Can you elaborate why? I'm stuck between the two as a purchasing decision. I value the android apps but if the writing and reading experience is way low I may skip out on boox
I have a Boox Note Air and frankly every review puts Remarkable above it ONLY on the writing experience.
For my use, I have had zero issues with the Boox pen or screen latency. Boox is superior on multiple fronts when it comes to overall usefulness, as it's running Android, so I can use exactly the file explorer I want (Solid Explorer). The PDF formatting options, such as increasing ink darkness and contrast levels make things like color magazines a lot easier to see and read.
The frontlit screen is such an obvious feature that I'm shocked that RM2 still does not have it. Boox does.
If reading anything other than PDFs is important the Boox is a better choice. Remarkable lags super far behind in ePub support, AFAIK it converts an ePub to PDF and then displays that. A large book will take a very long time to adjust the font size or other formatting because of that. General rendering support seems poor and it doesn't support any DRM scheme or library system so you're stuck stripping DRM off books and monkeying around with their app to get it onto the device. Boox of course can just run the Kindle or Libby Android apps.
Main thing people like about the Remarkable is writing feel which mainly comes down to the surface and the pen nib. You can literally use the RM pen and nibs on the Boox Air and a matte screen protector. MyDeepGuide on YouTube has recommendations on how to get a better feel on the Boox Note Air.
For my use, I have had zero issues with the Boox pen or screen latency. Boox is superior on multiple fronts when it comes to overall usefulness, as it's running Android, so I can use exactly the file explorer I want (Solid Explorer). The PDF formatting options, such as increasing ink darkness and contrast levels make things like color magazines a lot easier to see and read.
The frontlit screen is such an obvious feature that I'm shocked that RM2 still does not have it. Boox does.