Tot Pocket vs Toby for Tabs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tot Pocket
A minimalist app for collecting and editing text across Apple devices. Organize notes with color-coded dots and enjoy seamless iCloud synchronization. Supports Markdown for web use and offers a convenient keyboard interface with count tracking.
- Cross-device text collection
- Color-coded note organization
- Dark/Light mode support
- iCloud synchronization
- Markdown support
- Keyboard text operations
- Word and character counts
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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.
Toby for Tabs
Access your saved web pages and links from any device. This mobile application syncs with its browser extension to provide a seamless bookmark management experience.
- Bookmark synchronization
- Access saved links
- Companion to browser extension
- Cross-device access
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Access your bookmarks anywhere! Toby mobile app is a companion app for your Toby browser extension.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Toby for Tabs at none against Tot Pocket's 1. Toby for Tabs also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Tot Pocket's advantage is ratings volume (238 vs 4) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tot Pocket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Toby for Tabs asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Tot Pocket against 4.3 for Toby for Tabs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tot Pocket has 238 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Tot Pocket's written reviews are positive against 50% of Toby for Tabs's.
Tot Pocket ships an update every 3 weeks, Toby for Tabs fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tot Pocket | Toby for Tabs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (238 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 238 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Iconfactory | Launch Labs Inc |
Customer experience
Tot Pocket
Toby for Tabs
Bugs and requests
Tot Pocket
Reported bugs
3 issues- Data loss when using certain features
- Keyboard issues and UI bugs
- Unreliable syncing between devices
Requested features
8 requests- Landscape mode support
- Better share/export options
- Ability to delete entire notes
- More customization options
- Apple Watch app
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- Improved Markdown support
- Timestamp for new notes
- Home screen widget
Toby for Tabs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tot Pocket
- Tot for iOS and iPadOS$19.99
Toby for Tabs
No in-app purchases
