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24 alternatives to A pen that digitizes handwriting on any paper

Our team has been working on Nuwa Pen for a while, and we're excited to share that we are in pre-order. The reception at CES was amazing, so I thought I'd share it with you too.

Nuwa Pen is a digital pen that captures handwriting on regular paper and converts it into digital form. Designed for people who prefer writing by hand but need digital copies of their notes, the pen works on any paper… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A pen that digitizes handwriting on any paper launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Nuwa Pen▲4
The pen that sees what you write - no special paper needed
2022 · nuwapen.com · its alternatives →
2
nuka▲312
the last notebook you will ever buy
2021 · nuka.me · its alternatives →
3
Sony Digital Paper▲364
Reinventing paper. Sony's e-ink tablet.
2017 · sony.com · its alternatives →
4
Handwriting.io▲353
Real handwriting without the pen – no robots, all software
2015 · its alternatives →
5
Paper 3.0▲779
The new sticky note
2015 · its alternatives →
6
reMarkable▲402
The paper tablet for people who prefer paper.
2017 · remarkable.com · its alternatives →
7
Stickies Capture by Miro▲269
Digitize and edit handwritten sticky notes
2020 · miro.com · its alternatives →
8
The Paper Pen▲132
Sustainable pens for people and businesses ♻️
2019 · paperpensco.com · its alternatives →
9
Bulletpen▲480
Write great essays while you yap
2025 · bulletpen.ai · its alternatives →
10
Penjo 3.0 - Pencil Journal▲132
Daily planner & agenda now with text recognition and search
2024 · penjoapp.com · its alternatives →
11
Penbook▲117
The nicest freehand writing app ✍️
2018 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
12
Paper 4.0▲181
Arrange sketches and notes in your online journal
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Notud▲88
The paperless paper notepad
2020 · notud.com · its alternatives →
14
Massless Pen▲78
A pen for drawing in virtual reality
2019 · its alternatives →
15
Handwriter.ttf – Handwriting Synthesis with Harfbuzz WASM▲191
During the hype of llama.ttf months ago, I was speculating the potential of WASM shaper for even crazier purpose, one that fitter to a font shaper's duty -- to synthesize font at runtime. This project as proof-of-concept implements a synthesizer that generates and rasterizes handwriting-style font, backed by a super-lightweight RNN model (~14MiB).
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
Pennen▲122
One quiet handwritten page a day. No feed, no AI.
Jul 2026 · pennen.app · its alternatives →
17
reMarkable Paper Pro▲245
The reMarkable 2 successor goes back to basics
2024 · remarkable.com · its alternatives →
18
Handwrytten▲154
Notes written in pen at scale
2020 · handwrytten.com · its alternatives →
19
Paper▲143
A 200-page digital notebook for journaling and writing
Jan 2026 · paperjournaling.space · its alternatives →
20HF
Handwriting for the web▲37
2017 · handwriting.se · its alternatives →
21
N2 Smartpen▲93
Writes on paper but also mirrors into smart devices.
2014 · neolab.net · its alternatives →
22
WallSync Capture▲124
Digitise your handwritten notes instantly
2019 · wallsync.net · its alternatives →
23
Writey Handwriting ▲60
Learn and practice alphabet, cursive, and calligraphy
Feb 2026 · its alternatives →
24
PaperMono, e-ink fridge magnet shopping list with mobile web page▲152
E-paper shopping list for the M5Stack PaperMono, with a FastAPI server and phone web UI - seamusc/papermono-shopping-list
26d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

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