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Overview

Things

4.8

(142)

Pricing

Starting at $9.99 one time

About Things

Things is a task management solution that helps iOS, Mac, and Apple Watch users manage projects, organize events and set up reminders on a unified platform. It enables administrators to automatically synchronize data related to events or checklists using Apple’s calendar application.

Features of Things include mind mapping, collaboration, progress tracking, analytics, drag-and-drop interface and more. The platform allows users to filter and sort tasks by the due date and organize daily routines and long-term goals. Additionally, stakeholders can use the application to categorize to-do lists into daily or upcoming tasks and assign deadlines.

Things supports integration with Spotlight, a desktop search solution, which enables professionals to locate documents, images, audio files and applications across PCs. Pricing is available on a one-time license basis and support is extended via phone, email, documentation and other online measures.

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Things Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $9.99 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

For Mac

$49.99

flat rate, one time

Plan includes:

Fixed Some Issues and Crashes That Occurred When Creating Repeating To-Dos via the New Repeating To-Do Command
Prevented Erroneous Scheduling of Repeating To-Dos via Applescript
Restored the Complete/Cancel Context Menu Commands for Projects in the Sidebar

For iPhone & Watch

$9.99

flat rate, one time

Plan includes:

Added Accessibility Support for Reordering Tasks While Voiceover Is Enabled
Improved Handling of Line Separator Characters in Bullet Lists
Various Other Improvements Under the Hood

For iPad

$19.99

flat rate, one time

Plan includes:

Added Accessibility Support for Reordering Tasks While Voiceover Is Enabled
Improved Handling of Line Separator Characters in Bullet Lists
Various Other Improvements Under the Hood

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Things Features

Popular features found in Task Management
Assignment Management
Collaboration Tools
Commenting/Notes
Deadline Management
Dependency Tracking
Prioritization
Project Tracking
Resource Management
Task Editing
Time Tracking
To-Do List
Workflow Management
More features of Things
Activity Tracking
Calendar Management
Drag & Drop
Mobile Access
Project Planning
Project Templates
Real-Time Notifications
Recurring Tasks
Reporting/Analytics
Search/Filter
Sub-Task Management
Task Import
Task Management
Task Progress Tracking
Task Scheduling
Task Tagging

Things Integrations

Spotlight Cloud

Things User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

85%

14%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.8

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.5

Verified

Reviewer

Design

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2020

The best task management app for iOS!

Things kept me more organized and more on top of my projects and tasks.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The design and UI of this app is both great to look at and amazingly functional! They pack a lot of features into a very uncluttered app and it make for a fantastic experience.

Cons:

This app was a perfect balance for me between having advanced features but being fast and easy to use so I can't really think of anything I didn't like.

Per B.

Verified reviewer

Research

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2024

Things is simply the best task management app I have tried

Things is one of the most important apps in my busy life. It provides, together with my calendar app, structure and confidence that I will remember to do everything needed at the right time.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Things simplifies my life and frees up brin capacity by letting me schedule tasks to do today or years from now and then focus on what to do now, knowing that the future tasks will pop-up on my list when they require my attention.

Cons:

Things does not have its own geolocation function that allows you to get reminders based on your location (e.g. remind me to talk to X when arriving at work next time). There is a way to accomplish that with app integration, but it would be great if it was native to Things.

Reasons for switching to Things

Todosit was too complicated. Things is more straightforward and easy to use, yet powerful enough to simplify my life.

Maciej P.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

Best list manager I could find

I can recommend it to anyone as I've been using it daily.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

It's really basic and simple, but has all the functionality needed to use GTD method in you daily life.

Cons:

The price is really high in comparison to it's comparison. Another thing is, that you can't share your lists.

Ben s.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

A solid, easy to use program for task management and everyday thought organization.

Overall I really enjoy using Things. It has simplified my workflow, and makes it easy and efficient to keep track of everything I have going on, without being cumbersome or overly involved and complicated to use. I have tried so many different todo list and task management systems over the years, with most being too simple and not powerful enough to do what I need them to, or overly complicated and bloated with features that I don't need, or workflows that are cumbersome. Things really hits the sweet spot for me with the features and power to keep me on task, without slowing me down or frustrating me.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

I love how quick and easy it is to put down the things that I need to do every day. I love that there is an inbox where I can do a mind dump with everything that needs to be done at some point, and then come back later when I have time and sort them into certain days to do them, or defer them for some other time. I love that the there is a quick add feature on my desktop, as well as the quick add feature on my iPhone, so that I can quickly throw new things into the inbox when a random thought pops into my head. I always struggle with forgetting things for good if I don't write them down when they pop into my head, and this essentially solves that issue for me as I can almost always grab my phone when a though comes in and enter it into Things quickly and know that it will be there when I come back to it later. I love the way you can use areas, headers, and projects to efficiently label and organize everything. I have multiple ongoing projects that I am working on in different areas of my life, and this makes it easy to keep them all separate, but still be able to keep track of where things are and what the next thing I need to work on is to keep things moving forward. I love how seamlessly the iPhone app and the desktop app work together. There is no thought involved in it at all. Everything stays in perfect sync no matter if I'm working on my phone or on my computer.

Cons:

The only real complaints I have about Things is the lack of any real collaboration support. It would be really useful to be able to add people to certain projects or task lists, or to assign people certain tasks in a project, and they be able to see, add, edit, and mark off tasks as they go. Or be able to have a team track along with how projects are going and what their current status is. I see a lot of people also complain about the lack of attachments also. While this isn't something that personally affects my workflow, I can see how it would be useful, and understand why people are frustrated that it isn't supported. I think if they had an add on subscription service to allow attachments and collaboration, it would really make it one of the best programs out there.

Reasons for switching to Things

I wasn't happy with OmniFocus or Microsoft To Do, and I found myself reluctant to use them everyday, and it was difficult to keep everything on track and stay on top of what I needed to do. I wanted to love OmniFocus, and normally I love the products from OmniGroup. However, I found the software overly verbose and complicated to use efficiently. The user interface wasn't easy to navigate for me. It just seemed to be overly complicated and clunky, and I always felt a little daunted every time I opened it. Over time I just stopped using it regularly. Microsoft ToDo was okay. I liked it much better when it was Wunderlist. I feel like it got buggier and didn't quite work as well, or they way I was used to once they took it over.

Ben-Anthony D.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Brilliant for managing your life

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

I love how there are no differences no matter what platform I use, whether it be desktop or mobile. It’s reliable, organised and easy to use

Cons:

I don’t like the lack of team management features

Reasons for choosing Things

The pricing, UI and UX

Reasons for switching to Things

The pricing for Monday.com made it too expensive for daily task management and the mobile app is almost unusable compared to the desktop application

Craig F.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Things

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This is the best piece of software I have ever bought and I’m a heavy duty user in my job and in daily life. Things has replaced the need to use expensive project management software by providing a very simple interface with no overloading of the UI which lets you do everything while not having to go back and forth etc.

Cons:

Things isn’t open source and is not free. It’s expensive when you consider 4/5x point of access but for a lifetime license it’s ok.

Reasons for switching to Things

In search of something more simple on desktop and in app format.

Verified

Reviewer

Design

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2019

Love it!

I organize my day-to-day and projects with this.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

I love that it integrates with my calendar. I love that it has an AppleWatch app. I love that I can use it with Siri. I love how projects are organized so I can covert a to-do into a project at anytime. I love how simple it is to use.

Cons:

I really wish it had collaboration built in. I have several projects I work on in groups and it would be nice to share lists of to-dos with each other and see each other mark them off.

Reasons for choosing Things

It’s so simple to organize and use. Plus it works with my calendar.

Reasons for switching to Things

Todoist focuses too much on deadlines and priority.

Pedro C.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

a super practical to-do app

I love Things, I had used many task managers before and they made making the list of activities a chore, but with how easy it is to do it in things, it really makes it more fun and engaging,

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

It might seem like a small thing, but creating tasks quickly is an incredible experience, just hit space to create a new one, and then type the details and hit enter to save, don't need to click anywhere or select from any drop down menu or anything

Cons:

I wish it had online collaboration, I love Things for my personal projects and work, but im forced to look for other options for collaborating with others, also its a bit expensive and they charge you for the Mac app, the iOS app and the iPad app separately, that's kind of a bummer, would also like to have recurring tasks

Reasons for choosing Things

Its app based, not browser based, it looks very smooth and its so easy to add tasks that there's no friction between wanting to add a task and adding it, it works even better than one could imagine

Verified

Reviewer

Writing and Editing

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Things App easy to use

I use it every day to remind me of daily tasks, upcoming things to do and projects

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

It is easy to add tasks (to-dos), due dates, tags and deadlines. Ability to archive events. Pick between Upcoming, Anytime and Someday categories.

Cons:

Lack of integration with other apps like Fantastical, other calendar apps. More appearance options of different colors besides Light or Dark

Reasons for switching to Things

Todoist more difficult to use and less intuitive

James B.

Verified reviewer

Design

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Great Personal Task Manager

For years, I used another task manager that was much harder to use. The complexity of the other system resulted in me not regularly utilizing the tool. Things give me just the right amount of customization and presents an easy intuitive user interface.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

I appreciate the clean design and the fact that it is very powerful yet easy to learn and use. It is also synchronized across all my devices which allows me access wherever I go.

Cons:

It is a little on the pricey side especially if you want to use it across your Mac, iPhone and iPad. However, I will say that it is worth the money.

Reasons for switching to Things

- Things easier to use - Nozbe subscription rates were high and increasing

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