reMarkable's Next Digital Notebook Fits in Your Pocket

Even a niche market has its major players, and among digital notebook makers, reMarkable has garnered a cult following. It made a major impression with the 2020 launch of the reMarkable 2, a writing tablet dedicated to distraction-free note-taking. The reMarkable Paper Pro added color and a front light in 2024, and that device is something of a platonic ideal of the e-ink notebook.

When I reviewed the Paper Pro last year, I praised the device for its sublime, tactile writing experience; its robust cloud-based editing features; and its premium build. I had only a few criticisms-chiefly, that it was a bit too large to be easily portable, and that it cost more than much of its competition.

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Today, reMarkable has announced its next device, the reMarkable Paper Pro Move, which retains all of the benefits while addressing those "complaints" in a way that at least some users will appreciate (because producing products for a niche market is sometimes about finding the niche within the niche).

Full features, smaller size The Paper Pro Move (right) next to its larger sibling, the reMarkable Paper Pro. Credit: Joel Cunningham

About three weeks ago, reMarkable invited me to a press event in New York City where it showed off the Paper Pro Move, a reshaped and downsized version of the Paper Pro that is, in most meaningful ways, identical to that flagship device.

Whereas the Paper Pro is a large 11.8-inch slab, the Paper Pro Move has a 7.3-inch vertical screen that makes it look a bit like a beefed-up smartphone; both screens use the same Gallery 3 technology that can reproduce more than 10,000 colors, though the Paper Pro Move's resolution is slightly better at 264ppi versus 229ppi for the Paper Pro). It weighs in at just over half a pound-235g to the Paper Pro's 525g-and is slightly thicker, but has the same 64GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM. The chips are different, though a direct comparison is difficult on paper: The Paper Pro Move has a slower 1.7GHz dual-core Cortex-A55 processor, while the larger device has a 1.8GHz quad-core Cortex-A53, but performance feels comparable during real-world use.

Though it's significantly less than half the size of the Paper Pro, the Paper Pro Move crams in a 2,334mAh battery that reMarkable says will last about two weeks with regular use and can be topped up with about three days worth of power after a 10-minute charge. Of course, "regular use" will vary with the user, but generally, I found that without the blost of an Android-based operating system (reMarkable uses a modified version of Linux), the Paper Pro has better than average battery life for devices of this type, and the same is true of the Paper Pro Move.

One small negative: The Paper Pro Move seems to have retained the same adjustable front light as its predecessor, which means I once again think it's a bit disappointing-in certain conditions, it's not nearly bright enough for my tired old eyes.

Despite the differences in specs, the Paper Pro Move is well-named in that it feels, er, remarkably comparable to its bigger brother, in a much more portable size.

Organize your thoughts on the move

According to reMarkable, the Paper Pro Move was engineered in response to feedback from customers who praised the company's flagship devices but wanted something a little easier to carry around for ideating on-the-go. For me, the Paper Pro Move gets there. I started my career as a journalist for a small-town newspaper, a job that saw me out in the field conducting interviews and attending meetings, all the while jotting notes in a trusty 4-inch by 8-inch reporter's notebook that I could stick in my back pocket and pull out whenever I needed to write something down; the size and shape made it easy to take notes while standing, holding the notebook in one hand and a pen in the other.

The Paper Pro Move comes in at around 4.25 inches by 7.75-close enough that using it to jot down notes on the fly takes me back to my cub reporter days-but with organizational software and cloud sync options I would have killed for back in the early 2000s.

Software that works at any size Credit: Joel Cunningham

In all other ways, the Paper Pro Move is basically a resized Paper Pro. It offers the same excellent writing experience, which feels a lot like writing with a pencil on high-quality paper (when purchasing, you'll be able to choose between a bundled Marker or Marker Plus with eraser), and the same software, including reMarkable's familiar zoomable "infinite canvas" and $2.99/month cloud syncing features, but they have been tweaked to auto-reflow, so you can jump between editing documents on a Paper Pro and a Paper Pro Move without issue (if you are the sort of person with more than $1,100 to drop on two differently sized but otherwise largely comparable devices).

Not cheap, but cheaper

Starting at $629 with a basic stylus, the reMarkable Paper Pro is definitely pricey for a single-use device. The Paper Pro Move ameliorates that somewhat, even in the age of tariffs: You can choose a bundle with the Marker for $449 (currently unavailable on Amazon) or the Marker Plus for $499.

That $180 difference is a significant price cut (though the bundle doesn't include a folio cover, which will cost you $70 to $100 more), but you've also got a lot less screen real estate to work with, so you'll have to decide if the tradeoff is worth it-but based on my impressions after a few weeks of testing, that's the only compromise you'll need to worry about. In all other respects, the Paper Pro Move feels a lot like the Paper Pro. (I'll follow up with a full review of the device later this week.)

The Paper Pro Move is available to order today at reMarkable's website and at Amazon.