Things 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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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

Shamir J.

Verified reviewer

Management Consulting

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

The best to-do list for Apple devices

It has been great! Great integration with Apple ecosystem and as a to-do list, it performs very well and you have plenty of functionality to make it detailed enough or simple enough based on how you deal with to-do list.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The integration with all Apple devices (Mac/iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch) The design (Apple like design) It's great software for GTD approach One-time purchase Shortcuts

Cons:

You need to buy the product for each platform (one-time purchase for Mac, one for iPhone, one for iPad) which makes it a bit expensive in the first place but if you plan to keep it long term, it's worth the investment rather than a subscription for a product. Time blocking not available: there is a workaround though, you can drag your tasks on your Apple Calendar app but it's less effective than a proper time blocking functionality It misses also a kind of assistant to help you out daily with planning and review to better stick with GTD. If you are not disciplined enough on reviews, it can be quickly out of control. Daily/monthly stats on how you perform could be quite nice (like Todoist)

Reasons for switching to Things

I wanted to use Things for a long time for its design but on my previous position, we were using Windows laptops so I went with Todoist which is cross-platform and it's quite similar to Things on the way it works. But if you use Apple devices only, Things is beautifully designed and it works well without any subscription.

Steve G.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

Great task list with intuitive UI

This is the software that I most often return to for my task lists. The user interface and quick entry options are smooth and intuitive.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Quick and easy entries while also having enough power features to plan long term projects. The typography is also well done.

Cons:

I wish there was a way to see a whole week of tasks at a time. A forecast view, like OmniFocus would take it over the top.

Reasons for switching to Things

Things 3 may not be as powerful as Omni Focus, but it has all the features I need for my workflow.

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.

Marcus K.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Simple to-do app

It's good if you want a simple todo list that looks good, is super easy to use etc.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very minimalistic and simple to use. No fluff. No subscription fee is great!

Cons:

Not enough integrations to my other tools, and no collab functionality.

Reasons for switching to Things

Wanted something that worked better on my iPhone at that time.

Verified

Reviewer

Graphic Design

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2024

Things is a great way to manage all the "things" you have to do

Things was my main project management app for several years and I loved using it. It was a huge help to my productivity. But there were a few things that I wanted it to do that it did not, and I found ways to work around them. But eventually I found another solution that better fit my needs and I switched over.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The best thing about Things is how easy it is to add and organize the tasks that you need to accomplish. It is easy to brain dump them in, and then also easy to move them around and get them in the right order so you can get them done efficiently

Cons:

The main problem I had with Things is that I wanted more ways to delineate and differentiate tasks. I use color codes a lot, and tags as well – tags are great in Things, but I could have used more ways to separate tasks and projects so it would be easy to get a sense of what needs to be done at a glance. I don't want to read all the tasks every time I glance over

Reasons for choosing Things

Things seemed like the cleanest and easiest to use, and it had a good price as well

Verified

Reviewer

Publishing

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

I Always Return to Things

Since purchasing things a year and a half or so ago I've tried other productivity task managers. Moved my process into Trello, Omnifocus, Agenda, Teamwork.... and while all of those products have excellent features and are great for managing projects and the like, the attempts either by me or by the software to manage daily task lists and project tasks never pans out and I return in a week or two to Things and am reminded how elegant and functional Things is. Great product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The user experience is phenomenal. To be able to search for a task or project by simply typing--with no keyboard shortcuts or mousing to a field or clicking on an icon--is brilliant. Additionally, I love that I can just hit a quick ctrl-spacebar at any time regardless of the program I'm in when I'm on desktop and I can quick enter a task and return and flesh it out later on. Great during meetings. The app for ios is awesome, as well.

Cons:

I truly wish that I could drop files into a task. However, there's a fine line between where something is simple and effective vs taking on too much and risk becoming a bloated piece of software with too many options. I argue with myself that the line with Things is with this desire for it being able to store a file. Evernote, Sharefile, Box, and several other products our org has license to can all serve this purpose. But still, when I'm aiming for maximum efficiency (and when I don't want to create some zap or other chain to make such a thing work), it's the one thing I like least. Small thing though. Small small thing.

Reasons for choosing Things

As stated above, I've tried the others and am always sucked back in by Things. It feels good to use it.

Reasons for switching to Things

Overwhelmed with features of Omnifocus when needing to use it frequently and quickly.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2020

Best of the best (for Apple users).

No complaints about the software, interface or usability. If we eventually have to do a paid upgrade to Things 4, we'd do so in a heartbeat. Great for personal and professional task management.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

I've tried literally 10-15 todo list/productivity style apps, and Things 3 is by far the most intuitive. I also like the one-time payment option as opposed to a monthly subscription. By far the most thorough in terms of keyboard shortcuts, flexibility and just overall product design. One thing I really like is that it can pull in your calendar entries into your "Today" view to give you appointments alongside your todos. This is a fantastic feature that most todo apps do not implement. Better than Todoist, Wunderlist, Asana, Google Tasks. I love the tagging - this fits my specific needs perfectly, and the Getting Things Done methodology no matter how that works in your own workflow.

Cons:

I didn't like having to pay twice for the software. Meaning, you have to pay a separate license fee for each device. I paid for a desktop license and an iPhone license. I still prefer this to a monthly fee indefinitely, but there are plenty of companies offering one license for all devices so this was disappointing. That being said, you get what you pay for, and we are still glad we did. I have no issues with the software itself, only the pricing and lack of clarity around it.

Reasons for choosing Things

Calendar integration gives a fuller picture of my daily tasks as it includes an meetings/appointment I need to work today's todos around. Perfect!

Verified

Reviewer

Internet

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

Best tool for managing personal takss

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's simple, effective, and beautiful. Full integration in Apple eco system.

Cons:

No file attachments. No web interface. Slow development for new features.

Reasons for switching to Things

Todoist is also a great piece of software. I used both for some time.

Andrew R P.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

My Digital Brain

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Things makes it easy to take something I'm holding in my physical brain, but it in a trusted system, and forget about it until the time I need to remember it. It interfaces with all my other favorite apps and services (Airmail, DEVONthink) and works seamlessly across my computer and mobile devices.

Cons:

I wish it was easier to take action on multiple to-dos at once (e.g. marking them done, changing their due date, etc).

Reasons for switching to Things

Todoist was powerful, but the UI was a little busy and distracting. I loved the clean interface of Things and the way it made me want to enter my to-dos!

Belarbi M.

Verified reviewer

Program Development

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

Why I Love Using Things

I appreciated how clean the interface is. It doesn’t overwhelm you with options, yet it gives just enough structure to help you stay organized. Adding tasks is effortless, and the quick capture feature is a huge plus when ideas or reminders pop into your head on the fly.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I like most about Things that it's really helpful for organizing complex workflows and also good for personal use!

Cons:

Well, what I like least about Things is that not suitable for teams or shared projects, but still good for solo professionals.

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