When reMarkable followed up the Paper Pro a year later with a new smaller device with the same colour screen technology, it caught my attention again. My existing device meets most of my needs really well, but it's never felt properly portable. It is thin, light, and - like all e-Ink screens - vulnerable to cracking if you don't look after it. It's beautiful, well made and very light and thin, but it doesn't feel robust. Bizarrely, my son's rM1 first generation device which is made of plastic always feels less susceptible to damage than its successor does. I've always treated my rM2 like it's a fragile device which cost nearly five hundred pounds, having it in a Book Folio, and then a laptop/tablet sleeve when I travel. That's not let me down in nearly five years of use.
The rM2 always felt a bit too big to be truly portable. In fact, all of the previous devices are like large notebooks which you keep on a desk, or put in your bag, rather than putting it in a pocket. The new Paper Pro Move addresses some of those gaps. It is smaller (more like a reporter's note book than a Moleskine), feels more robust, and has the bonus of a colour screen.
In honesty, just being smaller and more robust would have peaked my interest and the colour is just a bonus.
I ordered one, and it took about 10 days to arrive.
Physically, it feels robust and very well made. There is nothing cheap or badly made about it. I got the "basalt" colour book folio (which is a recycled polyester colour weave that seems to be reasonably dirt resistant). The small form factor and thickness make it feel like something that you can put in a pocket.
The pen is the new active type, the same as the one used on the Paper Pro. It secures to the side of the device magnetically and charges by induction. Because of the different screen technology used on the colour devices, while the black ink setting is really responsive, the colour ink setting has a flicker as it is drawn and the screen refreshes around it. The initial line is always there just as fast as with the black, but it redraws as you move on, setting the colour. This is a bit quirky, but not really an issue for me as I mostly write in black. There are some good reviews on the technology online, especially on the My Deep Guide YouTube channel if you want to get a feel for it visually.
The feel of the pen remains good and there is a variance in the feel when you change pen types, but it does feel a bit more "clicky" when you are writing and lift the pen from the screen than the rM2. However, that soon became unnoticeable, especially as I adjusted how I wrote on the screen to minimise it naturally.
Battery life seems fine, but I'm using the same disciplines I do as on my reMarkable 2 (i.e. WiFi mostly off, and minimal use of the backlight). Speaking of which, the backlight is nice for exactly the same reason as I like it on my Kindle Paperwhite - you can put it on low and easily use the device without disturbing others, something that works just fine for a quick note if you remember or think of something in bed.
The colours on screen are what I expected - muted but distinctive. They do add something, but I'd have happily had this device with rM2 level screen technology.
Over the last month, I've been using the rM Move as a companion device. It doesn't replace the rM2, it supplements it. My original device has become like a desk notebook, larger and used for meetings and more extensive notes. The rM Move comes with me pretty much everywhere. Its form factor feels less formal, and I find myself using it to take notes when I'm reading books. I used it extensively across two gaming conventions for notes during sessions (although I did most of my prep for games I ran on the rM2).
One interesting change is that I use the unlimited paper scroll option on the rM Move but still detest it on my larger device, preferring to stick with full pages. Somehow, this reminds me of a spiral bound reporter-style note book when I use it and scroll up and down.
Access to larger pages is fine - you can turn the rM Move to switch to landscape mode if you're struggling to add details. I've not had any problems with file synchronisation but I don't tend to open the same notebook file on both devices at once.
Having used the rM Move for over a month now, I don't think that I will be returning it when the 100-day trial is up. I can't see it replacing my rM2, but it is a fantastic addition and I will definitely be using it as my 'always with me' notepad, just like my iPhone is my 'always with me' computer.
Recommended, but your use cases will vary. If you're intrigued, reMarkable offer a generous 100-day trial period if you aren't sure.
26 October 2025
In honesty, just being smaller and more robust would have peaked my interest and the colour is just a bonus.
I ordered one, and it took about 10 days to arrive.
Physically, it feels robust and very well made. There is nothing cheap or badly made about it. I got the "basalt" colour book folio (which is a recycled polyester colour weave that seems to be reasonably dirt resistant). The small form factor and thickness make it feel like something that you can put in a pocket.
The pen is the new active type, the same as the one used on the Paper Pro. It secures to the side of the device magnetically and charges by induction. Because of the different screen technology used on the colour devices, while the black ink setting is really responsive, the colour ink setting has a flicker as it is drawn and the screen refreshes around it. The initial line is always there just as fast as with the black, but it redraws as you move on, setting the colour. This is a bit quirky, but not really an issue for me as I mostly write in black. There are some good reviews on the technology online, especially on the My Deep Guide YouTube channel if you want to get a feel for it visually.
The feel of the pen remains good and there is a variance in the feel when you change pen types, but it does feel a bit more "clicky" when you are writing and lift the pen from the screen than the rM2. However, that soon became unnoticeable, especially as I adjusted how I wrote on the screen to minimise it naturally.
Battery life seems fine, but I'm using the same disciplines I do as on my reMarkable 2 (i.e. WiFi mostly off, and minimal use of the backlight). Speaking of which, the backlight is nice for exactly the same reason as I like it on my Kindle Paperwhite - you can put it on low and easily use the device without disturbing others, something that works just fine for a quick note if you remember or think of something in bed.
The colours on screen are what I expected - muted but distinctive. They do add something, but I'd have happily had this device with rM2 level screen technology.
Over the last month, I've been using the rM Move as a companion device. It doesn't replace the rM2, it supplements it. My original device has become like a desk notebook, larger and used for meetings and more extensive notes. The rM Move comes with me pretty much everywhere. Its form factor feels less formal, and I find myself using it to take notes when I'm reading books. I used it extensively across two gaming conventions for notes during sessions (although I did most of my prep for games I ran on the rM2).
One interesting change is that I use the unlimited paper scroll option on the rM Move but still detest it on my larger device, preferring to stick with full pages. Somehow, this reminds me of a spiral bound reporter-style note book when I use it and scroll up and down.
Access to larger pages is fine - you can turn the rM Move to switch to landscape mode if you're struggling to add details. I've not had any problems with file synchronisation but I don't tend to open the same notebook file on both devices at once.
Having used the rM Move for over a month now, I don't think that I will be returning it when the 100-day trial is up. I can't see it replacing my rM2, but it is a fantastic addition and I will definitely be using it as my 'always with me' notepad, just like my iPhone is my 'always with me' computer.
Recommended, but your use cases will vary. If you're intrigued, reMarkable offer a generous 100-day trial period if you aren't sure.
26 October 2025
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