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6 Best Digital Notebooks (2026): ReMarkable, Kobo, Kindle
Do you take a lot of notes? Whether it's daily to-do lists, notes for class, or just jotting down thoughts, I've found the best digital notebooks to keep them organized. Sure, you could just open your Notes app, but physically writing something down helps you remember and learn more. Plus, I just love to write things down, and these digital notebooks keep me from burning through paper or losing a great idea I wrote down.
These tablets use E Ink technology to give you a more paperlike experience to write your ideas and notes on. I've tried almost every digital notebook available, and my favorites are the ReMarkable Paper Pro ($629) for a color screen and great accessories and the Amazon Kindle Scribe (2nd Gen) ($400) for the best battery life and convenience.
If your notes need an upgrade, I highly recommend giving these a try. If you're looking for true paper options, don't miss our Paper Planners guide, and if you're looking for more home office upgrades, catch our guides to the Best Work-From-Home Gear, Best Computer Monitors, and Best Mechanical Keyboards.
Updated June 2026: I've added notes on the new Kindle Scribe Without Front Light, plus updated pricing for the Kobo Libra Colour and ensured up-do-date links and prices.
The ReMarkable Paper Pro has everything we like about the ReMarkable 2—a matte screen feels like paper, quick and responsive writing experience, and a great battery life—and adds a few cool new features like colorful pen options and a gentle built-in screen light that uses ambient light from the room. It's got an 10.8-inch screen, making it an extra inch and a half bigger than the ReMarkable 2. It's especially handy if you're taking notes or writing down ideas somewhere a little dark, like a dimmed classroom or on a late flight. Like the ReMarkable 2, it's easy to organize your notes in various ways, from different notebooks to tags and folders. It's easy to access notes off the device, too, especially if you have ReMarkable's Connect subscription ($3 per month) for unlimited cloud storage. The stylus charges on the device, too.
There are many ways to organize your work into different notebooks or quick sheets, and you can sort them with tags and folders. You also upload PDFs and ebooks to the slate via the company's app or website, and ReMarkable has a Chrome extension that lets you send any webpage to read on the tablet, and a desktop app that lets you upload PDFs, like a blank Dungeons & Dragons character sheet to fill in on your next game night. You can integrate your notes into Google Drive, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive, though you'll want the Connect subscription for unlimited cloud storage. You can also join the beta program for ReMarkable Methods as a Connect subscriber, which introduces a new library of templates and workbooks you can add to your ReMarkable device. There's also a beta program (that again you'll need to be a subscriber to join) for the new Handwriting Search, which will scan your notes to learn what you've written and allow you to search for it.
The Paper Pro does have its own set of accessories, including covers ($179) to protect it and a keyboard folio ($229) if you want to type with it, since it's a different size than the ReMarkable 2. It has its own set of styluses as well, the Marker and Marker Plus—the Marker Plus is a $50 upgrade, but I find the eraser to be well worth it.
Is the second-generation Amazon Kindle Scribe the best digital notebook? No. It's a bit of a hybrid. I'd describe it as an extra-large Kindle that happens to have some digital notebook abilities. But time and time again, I find myself reaching for my Kindle over the other digital notebooks in my house. I'm a big reader, and a Kindle user at that, so having one device that already has all my books that can also serve as my personal doodle pad has been really convenient. It also helps that it has the best battery life of up to 12 weeks, so I almost never need to charge it before using it.
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