ipad Air 2 Stylus/Pencil Support, Palm Rejection Feature on iBook/Notes

The Apple Pencil will NEVER be backward compatible with ANY older iPads.

The Adonit Pixel only has palm rejection with only about 20-30 compatible apps.

NO Apple designed apps will have any support/palm rejection for ANY third party stylii. Only supoort for the Apple Pencil.

That stated, with the Adonit Pixel, to use with non-comaptible apps, so you lay your palm down on the screen, you can purchase a, relatively, inexpensive special, lycra material-based drawing glove that isolates your hand/palm ( and your body's electrical impulses ) from the iPad's screen.

Something like this.

https://www.amazon.com/POMEX-Drawing-Tablets-Anti-fouling-Graphics/dp/B01GPGOPMG /ref=sr_1_2_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1541177475&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=drawing+gloves&psc =1

Apple Pencil compatibility is as much about the iPad screen as the Pencil itself. Other than the 2018 9.7” iPad - and the iPad Pro line of products, the iPad screen is not compatible (and technically cannot be made to be compatible) with the Apple Pencil.

For older iPads, your main option is to use a ”capacitive” stylus - but this will not replicate the full capabilities of the Pencil. Whilst we cannot speculate on what Apple might introduce, technically, we’re not going to see an “active” pencil-like device from Apple.

A third-party manufacturer produces a Bluetooth enabled stylus - which replicates some of the Pencil’s capabilities for “compatible” Apps. Look for the Adonit Pixel - as it reportedly works with many iOS devices. Adonit also produce some other stylus options that might be useful to you.

I chose to use the Adonit Pixel/Pixel Pro with my 1st gen, 2015 iPad Pro.

If curious, here is my comprehensive, but incomplete list of Adonit Pixel compatible apps.

All apps listed support pressure sensing and palm rejection.

Animation Desk

Amaziograph

Adobe Photoshop Sketch ( palm rejection ONLY, No pressure sensing/line variations )

ArtRage

Art Studio Pro

AutoDesk SketchBook

Colored Pencil

Comic Draw

Concepts

Interactive SketchBook

Inkist

Medibang Paint

ProCreate ( palm rejection improved using special, non-electrical conducting, lycra-based material drawing glove )

Pixelmator ( used to support Adonit, I have an older version that did, not sure about their latest version )

Tayasui Sketches/Sketches Pro ( the new, free Tayasui Sketches School version works with this stylus, but without any palm rejection or pressure sensing, so you need to use a special, non-electrical conducting drawing glove with the Sketches School version to lay your hand/palm down on the iPad’s screen )

ZenBrush/Zen Brush 2

GoodNotes

Notability ( palm rejection noticeably improved using special, non-electrical conducting, lycra-based material drawing glove )

Note Shelf

Notes Plus

Notes Writer

QuickNotes X Pro

uPad

Zoom Notes

PDF Expert

PDF Pen

Foxit PDF

There are Bluetooth “smart” stylii, just not capacitive stylii, that work with the all iPads.

Mainly from both Adonit and Wacom.

I feell, personally, Adonit Bluetooth smart stylii work best with any iPad (except the iPad 2 ( 2nd gen ) as its Bluetooth spec is too old and has never been updated ).

Not in dispute - as I indicated in my initial and technically correct response to the original question. Adonit, in common with other manufacturers, also produce capacitive (i.e., passive) styli.