Tot Pocket Mini Review

I Just Bought Tot Pocket!! Tot Pocket is a digital scratchpad app that only allows for 7 active notes, which may seem restrictive but is actually quite liberating.

The Reason?

• I want a place to scribble notes, but only for active projects and Tot is lightning fast! With Drafts, I’m constantly filtering, searching, and switching between workspaces.
• The colors for each dot are gorgeous!
• The Share Sheet is fantastic!

Use Cases

• Project overview board
• URLs of relevant information
• Deeplinks from other apps. things:///show?id=EuQfmUQygmoyZZLx7St6s
• Write first drafts
• List of ideas
• A scratchpad that can be easily exported elsewhere

My Setup

• 1st dot for a dashboard of all my active projects (with deep links to Things, Drafts, and other relevant apps and URLs)
• 2-4th dot for active writing work.
• The rest is for jotting things down
• Use Tot Share Sheet to collect information as text or URLs.
• Finish a rough draft ➜ Export it to Drafts or Ulysses for editing
• Complete a project ➜ Export it to NotePlan or Obsidian as a project report

Some reviews

Here’s the list of some reviews about Tot which heavily influenced my decision.

• Tot Review: Collect and Edit Bits of Text - MacStories
• Nick Schaden: Tot: opinionated app design matters
• Short Term Text Storage With Tot – Curtis McHale
• Append to 7th Tot Dot | Drafts Directory
• Tot’s New Share Extension - MacStories
• Tot 1.4 – Making People Happy • The Breakroom
• Tot + Shortcuts = Geek Bliss • The Breakroom
• Toys for Tot • The Breakroom
• Siri Shortcuts and More for Tot
• The Weekly Review - 221: Totting Up Next Steps
• Tot - canion.me
• Automation April: 10 Shortcuts for Discord, Photos, Finder and Files, Tot, Weather Forecasts, and More - MacStories

And of course, the discussion inside this micro.blog community from my previous post.