Things

They charge you $20 to put the app on your iPad. Fine. Paid that. Then I go to put the app on my phone and they want another $10?!? This company has lost the plot. The app is cool but it isnt $30 cool.

Can you please add the same features the iPhone app has for widgets? The iPhone has a feature where tapping on a to-do item does not complete it and instead just open the app. That feature is missing from the iPad version.

While it’s only available on Apple devices I don’t know why you didn’t just use ICloud for syncing. The beauty of Apple devices is that they just work. But now to view todos on different devices i need to have an account on your cloud.

I’ve been a devotee of David Allen’s GTD method for 15 years now, and Things is the best way I have found to implement GTD. I’ve been using it since before it had cloud syncing. Simple and elegant, yet expansive for my needs.

Nothing out there comes close. Do you really want to spend $50-$100 a year for other software that’s a cluttered mess? This is a one time fee per device, which I gladly paid across all my devices, and I would pay it again happily. <br/><br/>The trick (for me) with this software is to not try to customize endlessly. Just enter your stuff, build a system as you go, and it will work. Every time a thought pops into my ADHD brain, I stick it in the inbox, and then review in the morning and again in the evening. Categorize and tag during review, and then sit back and let the system work. <br/><br/>It’s such a restful feeling to not constantly be running through my todos in my head, and to just trust the app to ping me when I need it to. <br/><br/>I’ve tried many apps and services. Todoist, Microsoft To Do, Planify (on linux), Asana, Apple Reminders, Agenda (this one is very good too), Trello, TickTick, ClickUp, Wrike, Quire, OmniFocus (oh so seductive and so so bad for my ADHD brain) todo.txt, Remember the Milk (remember Remember the Milk??), and nothing works like Things. But it, just use it, and be at peace.

This app is money well spent. I use it all the time now to keep track of busy demands on my time. Super user friendly and easy to use. It is intuitive and well structured. I would recommend to anyone seeking more efficient use of time and productivity.

Things is outdated and is not being developed further but it is still an excellent app. Its strengths still make it a great app for tasks. These strengths include excellent keyboard interface, integration with Safari and Mail app via quick tasks, and an “Evening” key function to delay tasks until later. Yet it lacks features that even apps like Apple Reminders has. These include attachments, time-stamped comments, and UI personalizations. Furthermore more apps are including kanban style views and calendar views which Things does not have. Concerningly, there has been no new development for Many Years (although there are reliable and consistent updates.) It would appear that the developers are talented but they refuse to make updates as simple as adding a “Pin To Top” function for the Today View. So if you are coming to Things, you need to consider these deficiencies. Outside of that, it is still an excellent app that I use however I use it (frustratingly) in conjunction with other apps to try to overcome Things 3’s missing capabilities.

Best to-do app out there. Simple, clean, powerful. I have been using it exclusively since about 2010 and it has never let me down. Worth the price. I run it on my phone, tablet, and laptop.