{
    "objectID": "/weblog/2026/05/24/handwriting-digital-notes/",
    "type": "weblog",
    "title": "Handwriting digital notes",
    "file": "weblog/2026/handwriting-digital-notes.md",
    "url": "/weblog/2026/05/24/handwriting-digital-notes/",
    "date": 1779619800,
    "date_year": 2026,
    "tags": [
        "notetaking","ipad","tablet","remarkable"
    ],
    "content": "A couple of days ago, reMarkable released a new edition of their ePaper tablet: The reMarkable Paper Pure. Compared to the Pro it is a smaller, lighter, grayscale tablet for about €250 less (€399). As always, pen and folio are not included so the full price there is still €469.\nI already have an iPad Air so why am I even looking at this? Mostly because I\u0026rsquo;m not happy with the app landscape there. Most handwriting apps on iPadOS come with a subscription model and their own cloud outside of iCloud. Goodnotes was also a pure battery hog whenever I tried it for taking notes during an event, making it not feasible for a full day of taking notes. And don\u0026rsquo;t get me started about them just moving features in an out of the product, most of the times adding stuff that I just not need while every new version feels slower and slower. I also tried other tools over the years but they didn\u0026rsquo;t seem any better.\nI don\u0026rsquo;t want to carry yet another device, though. Laptop + iPad + paper …"
}