Since I began my 30 Day iPad Only experiment, I have only used my MBP three times: twice for five minutes to perform tasks I find difficult or impossible on the iPad. This has led me to try Paperlike. I should receive the screen protector and pencil grip in a few days.
I hope I haven’t wasted my money. I also hope the protector does not significantly dim the beautiful screen on the M4 iPad. 
Did you look at Rock Paper Pencil as well?
Much prefer that to the Paperlike.
Now you tell me!! 
Paperlike has already shipped.
Not saying you will, but just another option 
I bought the Paperlike and their pencil grip. I found the screen protector just made the screen hazy and didn’t offer much “resistance” over the writing with plastic on smooth glass. So eventually I just took it off. The pencil grip I love, though.
The metal tips on the Rock Paper Pencil or the old Adonit Jot pencils don’t scratch the glass? Those worried me, but everyone seems to love them.
I’ve used Paperlike on all of my iPads since the original one launched. I don’t find them objectionable even though I can tell that they make the screen slightly fuzzier. I’ve never thought of them as dimming the screen.
For me, the trade-off in ease of writing is worth it. I do a lot of writing and sketching on my large iPad. I have an iPad Mini, and for about the first 6 months, I didn’t use a protector. But when I was out and about, I found that I wanted to take notes with it, and writing on the screen was not pleasant. I find it more challenging to control the lines, which makes me grip the pen harder, and that leads to overuse injury in my hand and forearm. (I’m very susceptible to that).
I think you’ll only know how your preference after you’ve tried it.
I was tempted by the Astropad removable surface for my 2024 iPad. But in the end, I decided that the simpler solution, which I know and already like, was a better option.
Something like this is better than bare screen for handwriting with an Apple pencil. The “Bellemond Paper” and KCT are also good options. The former has a bit more friction.
The metal bib doesn’t scratch the glass if you always have the rock paper pencil screen protector on the iPad.
I eventually decided the potential waste of money was worth it because I might use 10 iPads over the next 40 years. May as well make the experience better. If it doesn’t work out at least I’ll know rather than constantly wondering.
Turns out I quite like it. My wife absolutely loves it fwiw.
I used Paperlike on a recent iPad and found it next to useless. Will try the Bellemond.
@Bmosbacker you can get a refund if you do not like Paperlike. So there’s always that!
Still loving my SuperNote A6X2 btw (www.supernote.com)
I’ll keep that in mind!
What task was not doable on iPad but was on your Mac?
A few examples include not being able to print or export Logos documents from the iPad, can’t create hypertext links in OmniOutliner, cannot turn on or off hyphenations in a Pages document on the iPad, and cannot format an ebook using programs like Vellum.
Those little things make using the iPad predominantly so frustrating. I have been doing the same experiment and there are certain things that just can’t happen. A whole bunch of them are work-related because the IT people at work treat iPads and iPhones differently than laptops (I’m not sure why). Like downloading a PDF.
There was a time that they treated the 12.9" iPad differently than the 11".
Fortunately, I can accomplish the vast majority of my work on the iPad. As stated earlier, I have only needed to use my MBP a few times over the last 40 days. One advantage I have is that our school has a complete 1:1 iPad program. We give school-issued and managed iPads to every student. We also provide laptop carts (Macs and Windows machines) as needed, and our teachers have both Macbooks and iPads, and we have Apple TVs in every classroom, conference rooms, and large meeting spaces. Consequently, our IT department is iPad-friendly. 
I had PaperLike on my last iPad and liked it very much. When I got my new M4 they didn’t have a version yet that fit.
I didn’t think it made much of a difference on the screen brightness and sharpness. I found it much more pleasant to write on than the plain glass.
One of the best features is that it didn’t show fingerprints nearly as much as plain glass. I could go 3x-4x longer without feeling I needed to clean it.
Don’t worry about the naysayers at this point. Try it out and see what YOU think. You might be pleasantly surprised.
I will soon know. It arrives in a few days.
That’s one of those things that may seem minor to some people, but would annoy me enough to be a complete show stopper.
The solution is to create a template that has hyphenation off on the Mac then use the template going forward on the iPad. What baffles me is why this is even necessary. 
Yet another reason an iPad can’t replace a Mac, and one I’d never heard of before
You are correct, for most of us the iPad cannot completely replace the Mac. However, I’m using the iPad nearly exclusively at this point. The Mac is playing a secondary, utility role for me.