The New ReMarkable Digital Notebook Fits in Your Pocket
Even a niche market has its big players , and among digital notepad makers, reMarkable has gained a cult following. The company made a big impression with the 2020 release of the reMarkable 2, a writing tablet designed for distraction-free note-taking. In 2024, the reMarkable Paper Pro added color backlighting and a front light, and it became something of a Platonic ideal of an e-ink notepad .
Last year, when I reviewed the Paper Pro, I praised the device for its great writing experience, robust cloud editing features, and premium build quality. I only had a few criticisms, mostly that it’s too big to be portable and that it costs more than many of its competitors.
Today, reMarkable announced its next device, the reMarkable Paper Pro Move, which retains all of the benefits while addressing those “downsides” in a way that at least some users will appreciate (after all, making products for a niche market is sometimes about finding a niche within a niche).
Full feature set, smaller size
About three weeks ago, reMarkable invited me to a press event in New York City where they unveiled the Paper Pro Move, a redesigned and smaller version of the Paper Pro that is identical in many ways to that flagship device.
While the Paper Pro is a large 11.8-inch all-in-one, the Paper Pro Move has a 7.3-inch vertical screen, making it look like a beefy smartphone. Both screens use the same Gallery 3 technology, which can display more than 10,000 colors. The device weighs just over half a pound (235g vs. 525g for the Paper Pro), but it has the same 64GB of storage and 2GB of RAM. The chips are different, though direct comparisons on paper are difficult: The Paper Pro Move has a dual-core 1.7GHz Cortex-A55 processor, while the larger device has a quad-core 1.8GHz Cortex-A53, but in real-world use, performance feels comparable.
While the Paper Pro Move is considerably smaller than half the size, it does pack a 2,334mAh battery, which reMarkable says should last about two weeks with regular use, with a 10-minute charge lasting about three days. (Of course, what constitutes “regular use” varies by user, but overall, I found the Paper Pro’s battery life to be above average for this type of device.) One minor gripe: The Paper Pro Move appears to retain the same adjustable front light as its predecessor, which I found a bit disappointing—it wasn’t bright enough for my tired eyes in certain situations.
Despite the differences in specifications, the Paper Pro Move is aptly named, as it feels very much like its older brother, but in a much more compact size.
Organize your thoughts on the go
According to reMarkable, the Paper Pro Move was developed in response to feedback from customers who loved the company’s flagship devices but wanted something more portable and easy to use for generating ideas on the go. For me, the Paper Pro Move is exactly that. I started my career as a journalist at a small country newspaper, where I had to conduct interviews and attend meetings, constantly jotting down notes in a trusty 4-by-8-inch reporter’s pad that I could slip into my back pocket and pull out when I needed to jot something down. The pad’s size and shape made it easy to take notes while standing, holding the pad in one hand and a pen in the other.
The Paper Pro Move measures about 4.25 by 7.75 inches—close enough to use for quick notes, taking me back to my days as a rookie reporter—but with workspace organization software and cloud syncing capabilities, I’d give anything for it back in the early 2000s.
Software that works at any size
In all other ways, the Paper Pro Move is essentially a smaller version of the Paper Pro. It offers the same premium writing experience, much like writing with a pencil on high-quality paper (you can choose the bundled Marker or Marker Plus with eraser at purchase), and the same software, including the familiar reMarkable scalable “infinite canvas” and cloud-syncing features for $2.99 per month. But they’ve been tweaked to automatically reformat, so you can seamlessly switch between editing documents on the Paper Pro and the Paper Pro Move (if you’re someone who’s willing to spend more than $1,100 on two differently sized but otherwise nearly comparable devices).
Not cheap, but cheaper
At a starting price of $679 with a basic stylus, the reMarkable Paper Pro is definitely on the pricey side for a disposable device. The Paper Pro Move softens things somewhat, even in the age of tariffs: You can choose a marker bundle for $449 or the Marker Plus for $499.
That $230 is a significant discount, but you also get a lot less screen real estate, so you’ll have to decide whether that’s worth the sacrifice. But based on my impressions after a few weeks of testing, that’s the only tradeoff worth worrying about. Otherwise, the Paper Pro Move is very similar to the Paper Pro. (I’ll be posting a full review of the device later this week.)
Paper Pro Move is available to order today from reMarkable and will be available soon from partner retailers (like Amazon).