Writing by hand offers something digital screens cannot. No matter if it be on an expensive tablet or a more basic notebook, we have recommendations to meet any writing need you might have.
Choose between gridded, lined and dotted pages – ideal for graphic designers and planners; lined pages work great for narrative entries in bullet journaling, while blank sheets can work equally well for note taking.
Rocketbook Core
The Rocketbook Core (formerly Everlast) notebook is designed for students, professionals, and creative individuals who desire a digital notepad that seamlessly works with cloud services. Reusable and erasable notebook features Pilot FriXion ink that erases effortlessly when wetted – perfect for taking notes digitally! This notebook comes equipped with Pilot FriXion ink that erases easily with damp cloth erasure technology.
By pairing the free Rocketbook app with cloud services such as Google Docs or Dropbox, you can automatically send notes, lists, and big ideas straight into them for organization and synced automatically. Each page features a QR code at its base that you can configure in the app to send directly to certain services.
Rocketbook products can be found throughout Amazon, its own website, and major box stores across the nation. Each model comes equipped with its own set of features that meet different users’ needs and goals – Fusion comes equipped with lined and dot-grid pages; Panda Planner includes monthly/weekly planning pages; Wave includes blank, lined and dot-grid pages to give more flexibility; Fusion provides both lined and dot-grid pages while Wave offers blank/lined/dot grid pages – each meeting different goals or needs or meeting goals of different users’ goals or meeting user goals – each model comes equipped with its own set of features designed to meet different users needs/goals; these products can be found at Amazon/Rocketbook website/major box stores across America
Moleskine Ncoded
Moleskine notebooks have long been synonymous with timeless style and professional success; its plain paper edition was popular with writers like Ernest Hemingway and Vincent van Gogh, respectively. Now Moleskine’s iconic notebooks are expanding into the digital sphere with an offering featuring an innovative smart pen which scans handwriting in real time and stores it onto smartphones or tablets for further reference.
The Moleskine pen features a small camera at its nib that records your writing on Ncode paper as you write. When connected to your device, the Moleskine app transcribes your writing into text format for review or editing at any time.
Moleskine’s smart pen works seamlessly with both their Paper Tablet notebooks and Smart Diary/Planner journals as well as several third-party brands, making it easy to digitize charts and notes into digital formats. Furthermore, Microsoft Word apps allow the pen to convert charts and notes directly into digital format for easier sharing and collaboration.
The Remarkable 2
If you want an e-ink notebook that feels just like writing on paper, the Remarkable 2 by Norwegian company Remarkable AS may be one of your top options. Since its original release in 2017, improvements have been made that make the device slimmer and lighter while maintaining an amazing note-taking experience with low latency stylus capabilities.
Writing on the Remarkable 2 is as smooth as using an iPad and Apple Pencil, thanks to 21 millisecond latency. Furthermore, its long battery life and cloud syncing make document access easy.
This e-ink notebook provides multiple templates and paper types that you can use to organize your notes and documents. Furthermore, handwriting to text conversion and sharing your notes are available features. Overall this e-ink notebook makes a good option for heavy note-takers wanting to digitize physical notes; however it might not be best suited for social media consumption.
Moleskine Smart Writing Set
Moleskine notebook fans will appreciate this hybrid pen and paper-to-digital pairing. Unfortunately, however, it won’t come cheap; the Pen+ Ellipse smartpen costs $200 with its companion app being free; in addition, one of Moleskine’s “paper tablet” notebooks (costing $30) must also be purchased.
Moleskine’s latest innovation features a paper tablet, pen, and an app that captures handwriting into digital form – providing immediate immediacy with all of the advantages of digital creativity.
The smart pen included with the set is a rebranded version of Neo’s N2, and requires some getting used to. Once it recognizes your handwriting, however, it’s quite pleasant – though sometimes frustratingly slow when matching pages together in its app – yet overall I was very pleasantly surprised with its performance overall.