# Tot Pocket — Your tiny text companion.

> Cross-device text collection and editing with simple organization and Markdown support. (iPhone/iPad app by The Iconfactory.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tot-pocket/id1498235191 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [The Iconfactory](https://appshunter.io/developer/281795483)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $19.99)
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 235 App Store ratings · 157 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 43 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-02-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-31
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tot-pocket/id1498235191/reviews.md

## What is Tot Pocket?

Tot is an elegant, simple way to collect & edit text across your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It’s your tiny text companion!

⁕ Less Is More
Tot’s single window design and simple formatting controls mean no more hunting for that chunk of text. Seven color-coded dots let you organize your notes while keeping them from getting out of hand.

⁕ Dark / Light Mode
Designed to look stunning both day and night, Tot takes full advantage of iOS and macOS themes.

⁕ Small Footprint
Stays out of the way on the desktop with minimal chrome and can even be controlled via the Menu bar. On mobile, each dot is just a swipe away.

⁕ iCloud Sync
Seamlessly syncs your text across iOS and macOS using iCloud so you can capture thoughts wherever you are.

⁕ Markdown Support
Full support for rich or plain text and even automatically translates text to Markdown for handy use on the web. Have an RTF file you need marked up? No problem!

⁕ Killer Keyboard
Tot puts common text operations on the keyboard and keeps track of word and character counts as you type.

Available for iOS, macOS, and watchOS.

## Key features

- Cross-device text collection
- Color-coded note organization
- Dark/Light mode support
- iCloud synchronization
- Markdown support
- Keyboard text operations
- Word and character counts

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tot for iOS and iPadOS | $19.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Tot Pocket?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Useful
- 🚀 Flawless and works great
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Elegant and well-designed
- 👍 Indispensable and essential
- 👍 Practical and intuitive
- 👍 Seamless sync between devices

**Cons**

- 💰 Expensive for a minimal app
- 🐛 Syncing issues
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 🔒 No security features
- 👎 Missing key features like search

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Data loss when using certain features
- Keyboard issues and UI bugs
- Unreliable syncing between devices

**Most requested features**

- Landscape mode support
- Better share/export options
- Ability to delete entire notes
- More customization options
- Apple Watch app
- Improved Markdown support
- Timestamp for new notes
- Home screen widget

## Recent user reviews (10 of 157)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tot-pocket/id1498235191/reviews.md

### 5/5 — First app to install

*2026-07-16, version 2.1.1*

Tot is essential for myself and my whole family. It’s the iPhone equivalent of sticky notes  I use it to jot down quick thoughts or reminders throughout the day. Indispensable

### 1/5 — 垃圾软件害我工作丢了

*2026-05-25*

垃圾软件，我把我的sql存进去了，结果复制出来的时候，下划线被吞了，相关的符号都被加上反斜杠了，关键我还在你软件里看不到，最后被领导一顿骂，晚上走人。

### 5/5 — Love it

*2026-04-28*

Just a brilliantly thoughtful and well crafted app with a great visual aesthetic.

### 5/5 — Super useful

*2026-02-02, version 2.1.1*

Love the apps use them multiple times a day. For the folks complaining about the price - well then don’t buy it? I don’t understand the offense of something having a price you don’t want to pay. Don’t act like you’re personally hurt by it.

### 5/5 — Super useful, works flawlessly!

*2026-01-21*

This is one of the best app purchases I’ve ever made - incredibly useful if you do lots of work between Mac and iOS and are constantly copying and pasting things or need to keep track of some details temporarily while working on a task.  It’s a huge quality of life improvement to have essentially a little scratchpad always available and synced between devices.

### 5/5 — good

*2026-01-16, version 2.1.1*

It would be great if the menu of this software could support Chinese

### 2/5 — cool app but 20$??? Really???

*2026-01-05, version 2.1.1*

I like this app, use it on my Mac but 20$ to use a text editor on my
Phone seems unreasonably steep. I’d do like 5$ maximum.

### 5/5 — Love it plus idea

*2026-01-02, version 2.1.1*

I really enjoy the constraints and bare-minimum organization requirements. 

I’ve tried using Notes or Obsidian for quick notes but it never really worked for me.

Helps against tendencies towards digital hoarding. 

One thing:

Would like the option to attach timestamp to new additions.

### 5/5 — Been using it for such a long time

*2025-11-01*

Very good interface , simple and efficient

### 5/5 — Transient Notes

*2025-10-26, version 2.1.1*

This app is great for jotting down quick notes. The limited number of note slots means they won’t get lost! Sync with my Mac makes it useful for a pasteboard that isn’t as time limited as system level device clipboards. I get distracted a lot.

## Frequently asked questions about Tot Pocket

### What does Tot Pocket do?

Tot Pocket is an app designed for collecting and editing text across your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It offers a simple, single-window interface with color-coded dots for organization and supports both rich text and Markdown.

### What are the key features of Tot Pocket?

Key features include a minimalist design, dark/light mode support, iCloud synchronization for seamless cross-device access, full Markdown support, and a convenient keyboard with text operation shortcuts and word/character count tracking.

### Is Tot Pocket free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with in-app purchases available. This allows users to access additional features or unlock the full potential of the app.

### What devices is Tot Pocket compatible with?

Tot Pocket is available for iOS, macOS, and watchOS devices. It is designed to work seamlessly across the Apple ecosystem, allowing you to sync your text notes between these platforms.

### How does Tot Pocket help with organizing text?

Tot Pocket uses a simple yet effective system of seven color-coded dots to organize your text snippets. This allows you to quickly categorize and retrieve different pieces of text without overwhelming the user interface.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1.1 — 2025-10-07

Action to toggle the formatting bar on/off, added a new rich text font choice, fixed What’s New appearing when it shouldn’t plus fixed some Tahoe bugs.

All:

• Tot’s What’s New view no longer appears when there’s nothing new
• Added "System (Monospaced)" as a rich text font choice

iOS:

• Added a toggle to turn Tot’s formatting bar on/off:
   - Tap the Actions Menu (⋯) and toggle Format Bar
   - Increases editing area on smaller devices
• Fixed an issue with Compact Dots button not working

macOS:

• Added “Display as Floating Window” back to menu bar:
    - Shift-Command-F is default keyboard shortcut
    - You can override shortcut in System Settings
• Added a partial workaround for bug on macOS Tahoe:
    - Happens when presenting the popover window and the menu bar is hidden
    - Fixed window that was too small and placed incorrectly
    - There is still a nub that we can't fix: it's arrows displaying incorrectly

### 2.1 — 2025-09-17

All:

• Added the classic “Tot 1.0” app icon
• Tab and Shift-Tab can now be used to indent or outdent selected text (on iOS this only works with hardware keyboard attached)
• Fixed issues with typing attributes, like bold and italic, being set incorrectly
• A number followed by a period is no longer recognized as a bullet
• Clarified wording for premium features on purchase screens

iOS:

• Added support for Liquid Glass
• Settings > Advanced Settings > Reset Theme will clear custom dot colors set on Mac
• Fixed issues with the iOS widgets when using colored/clear tints
• The Done button in Settings is now more visually prominent

macOS:

• The Show Window keyboard shortcut control is accessible via VoiceOver
• Improved VoiceOver accessibility of various Settings screens
• Added support for incremental text search

watchOS:

• Added support for Liquid Glass
• Tapping Clear All Text now syncs the dot’s text changes correctly

### 2.0.1 — 2025-08-26

Tot 2 adds fun, customizable smart bullets, new text dividers, improved text handling, automatic iOS data backup, a re-designed UI, improved settings, bug fixes, and much more.

New Features:

• Custom Smart Bullets:
    - Assign symbols or standard Emoji to act as Smart Bullets
    - Create up to eight custom smart bullets via Settings > Appearance
    - Assign Custom Smart Bullets to Quick Key slots for instant access

• Text dividers:
    - Eight divider styles to choose from via the symbol picker
    - Assign text dividers to Quick Key slots for easy use
    - Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-Minus to add a new divider
    - Dividers can be cut/copy/pasted at will
    - Uses Markdown horizontal rules
    - [Yay Funk_Shui & Stragen!]

• Automatic indents:
    - Lines that begin with a bullet or Smart Bullet will automatically indent text that's wider than the window
    - The Cmd-[ and Cmd-] keyboard shortcuts can be used to indent any selection
    - Lines that begin with a space will use that for indentation, otherwise tabs are used
    - Works with plain text: great for writing in Markdown [Yay Gruber!]

Improvements:

• Improved text handling & bug fixes:
    - Paste as Plain Text can now strip Markdown and works better with rich text
    - Fixed a bug where bold stuck around after creating newlines [Yay Nathan!]
    - Improved handling of styling information while using drag & drop
    - Fixed a styling bug when pasting Smart Bullets in plain text mode
    - Fixed a big bug when opening links beginning with “HTTP”
    - New "Selected Dot" action for Shortcuts [Yay pseudometa!]

• Updated User Manual:
    - Removed Twitter links because screw those guys
    - Updated for new features and settings
    - Added information and links for advanced users

iOS Improvements:

• New main menu (⋯) item:
    - Access to new Settings
    - Bulk operations for Copying/Clearing/Replacing all text
    - Export operations for Sharing/Saving/Printing
    - Export works with selection or full text (if no selection)
    - Quick access to User Manual

• Greatly improved keyboard input and status bar:
    - Re-designed to be more reliable on iPadOS
    - Two new Quick Key slots for greater customization
    - Dot's meta info now includes relative time since last update
    - New, explicit undo/redo buttons

• Updated Settings:
    - Appearance section with new icons, Quick Keys, Smart Bullets, dot numbers, color highlights
    - Better preview and options to adjust Text & Layout
    - Behavior section to configure new options
    - Advanced settings to restore automatic backups and export data
    - Overview for apps on watchOS and macOS
    - New What's New section to review recent Tot changes
    - Quick access to get support documentation
    - Credits and links to our other apps

• Improved menu bar on iPadOS
• Automatic backup: Saves to device when changes are detected
• Improved touch response speed

### 2.0 — 2025-08-25

Tot 2 adds fun, customizable smart bullets, new text dividers, improved text handling, automatic iOS data backup, a re-designed UI, improved settings, bug fixes, and much more.

App-Wide Improvements:

• Custom Smart Bullets:
    - Assign symbols or standard emoji to act as Smart Bullets
    - Create up to five(?) custom smart bullets via Settings > Behavior
    - Assign Custom Smart Bullets to Quick Key slots for instant access

• Text dividers:
    - Eight divider styles to choose from via the symbol picker
    - Assign text dividers to Quick Key slots for easy use
    - Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-Minus to add a new divider
    - Dividers can be cut/copy/pasted at will
    - Uses Markdown horizontal rules
    - [Yay Funk_Shui & Stragen!]

• Automatic indents:
    - Lines that begin with a bullet or Smart Bullet will automatically indent text that's wider than the window
    - The Cmd-[ and Cmd-] keyboard shortcuts can be used to indent any selection
    - Lines that begin with a space will use that for indentation, otherwise tabs are used
    - Works with plain text: great for writing in Markdown [Yay Gruber!]

• Improved text handling & bug fixes:
    - Paste as Plain Text can now strip Markdown and works better with rich text
    - Fixed a bug where bold stuck around after creating newlines [Yay Nathan!]
    - Improved handling of styling information while using drag & drop
    - Fixed a styling bug when pasting Smart Bullets in plain text mode
    - Fixed a big bug when opening links beginning with “HTTP”
    - New "Selected Dot" action for Shortcuts [Yay pseudometa!]

• Updated User Manual
    - Removed Twitter links because screw those guys
    - Updated for new features and settings
    - Added information and links for advanced users

iOS Improvements:

• New main menu (...) item:
    - Access to new Settings
    - Bulk operations for Copying/Clearing/Replacing all text
    - Export operations for Sharing/Saving/Printing
    - Export works with selection or full text (if no selection)
    - Quick access to User Manual

• Greatly improved keyboard input and status bar:
    - Re-design to be more reliable on iPadOS
    - Two new Quick Key slots for greater customization
    - Dot's meta info now includes relative time since last update
    - New, explicit undo/redo buttons

• Updated Settings:
    - Appearance section with new icons, dot numbers, color highlights
    - Better preview and options to adjust Text & Layout
    - Behavior section to configure new Quick Keys and options
    - Advanced settings to restore automatic backups and export data
    - Links to download Tot for watchOS and macOS
    - New What's New section to review recent Tot changes
    - Quick access to get support documentation
    - Credits and links to our other apps

• Improved menu bar on iPadOS
• Automatic backup: Saves to device when changes are detected
• Improved touch response speed

• Updated macOSand watchOS to match improvements above

### 1.5.2 — 2023-02-15

iOS:

• Fixed scrolling stutter on iOS 16
• Share button is now shown while keyboard is hidden
• Added rectangular and circular Lock Screen widgets


watchOS:

• Added ability to clear a dot using the text’s long-press menu
• Added circular, rectangular, and corner watch face complications

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