Things 3 is a comprehensive and user-friendly task management application developed by Cultured Code, designed to help users manage their tasks, projects, and daily activities efficiently across various Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac.
What Things 3 Does
Things 3 is tailored for personal task management, allowing users to organize and track their tasks, projects, and deadlines in a structured and intuitive manner. It integrates seamlessly with Apple’s ecosystem, ensuring that your data is synced across all your devices via Things Cloud, eliminating the need for a subscription.Key Features and Functionality
Task Management
- Task Organization: Tasks can be organized into areas, projects, and lists. Areas act as folders for projects, while projects break down tasks into more focused goals. You can assign tasks to specific dates or deadlines and use labels (tags) to filter and categorize them.
- Daily To-Do Lists: The app features dynamic calendars that help in scheduling events and managing daily activities. Tasks can be assigned to “Today,” “This Evening,” “Upcoming,” “Anytime,” or “Someday” sections, making it easy to prioritize and plan tasks.
Scheduling and Reminders
- Dynamic Calendars: Things 3 integrates with your calendars to show events alongside your to-dos, helping you plan your day more effectively.
- Reminders: You can set reminders for specific times using Siri voice commands or shorthand notes, ensuring you never miss a task. Reminders are synced across all your devices.
Quick Entry and Navigation
- Quick Find: A powerful search tool that allows you to find specific tasks, projects, or notes by typing in any term, applying filters throughout the app.
- Quick Entry: This feature enables fast task entry using shortcuts, particularly useful on Mac. You can set up a shortcut to quickly add tasks from anywhere on your device.
Additional Features
- Repeating To-Dos & Projects: For tasks or projects that recur, you can set them to repeat automatically.
- Checklists and Notes: You can add checklists or in-app notes to tasks to ensure you don’t miss relevant steps or details.
- Natural Language Input: Although not as robust as some other apps, Things 3 supports natural language input for scheduling tasks and setting reminders.
- Apple Watch Integration: View and mark tasks as complete directly from your Apple Watch.
- Widgets and Logbook: Custom widgets allow you to view specific sets of to-dos from your Home and Lock Screens. The Logbook feature helps in reviewing completed tasks and tracking progress.
Automation and Integration
- Apple Shortcuts: Things 3 supports Apple Shortcuts to automate workflows.
- URL Scheme: For advanced users, the app offers a URL-based system to create to-dos, view lists, and perform searches.
- Integration with Other Apps: You can create to-dos from other apps like Mail, Safari, Apple Reminders, and Microsoft To-Do, and send them to Things 3.
User Experience
- User Interface: Things 3 is known for its beautiful and intuitive user interface, with a focus on user experience. It includes features like drag-drop interfaces, gestures, and customizable tags and headings.