reMarkable templates vs a PDF planner
On reMarkable, a template is the background you choose for a notebook page, such as lined, grid or a weekly layout. reMarkable has a built-in set, and since software 3.17 its Methods library lets you add more templates and planners from reMarkable's own collection. Adding your own files to the template list isn't something the tablet supports directly; community tools that do it over SSH exist, but they're unofficial and an update can undo them.
A PDF planner is the simple way to get custom pages. Every page is effectively a template you write on, and the pages link together, so you can jump from a month to a week or a day. You import it like any document and write on it with the Marker.
What changes on e-ink
E-ink looks and feels like paper, which is why people plan on it. A few things work differently from an iPad:
- Black and white (or muted colour). Pastel tabs would all turn the same grey, so the E-ink Mono theme uses outlined white tabs.
- Light greys can vanish. E-ink Mono uses darker lines than our tablet themes.
- Slower page turns. A linked jump takes a moment to redraw. Planners without daily pages are lighter and feel quicker.
- Skip dark themes. A mostly black page is heavy to look at on e-ink, and you'd be writing black on dark grey.
Kindle Scribe, Boox and Supernote
The same e-ink planner works on other e-ink tablets. Kindle Scribe supports links in PDFs sent with Send to Kindle, Boox's NeoReader app supports PDF links, and Supernote usually follows them on recent firmware. See devices and apps for the full compatibility table.