Comparison

Tot Pocket vs Funnel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

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

About

Funnel

Quickly capture thoughts, tasks, notes, photos, sketches, and songs to your favorite apps. Integrates with popular productivity tools and offers convenient widgets for instant access.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks to multiple to-do apps
  • Send notes and photos to PKM apps
  • Capture sketches and calendar events
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Shortcuts and Share Sheet support
  • Built-in document scanner
  • Song capture via Shazam integration
Features
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Funnel allows you to effortlessly capture your thoughts and moments to various apps and services. The inspiration to capture something quickly comes from ideas written by David Allen, in his book Getting Things Done. Features: ======= • Capture tasks to Reminders, Todoist, OmniFocus or Things with due dates in natural language. • Capture notes and photos to a variety of popular note taking and personal knowledge management apps. • Capture sketches and calendar events • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets • Shortcuts Support • A built in document scanner. • Use Shazam to capture your songs directly to your apps. • iCloud Sync for your Destinations • A timeline showing your recent captures • A selection of delightful app icons to pick from. • A lock screen widget to easily access Funnel from your lock screen. • Drag and drop images or text from other apps into Funnel. • Once you capture something with Funnel, Funnel also provides you with a link to easily switch to the newly captured item. • Long press the Funnel icon for quick home screen actions. • Integration with the iOS Share Sheet (currently within the Funnel app only) • Dynamic Island/Live Activities Support • Control Center Widgets Creating Destinations: ================ To link Funnel to your note-taking or task management apps, navigate to the 'Destination' Tab, select 'Add New Destination', and choose an app from the provided list. After adding a Destination, you can click on it for further customization. You can also define templates that get appended or prepended along with your capture. Your Destinations and the order of your Destinations are all synced to your private iCloud account. Funnel offers 30 captures for free, and then requires a subscription or a lifetime purchase. All Yearly Subscriptions come with a 1-week free trial. Enjoy Funneling! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tot Pocket4 screens
Funnel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Funnel at 4.6 against Tot Pocket's 4.4. Funnel also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 68%). Tot Pocket's advantage is ratings volume (237 vs 47) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tot Pocket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Funnel holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tot Pocket has 237 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Tot Pocket's written reviews are positive against 80% of Funnel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tot Pocket ships an update every 3 weeks, Funnel every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tot Pocket versus Funnel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTot PocketFunnel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (237 ratings)4.6 (47 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings237 — better47
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB36 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThe IconfactoryNoteSight Labs ApS

Customer experience

Tot Pocket

All ratings235 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral8.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews157 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral13.4%
Negative19.1%

Funnel

All ratings43 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%

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
Show 3 more
  • Improved Markdown support
  • Timestamp for new notes
  • Home screen widget

Funnel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tot Pocket

One-time1
  • Tot for iOS and iPadOS$19.99
4 purchases

Funnel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime: Early Discount$39.99
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Tot Pocket free?
Tot Pocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Funnel free?
Funnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tot Pocket or Funnel?
Funnel is rated higher. Tot Pocket averages 4.4 out of 5 from 237 ratings, while Funnel averages 4.6 from 47 ratings.
Do Tot Pocket or Funnel have ads?
Neither Tot Pocket nor Funnel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tot Pocket or Funnel?
Tot Pocket ships an update every 3 weeks, and Funnel every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tot Pocket was updated on October 24, 2026 and Funnel on October 24, 2026.

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