro. I bought the remarkable first and thought the flicker would truly bother me so I returned it. [...] While the remarkable feels great and the sound it makes...oof I love it. So I went back and rebought the remarkable paper pro. [...]

i really need to be able to swap between 2 pencils faster. Battery life ain't good if u use it a lot. And the noises it make are quite audible, especially for younger people (cuz that's how ears work) pencil tips can wear down in 2 days (but that's the same with pencils) but except for that it's a great device. [...] I use it primarily at draft paper honestly. At this pace i'm saving about 300 euro's a year on paper and pencils

I am buying one of these and for the $630 price for just the unit I AM PISSED that there is no button for highlighting (or whatever you want to program it to) on the $129 PEN. REALLY hard to believe they would put this Pro Marker out without a button. [...] You can get SOOOO much more functionality on far cheaper devices (BUT I don't want all those features) so why can't I have the simple search text feature in a device that is routinely double the price of competitors.

[...] When reading larger ebooks on it, it randomly freezes when trying to swap to the next page - no matter your swiping, the page does not change for many tries. This is also ridiculous for such an expensive device. [...] I bought it for its larger size and its colors, however, it is a disappointment. For its price it is not worth.

[...] PDF's are cheaper, lighter and I always have the book I need at the table. [...] The most important feature in my decision were the paper-size form factor (similar to TTRPG sourcebook size) and the color screen (which is important for conveying narrative from sourcebooks).

[...] The hardware is great, but the software is severely lacking. It doesn’t offer searching handwritten notes, it doesn’t offer shapes, it doesn’t offer filling in shapes, it only allows writing with 9 colors and highlighting with 6 colors, it doesn’t offer split screen multitasking, there’s no microSD slot or a way to connect a USB C drive to the device, and it doesn’t offer Kindle support. [...] Offering those basic software items can still make it “distraction free”. I picked up the Boox Note Air4 C and it can do all the things the rMPP can’t do, and then some, and it’s $150 USD cheaper! [...]

I've been experimenting with a Remarkable Paper Pro. [...] But if I want to push other updates asynchronously, or (god forbid) erase something, then there is the danger of clobbering the user's inkwork. [...] If I knew this, I'd know when it was safe to update the UI. [...] I am paginating everything and positioning input areas near the vertical middle of the device for comfort.

Same, I already had a reMarkable tablet and got the reMarkable Paper Pro Move as an impulse purchase (ignoring its ridiculously high price) expecting to return it within the 50-day return window, but the fact that it fits in my pocket (or “most of my pockets”, as you said) has made a huge difference in how much I use it and how I spend my time. [...]

I owned a Remarkable 2 and sold it when the Remarkable Paper Pro came out. I now own a Remarkable Paper Pro and a Remarkable Paper Pro Move. I use them for deep work and it really helps me with distractions. [...] The one feature I miss is being able to have a split screen so that I could have a document open and be writing in another document. [...] To overcome this now I have documents open on my laptop to reference as I am writing on the Remarkable.

[...] I started with the reMarkable 2, then upgraded to the reMarkable Paper Pro. [...] Chief among them IMO is the ability to stream the tablet's screen to a desktop app, which you can then in turn share into a Zoom call and the like. [...] Now I mostly use it as a very fancy (and expensive!) eReader. [...]

Otherwise, the Remarkable 2 or Remarkable Paper Pro are your best bets. [...] I was on the market for a new e-reader/writer ultimately decided to go for the Boox Note Air 3 (no backlight on the Go was a deal breaker) and I think remarkable really dropped the ball by releasing the Paper Pro with a pen that needs a battery. [...]

@04:55 I don’t necessarily disagree with you on your critiques of them, limiting your color choices. I do find the color choices, somewhat odd only for the fact that you have your traditionally primary colors, as well as your modern primary colors, traditionally being the blue, red and yellow and modern being the yellow cyan magenta, I see what they did with having the black blue, red and green being often used in business capacities and then yellow cyan magenta being the digitally used colors and that’s under the pens and markers and pencils, however, the fact that they have orange under high lighters, and they don’t have purple under the pens, nor the highlighters is quite an odd choice to me, I would have rather seen the gray Ben purple though I kind of understand why they have gray not fully, but somewhat understand my main points with me, not fully agreeing, but not fully disagree with your point as I find the lack of choices when it comes to color a strength to be quite honest because it helps limit your choices and I found it highly helpful in my workflow, so I don’t have the overwhelming amounts of what colors to choose, and why I found that to be a quality that I disliked when I’m using my iPad for Procreate or any other application where you had multiple color choices I got two bogged down into the details. Sorry for the run-on sentences here I’m commenting on my iPad using voice to text and I’m finding an issue with editing the text for some reason.

I spent over $700 for the tablet folio and the pen remarkable paper pro. I got it mainly to get rid of paper and keep all my notes on the device so I don't have paper everywhere and different notebooks to take notes in for different meetings which I like that. [...]

[...] software updates drag down performance. [...]

I got the reMarkable Paper Pro and tbh it's too big for most uses. [...]

[...] I use it for work notes and grad school. I don't really like using it as an e-reader, the software kind of sucks and Kindle Scribe does PDFs better. I also really hate the fact that they switched the stylus tech. Suddenly I have to pay a ton of money for their proprietary pen tips and no longer have the ability to use my collection of wacom styli. [...] I feel the device is overpriced but the increased size, speed and colors are great. The whole stylus situation drives me nuts and while the software is solid, I feel like their development team tries TOO hard to keep things simple and limits options (why can't I calibrate the pen on the RMPP? [...] Why are the backlight brightness settings so limited?)

[...] The fact the frontlight is actually fitted incorrectly so it hangs into the bottom of the screen and into the top bezel is frankly laughable. The screen on mine was also really yellow - didnt think it would bother me but it's really gross. [...]

I've had the rMPro since its release, and it has definitely found a place in my workflow. While it has completely supplanted the rM2 for me, that is entirely due to the screen size and frontlight. [...] I would be happy to take a color-capable screen if there were no compromises attached, but the trade-offs which come attached to Gallery 3 are not worth it, in my opinion. [...]

[...] The device is overpriced. [...]

I will put together a more detailed look at the Remarkable Paper Pro. I bought this to read comics, the eink color looks like old newsprint. [...]

There's two types of color e-ink displays on the market. ACEP displays use different sized CMYK pigments in the display, which can be selectively exposed or hidden. They provide a similar resolution as well as brightness and contrast to monochrome e-ink displays, with high color saturation, but a slower refresh rate, and poor color accuracy, especially on primary colors of light (RGB). CFA displays use a standard monochrome e-ink, overlaid with an RGBW color filter. They have the same speed as the underlying monochrome e-ink displays and high color accuracy, but the saturation is low, and the image is blurier, darker, and lower contrast than monochrome or ACEP panels. ACEP displays are also more difficult to get, as far as I know only available in the now-discontinued BigMe Galy ( and the in-production Remarkable Paper Pro ( and Pro Move ( devices. If you must have vibrant colors, at any price, don't need particularly responsive scrolling animations, and want to be able to use the e-reader indoors with the frontlight off, get an ACEP display. If you want the most accurate colors, don't mind low saturation and contrast, and will be using the e-reader outdoors or with the frontlight on when indoors, get a CFA display. If you want an e-ink display that is really fast or one that is easy to obtain and visible indoors without a frontlight, your only option as a monochrome display. I've used all three technologies, and I selected a monochrome display for my daily driver, a HiBreak Dual cellphone. If there were an ACEP version available, I would have bought it, but it's almost never an option, and the darker and blurrier CFA display wasn't worth the small amount of color it provided.

[...] After a year and four months of use, my Pro tablet no longer works—the touchscreen has stopped responding. Getting it repaired would cost me €250 since the warranty is only good for one year. That’s expensive for just a year and four months of use. [...]

I’ve had my paper pro for almost a year now… I had no idea I could use those swipe shortcuts 😭 that makes my life so much easier thank you

I use my ReMarkable Paper Pro every day :) I use it personally to do maths and journal, and professionally to take notes. What's your budget?

Not surprised, the reMarkable Paper Pro has been the worst purchase I have made in the last three years. Support has been seriously unhelpful, and the tablet has only failed in greater ways once it was past the warranty period. [...]

Just out of curiosity, have you heard of the Remarkable Paper Pro? [...]

I recently got a reMarkable Paper Pro with the keyboard folio and that's about as typewriter-esque as I would voluntarily choose to get.

The ReMarkable Paper Pro looks amazing and i’d totally upgrade from my 2 if they added a digital book store. Would add tremendous value to the device and finally make me ditch my kindle

The ReMarkable Paper Pro 😍 I work in production, so PDFs galore. Things are always changing on the fly & being reworked so the ability to write/brainstorm directly on the docs, convert handwritten notes to typed ones, review contracts, etc, w/o always needing my laptop/PC would be clutch.

I loved my 2. Still use it for some things. But I actually went all the way back to pen and paper after a while. I am tempted here...

The original sketch for this piece was made on the Remarkable Paper Pro Move, it was sent to my iPad where I “inked” and coloured it in Clip Studio Paint. sketch drawing headshot cartoonheadshot

A quick sketch on my Remarkable Paper Pro Move, imported into Clip Studio Paint on my iPad, then inked and coloured. drawing illustration

The drawing experience is better on my reMarkable Paper Pro than on my iPad Pro 12.9 The reMarkable stylus is waaaaaaaay more accurate than the Apple Pencil

[...] They literally stole my money!!! They have the worse customer service I have ever experienced. [...] Furthermore, the product is not all that great; cute at best…save your money and shop elsewhere……BUYERS BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!

The software stabilty is absolute garbage on these… they regularly crash and force you to force restart the tablet… i have owned 2 paper pros so far and it was the same issue also dont count on the return policy, they sent me a "refurbished" device with a broken screen the first time… so yeah im not telling anyone how to spend their money but be careful with this product

[...] And the battery life is still good, so many years later. Just as a comment on battery replacement..i doubt you'll ever have to.