Comparison

Tot Mini vs DEVONthink To Go 4

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

DEVONthink To Go 4

Manage your entire knowledge library on your iPad and iPhone. Organize, edit, and annotate documents, notes, and more. Leverage generative AI for summaries, content creation, and advanced search. Syncs privately and securely across devices.

Highlights
  • Document organization and management
  • AI-powered summaries and content creation
  • PDF annotation and editing
  • On-device OCR for searchable documents
  • Cross-device secure synchronization
  • Custom metadata and tagging
  • Shortcuts automation
Features
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Your entire knowledge library. Always with you. Always private. DEVONthink To Go is your document repository when you're not at your Mac. Collect, organize, edit, and annotate. Use generative AI to work with your stored knowledge or create new documents. Automate with Shortcuts. Our time-tested technology keeps all your data in sync between your Mac, iPad, and iPhone, privately and securely. The professional document and information manager for iPad and iPhone. From DEVONtechnologies, driving innovation since 2002. - Students: Annotate research papers with AI-powered summaries - Teachers: Organize your materials, use AI to create handouts and tests - Researchers: Have your data with you in a robust, powerful knowledge manager - Lawyers: Keep all case files organized and encrypted Have your important documents with you at all times: - Never lose an important document again, keep everything organized - Store PDFs, notes, images, bookmarks, just about any type - File your documents in groups, even more than one group at a time - Use tags, mark documents with flags or as unread, give them a star rating - Versioning lets you return to a previous state of a document - Revision-proof databases prevent edits to documents with special requirements - Sync your data between Macs, iPads, and iPhones, securely and privately Work with your documents: - Edit texts, Markdown files, or rich text documents - Annotate and edit PDFs with common tools - Make scans, scanned PDFs, or images searchable with the built-in, on-device OCR - Add custom, searchable metadata fields to enrich your documents Use generative AI: - Work with your favorite provider and model - Chat with your documents, analyze or summarize them - Transform text or extract text from images and even handwritten notes - Create new images from your data - Find documents using natural language with the AI-powered search assistant - Let the AI make order from chaos, rename documents, add tags, or label or rate them DEVONthink To Go is well-integrated with other apps: - Link to your documents from other apps with universal links - Access all your documents also through the Files app - Clip data from almost any app with the Clip to DEVONthink extension - Use drag-and-drop, inside DEVONthink To Go or between apps - Automate repetitive tasks with Shortcuts actions DEVONthink To Go is great standalone but also works perfectly with DEVONthink for Mac and across multiple devices. Synchronize your databases securely and privately over the local network or through a cloud service of your choice. You decide what data is synced, when, and where. Strong encryption makes sure that your data belongs to you, not to your service provider or us. Privacy policy: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/privacy End user license agreement: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/eula

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DEVONthink To Go 4 at Free against Tot Mini's $1.99. DEVONthink To Go 4 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Tot Mini's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#185 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download; Tot Mini costs $1.99 up front. DEVONthink To Go 4 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tot Mini asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEVONthink To Go 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEVONthink To Go 4 has 226 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Tot Mini's written reviews are positive against 43% of DEVONthink To Go 4's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tot Mini ships an update every 2 months, DEVONthink To Go 4 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Tot Mini versus DEVONthink To Go 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTot MiniDEVONthink To Go 4
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (19 ratings)4.7 (226 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings19226 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#185 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB191 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperThe IconfactoryDEVONtechnologies, LLC

Customer experience

Tot Mini

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

DEVONthink To Go 4

All ratings226 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral21.4%
Negative35.7%

In-app purchases

None

Tot Mini

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DEVONthink To Go 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Tot Mini free?
Tot Mini costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DEVONthink To Go 4 free?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tot Mini or DEVONthink To Go 4?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is rated higher. Tot Mini averages 2.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while DEVONthink To Go 4 averages 4.7 from 226 ratings.
Do Tot Mini or DEVONthink To Go 4 have ads?
Neither Tot Mini nor DEVONthink To Go 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tot Mini or DEVONthink To Go 4?
Tot Mini ships an update every 2 months, and DEVONthink To Go 4 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tot Mini was updated on September 12, 2026 and DEVONthink To Go 4 on September 23, 2026.

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