# Tot Pocket — user reviews > 157 indexed App Store user reviews of Tot Pocket by The Iconfactory, rated 4.30/5 from 235 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tot-pocket/id1498235191/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tot-pocket/id1498235191.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 169 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 17 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (16 of 157) ### 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. ### 4/5 — love it. use it daily on my apple watch *2025-10-03* put info on a watch face too with the watch app. ### 2/5 — sans intérêt *2025-09-28* Pas de version gratuite d’essai. Payer 29€ sans avoir essayé, c’est sans intérêt. Et pour finir même pas traduite en français , bref sans moi. ### 5/5 — If Tot didn’t exist I’d have to make it. *2025-09-20* After falling down the rabbit hole of complicated todo apps. I’m so glad icon factory made Tot. I’ve got a to do list. A scratch pad when I need to write something quick and a “permanent” notes section. Thats its. And it’s plain text. Syncs with my Mac and my phone. Works with my brain. ### 5/5 — Perfectly simple *2025-09-12, version 2.0.1* Exactly what I needed with robust sync and enough features to make it usable ### 5/5 — I love it so very much! *2025-08-29* Such an awesome combination of thoughtful formatting options including markdown, automation possibilities with Shortcuts actions, very good sync, and cheerful colorful cuteness! I paid for Mac, iPad, and iPhone so I can enjoy all the features. I use it not just for random stuff, but also I dedicate a couple of dots to ongoing things like menu planning, and links to share with my family in batches. Tot makes me very happy. Oh and customer support is also great! ### 5/5 — DEFINITION OF AMAZING *2025-08-27* If anyone is wondering if purchasing this app is worth it: IT IS. Best purchase I made. ### 5/5 — Back up and running, one update later *2025-08-26* I updated to v2 a bit too soon and spent half a day unable to access some of my dots. I thought the devs might have neglected to tell people the update would require an additional purchase, but it turns out that’s not the case, and today’s update restored full functionality. Thanks for the quick fix! ### 5/5 — Simple *2025-08-26, version 2.0.1* Awesome app! I’ve been using for a few years now. My go-to quick note app. I’ve seen the team adding a number of features. I suppose some people like a lot of features. However, I use the app because elf it’s simplicity and I really like plain text. PLEASE keep the UI clean and simple! Thank you Tot team. ### 5/5 — 好 *2025-08-26* 非常好 ### 5/5 — Love this app so much / need some updates! *2025-07-31* I’m a Korean user and have purchased Tot on both Mac and iOS. I really enjoy using it — thank you for making such a beautiful and well-designed app! That said, I’d love to see better support for the Korean language in future updates. Specifically: - It would be great if the app supported Korean fonts and text rendering more natively. - On the iOS home screen widget, colored bullet point symbols appear in black, regardless of their actual color. - Line spacing adjustments made in the app are not reflected in the widget. Looking forward to future updates and continued improvements. Thank you again for creating such a great app! ### 4/5 — Colored tabs *2025-06-25, version 1.5.2* I always admired the simplicity of this app ❤️ But I'm disappointed with the latest update, what happened to the coloured tabs? How about that you keep the numbers along with the tabs? ### 4/5 — Simple is great, but a little more needed *2025-06-08, version 1.5.2* The simplicity of this app is so nice. I have it on all devices and have been using it since it was first released. I don’t want any more features or cruft. However, it does seem to struggle with spellcheck. I’m thinking an update more than every other year would be helpful for system services like that. ### 3/5 — Great but don’t store important stuff here *2025-05-31, version 1.5.2* Really great scratchpad notes app but beware installing the app on a new Mac will wipe out any of your saved data with their boilerplate “welcome” text. Lost a bunch of data to read helper text on an app I’ve used for years 🙃 Update: ok, I’ll try that homework to fix how you lost my data. I’d prefer if you fixed your app’s bugs though. ### 3/5 — Great but don’t store important stuff here *2025-05-27, version 1.5.2* Really great scratchpad notes app but beware installing the app on a new Mac will wipe out any of your saved data with their boilerplate “welcome” text. Lost a bunch of data to read helper text on an app I’ve used for years 🙃 ### 5/5 — Требуется обновление *2025-05-04* Для мак нужен новый стиль: цветовые гаммы и интерфейс приложения не выглядит нативным маковским. А так отличное приложение, переключение между блокнотами в строке меню очень удобно реализовано. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 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。 ### 1/5 — NOT “Free” app *2025-09-16, version 2.0.1* Tot is $19.99 to use on iPhone. It’s not a free app even though it looks like a free app in the App Store. You have to pay for the iOS version AND the iPad. How about $19.99 for all versions and they sync? I expected better from you, Icon Factory. ### 1/5 — $42 for all devices? Ridiculous. *2025-08-26, version 2.0.1* Tot is a good minimal text editor, and the Iconfactory certainly makes good apps, and doesn’t disappoint. But $19.99 for the iOS app, $19.99 for the macOS app, and $1.99 for the watchOS app? For a minimal Markdown editor with 7 pages? Get stuffed. Apple makes the tools to release one app and have it available across all platforms, so I suggest you learn how to use them. I would pay $19.99(which I already consider high for such a minimal app) and expect to have this app available at no additional cost on my Mac and Apple Watch. $42 for all platforms is an absolute joke. ### 1/5 — Glitchy, needs update *2025-06-14, version 1.5.2* Love the app but needs an update!! ### 1/5 — Compact Dots => Data Loss! *2025-01-21, version 1.5.2* Cool simple app but using the compact dots feature has a bug where it clears out some of your dots without moving them over. Be careful. ### 1/5 — Not worth the money *2024-05-29* Does not even update without opening the app screen on the phone. Updates in less than a year. Sad. ### 1/5 — Great App. Use it on all my devices. *2024-02-23, version 1.5.2* I’m able to share links and text all over. Missing Vision Pro support. Can’t be that hard. It’s already an iPad app. Why not let it run on the Vision Pro? ### 1/5 — Unreliable *2023-04-19, version 1.5.2* This product is great but unreliable: I use it all the time and love it, but it’s the second time where I lose all my notes just because I changed work laptop and it has overwritten all my data once I connected it to my personal account. Hours of hard work completely lost with no possibility to version-control or backup ### 1/5 — Why have I to buy twice on iOS and iPadOS ? *2023-03-25, version 1.5.2* Can’t understand ### 1/5 — Not eligible to review *2023-02-12* Sorry but this app was not eligible to review. We have you best wishes. Thanks for robing us! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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 ### 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 ### 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. ### 5/5 — 可以出中文版吗 *2025-10-08* 出个中文版，然后便宜一点就好了 ### 5/5 — Buy it again! *2025-10-06, version 2.1* A little off-putting to have the 2.0 update force you to re-purchase to get your old features back. Some warning would have been great, or an upgrade path at a reduced cost. But whatever, it’s a great app. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*