Review: ReMarkable Paper Pro Move

I love a list. I can happily write the same to-do list in six different places in a single day (good thing I test digital notebooks and paper planners). I often find myself rewriting the little brainstorms in my Notes app because the ideas are still banging around in my brain, asking to be let free onto a page, digital or not.

But not every brainstorm or list needs a full-size page. That’s where ReMarkable’s latest digital notebook comes in. The reMarkable Paper Pro Move ($449) takes the same technology as the company’s flagship Paper Pro notebook—color e-ink screen included—and puts it on a much smaller screen. With a 7.3-inch e-paper display and a gentle front light, it’s a good size that fits in your hand as you jot down notes or an idea while you’re on the go—the classic reporter’s notepad turned digital. Turns out, that’s exactly what I needed.

Slim Shape

The ReMarkable Paper Pro Move is identical to the Paper Pro that launched last year in technology, just in a smaller profile (no small feat). You can write in color, add color highlights, and it has a soft frontlight for writing in dim environments. The front light doesn’t get as bright as a Kindle or smartphone, but it does make the screen legible.

The Marker stylus that comes included is the same, and as usual, you can upgrade to the Marker Plus, which lets you use the other end of the stylus as an eraser (a must-have, in my opinion). It magnetically sticks to the right side of the tablet, and that’s how it connects and charges. Speaking of, the Paper Pro Move retains the same two-week battery life claim as the Paper Pro. Much will depend on how much you use it, but I expect you’ll probably have to charge it two times a month, three if you’re rigorously using it every day.

The Move is 4 inches by a little over 7 inches, and weighs only 8 ounces (though it weighs 12 ounces with a case and stylus on), with a 16:9 aspect ratio in portrait mode, and a 4:3 aspect ratio in landscape mode to match ReMarkable’s larger models. The Move’s longest side is the same length as the Paper Pro’s shortest side. It’s the smallest of ReMarkable’s tablets, but it has the highest pixels per inch, coming in at 264 ppi, while the Paper Pro is 229 ppi. That makes it sharper, but I didn’t see a huge screen difference looking at the paper-like screens side by side.