Comparison

3things vs Success Weekly Planner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

3things

This app helps you stay focused and organized by tracking up to three important tasks. It also includes a journaling feature, a checklist, and home screen widgets for quick access. Sync your progress across all your Apple devices with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Track up to three important things
  • Schedule reminders for tasks
  • Dedicated journaling space
  • Create and manage checklists
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • Biometric authentication (3things+)
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Track the three most important things, and more, with 3things! Track things: You can add up to three things to track. If you want to be reminded, you can schedule a reminder. Once you are done with your thing, simply press the done button! With only three important things, you stay focused and more organized! Journal: There is a dedicated space to add journal entries! Keep track of your journal entries and add as many journal entries as you need. Checklist: Quickly add items to a checklist and check them off when you need to remove them! Widgets: Quickly glance at each of your things, right from the home screen! iCloud Syncing: 3things will sync across all of your devices that can run 3things! If you purchase 3things+ on one device, you can access it on all other devices that run 3things (iPhone, iPad, and Mac) at no additional cost. 3things+: Get access to some great additional features in 3things! Add an extra layer of security with biometric authentication, scan & import text from paper, change the app icon, set a custom greeting, and set a custom tint/theme color. More features are always being added!

About

Success Weekly Planner

This app helps you become more productive by prioritizing tasks and utilizing the Pomodoro Technique. Plan your week, set daily goals, and review your progress to achieve your objectives.

Highlights
  • Weekly task planning
  • Daily task setting
  • Task prioritization
  • Pomodoro Technique integration
  • Daily reflection
Features
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Being productive is hard. Success is based on prioritized task lists and the Pomodoro Technique. Plan your week ahead, set your daily tasks, and reflect on the past days to reach all your goals. Start today, and get to success quickly!

Screenshots

3things4 screens
Success Weekly Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Success Weekly Planner at weekly against 3things's every 3 months. Success Weekly Planner also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 7). 3things's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 3things sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Success Weekly Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 3things against 4.9 for Success Weekly Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Success Weekly Planner has 68 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3things ships an update every 3 months, Success Weekly Planner weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
3things versus Success Weekly Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3thingsSuccess Weekly Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.9 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews—92.9% of reviews
Number of ratings768 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVedant MalhotraRebels

Customer experience

3things

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Success Weekly Planner

All ratings68 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.4%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

3things

One-time8
  • Tip Level 1$0.99
  • 3things+$1.99
  • Tip Level 2$1.99
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  • 3things+$2.99
  • Tip Level 3$2.99
  • 3things+$3.99
  • Tip Level 4$3.99
  • Tip Level 5$4.99
3 purchases

Success Weekly Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly Subscription$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is 3things free?
3things is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Success Weekly Planner free?
Success Weekly Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 3things or Success Weekly Planner?
3things is rated higher. 3things averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Success Weekly Planner averages 4.9 from 68 ratings.
Do 3things or Success Weekly Planner have ads?
Neither 3things nor Success Weekly Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 3things or Success Weekly Planner?
3things ships an update every 3 months, and Success Weekly Planner weekly. Most recently, 3things was updated on October 5, 2026 and Success Weekly Planner on October 27, 2026.

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