Chips & Hardware
Wacom's MovinkPad 11 is a fun, midpriced entry point for digital artists
Wacom's MovinkPad 11, an 11.45-inch Android tablet for digital art, costs $500 — a midrange price between budget and professional options, per a TechCrunch review.
Wacom, a Japanese company founded in 1983, is one of the longest-standing names in graphics tablets, and has spent the last few years iterating on its MovinkPad series — specialized Android tablets creators can use to make digital art with a stylus. TechCrunch tested the MovinkPad 11, the first tablet in the series and not Wacom’s newest release; that’s the MovinkPad Pro 14, which came out last fall for $899 with upgrades including an OLED screen at 3K resolution and a broader color range.
The verdict: the MovinkPad 11 is easy to set up and capable, without breaking the budget. At $500, it’s a bit pricey for a casual user with no specific interest in digital art, but for those drawn to digital drawing without much money to spend, it lands in the middle of the market — above budget picks like the Huion Inspiroy H640P (around $30) and well below higher-end options like Wacom’s own Cintiq Pro 27 ($3,500) or an iPad (up to $1,100).
The MovinkPad 11 is an 11.45-inch device with 8 gigabytes of memory and 128 gigabytes of storage, battery-free and charged via USB, and weighs 1.3 pounds. It ships with the Pro Pen 3, a 6.3-inch stylus with three programmable side buttons and swappable nibs (Wacom sells $15 replacement nib packs in varying qualities); TechCrunch described the stylus as lightweight and similar to using a fine-tipped felt pen. Setup requires creating a PIN to log into the tablet, configurable to either swipe or no lock. As an Android device, the MovinkPad can also sync to a Google account.
The tablet comes with Wacom’s own free art software, Canvas, offering basic tools, alongside the option to buy the more full-featured Clip Studio Paint, which supports different stylus-nib behaviors like pen, paintbrush, or sketching-pencil modes depending on the program in use.
Why it matters
By pricing the MovinkPad 11 between disposable budget tablets and professional-grade Cintiq hardware, Wacom is betting there’s a durable middle market of hobbyists willing to pay for a dedicated art device rather than defaulting to a general-purpose tablet like an iPad.