Tot Pocket vs ProgressCove
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.
ProgressCove
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Nothing here is ever "overdue." ProgressCove is the to-do app that never guilts you. A task with a date that passed is simply ongoing. No red, no badges, no pile-up. Dates are optional. Your pace is the right pace. A home for everything. Life areas hold projects. Projects hold tasks. Tasks break into subtasks. Onboarding builds your structure with you in about a minute, or skip it and use a plain simple list. It grows when you're ready. Progress you can see. Complete small things and watch progress bars fill. Your closest-to-finished work floats to the top, so you always know where to start. We count what's done, never what's looming. No streaks to lose. Never carry it all alone. One subscription covers your whole household. Share the groceries and the chores with full editing for everyone, while everything you don't share stays private. See who grabbed the milk. Calm by design. No shouting, no nagging, no hustle. A quiet today view, gentle reminders, and a to-do list that's on your side. Your data is yours. Everything you type is encrypted at rest on our servers, exportable anytime. Never locked in. Free for 14 days with everything unlocked, no card needed. Then $4.99/month or $39.99/year for the whole household. Progress over perfection. Always. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://progresscove.com/privacy
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Verdict
Tot Pocket and ProgressCove are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 and ProgressCove sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Tot Pocket | ProgressCove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (235 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 235 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Iconfactory | Twenty Shores LLC |
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
ProgressCove
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tot Pocket
- Tot for iOS and iPadOS$19.99
ProgressCove
- Sunrise - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Sunrise - Annual$39.991 Year









