The Best Digital Notebooks and Smart Pens

These nifty tools combine the ease of jotting notes by hand with the power of saving them digitally.

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Runner-Up

Supernote A5 X2 Manta
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A Colorful Upgrade

ReMarkable Paper Pro
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Best for Books

Kobo Libra Color
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4 / 10

Honorable Mention

Photograph: Iskn

Iskn Repaper Fabel-Castell Tablet for $199: This was our previous recommendation for digital artists, but this model appears to no longer be available as of December 2024. Iskn does have another other model, the xLite ($99), which I haven't tested yet but plan to soon.