Comparison

FlowArc vs smalltype

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

Head to head
About

FlowArc

This app combines a Pomodoro timer with task management, project organization, and calendar planning. It helps users focus on tasks, track progress, and manage their time effectively in a calm workspace. Features include iCloud sync and Live Activities for iOS.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • Task and project management
  • Calendar integration
  • Progress statistics
  • iCloud sync
  • Live Activities and widgets
Features
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FlowArc helps you turn plans into focused work sessions. It combines a Pomodoro focus timer, task manager, project lists, calendar planning, and clear progress stats in one calm workspace. Create tasks, estimate them with Pomodoro sessions, organize them by project, and start a focus timer directly from the task you want to finish. FlowArc keeps each session tied to real work, so your time records stay meaningful instead of becoming a loose stopwatch history. Use calendar integration to plan your day with scheduled task blocks, sync completed focus sessions, and review where your time went. On iPhone, Live Activities, notifications, and widgets keep the current timer visible even when you leave the app. With iCloud sync, your tasks, projects, settings, and focus history can stay available across devices. FlowArc is built for students, makers, writers, freelancers, and anyone who wants a quieter way to manage time, reduce context switching, and finish important work without losing track of the day.

About

smalltype

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Short notes, many times a day, saved as plain .md files in real folders. Open the same folder on your Mac in VS Code, Vim, or any editor. Calm, minimal, and ready for iPhone Duo. smalltype is for your notes. The small ones, the quick ones, the big ones, the unpolished ones. It's a fast, quiet place to type. ## Start No tutorial, no setup screen. Tap New Note and start typing. Leave one empty and it quietly disappears, so you never end up with a pile of blank untitled notes. That's the whole app. ## Yours Every note is a real .md file, sitting right there in the Files app. You can open it, copy it, or back it up yourself, anytime. Delete one and it still goes to Recently Deleted, same as any other file: nothing's gone for good. ## Sync or Don't Keep notes in iCloud Drive to have them on every device. Or keep them On My iPhone, fully local, never leaving your device. Either way, you can switch anytime. ## Visible Markdown Markdown markers stay gently visible as you type. What you see is exactly what's in the file. A bar above the keyboard types the markers for you, with undo and redo a tap away. ## Organize Folders, search, and quick note-making, all from one screen. Nothing to set up first. Put "daily" in a folder's name and new notes inside it get today's date as their name. ## No Catch No ads. No subscription. No tracking. No account, ever. Markdown notes. Yours to keep.

Screenshots

FlowArc4 screens
smalltype4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: smalltype at Free against FlowArc's $2.99. smalltype also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). FlowArc's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). 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

smalltype is free to download; FlowArc costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlowArc ships an update every 11 days, smalltype every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
FlowArc versus smalltype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowArcsmalltype
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBaidexipu (suzhou) Digital Technology Co., LtdHerman Haidin

In-app purchases

None

FlowArc

No in-app purchases

None

smalltype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlowArc free?
FlowArc costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is smalltype free?
smalltype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlowArc or smalltype have ads?
Neither FlowArc nor smalltype shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlowArc or smalltype?
FlowArc ships an update every 11 days, and smalltype every 5 days. Most recently, FlowArc was updated on October 13, 2026 and smalltype on October 8, 2026.

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