Things is designed around making a daily plan in the Today view and organizing tasks on that daily plan. By default, these tasks can be rearranged with drag and drop however you like. You do get a consolidated view of tasks due today as well as "starred" tasks in the Today view. I find this distracting, and it's very difficult to grasp a given context's next actions at one go. This means that if you filter on the tag "Home" you will see a list like this: Contexts can be implemented as tags, but tags can be used for other metadata as well, such as time and energy required. It's organization of tasks is based on Areas that contain tasks and projects projects in turn also contain tasks. Now, the not-so-good: Things 3 was designed with a particular approach to task management in mind, and it wasn't GTD. The developers have done an outstanding job of design. I think it makes Omnifocus look cluttered and a bit ugly. Other clever refinements, such as an "Evening" section of the Today view, and progress pies for projects.Most-requested features are included: time-based reminders and (on macs) multiple windows.This determines both location and type of item in an intuitive way. "Magic +" on iOS: you stab the big blue + and move it around the screen to create a new item.Easy multi-selection on iOS: almost anything you can do to one task, you can do to any number of selected tasks.
Easy drag and drop functionality on all platforms: you just do it and it just works.This is similar to the cmd-O functionality in Omnifocus, but faster and works on iOS as well as macs. On a mac, you just type "Re" and you will get a list that might include a "Research" area of focus and a "Review" tag. Search and Navigation is fast and easy.Any task can have a checklist (a feature found in Wunderlist).Headers inside projects allow task groupings.Although the core design of Things 1 and 2 is basically the same, the developers have come up with some innovative features, and also borrowed and improved on features found in other programs. I was a beta tester for Things 3, and thought I would provide a brief review for those interested, along with some lessons I am still learning about GTD and me.įirst, the good: Things 3 is a beautiful app, with meticulous attention to user experience. It is a strong contender in the high-functionality Apple task manager space, along with Omnifocus. It is an app for "personal task management" that syncs seamlessly across Apple devices: iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac. Things 3 was released May 18th by Cultured Code.
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