Comparison

3things vs Divide & De

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+)
Read full description

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

Divide & De

Manage ongoing projects with flexible reminders and a dynamic progress tracker. This app helps visualize the impact of procrastination and rewards early completion by adjusting daily tasks.

Highlights
  • Flexible task division
  • Adaptive daily goals
  • Progress visualization
  • Customizable units
  • Due date tracking
  • Procrastination impact display
Features
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Divide & De-Stress is a simple and flexible task management app for projects that need a little effort on a regular basis. Ideal for students managing long-term assignments, or avid readers trying to hit a monthly goal. The amount to get done is divided by the frequency of your reminders, which range from daily to weekly. The progress bar on the project screen will automatically update whenever you edit the current unit. The beauty of this system is that the work you do per day can vary, but you’ll be able to stay on track by keeping your project updated. If you do less for a while, or skip a few days, the amount you have to do per day (or every three days, or per week) will go up. If you do some extra for a few days, the amount you have to do per day will go down. You get to really see how putting things off or procrastinating builds up, and feel the reward of getting things done early. The app comes with the units ‘pages’, ‘words’ and ‘chapters’, but if you plan to track watching every season of Star Trek, you might want to add 'episodes'. Maybe you have plans to expand your cooking repertoire, and want to try out 60 new recipes in the next three months. As long as you have a due date and some type of unit, you can set whatever goal you like.

Screenshots

3things4 screens
Divide & De4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 3things at Free against Divide & De's $0.99. 3things also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Divide & De's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On rating and ads 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

3things is free to download; Divide & De costs $0.99 up front. 3things sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Divide & De asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 3things against 5.0 for Divide & De. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 3things has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

3things ships an update every 3 months, Divide & De every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
3things versus Divide & De: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3thingsDivide & De
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB44 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVedant MalhotraBudding Apps LLC

Customer experience

3things

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

Divide & De

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

3things

One-time8
  • Tip Level 1$0.99
  • 3things+$1.99
  • Tip Level 2$1.99
Show 5 more
  • 3things+$2.99
  • Tip Level 3$2.99
  • 3things+$3.99
  • Tip Level 4$3.99
  • Tip Level 5$4.99
None

Divide & De

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 3things free?
3things is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Divide & De free?
Divide & De costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 3things or Divide & De?
3things and Divide & De are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 3things or Divide & De have ads?
Neither 3things nor Divide & De shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 3things or Divide & De?
3things ships an update every 3 months, and Divide & De every 19 months. Most recently, 3things was updated on October 5, 2026 and Divide & De on September 21, 2026.

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