Things

Avantages

Things is my daily companion. I open the app first thing in the morning and close it as the last one at night. It‘s super intuitive to add and view task for both short- and long-term projects.

Inconvénients

Only a minor downside: widgets currently don‘t update automatically without opening the app. However, the interaction with the widget got way better with the last version so I‘m sure it‘s just a matter of time until background refreshs work properly

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Things

Avantages

It's very simple and user-friendly. It would take no time for someone new to the software to get up and running with it. As a basic task manager, it is perfectly adequate. If you want to build your own system from the ground up, this is a good choice.

Inconvénients

It just wasn't feature-rich enough to justify a price point that was comparable to other task management software choices that DO include richer features. For instance, why no cascading tasks/dependencies? I'm a GTD person, and Things just didn't have all the layers needed to execute GTD digitally. I eventually found a competitor that was clearly designed to work for GTD workflows and abandoned Things. Unfortunately, I had already sunk the costs of paying for the desktop, iPad, AND iPhone apps for Things because everyone else I worked with was using it and seemed to love it. I know many who still do, but I just like to build a task system with much more specificity and robustness.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

The aesthetics of it combined with its easy to use feature set. It is well put together. Simple and intuitive.

Inconvénients

For me its strength lies in task managment, not project management. I would like some crossover features.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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)

Avantages

I have loved Things for a very, very long time. It is extremely well designed and when I was fully in the Mac ecosystem it was great. It's very Apple-like design. Easy to use, but powerful underneath. An exquisite way to organize your life.

Inconvénients

Times have changed, and developers generally don't use just one platform. A tool that is used to keep track of absolutely all my tasks NEEDS to be available everywhere I go. It is very sad to me that I can no longer use Things for this reason. They desperately need a web app and ideally a native Windows app.

Avantages

I love the simplicity and aesthetic of Things. It is intuitive and just works. Syncing is rock solid across platforms. It has the essential features I need: Projects, Areas, tasks, notes, and tags. Headings are nice as well.

Inconvénients

There are a few features I wish were available. I mainly wish there was a way to create some custom views or perspectives, especially with tags. I also wish there was the option for a review function.

Avantages

Love the ease of use and the cross-device syncing. It's pretty customizable with some issues.

Inconvénients

No Windows support, no time reminders, just dates unless you set up recurring. No location dependence either.

Avantages

Its ease of use and the fantastic user interface and user experience. That it works perfectly with the “Getting Things Done” methodology.

Inconvénients

The interaction with the scrollbar of the sidebar on the left side of the app window when using a mouse. It is sometimes hard to get it moving on the first try, because often you are adjusting the width of the sidebar instead.

Avantages

This is a very user-friendly and very powerful task management system. I like the simple interface, I find it intuitive to use. There are lots of options to dig into in terms of breaking things down. The ability to add notes to tasks is so helpful. I like the repeating tasks scheduler a lot. Being able to set deadlines in addition to decide independantly when to tackle a task is good, especially as this applies to projects and not just the 'to do' itself. So I can set a deadline on the project, but schedule the tasks separately. I love that I can look at the calendar view and see scheduled tasks, upcoming deadlines AND that it pulls from my calendar so it can all be seen at a glance.

Inconvénients

It's really annoying that there is no 'archive' function. I created a new area for "Moving House" as I had several sub-projects relating to it. Well now I have moved house what do I do? If I try and delete it then it will delete everything and that feels wrong. I did those tasks, wiping them out loses some of the satisfaction of checking them off in the first place.Sometimes I wish I could have projects within projects. Yes I could make it an area, but that's too macro as those things are grouped under a heading. I'm a writer, so I have an area called "writing" and then I can create a project for "Book One" but within that book there are projects like "first draft", "revision", "marketing" etc. I can do subtitles within the project but then it can make it super long and intimidating. I can also do bullet points within tasks but that isn't as satisfying as checking off the task itself. It feels like another layer would be good.

Avantages

Things is a very excellent task manager that is very well build for managing task. It is light and run fast on my iPhone without any problem. I can create a task from a single click and it shown hos simple it is to operate the software. The notification can be set if you constantly reminding you for you pending task.

Inconvénients

Things that i dislike with this application is, it is exclusive only on ios platform and can be access from other operating system like android or windows. The price for the software is also quite steep and the trial period is too short for user to evaluate it before make a purchase.

Avantages

Things is very easy to understand and use, and has a very beautiful and clean interface that’s a pleasure to see. It is simple on the surface but can accommodate a bit more complex setups.

Inconvénients

It’s good for managing single tasks to remind or simple projects, but for more complex things it shows it’s limits. The things I miss the most: setting tasks within a project as parallel or subsequent tasks: now they’re shown all together, even the ones not yet actionable; a web interface, for when I don’t have my devices available for some reason. Also, the ability to put tasks on hold or track that they’ve been delegated to others would be good

Avantages

My favorite features of the app include:
• keyboard shortcut for a quick entry box to capture a new to do no matter what I'm doing on my computer
• keyboard shortcut for a quick entry box that captures whatever I've highlighted on my computer and pastes it as a new to do
• integration with Apple Reminders and calendar to import reminders to Things. This is extra useful because I use SIRI to capture to do items all the time and they automatically show up in Things inbox for processing.
• organizing to do items into projects and be able to assign headers within the list to group items
• tags for quick filtering

I also use the mobile app, which makes reviewing and adding on-the-go easy, but I mainly work with Things on my computer for major planning

Inconvénients

I use Things daily and I honestly don't have any criticisms. I only hope the developers don't start adding features which dilutes the amazing functionality and ease it has now.

Avantages

Where do I start? Things has changed my entire workflow, in every aspect of my life. Groceries, Purchases, Savings, Financials, Work Tasks, Family Tasks, Caring for My plants, Life goals, travel, Budgets, Client Management...the lists go on. It is such a beautiful, well thought out product, that is worth every single penny and then some. On top of a beautiful seamless integrated cross-platform experience, you get ​independent​ cloud sync, recurring tasks, projects, archive, logbook, save for later, inbox, areas, sub-task within tasks, amazing drag and drop on mobile devcies. This application is PERFECT.

Inconvénients

That more people do not use it because of cost, and that isn't the software companies fault. If they would somehow maybe make the cost more universal to do a full platform buy-in, I'd be behind that, but honestly I paid for it full price across every device because it is that good.

Avantages

- it the best task management software on the planet
- the interactions and the animations make you want to check off your list every single time you look at it
- well designed: simple, yet very powerful
- easy to organise your lists and to see your day ahead

Inconvénients

- The cost - it's expensive, especially if you use it on multiple devices
- Doesn't have location-based reminders on mobile (the bit that keeps me from using it with 100% of my tasks)

Avantages

Things is clean, well-designed, and has essentially ever feature I need for a to-do app.

In general, I think this is a great app. Additionally, they've recently updated it to allow for deep-linking of some sort, however I haven't had the time to dig into that further and see what additional functionality it brings with it.

Finally, the design is great. it's clean, it's white. it's simple. You can't beat that - in the day when all apps seem to add in way too many colors, shadows, etc. and overdo it in my opinion. This one hits the mark.

Inconvénients

The pricing structure isn't the greatest. Annual plans have never sat well with me as they don't allow for flexible lifestyles. My tech habits change much more often than annually, for example, and I'd like to onboard and offload apps accordingly.

Avantages

I adore pretty much everything about this app. Task creation and management is so simple, with intuitive gestures at the forefront and powerful features tucked underneath when you need it. The experience between Mac, iPhone, and iPad is consistent and absolutely delightful.

If you have a lot of projects up in the air and want a simple way to track and manage them, absolutely get Things. It doesn't have all of the bells and whistles of some kitchen sink apps, but it's all the better for the restraint it shows.

Inconvénients

No collaborative lists for families or teams.

A few clunky UX choices, but they are few and far between.

Avantages

If you are a macOs and iOS user, this is the de facto to-do app to have. It’s gorgeous, powerful, well thought and perfectly executed. Since it introduced its own cloud service to keep lists and projects in sync between devices, it has been my favorite app to get things done.

Inconvénients

The only thing missing is an Android app, but if you are a Mac user then you don’t have anything to fear.

Avantages

It is the best organizer money can buy on the Apple Platform, also it is actually worth it. This app is completely supplied with the necessary features and abilities by thoughtful developers. One can use Areas, Projects, Tasks and Checklists inside Tasks for organizing their work, personal life and projects.

Inconvénients

It doesn't exist on other platforms or the web.

Avantages

Simplicity in design and functionality. UX decisions are obvious and unobstructive. The design is beautiful and native to the platform it exists on, but has its own personality.

Inconvénients

Lack of collaboration. Lack of integrations. (Though, integrations are seemingly being added at an impressive pace in this latest version.)

Avantages

I've been using Things since it's been released to public beta and it's just an indispensable piece of software. I used it every day, both for work and personal tasks. Great synchronization.

Inconvénients

It could possibly be slightly cheaper (would gladly pay monthly fee), but if you consider how much you get out of it - worth every penny.

Avantages

Initially, I had a hard time coughing up the high-price tag for the Things Suite. But after using the Trial and seeing how it not only cleaned up my notes, calendars, and email accounts I was sold. I literally organize my entire life with Things. Financials, Products, Reviews, Clients, Software, Groceries, Donations, Vacations, Artwork, Blog posts, you name it, it's in things.

Inconvénients

I have really no complaints about the software, except one minor hiccup that may or many not be an obvious feature set, you can leave blank "to-do" entries in the software, I'd rather have it disappear if there is no content detected.

Avantages

It's easy to setup and use. You can create different categories so you can keep everything nice and organized, which I'm all about.

Inconvénients

It's pricey because you have to buy the app on each device you want to use it. I've explored other options because of this, and know other's that have as well.