Due vs Things 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Due
This app helps you remember everything you need to do with persistent, effective reminders. It offers fast setup and postponement options, natural language parsing for dates and times, and countdown timers. Keep your tasks in sync across devices and enjoy offline functionality with complete privacy.
- Persistent and effective reminders
- Fast reminder setup and postponement
- Natural date and time parsing
- Countdown timers
- Powerful recurring reminders
- Sync across devices
- Offline functionality and privacy
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Due remembers all the things that you need so you don't have to. It reminds you again and again until you act, so it’s impossible to forget anything. And it's lightning-fast to set and postpone reminders, all thanks to a clever time picker and natural date parsing. KEY FEATURES 1. Persistent & Effective Auto Snooze* keeps nudging you about a missed reminder until you mark it done or reschedule it. Choose between every 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes. 2. Impossible to Miss Some reminders can't wait. Use Critical Alerts to get through silent mode and Focus. Or use Prominent Alerts†, which ring like an alarm until you act. 3. Fast to Set, Fast to Postpone Keep the times you use most a tap away. Twelve Quick Access Times—all fully customizable—make setting or postponing reminders a piece of cake. 4. Just Type or Say It Type or say “Dentist 3p Thu” or “Meeting in 1h 20m”. Due spots the date, and one tap sets it. 5. Powerful Recurring Reminders From simple daily reminders to the every-3rd-Wednesday-of-the-month kind, Due keeps up with your routine. 6. Countdown Timers Not every reminder happens at a time of day. Some happen when the laundry cycle is done. That's what timers are for: precise to the second, with Auto Snooze too. Or just say “Hey Siri, start Laundry timer in Due”. 7. On Your Apple Watch Wear an Apple Watch? Due comes with you. Mark reminders done, snooze them, add new ones, start and stop timers—all from your wrist. It's a companion to Due on iPhone, so keep your iPhone nearby. 8. Widgets, Control Center & Shortcuts See what's coming up on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Start timers and add reminders from Control Center, and automate the rest with Shortcuts. 9. Everywhere You Are Your reminders and timers on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac‡, all kept in sync with iCloud or Dropbox. 10. No Account, Completely Private There's no account to sign up for. We don't store, and we can't access, your reminders and timers. And you don't need internet to receive reminders. 11. Accessible to Everyone Due follows the text size you set on your device, on every screen, and offers full VoiceOver support. It's also localized in 17 languages. * By default, auto snooze repeats 5 times, and can be configured to repeat up to 10 times. Due can auto snooze any overdue items indefinitely when you launch Due or act on any of its notifications. † Prominent Alerts require iOS 26 or later. ‡ Sync on Mac requires Due for Mac (sold separately). WHAT'S THAT IN-APP PURCHASE ABOUT? When you purchase Due today, you will have access to every feature in the app today—no further purchase required. You will also get every new feature released within a year of your purchase. The optional Due Upgrade Pass subscription gives you access to new features released after that first year. And here's the deal: Every feature that you have unlocked will remain available to you, forever—even if you stop subscribing. Even without a subscription, you'll always receive bug-fix and compatibility updates for free. These updates add support for the latest iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches, and keep Due working well on the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS and watchOS. Due has a pretty good track record with that. To illustrate: If you bought Due back in 2010 for your iPhone 3G running iOS 4, that very same app in 2026 is now optimized for iPhone 18 Pro Max running iOS 27. It even works on devices that didn't exist back then, such as the iPad Pro and the Apple Watch. TERMS & PRIVACY POLICY Our terms of use and privacy policy are available here: https://www.dueapp.com/terms.html COMPATIBILITY Due requires an iPhone or iPad running iOS 18 or later. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 10 or later, and your paired iPhone nearby.
Things 3
This app helps you organize your life by planning your day, managing projects, and tracking progress toward your goals. It offers a clean interface to manage tasks, projects, and life areas, making it easy to focus on what matters.
- To-Do management
- Project organization
- Area categorization
- Daily planning
- Reminders and repeaters
- Calendar integration
- Share extension
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Get things done! The award-winning Things app helps you plan your day, manage your projects, and make real progress toward your goals. Best of all, it’s easy to use. Within the hour, you’ll have everything off your mind and neatly organized—from routine tasks to your biggest life goals—and you can start focusing on what matters today. “Things offers the best combination of design and functionality of any app we tested, with nearly all the features of other power user applications and a delightful interface that never gets in the way of your work.” —Wirecutter, The New York Times KEY FEATURES • Your To-Dos Your basic building block is the almighty To-Do—each a small step toward a great accomplishment. You can add notes, tag it, schedule it, and break it down into smaller steps. • Your Projects Create a Project for any big goal, then add the to-dos to reach it. Use headings to structure your list as you outline your plan. There’s also a place to jot down your notes, and a deadline to keep you on schedule. • Your Areas Create an Area for each sphere of your life, such as Work, Family, Finance, and so on. This keeps everything neatly organized, and helps you see the big picture as you set your plans in motion. • Your Plan Everything on your schedule is neatly laid out in the Today and Upcoming lists, which show your to-dos and calendar events. Each morning, see what you planned for Today and decide what you want to do. The rest is down to you :) MORE THINGS TO LOVE As you dive deeper, you’ll find Things packed with helpful features. Here are just a few: • Reminders — set a time and Things will remind you. • Repeaters — automatically repeat to-dos on a schedule you set. • This Evening — a special place for your evening plans. • Calendar integration — see your events and to-dos together. • Tags — categorize your to-dos and quickly filter lists. • Quick Find — instantly find to-dos or switch between lists. • Magic Plus — drag the + button to insert to-dos anywhere in a list. • Share extension — create to-dos with content from other apps. • Widgets — see lists on your home/lock screens. • Mail to Things — forward an email to Things; now it’s a to-do. • Markdown — structure & style your notes. • And much more! MADE FOR IPHONE Things is tailored to the iPhone with deep system integrations as well. A great example is the Share extension, which allows you to create to-dos with content from other apps, such as a link to a website you want to get back to. You can also enjoy a beautiful dark mode at sunset, connect your calendars, add a variety of widgets, create to-dos via Siri, import from Reminders—Things can do it all! There’s even Shortcuts integration if you want to automate your workflows. MADE FOR APPLE WATCH Things comes with a great app for Apple Watch. Just raise your wrist to glance at your Today list, mark to-dos complete as you go, and dictate new ones on the fly—all synced instantly with your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. AWARD-WINNING DESIGN Made in Stuttgart, with two Apple Design Awards to its name, Things is a fine example of German engineering: designed not only to look fantastic, but to be perfectly functional as well. Every detail is thoughtfully considered, then polished to perfection. “It’s like the unicorn of productivity tools: deep enough for serious work, surprisingly easy to use, and gorgeous enough to enjoy staring at.” —Apple GET THINGS TODAY Whatever it is you want to accomplish in life, Things can help you get there. Install the app today and see what you can do! • Things is also available for Mac, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro (sold separately). • Sync is provided for free via our Things Cloud service. • A free trial is available for Mac: www.things.app If you have any questions, please get in touch. We provide professional support and will be glad to help you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Things 3 at none against Due's 4. Things 3 also leads on ratings volume (28K vs 2.8K) and chart position (#2 vs #7). Due's advantage is price ($7.99 vs $9.99). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Due costs $7.99 and Things 3 $9.99 up front. Due sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Things 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Things 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things 3 has 28K ratings behind it against 2.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Due's written reviews are positive against 77% of Things 3's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Due ships an update every 4 weeks, Things 3 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Due | Things 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) | 4.8 (28K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 76.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K | 28K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #7 | #2 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Due Apps LLP | Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG |
Customer experience
Due
Things 3
User reviews
Due
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Quick to set reminders
- 📆 Customizable repeat options
- ⏰ Persistent reminders until completed
- 🔔 Variety of alert sounds
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional syncing issues
- 🔇 Notification volume could be louder
- 📂 Lack of folder/category organization
- 🕰️ Limited snooze time options
Things 3
From 28K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and fast
- 👍 Elegant and intuitive design
- 🔒 Secure and private
- 💡 Powerful organization features
- 🗓️ Great calendar integration
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive for multiple devices
- 🌐 Lack of web/Windows app
- 🔀 Difficulty with task reordering
- 🔔 Lacking persistent notifications
- 📁 No file attachments
Bugs and requests
Due
Reported bugs
2 issues- Reminders not triggering on Apple Watch
- Completed reminders not clearing from all devices
Requested features
5 requests- Location-based reminders
- Integration with calendar apps
- Ability to set reminders for specific time ranges
- Custom reminder sounds
- Backup and restore functionality
Things 3
Reported bugs
2 issues- Sync issues between devices
- Occasional crashes or freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to collapse headings and projects
- Location-based reminders
- Two-way calendar sync
- Shared task lists
- Customizable alert sounds
In-app purchases
Due
- Annual Upgrade Pass (Mobile)$4.991 Year
- Kind Tip$3.00
- Generous Tip$5.00
- Wonderful Tip$10.00
Things 3
No in-app purchases









