There is no gemnotes device you can buy, which removes the usual reason these pages are dishonest. Where we do have an interest, it is declared at the top of the page rather than buried. Every number here comes from what's actually running.
Connect sells two things: handwriting search and cloud sync. We replace the search half, on your own machine, with no subscription. We do not replace the sync half. Which is which, and what Connect does with the notebooks you wrote years ago.
What Boox, Supernote, Kindle Scribe and the newer Android e-ink makers are each good at, with a column for what you live with. Plus the one problem that follows you to every device on the list.
An Android tablet that writes, or a notebook that reads. Not which is better. Which annoyance you would rather live with for three years.