Comparison

Tot Pocket vs LabLogger

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

LabLogger

Features
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Your experiment is the interesting part. Writing it up isn't. Lab Logger is an AI lab notebook that takes whatever you actually manage to capture at the bench, whether that's a rushed note, a voice memo, a photo of a printed protocol, or just your camera pointed at the work, and turns it into a clean record you can find again later. Save a rough note and Lab Logger works out what kind of entry it is, gives it a title, tidies up the text, pulls out tags, and files it. You don't format anything. You don't file anything. You don't spend Sunday night catching up your notebook. KEY FEATURES - AI-structured entries. Write it however it comes out of your head. Lab Logger sorts out what it is and where it belongs. - Voice capture. Dictate while your hands are busy, gloved, or holding something you can't put down. - Camera Mode. Point your phone at your bench and Lab Logger follows along, then writes up the procedure when you're done. - Scan to enter. Photograph a printed protocol, a page of handwriting, or a reagent label and get a real entry back. - Cleo, your lab assistant. Ask questions about your own notebook, log entries by voice, or book the centrifuge just by asking for it. - Papers you can actually trust. Draft manuscripts, reports, and presentations from work you've already logged. Every citation gets checked against Crossref first, so if a paper doesn't exist, the reference is dropped instead of invented. - Your lab, together. Share entries with role-based access, message your group, and book shared equipment on a lab calendar. - Findable later. Folders, wiki-style links, tags, search, and an optional daily digest of what your lab has been up to. - Works with the AI assistant you already use. Connect your notebook under your own permissions. - Apple Watch. Log an entry or ask Cleo without hunting for your phone. Built for academic labs, biotech teams, and anyone who's ever written up an experiment three days late from memory. FREE, WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDED Every signed-in user gets the whole product. There's nothing to buy, no plans to compare, and no features held back. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Your entries are private to you and whoever you choose to share them with. We don't sell personal information. Camera Mode only runs when you start it, and we won't use it to develop AI or robotics systems unless you turn that on yourself. Full privacy policy at lab-logger.com/privacy Questions, bugs, or feature requests: contact@lab-logger.com

Screenshots

Tot Pocket4 screens
LabLogger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LabLogger at none against Tot Pocket's 1. LabLogger also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. LabLogger asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tot Pocket ships an update every 3 weeks, LabLogger weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tot Pocket versus LabLogger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTot PocketLabLogger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (238 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings238 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe IconfactoryLab Logger Inc.

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

LabLogger

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
None

LabLogger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tot Pocket free?
Tot Pocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LabLogger free?
LabLogger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tot Pocket or LabLogger have ads?
Neither Tot Pocket nor LabLogger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tot Pocket or LabLogger?
Tot Pocket ships an update every 3 weeks, and LabLogger weekly. Most recently, Tot Pocket was updated on October 27, 2026 and LabLogger on October 13, 2026.

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