Things 3 Reviews: Is It Legit?

Things 3
Things 3
Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG

Customer Experience

Positive experience76.5% of reviews
Neutral8.4% of reviews
Negative experience15.1% of reviews

~ Based on 1,895 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Things 3

Is Things 3 Safe?

Things 3 appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Things 3 is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 28,070 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

96.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 28,060 App Store ratings for Things 3.

Is Things 3 Legit?

Things 3 appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Things 3 is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Calendar

Please add a calendar 🗓️🥹

Super organize your life!

This is a fantastic simplified app of apple reminders on steroids. I have things on my Mac book pro, iPad , iPhone and Apple Watch. It is great with widgets, works well with Siri AI once you trained it and you can also sync it up with the action button using shortcuts.

What I really like and enjoy about this app is how smooth everything works and syncs up with all of my apple devices. Creating tasks in the inbox on the fly and sorting them in folders of all kinds. I have a project folder, resource folder and an archive folder. It helps me organized what’s on the burner now , put stuff on the back burner and put things on the side and come back to it so I can keep all my thoughts and to dos all together. GUI is great and super appreciative that this as full optimization with the new IPhone Duo.

If I had to improve the app I would really enjoy it if things could add photos to the todo or project folders. Photos was a great way to illustrate what needed to be done like if I created a “clean this” todo I could take a picture of the dishes or the litter box to remind me visually again how bad it is and needs to be done very soon. If the devs could implement that on all my devices I will never try any other todo list app again!
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Regret Buying.

Things 3 is missing basics that Apple's free Reminders app already has. There are no location-based reminders, no photo attachments, and no shared lists. For a premium-priced app, that's hard to justify.

The Reminders integration is a problem too. Things deletes what was in Reminders instead of working alongside it. Compare that to Mela's grocery lists. Mela stays in sync with Reminders, updating the text and notes inside each reminder without wiping anything out. That's the bar, and Things doesn't come close.

Updates are rare. When they do arrive, they just adapt the app to new hardware layouts. Then nothing else changes until the next device launch.

I've bought every version of this app. I regret investing in Cultured Code.


*UPDATE*

Thank you for the response. I've contacted your team many times. The answer is always some version of "you're using it wrong."

I follow your release notes by RSS. I know the roadmap.

Shared lists, location reminders, photo attachments. Reminders has shared lists for free. Things migration option is a one-time copy. It's not “sync.” These are well documented issues CulturedCode has ignored from its customers.

This app is so rigid, it’s not a good fit for casual or power users. I've paid for each version, on each device, for years. Things just isn't worth the time spent working around a stale take on GTD.
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Reliable

Things has been problem-free for as long as I can remember. if I remember correctly I’ve never had issues/bugs since I started using it many years ago. The sync mechanism is flawless. Impressive quality. I also love that Things has stayed focused on its primary functionality. Thanks Cultured Code Folks.
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Dix ans, et toujours la base de mon organisation

Dix ans d'utilisation, et j'y reviens systématiquement. Simple en surface, puissant en profondeur : un des rares outils qui permettent non seulement de construire un système, mais de le faire durer. Un achat unique, sans abonnement, amorti depuis longtemps.

C'est sur lui que repose mon organisation pour mener de front une activité médicale, d'enseignement et de recherche, sans délaisser ma maison ni ma famille (ou le moins possible…).

PARA, GTD ou toute autre méthode : vous pouvez changer de système, Things s'y adapte.
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Please make Windows desktop interface !!!

Beautifully designed. My one gap is that there's no Windows or web version, so I can't see or add tasks when I'm on a non-Apple computer. Even a simple web companion for viewing and quick capture would make this a five-star app for me.

Chatgpt connection

I wish things3 would early adopt connection with Ai like chatgpt/claude. As ai can manage the task very well and keep it organize way so if things3 fully connect with ai that would be game changer before any to do list like tick tick adopt AI . I love to use things3 with chatgpt in short time. Please guys consider to adopt ai as soon as possible.
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Feature request

Things is great, theirs no getting away from the fact, it’s very nearly perfect. For me perfection would be complete if only the Devs would add some sounds! Every other app of this genre has sounds, but “things” the best of the lot has absolutely nothing. No sounds to pick for alerts, no sound to complete a task, or mark off a check box, no animations, no nothing. Please Devs do all us near sighted old boys (and Gals) a favour, add some sounds so we know we’re on the right track. Other then that, thanks for a near perfect app.
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minimalist

things 3 gives us what we need and nothing more.

Amazing

Would like to see time passage like Tiimo end of day feature.
Time between one event and another or until end of day from current time

Very satisfied longtime user

According to the logbook, I’ve been using Things since November 2008, and I can see no reason to stop.

I’ve tried many other todo apps over the years, including iOS’s own Reminders, but none of them offer the flexibility or the clean look of Things.

Thank you for a brilliant app.

Balance

A good balance between being simple to use while still giving you flexibility in how you want to organize your tasks

Great, but possibly overpriced

It’s a great app that does everything I want and more, though Apple Reminders has caught up to it in many ways, so I’m not sure it’s worth $10.

Beautiful. Reduce cognitive drag.

I've tried many task manager apps over the years and never found one that felt like a fit. I admire Todoist for its many powerful features and have made several runs at trying make it work. After spending over a month with Things 3, I've finally found the task manager that works. It has plenty of powerful features and wonderful flexibility and adaptability. But the winning feature is the clean, simple, fresh-looking user interface. Every app designer should take a lesson from Things 3 for how to create an app that decreases cognitive drag. I believe that a high complexity visual experience for in a task manager app (and other apps) decreases its utility - even creating a barrier to using the app. Things 3 does what a task manager is intended to do - improve my productivity and organization. Many thanks and kudos to these developers.
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Perfect.

This app is literally perfect. The best task management app I’ve used by far. No subscription, no AI, no BS.

Still can’t append images?

Love things. Have used it for yearsss… and we still can’t append images guys please.

Calendar

Hello 👋🏻

Could you please tell me if tasks will be displayed in the form of a calendar, and not just as “plans”?

Review

Good

AWESOME UPDATE

FIXED REPEATING TASKS AND KEPT ITS OTHER GREAT FEATURES AND SIRI WORKS Ahhhhh 😊 THANKS!!!!!!

Gorgeous. Lacking. Just Behind.

Lifelong user since the beginning. Which is Latin for “lifelong both delighted and frustrated” by Things.

I have ported everything to Stuff and never again found a reason to come back.

It’s simple, and gorgeously.. old.