Kindle Scribe Colorsoft vs reMarkable Paper Pro: Which is better?

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It's time for the battle of the in-colour e-paper digital notebooks – niche I know.

The reMarkable Paper Pro came out last autumn, introducing the world to the first-ever in-colour digital notebook.

Now, the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft has joined its ranks, combining the e-reader abilities of the Kindle Colorsoft and the more functional elements of the Kindle Scribe.

Both tablets are now armed with thousands of colours allowing you to read, mark-up and take notes in every shade possible.

So, with that in mind, you might be wondering if there's actually any difference between them? Below, we've broken down what exactly is different between the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and reMarkable Paper Pro and which one you should actually buy.

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How do the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and reMarkable Paper Pro work?
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft v reMarkable Paper Pro UK price
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft v reMarkable Paper Pro design and size
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft v reMarkable Paper Pro features and specs
Our verdict on Kindle Scribe Colorsoft v reMarkable Paper Pro

How do the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and reMarkable Paper Pro work?

The reMarkable Paper Pro and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft are both digital notebooks designed to have the look and feel of paper. Both of these tablets allow you to make notes, mark up documents and organise your work into easy folders.

Both devices come with a Marker or Pen which you can use to make hand-written notes and then convert into text. They can also pull in documents from Microsoft One Drive, Google Drive and Dropbox and allow you to share notes across mobile and desktop devices.

The Kindle Scribe Colorosft also functions as an e-reader, with access to Kindle's massive library of books and magazines.

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft v reMarkable Paper Pro UK price

The reMarkable Paper Pro costs £559 with the standard Marker and £599 with the Marker Plus.

While the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft starts at £569.99 for 32GB and £629.99 for the 64GB.

It's worth noting that the reMarkable Paper Pro has a minimum of 64GB of storage, so you'd be paying up to £70 less than on the equivalent Kindle Scribe.

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft v reMarkable Paper Pro design and size

The reMarkable 2 table with the reMarkable 2 Marker — reMarkable reMarkable

Both of these tablets are their brands' first in-colour digital notebook. Meaning every book, PDF and document can be fully realised in the colour it was intended.

The Paper Pro's Canvas Colour display can render more than 20,000 colours. Plus, you can select up to nine colours for writing and sketching which can be layered and blended together – helpful if you want to make your notes pop.

While the Scribe Colorsoft allows you to pick from 10 pen colours, five highlighters, and has a shader tool for subtle gradients.

Both screens have a glare-free display with a front light to read in all light levels, and both have the look and texture of paper. The reMarkable is only slightly bigger at 11.8-inches to the Kindle's 11, and only slightly thinner at 0.2-inches thick to the Kindle's 0.21.

So really, the only key design difference is the fact that the reMarkable Paper Pro only comes in one colour: grey, while the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is available in Graphite or Fig (purple).

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft v reMarkable Paper Pro features and specs

When it comes to features, the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and reMarkable Paper Pro share many. Both afford you the chance to write hand-written notes and transform them into text. Both allow you to mark up PDFs, pull in external documents (from Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and Dropbox), and organise all your scribblings into folders.

The reMarkable Paper Pro has a function where you can sync with your mobile and desktop, allowing you to complete work across various devices, and you can even share your smart notebook's screen during meetings. It also has a much lower writing latency of 12 milliseconds, meaning you won't notice any lag between the movement of your hand and what appears on the page.

Meanwhile the Colorsoft also has an AI-powered search and chat, so you can find information even if you don’t remember exact keywords, generate summaries and chat about your notes to uncover insights.

However, the most obvious difference is, of course, that the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft also works as an e-reader. With the scribe, you can access the millions of titles available in the Kindle Store, including novels, textbooks and magazines. The reading half of the tablet is also kept separate from the note-taking half, which means you can enjoy diving into that Agatha Christie without fear of distraction.

Our verdict on Kindle Scribe Colorsoft v reMarkable Paper Pro

These digital notebooks are frustratingly similar. Both are fully in-colour with incredible speed and note-taking abilities, and both have the smooth look and feel of e-paper. In short, they're virtually indistinguishable.

So, if you just want a digital notebook with higher storage and at a cheaper price, say for work or university lectures, then go with the reMarkable.

However, there is no getting away from the fact that the Scribe Colorsoft, while more expensive, is also a functioning Kindle e-reader with access to millions of titles. So, if you're looking for something that does everything, this tablet is the one to pick.

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