Comparison

Tot Mini 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 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.

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

Funnel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Funnel at Free against Tot Mini's $1.99. Funnel also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (80% vs 50%). Tot Mini's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Funnel is free to download; Tot Mini costs $1.99 up front. Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tot Mini asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Funnel holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Tot Mini's written reviews are positive against 80% of Funnel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tot Mini ships an update every 2 months, Funnel every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tot Mini versus Funnel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTot MiniFunnel
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (19 ratings)4.6 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1943 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB36 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThe IconfactoryNoteSight Labs ApS

Customer experience

Tot Mini

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

Funnel

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

In-app purchases

None

Tot Mini

No in-app purchases

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 Mini free?
Tot Mini costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Funnel free?
Funnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tot Mini or Funnel?
Funnel is rated higher. Tot Mini averages 2.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Funnel averages 4.6 from 43 ratings.
Do Tot Mini or Funnel have ads?
Neither Tot Mini nor Funnel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tot Mini or Funnel?
Tot Mini ships an update every 2 months, and Funnel every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tot Mini was updated on September 30, 2026 and Funnel on October 7, 2026.

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