Supernote Manta
Shares rank 26 of 29 e-readers by recommenders
Recommended as a pleasant e-ink device for writing, though one critic notes it cannot access a Bluetooth microphone.
Recommended as a pleasant e-ink device for writing, though one critic notes it cannot access a Bluetooth microphone.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Pleasant to write on
“I've been using the Manta for a few months now, and it is quite a pleasure to write on.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: A Handwritten Blogging Platform” “I've been using a Supernote Manta for the past month and I love it.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone” “if you're looking for some nice tech to write on”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “New iPad mini”
Other e-readers people recommend
The four most recommended other e-readers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Kindle | 222 | 255 | 47% | 12 | 12 yrs37 owners | — |
| Xteink X4 | 178 | 47 | 79% | 10 | 2 mo31 owners | Approved |
| Kobo e-reader | 154 | 53 | 74% | 12 | 7 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| reMarkable 2 | 93 | 45 | 67% | 12 | 5 yrs13 owners | Approved |
| Supernote MantaThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“if you're looking for some nice tech to write on”
“Supernote Manta does not let me access a bluetooth microphone”
“I've been using a Supernote Manta for the past month and I love it.”
“I've been using the Manta for a few months now, and it is quite a pleasure to write on.”
“much better support from the developers”
“it has a back which can be opened, and its innards are easily accessible”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.