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Charles Zhang
Charles Zhang

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DevLog 20250713: ReMarkable vs OneNote (on iPad)

OneNote won't open on iPad. The intent was to have auto-syncing even though I never liked OneNote due to overall distracting design.

ReMarkable (pro) is more comfortable to the eyes in all scenarios even on moving trains, despite slower responsiveness than iPad.

The most important feature is (despite constrained rather than infinite canvas):

  1. Limited size form-factor: single size paper
  2. Objects are vectorized and selectable (when eraser is not used): useful when moving things around
  3. Zoom-in and to some extent allowing detailing
  4. Optional layer management: it's more efficient if we can avoid using layers

Sketchbook on iPad generally works poorly as all iPad design software we've tried mostly due to GUI issue - plus the storage issue.

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