The Iconfactory’s app Tot has been a favorite of mine since it first launched. It’s a great way to have a scratchpad — or seven — that sync across devices.
Here’s what I have in Tot right now:
- Yellow: Notes from a phone call I had today.
- Orange: Currently empty.
- Red: Some text I’m working on for a screen in the iOS 26 version of Pedometer++.
- Purple: Some text I’m working on for a screen in the iOS 26 version of Widgetsmith.
- Blue: Currently empty.
- Teal: A bunch of text that will be sent as announcements when we launch Relay’s annual St. Jude campaign.
- Green: A bunch of URLs that come in handy when helping folks out with their Relay memberships.
Version 2 of the app is here, and it makes what was great even better. Craig Hockenberry has a blog post outlining the features, and John Voorhees summed it up well on MacStories:
It’s great to see the Tot apps reach version 2.0. The three tentpole features – automatic indenting, custom smart bullets, and text dividers – are all meaningful improvements that don’t compromise the apps’ simplicity. Those features, along with several quality of life improvements and other bug fixes that you can read about in Tot’s version history, add up to an excellent update that should serve users well for a long time.