Things 3.14 Update Introduces Improved Bullet Lists, Markdown Support, Find in Text, and More

[H_D]

As someone who has used Things, Omni, Merlin and various other tools, using Ora for business (which is a good tool, but not as integrated as it could be)– what I really like as it uses the Apple Reminder infrastructure, supercharges it like crazy, includes calendar events and works on basically every (Apple) platform, including the Apple Watch: GoodTask. https://goodtaskapp.com. It's just fantastic.

 

[DeltaHF]

How does this compare with Google Tasks?

 

[jhollington]

How does this compare with Google Tasks?

Heh, it doesn't.

Google Tasks is a very basic task list app. Apple's Reminders is the best comparison, although even that's better in a lot of ways — and it's pulling well ahead of Google Tasks with the changes coming in iOS 15.

While Things is simple enough to do what Google Tasks and Reminders can do, the reality is that it does a lot more. I suspect one of the reasons why many folks find the price of Things to be a bit high is because they don't see it as doing that much more, but for those who really need its more advanced capabilities, which includes support for things like projects, start and end dates, and more sophisticated repeat intervals, I think it's well worth the asking price.

 

[nouvejetzt]

This is like Apple products, I like it even though I have to pay a bit more (not my data though).

 

[posguy99]

Obsidian MD is better and it’s free IMHO.

And they don't do the same thing! How can you go wrong?

 

[DaveTheRave]

I agree but I fear that the day where Things will unify their product is the day where they will introduce a subscription model. I wish not, but it seems inevitable. I prefer paying 80$ once though

Yeah I can imagine a Things version 4 being a subscription model. I'm sure their Things Cloud synchronization service is costing them, a bunch of one-time app purchases may not pay the bills.

 

[armhol]

This must be the long awaited Pi update!

 

[iDento]

Things is a good app. It's not worth $50 + $10 + $20. They need to unify the product and sell it once.

It’s the best app I have in all the platforms I use. I’d happily pay 10x the price they’re asking. I wish all apps are as polished as Things, Craft, Day One, Fantastical.

 

[ignatius345]

Things is a good app. It's not worth $50 + $10 + $20. They need to unify the product and sell it once.

Things is a highly polished, brilliantly designed app. They've got good support and they make timely and helpful updates. That stuff doesn't come cheap. I'd rather pay what it's worth than rent it (sorry, "subscribe") or have them cut corners. And I'm fine paying a la carte for Things on the hardware I use it on.

 

[Schnegg]

Things is awesome and I don't mind the price, but I will only buy it once they add list sharing. I just can't live without shared to dos.

 

[umbilical]

Be careful what you ask for. This kind of thinking leads devs to subscription models.

yes I prefer pay for those individuals, than subscription models.

 

[taratak21]

Things is a good app. It's not worth $50 + $10 + $20. They need to unify the product and sell it once.

For its feature from a small development team, the price is well worth it. If you use all the app for 365 days, that comes out as .22 cents (80/365). That's a bargain for what you can get.

I wouldn't mind a subscription model if they follow the likes of Agenda where you are guaranteed updates within the year of subscription and still have the features after.

 

[drumcat]

Was a Things devotee a decade ago. There is only one real feature worth it, and that's a shortcut/quick entry of a reminder/task.

https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Mac-OS/Remind-Me-FREE.html is a free reminder shortcut/modal. I do wish there was a more flexible option for notes and such, but for now, this works.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Wonderful App! But it is way too expensive

It usually goes on sale twice a year. It is much more affordable then. That is how I got mine.

 

[ignatius345]

Things is awesome and I don't mind the price, but I will only buy it once they add list sharing. I just can't live without shared to dos.

I wish for this too. I have to relegate my grocery list to Reminders so it can be shared with the family.

 

[Apple_Robert]

For its feature from a small development team, the price is well worth it. If you use all the app for 365 days, that comes out as .22 cents (80/365). That's a bargain for what you can get.

I wouldn't mind a subscription model if they follow the likes of Agenda where you are guaranteed updates within the year of subscription and still have the features after.

Agenda has a great app model. I wish more developers would adopt the model.

 

[dogslobber]

This costs money so why would I use it?

 

[BWhaler]

Things is some of the best software in the Apple ecosystem. Top notch developers and design.

 

[amaze1499]

Yeah, it was a good app. Got both desktop and iOS version 2. Developer requested a fully paid upgrade to version 3. Version 2 is now about to be shut down. Stopped using it. Never went back, not missing it either.

Good reminder to invest the money is something worthwhile and started using a notebook with pen and paper instead.

 

[drumcat]

Yeah, it was a good app. Got both desktop and iOS version 2. Developer requested a fully paid upgrade to version 3. Version 2 is now about to be shut down. Stopped using it. Never went back, not missing it either.

Good reminder to invest the money is something worthwhile and started using a notebook with pen and paper instead.

100%. Same situation. I've seen 1000 note tools come and go, and 1000 to-do apps.

In the end, just find you some markdown you can sync for free, and apps that do a little more than text. Plain text will still be a thing in 2071.

 

[WilburMercer]

I’d happily pay 10x the price they’re asking.

You wouldn't pay $800 for a todo app.

 

[R10k]

Their syncing solution is the best I've seen - it's borderline bulletproof. Compared to icloud or other syncing systems, I trust it to work every time flawlessly, and it does.

 

[unfunfionn]

I like Things, but it's wildly overpriced and the clean design hides the fact that it's a bit outdated at this point. A few essentials missing, some clunky UX (good luck trying to create a load of tasks rapidly one after the other), and as long as it can't do background cross-device syncing (an iOS limitation) it'll always be flawed. This is why I switched back to Reminders. It's kind of important to actually get notified about critical tasks. With Things, you need to create the task and then open it on the device you'd like to receive the notification on later so it can sync first. For a productivity app, that just doesn't work. Until Apple allows this, Reminders will always be better by default.

I switched to Agenda + Reminders and I'm quite a bit happier with that setup.

 

[pshufd]

I like Things, but it's wildly overpriced and the clean design hides the fact that it's a bit outdated at this point. A few essentials missing, some clunky UX (good luck trying to create a load of tasks rapidly one after the other), and as long as it can't do background cross-device syncing (an iOS limitation) it'll always be flawed. This is why I switched back to Reminders. It's kind of important to actually get notified about critical tasks. With Things, you need to create the task and then open it on the device you'd like to receive the notification on later so it can sync first. For a productivity app, that just doesn't work. Until Apple allows this, Reminders will always be better by default.

I switched to Agenda + Reminders and I'm quite a bit happier with that setup.

Charging by the device is a dealbreaker for me. I regularly use two desktops (Windows + M1 mini), two laptops (2014, 2015 MacBook Pros), a Mac Mini, an iPhone 7+ and an iPhone 6 (backup phone). I get Reminders and Notes for free and they get the job done for me. Could it be done better? Sure. But syncing works great on Notes and Reminders for me and I suspect that Apple will continue to improve both of them over time.

 

[orbital~debris]

Charging by the device is a dealbreaker for me. I regularly use two desktops (Windows + M1 mini), two laptops (2014, 2015 MacBook Pros), a Mac Mini, an iPhone 7+ and an iPhone 6 (backup phone). I get Reminders and Notes for free and they get the job done for me. Could it be done better? Sure. But syncing works great on Notes and Reminders for me and I suspect that Apple will continue to improve both of them over time.

I think charging per platform would be a more accurate way to describe it, rather than per device.