[kendallpark]

My current (digital) handwritten note setup:

- iPad Pro with (Gen 1 :sadface:) Apple Pencil.

- Screen protector that gives a significant amount of friction to the screen so that it feels closer to paper. [1]

- Goodnotes 5 or Notability (I use both--depends on the circumstances). [2]

- A rule: iPad is solely a reading/studying/note-taking device. No keyboard, no social media apps.

- Bonus: Twelve South BookBook case.

[1] ClearView Paper-Like Screen Protecter for Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2015/2017) [Made in Japan]

[2] I generally prefer GoodNotes over Notability, however, Notability has side-by-side notes and recording. These features are supposedly in the pipeline for GoodNotes, but have yet to materialize. GoodNotes handles large PDFs better (Notability crashes). They both have passable desktop clients for quick cmd+F searching of handwritten notes.

[Aromasin]

Mine is a similar setup, except with Windows architecture.

- Surface Go using stylus.

- OneNote for note taking

- ColdTurkey app (completely locks you out of blacklisted apps for a set amount of time [I've tried to crack it - I couldn't])

[grecht]

A feature I missed in OneNote: Handwriting recognition. Both GoodNotes and Notability are able to search your writing, provided it’s somewhat legible.

[Aromasin]

I'm definitely open for suggestions on the note taking software front. OneNote is sometimes pain to use, but Microsoft have designed it to work relatively seamlessly with the Surface line so it's what I defaulted to. I'll give those a try.

[sjogress]

Personally, I'm far too undisciplined to enforce such rules on a tablet, so I got a Remarkable instead. Essentially an e-ink reader with handwriting capabilities.

[JimBrimble35]

I've wanted something like the Remarkable for years, but the cost is still way too high. The rocketbook has been a decent interim solution, but there is always the issue that I can't re-load and modify old notes.

[thom]

This is an interesting device, but watching the video the lag seems very unsatisfying - is that an issue in general use?

[Nashooo]

How does it perform in practice?

[sumanthvepa]

My setup is very similar. Except that my note taking is for meetings.

[mensetmanusman]

Agree with your sadface apple 1 pencil.

The #2 pencil is so much better, I almost wished they would have skipped v.1...