Comparison

ScrollType vs Tot Mini

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

Head to head
About

ScrollType

Type messages on your Apple Watch with an intuitive scrolling keyboard. Features large, easily tappable characters and a multi-line text area for easy reading and editing. Ideal for quick communication, especially for kids texting parents.

Highlights
  • Scrolling keyboard input
  • Large, tappable characters
  • Multi-line text area
  • Digital Crown speed control
  • Access to capitals, numbers, symbols
  • Dictation and scribble integration
  • Watch face complication
Read full description

ScrollType is an accurate watch keyboard that allows you to type messages on your Apple Watch. GREAT FOR KIDS The intuitive design makes it easy for kids to understand and use ScrollType to text their parents. This is the perfect app for Apple Watch Family users to communicate with their parents. FEATURES Click the '•••' button to access capital letters, numbers, symbols, dictation, scribble, emojis, and apple keyboard from your iPhone. Also, double tap the space bar for a period. ACCURATE ScrollType is designed to be as accurate as possible with our never before seen scrolling feature. Most other Apple Watch texting apps use a QWERTY keyboard, which is inaccurate since the keys are so small. ScrollType's scrolling feature allows you access the entire alphabet and has large, easily tappable characters, making texting easy and accurate. SCROLLING Use the Digital Crown or your finger to easily scroll through and find the characters you want. The Digital Crown allows you to control the scrolling speed - speeding up when you go faster and slowing down when you go slower. SHORTCUTS Add ScrollType's complication/Watch face shortcut to your watch face, allowing for quick and easy access to the app. LARGE TEXT AREA A large text area allows you to see a lot of your text. Many other Apple Watch texting apps have a limited, one-line text area, so you cannot read your text before you send it. ScrollType has a large, multiline text area, which makes reading and editing your text easy. Additionally, when you press the send button, you can preview your text.

About

Tot Mini

This app offers a streamlined way to capture, organize, and edit text across Apple devices. Its minimalist design uses color-coded dots for organization, and it supports Markdown for web use. Seamless iCloud sync ensures your notes are accessible anywhere.

Highlights
  • Color-coded note organization
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Markdown support
  • Dictation and Scribble input
  • Cross-device compatibility
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 simple design 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. ⁕ iCloud Sync Seamlessly syncs your text across watchOS, 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 Input Tot supports dictation and Scribble on Apple Watch. Quick, easy, and waiting for additional editing on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Available for watchOS, iOS, and macOS.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ScrollType at Free against Tot Mini's $1.99. ScrollType also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Tot Mini's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 40%). On 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

ScrollType is free to download; Tot Mini costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScrollType holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScrollType has 240 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of ScrollType's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tot Mini's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScrollType ships an update every 3 weeks, Tot Mini every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ScrollType versus Tot Mini: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollTypeTot Mini
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (240 ratings) — better2.9 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings240 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamantha ChangThe Iconfactory

Customer experience

ScrollType

All ratings236 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Tot Mini

All ratings19 ratings
Positive42.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative52.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

ScrollType

No in-app purchases

None

Tot Mini

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScrollType free?
ScrollType is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tot Mini free?
Tot Mini costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ScrollType or Tot Mini?
ScrollType is rated higher. ScrollType averages 4.5 out of 5 from 240 ratings, while Tot Mini averages 2.9 from 19 ratings.
Do ScrollType or Tot Mini have ads?
Neither ScrollType nor Tot Mini shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScrollType or Tot Mini?
ScrollType ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tot Mini every 2 months. Most recently, ScrollType was updated on October 10, 2026 and Tot Mini on September 30, 2026.

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