Cultured Code Announces 'Things 3' Task Manager for Mac, iOS, and Apple Watch

[Luba]

Along with early versions of Things, I've used and payed for Omnifocus, Todoist, Zendone, 2Do, ToDo, The Hit List and even Toodledo over the years. Each has had its quirks and shortcomings and each has had its areas of "quality". I kept coming back to some combination of Outlook along with some list manager (most recently, Todoist and The Hit List). Yes, I had a big problem with "productivity porn" and probably needed an intervention, along with a 12 step program.

Things 3 is the first among this class of application which I've found to be a true pleasure to use. A person would have to go through a task management workflow for a few hours to gain a full appreciation, but if one were to do that - and that person was someone with experience using (and likely struggling with - at least to an extent) productivity and task management apps, that person would gain (IMO) a deep appreciation of the many fine points inherent in Things 3.

There's a ridiculously awesome search feature, tagging is super easy to add and use, there are 3 time management options (start date, deadlines - aka due date to many of us - and reminders), there's a view which is clear and easy to read, manage and report from (printing from Things 3 is excellent!) and in the iOS apps, there are other extremely well engineered and innovative touches (the + sign application is a revelation). To say that this application is "not quality" because it lacks collaboration is simply wrong - and simply your opinion (I fixed that for you).

Collaboration would be nice - but I prefer an application aimed solely at myself where I don't have to convince a co-worker, my team - or management - that it should be adopted in order to leverage a benefit.

I thought the lack of Email to Task would be a show stopper for me - but coupling Things with Mailmate handled that well.

I thought I'd have a big problem with the lack of saved filters - but the search is so great - and so fast - that it's simply not needed.

Things 3 is a great application. It reeks of quality.

I have no association with Cultured Code - I've written many critical posts re: Things over the years. However, with Things 3, boy did they get it right. Kudos to them. I've found my task management app and I doubt I'm looking back - or elsewhere.

I think you can email to task with the autofill shortcut key sequence. Can also send a webpage link to Things with the above autofill key sequence too. Haven't tried it out yet though.

 

[umbilical]

I try this app this week, I really like, I replace mac notes, reminders and calendar in just one app, but! I miss the full month calendar view from calendar: https://imgur.com/a/7iAlK
I like how things show the week in a list but I really need have a full preview of the month.
just me?

 

[ScottNWDW]

I try this app this week, I really like, I replace mac notes, reminders and calendar in just one app, but! I miss the full month calendar view from calendar: https://imgur.com/a/7iAlK
I like how things show the week in a list but I really need have a full preview of the month.
just me?

Things is a pretty good TASK APP, it is not a notes calendar and task app. You will not be able to create calendar items within Things. You may be better off with Informant from Fanatic Software. It is designed to be a calendar, task app and a notes app. It is more suited for what you are looking for and as a long time user I can say it is the best in it's class. It also has an iOS version for the iPhone and iPad. The Mac version is in the final stages of development but available through the developer and not on the Mac App Store just yet. The iOS version is available through the App Store.