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24 alternatives to ManualPen: Single piece of metal turned into everlasting pen

Writes in Zero gravity, Under water, Upside down

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ManualPen: Single piece of metal turned into everlasting pen launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Mark One▲186

   A minimal, durable, retractable pen

   2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   AudioPen▲888

   The easiest way to convert messy thoughts into clear text

   2023 · audiopen.ai · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bulletpen▲480

   Write great essays while you yap

   2025 · bulletpen.ai · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Massless Pen▲78

   A pen for drawing in virtual reality

   2019 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   N2 Smartpen▲93

   Writes on paper but also mirrors into smart devices.

   2014 · neolab.net · its alternatives →

6. 6
   I've built a tiny hand-held keyboard▲411

   I bet you didn't knew you can use modelling clay (as opposed to 3d printing) to make nice devices by hand :)

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   NanoPen | World's Smallest & Indestructible EDC Pen Tool▲3

   Functional, Minimal & Refined.

   2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Edsger – A handwritten Clojure REPL for the reMarkable 2▲264

   A blog written by hand

   Jun 2026 · handwritten.danieljanus.pl · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Bond▲93

   Beautiful Notes Made Easy

   2017 · bond.co · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Handwrytten▲154

    Notes written in pen at scale

    2020 · handwrytten.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    USB Typewriter▲97

    Old manual typewriters as retro-futuristic marvels

    2015 · usbtypewriter.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Paper Pen▲132

    Sustainable pens for people and businesses ♻️

    2019 · paperpensco.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Handwriting.io▲353

    Real handwriting without the pen – no robots, all software

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hej Stylus! V3.6 – The Sidecar Edition▲86

    Full fledged Stylus control for your mac.

    2016 · hejstylus.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Equil Smartpen 2▲117

    Real ink. Real paper. Digitized

    2014 · myequil.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MagickPen▲72

    Write Anything in seconds just like Magick.

    2023 · magickpen.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    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 →

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    3Doodler▲76

    The world's first 3D printing pen

    2014 · the3doodler.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    8pen▲84

    Writing made fast, natural and fun.

    2014 · 8pen.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Line-us▲146

    A small robot arm that draws with a pen on paper

    2017 · line-us.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Everlast Notebook▲137

    Smart paper-and-pen notebook

    2016 · getrocketbook.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    prosepen▲90

    An all in one site for creative writers

    2021 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    3D PRINTING PEN▲11

    lix, lixpen, 3d, 3dpen, the smallest

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Light Pen Pro▲12

    Light Pen use laser etching tech to imprint text on paper

    2021 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →