Amazon Kindle Scribe (2022) vs reMarkable reMarkable 2

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Kindle Scribe (2022) compared with reMarkable 2

	AmazonKindle Scribe (2022)	reMarkablereMarkable 2
Overview
Released
Released	November 2022	2020
Screen
Screen size
Screen size	10.2″	10.3″
Resolution
Resolution	–	1872 × 1404
Sharpness
Sharpness	300 pixels per inch (better)	226 pixels per inch
Colour
Colour	No	No
Front light
Front light	Yes, adjustable warmth	No
Display detail
Display detail	Glare-free Paperwhite display, 16-level grey scale	Monochrome Canvas display; paper-like surface friction; glare-free
Front light
Front light	Auto-adjusting front light with adjustable colour temperature	No reading light
Page turns and refresh
Page turns and refresh	–	21 ms writing latency; 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM, 1 GB LPDDR3 RAM
Reading and writing
Stylus
Stylus	Yes	Yes
Page-turn buttons
Page-turn buttons	No	No
Audiobooks
Audiobooks	Yes	No
Storage
Storage	16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB (better)	8 GB
Software
Software	Kindle	reMarkable
Formats
Formats	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI and PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP through conversion; Audible (AAX)	PDF and EPUB import; PDF, PNG and SVG export
Book store
Book store	Kindle Store	–
Stylus
Stylus	Basic Pen (14 g, 162 × 8.8 × 8.4 mm) or Premium Pen with eraser and shortcut button; no charging or pairing; attaches magnetically	Marker or Marker Plus (with eraser) included; Paper Pro and Paper Pure Markers are not compatible
Note taking
Note taking	Notebooks; writing in books with Active Canvas and in documents and PDFs; AI notebook summaries (added in later software updates)	Handwriting to text (MyScript); Type Folio keyboard sold separately
Connections and battery
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 12 weeks	Up to 2 weeks
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 12 weeks reading or 3 weeks writing, at half an hour a day with wireless off and the light at 13	Up to 2 weeks; 3,000 mAh
Charging
Charging	USB-C; full charge in about 2.5 hours with a 9 W USB-C power adapter, or about 7 hours from a computer	USB-C
Connectivity
Connectivity	Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3)	Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; USB-C; accessory port
Audio
Audio	Bluetooth audio for Audible and the VoiceView screen reader	–
Design
Weight
Weight	433 g	403.5 g (better)
Size
Size	196 × 230 × 5.8 mm, excluding feet	187 × 246 × 4.7 mm
Colours
Colours	Tungsten	–
In the box
In the box	Kindle Scribe, Basic or Premium Pen, USB-C charging cable, 5 replacement tips, tip replacement tool	reMarkable 2, Marker of your choice, 1 m USB-A to USB-C cable, 9 replacement marker tips