reMarkable Paper Pro Move Review: How an Apple Fanboy Fell for Paper Anyway

Anyone who knows me knows I carry everything Apple. iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil included, the whole picture. And yet, despite all that technology, I still kept carrying around a small stack of paper. Because whenever I needed to jot something down quickly, or make a sketch to explain something to a client, I did not reach for the iPad. I reached for a piece of paper.

Can’t that be done on an iPad? Sure, it works fine. I tried it too, even with a Paperlike screen protector on my iPad to push it a little closer to that paper feel. But it never quite felt right. It stayed a piece of glass with a layer of texture on top, not paper.

Through a good friend I came across the reMarkable Paper Pro Move. And I am sold.

What exactly is the reMarkable Paper Pro Move?

The Paper Pro Move is the smallest model in reMarkable’s Paper Pro lineup, the Norwegian company that has been making e-ink tablets focused purely on writing and reading for years. Where the regular Paper Pro is a larger writing tablet, the Move is built to take with you. A few key specs at a glance:

That color screen is actually new for this form factor. So you can add light color accents to your notes too, although it obviously remains a device for writing and reading rather than browsing photos.

Writing like it’s paper

This is where the device earns its keep. The Marker Plus stylus feels like an actual pen on paper, with just enough resistance and friction to make it feel like you are truly writing instead of sliding across glass. No battery needed in the stylus itself, it sits magnetically on the side and charges automatically.

Compared to my iPad with a Paperlike screen protector and Apple Pencil, this really is a different experience. However good the screen protector is, the iPad remains a screen pretending to be paper. The Paper Pro Move simply feels like paper. A small difference on paper, a big difference in the hand.

Handwritten notes convert to typed text in a couple of taps, and you can export as PDF, PNG or SVG. For anyone who takes a lot of notes during client meetings or wants to share a sketch, that is incredibly handy.

Reading: PDFs and e-books

Besides writing, reading is the other side of this device. Reading PDFs and e-books on the Paper Pro Move is wonderfully calm. The screen is sharp enough, the pages genuinely look like paper, and there is no backlight to tire your eyes out after an evening of reading like a regular screen does.

The big difference: no distractions

This is really the core of why this device works for me. There are no notifications. No emails popping up while you are taking a note. No apps, no news alerts, no badges asking for attention. Just paper, or a book. On an iPad, however good it is, that distraction is always lurking. On the Paper Pro Move there is literally nothing else to do besides writing or reading, and that is exactly the point.

Small enough for your jacket pocket

Where my iPad with Magic Keyboard still needs a bag, the Paper Pro Move simply fits in a jacket pocket. That makes the difference between “I’ll bring it” and “I’ll leave it at home”. I now have it with me all the time, and that is exactly why that stack of loose papers has finally become unnecessary.

A few caveats

Honest review, so the downsides too. A price of around 479 euros is not nothing for a device that only writes and reads. And for cloud sync between devices and some extra features you need a reMarkable Connect subscription, starting at around 2.99 euros a month or 29.90 euros a year. That feels a bit like an extra pill to swallow on top of the purchase price.

Conclusion

I am an Apple fanboy through and through, and that is not going to change. But for pure writing and reading, the reMarkable Paper Pro Move has become the device that has definitively replaced my stack of paper. It is not a replacement for my iPad, it is a companion that does exactly what an iPad cannot: nothing but writing or reading for a while, with nothing asking for your attention.

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