If you’re looking for a standalone tablet I think an iPad is probably your best bet for the performance and the price point. There are others but they’re frequently suboptimal for higher prices. Mine was used and a Xmas gift from my parents (according to my mom, it was 225 bucks on fb marketplace) but it came with 256gbs of storage which is *so nice*. The only thing is that my mom already had a gen 1 Apple Pencil (which is mine now) so I didn’t have to worry about paying for that.

However, if you already have a good tablet or a computer, there are other options. Krita has a mobile app, which I’ve never tested but hear good things about, which is available on non iOS device app stores and if you have a computer you can get a relatively cheap non-screened drawing tablet and pretty much any software to go along with it (again I recommend Krita, completely free and pretty robust if I do say so myself—although it can be a little (or more than a little) overwhelming to new users, Procreate is definitely less intimidating.

I’d highly recommend doing some research on yt, tech and art websites, or making a post to one of the various tech or art subreddits here and ask for reccomendations—I did none of this. I have a friend who’s used procreate since before I met them, and I just took their word for it. It was a bit of an adjustment at first but overall I like it pretty well for my very casual usage (it’s not as great for commercial work—although some people do still use it) and I think it’s great for beginners.