Comparing our favorite digital notebooks
Our favorite smart pen
Neo smartpen m1+ for $ 129: Omits the tablet and write directly on paper with an intelligent pen. The neo smartpen m1+ is the thinnest and most light of all the pen I tried, which makes it feel a little more like its standard pen. It is important to note that it is comfortable to support and use. You should be able to find anything Notebook size and style You need as much as planners. The Noo Studio application (iOS, Android) It is pleasant, with an easy navigating notebook system and the ability to search for pages by page or date number. You can change the color of the ink and the thickness of the lines just on the page as you advance, or you can change them later and edit the colors of what you have written. “Measure Giodian.”
Moleskine Smart Writing Set for $ 279: Moleskine has obtained a follow -up for her classic notebooks and magazines, but she has also moved to Intelligent territory. The smart writing set gives you a notebook and a pen pack, so this is the best option for most people who start. Write in the notebook and appear in the complementary application! But you can buy the pen alone, as well as The intelligent notebooks and planners In various sizes. The Molykine Notes 2.0 application (iOS, Android) It was easy to use once I settled in it. An earlier version of the application is available to download, but version 2.0 is more optimized. An emerging window informs me that 2.0 is still a work in progress and I may need to return to the previous version if my device has problems, but my iPhone 11 had no problem. I tried the $ 149 2018 version of the smart writing set, which is no longer available, but we plan to test the latest version. —Be Giordano
Honorary mentions
Photography: ISKN
Boox Air3 C note for $ 450: This model was a solid performance and has a more complicated ecosystem than our best selections, but has more capacities to compare with a standard tablet. This version has been discontinued, but there is a new version, the Air4 C note ($ 530).
Neo smartpen dimo for $ 59: This is the cheapest Smart pen option and uses replaceable batteries. It is not compatible with the Google, Ical calendar, or a perspective like our other selections.
Rocketbook Fusion Plus for $ 38: If you really prefer paper experience and don’t want something you need to load, then Rocketbook is for you. Rocketbook makes several reusable Notebooks, plannersand accessories like Index cards and sticky notes. I like Rocketbook Fusion Plus, since it comes with a lot of different template styles, from its monthly and weekly classic pages to project management designs and meetings notes, which makes you feel closer to the variety that a digital notebook can offer you. Take notes with a erasable frijion pilot pen (one comes with the article that bought), scan photos of the pages in the Rocketbook application and erase everything with the wet microfiber fabric (also included). The application is designed to maintain everything organized and easily send things to Google Drive, Slack, Trello, Onenote and a handful of other options.
Supernote A6 X2 Nomad for $ 329: This is a smaller version of Supernote A5 X2 Manta, which measures almost 6 inches on one side and 7.5 inches in the other. Supernote designed it taking into account the trip, but I think it is a large size for a list of daily digital tasks or write quick notes of a meeting. It is too small for anything important, but if you are looking for something compact, this is a good option with Supernote software (and with the same fantastic pen!). Like the top blanket, this model increased in price due to rates, although it only rose $ 30.
Frequent questions
Do you need a digital notes device?
The short answer is no. These devices are expensive, they usually cost several hundred dollars when a simple notebook and a pen costs a few dollars. But if he likes the physical act of writing but he needs to have digital copies, it is worth considering.
Pros:
- The digital notebooks are thin and light, but they contain hundreds of notes.
- You can transcribe your notes to text files, which makes them easier to read and manipulate.
- Depending on the device, you can export files such as PDF, Google documents, Evernote files and more.
- Digitize your art too.
Cons:
- Expensive.
- You need to be charged.
- Have a learning curve.
- Most smart pens should match an accompanying notebook. The next Pen promises intelligent notes in any paper.
Ink notebooks are easier for the eyes and feel closer to the paper than a glass tablet. But in some cases, I could spend less obtaining an iPad and an Apple Pencil (and a keyboard If you also want to write sometimes). You can also do more about them thanks to the thousands of applications in the App Store. An iPad is quite intuitive if it is familiar with Apple’s ecosystem (although notable and Supernote ecosystems are also very intuitive). Former Jaina Gray cable reviewer recommended using it 11 -inch iPad Pro with the Grades and Notability Applications for your writing, but there are other models that should work well, including our superior selection, the iPad 2025. See our best iPads guide to obtain more tips on which you buy.
I also have an iPad, and I will say that the advantage of a digital notebook is that the battery tends to last more, especially if you are the guy who uses it for one or two days and then forget it for a few days. My reliable Kindle scribes generally manages to have a lot of battery available for every time I feel the itching that takes the note, even if it has spent a weeks since the last time I touched it.
Why are digital notebooks so expensive?
The fact that these devices seem paper does not mean that they are as cheap to do as a sheet of paper. Like any tablet or smartphone, these devices are full of characteristics, a special ecosystem, and ink technology is not small to perfect, along with a sensation similar to paper writing. It is an impressive piece of technology.
Prices have not become cheaper for this category due to tariffs that increase technology prices. Recently, the price of our best selection increased, the remarkable Paper Pro. Another favorite ours of Supernote has risen a little less than $ 50, and Kobo also slightly increased its prices, although the increase of $ 10 is much lower compared to other increases we have seen. We will continue monitoring prices and flag if there are more price changes to come.
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