Things is a Personal productivity tool: Award-winning to-do app for Apple devices.

How much does Things cost?

Things uses a Paid model; see the vendor's pricing page for current plans.

What are the best alternatives to Things?

Community-listed alternatives to Things include Motion, Sunsama, Superhuman, bytemail.

Does Things have a free trial?

Yes, Things offers a 15-day free trial.

What does Things integrate with?

Things integrates with Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders import, Shortcuts, Mail to Things and more.

Which platforms does Things support?

Things is available on macos, ios.

Things

Award-winning to-do app for Apple devices

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Things is a personal productivity tool for Freelancers, offered as paid. Based in Germany, founded in 2007. Popular alternatives include Motion, Sunsama, Superhuman.

About Things

Things is a personal task manager for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro made by Cultured Code, a small independent company based in Stuttgart, Germany. Things 3, released in 2017, won an Apple Design Award and is widely regarded as one of the most carefully designed productivity apps on Apple platforms.

Tasks live in areas and projects, projects can be divided with headings, and checklists sit inside tasks. The Today, Upcoming, Anytime and Someday views separate what needs attention now from later ideas, and This Evening helps plan the end of the day. Quick Entry with natural language dates captures tasks from anywhere on the Mac, calendar events appear next to scheduled tasks, and tags and filters add flexibility. Things integrates with Shortcuts, Siri, widgets and the share sheet. It is sold as a one-time purchase per platform, with separate prices for Mac, iPhone and iPad and free Things Cloud sync, so there is no subscription.

Things fits individuals in the Apple ecosystem who want a calm, fast and beautiful personal task manager. It has no collaboration or shared projects, no Windows, Android or web app, and each device type needs its own purchase. Todoist works on every platform and supports teams, OmniFocus offers deeper GTD power for Apple users, and TickTick adds habits and a Pomodoro timer.

Key features of Things

Areas, projects and headings
Today, Upcoming, Anytime, Someday
Quick entry with natural dates
Tags and filters
Calendar events alongside tasks
Free Things Cloud sync

Pros and cons

Pros

Beautiful, calm design
One-time purchase
Fast and reliable
Deep Apple integration

Cons

Apple only
No collaboration
No web app
Separate purchases per device

Things pricing

Things uses a paid model. A 15-day free trial is available.

Plan	Price	Includes
Mac	$49.99	One-time purchase
iPhone & Apple Watch	$9.99	One-time purchase
iPad	$19.99	One-time purchase

Source: apps.apple.com · checked on Oct 20, 2026

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How Things compares in Personal productivity

Rank by votes: #1 / 49
Starting price: —
Free alternatives: 6

Things ranks #1 of 49 personal productivity tools by community votes and is not directly comparable on price.

Common use cases

1Personal GTD on Mac and iPhone
2Freelancer planning projects
3Daily planning ritual
4Apple ecosystem users

Best for

Apple users wanting a beautiful personal task manager.

Not ideal for

Teams or Windows/Android users.

Integrations

Apple Calendar
Apple Reminders import
Shortcuts
Mail to Things

Our take

Things is the most pleasant to-do app on Apple devices.

FAQ

What is Things?: Things is a Personal productivity tool: Award-winning to-do app for Apple devices.
How much does Things cost?: Things uses a Paid model; see the vendor's pricing page for current plans.
What are the best alternatives to Things?: Community-listed alternatives to Things include Motion, Sunsama, Superhuman, bytemail.
Does Things have a free trial?: Yes, Things offers a 15-day free trial.
What does Things integrate with?: Things integrates with Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders import, Shortcuts, Mail to Things and more.
Which platforms does Things support?: Things is available on macos, ios.
Who is Things for?: Apple users wanting a beautiful personal task manager.

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