Best iPad Stylus: The Best Tablet Pens
I love a good touch screen. The feel of cold glass on my warm fingertips is certainly rewarding, however cleaning the glass afterwards isn’t. All modern high end tablets feature a capacitive touch screen meaning that the display has glass layer which gets coated with a transparent conductor. When touching the screen, your fingers act as an electrical conductor which distorts the screen’s electrostatic field. Naturally, your common Biro has no electrostatic capability, making it useless on a capacitive display.
You’ll be needing a new capacitive stylus then?
Below are my top picks of pens which are a perfect addition to your tablet arsenal. Whether you own an iPad, iPad 2, Notion Ink Adam, Motorola Xoom or Galaxy Tab these pens will work on all touchscreen capacitive displays.
Griffin Technology Stylus
The Griffin Technology Stylus is marketed towards iPad users (probably because the majority of tablet users have an iPad) however it will work on all displays of the capacitive type. This pen has a rubber tip for highly accurate sketches, making it perfect for any artist who would like to go digital and ditch paper.
This particular pens has a 4.5 / 5 average review rating from users online.
Price: $13.42 (Amazon, US).
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BoxWave Capacitive iPad Stylus
Much like the Griffin above the BoxWave is marketed at iPad users but will work with other tablets amazingly. It also looks great in jet black, and is available in a range of colours. The pen itself is made out of highly durable materials and users report it has unparralled responsiveness on capacitice touch-screen displays.
This product has received 4.5 / 5 from 288 reviews on Amazon, which is amazing.
Price: $15.00 (Amazon, US).
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Acase 2nd Generation Stylus
The Acase 2nd Generation Stylus is more expensive than the two pens listed above and features a rubber tip which is perfect for accurate sketches and artists. Against fibre tips this is the more accurate pen, and allows the end user to reap the full potential of any art apps they might have installed previously. The pen also comes in a range of colours and features a metallic design for lasting durability.
This product has received 4 / 5 on average from users on the internet.
Price: $15.95 (Amazon, US).
Go get your pen!
Other than the 3 tablet pens listed above there are plenty more styluses’s out there to choose from. The best selection I have seen is from Amazon (UK or US, doesn’t matter) and I recommend checking reviews from actual users to find the best one for you. Enjoy!
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Nice list cheers!
Good timely review, thanks!
What I would like is a stylus pen where one end will write content and then the other acts as an eraser. It would make it more realistic and narrows the gap between electronic vs conventional implements such as a pencil and paper. Any recommendations for the best apps to use these styluses with guys? (iPad).
@Iangi
Thanks for your comment. That’s a great idea regarding the eraser part of the pen, however wouldn’t the pen have to communicate directly with app to select ‘eraser’ before the capacitive eraser touches the screen?
I personally use my Stylus on the app ‘Brushes’ a lot which is a lot like Paint.NET (perfect for silly cartoon drawings of cats, and stuff).
Although there aren’t many pens on this round up they are all the same anyway, thanks for reminding me I should really get one of these bad boys!
What is the wire/tether at the top of the Acase 2nd Generation Stylus?
@Hugh
This stylus has a detachable tether which means you can take off the wire. It is for keys and keeping it safe etc
Hi – Can someone help me I am looking for a tablet that would run microsoft word.
I have a preset template so I would need to type out the reports and then sign it on screen. I would then return to the office and e-mail these reports to people. Could anyone recommend the best tablet for this task………… thanks.
Check out the Acer Iconica Tab which runs Windows 7. There are applications for all operating systems though which allow you to view and edit word documents, on Android for example you can download the ‘Quick Office’ app and on the iPad you can download the same.
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iPad with Pages does the trick for me but there is an app called Documents to Go which lets you edit Office docs