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2025 Drawing tablet tier list

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How the tiering is done

  • Price is NOT considered

  • The primary consideration is drawing experience and, for tablets with screens, their display experience

  • The only ranking is the different tiers

  • Tablets are not left-right ordered within a tier

  • The tiering reflects my opinion as well as feedback from others (collected during a livestream on nov 12, 2025)

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Differences from 2024 tiering

Unlike the 2024 Drawing tablet tier list

  • In addition to pen tablets and pen displays, we also ranked standalone tablets, and pens

  • Instead of 1 single tier list, we created one for each category

  • Instead of using a pre-built tier maker, we used a vibe coded one built in 3 hours using Google AI Studio.

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Livestream

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Livestream vs this page

As always, as I learn more and get feedback I update the tier lists shown on this page.

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Tiering strategy

  • COST does not affect the tier

  • TIERING and RECOMMENDATIONS are based on overall DRAWING EXPERIENCE

  • Some tablets might be not recommended (for drawing), but they might work well for note-taking, whiteboarding, etc. - tasks that are not about creative drawing/painting.

  • Pens are the primary determinant of how pressure works for a tablet (IAF, MAX PRESSURE, PRESSURE RANGE). So it is always important to understand the included pen for tablet.

  • UD-EMR pens offer OK performance. So tablets with UD EMR pens TEND to be the C tier.

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Tier definitions

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Pen tablets

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Pen displays

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Standalone

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Pens

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