Tot Pocket vs Finger Strings

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.

Finger Strings ties a virtual string around your finger — so you actually remember. It uses alarms that demand acknowledgment and stand out from notification noise. Most reminders fail at the worst moment. You set one, it fires, you swipe it away, and an hour later you're still late, still unprepared, still kicking yourself. Finger Strings works differently. Instead of one notification you'll ignore, it fires a series of escalating alarms in the lead-up to your event — giving you time to actually act. How it works Create a reminder with a deadline. Finger Strings works backwards from that moment and schedules a sequence of alarms — months, days, hours, then every minute in the final stretch — each one requiring an explicit acknowledgment. By the time the deadline arrives, you've had every chance to be ready. Capture the five W's for any reminder: What, When, Who, Where, and Why. The extra context means you're not just alerted — you're informed and ready. Export active Strings to a Calendar you choose, while Finger Strings remains the source of truth for the reminder and its alarms. What you get - Layered alarms: monthly, daily, hourly, and every minute through the final hour. Turn on only the layers you want — or pick a ready-made intensity profile from Gentle to Nuclear. - Alarm sounds rated mellow-to-obnoxious, with favorites and curation so the picker shows the sounds you want. - High-stakes reminders can require a deliberate confirmation to stop — hold-to-stop, a keyword, or a clear "I am doing this now" tap. - Repeating reminders for weekly and monthly events. - Quiet Hours, with a per-reminder choice to respect them, ignore them, or wait until they end. - A Lock Screen widget showing your next two alarms and live countdowns on every reminder card. - Full reminder history, archiving, and an optional automatic archive for expired reminders. - Your choice of app color, including Orange, plus dark and light mode. Simple by design No categories. No tags. No priority levels. No subscription either — Finger Strings is a one-time purchase. Finger Strings does one thing and does it relentlessly: makes sure you don't forget. Note: Finger Strings needs permission to schedule alarms. Without it, reminders can't alert you the way the Clock app does.