Comparison

Good Todo vs Things 3 for iPad

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

Head to head
About

Good Todo

Manage your tasks with a straightforward yet effective to-do list application. Easily create, edit, and organize your tasks, with options to categorize, view attachments, and even email tasks. Syncs with your online account for access anywhere.

Highlights
  • Create and edit todos
  • Mark todos as done/undone
  • Reorder todos
  • Categories
  • View attachments
  • Email todos
  • Calendar view with daily lists
Features
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Access your todos any time with this simple but powerful todo list. Good Todo is easy to use and syncs with your online account. iPhone AND iPad versions are both included in one download. Create new todos, edit existing todos, mark todos as done or undone. Reorder todos up and down the list. Other features include categories, viewing attachments, separate todo lists for each day in the calendar, the ability to redate todos to different days, and emailing a todo to any email address. The main feature, though, is the SIMPLICITY of the tool. Anyone can begin managing their todos immediately with Good Todo. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/good_todo FEATURES: - Reorder your todos (iPhone and iPad): tap-and-hold until little drag icons appear on right. Then drag todos up and down the list, and tap Done when complete. - View links (iPhone): tap "View links" button to turn into links any phone numbers, email and Web addresses, etc. in the todo detail. - Full screen (iPad): tap "Full screen" button to use the entire iPad's screen to read through any todo. This also turns on any links. (Operates much like "print" link in the web app.) - Clear details (iPad): To clear the view of the right-hand pane in the iPad app, leaving only the todo list visible, swipe the right side of the screen to the left with two fingers. - Capitalize first word of title (iPhone and iPad): new item in Settings allows you to decide whether the first word of a todo title should be capitalized by default. - Swipe left to move ahead one day. Swipe right to back back a day. - SEARCH: Pull down the todo list to reveal the search field. TESTIMONIALS: "Good Todo is best system I've ever worked with." - Julien Smith, co-author of "Trust Agents" "Folks who find Getting Things Done too vague or complicated should check out 'Bit Literacy' [the book describing Good Todo]." - Lifehacker.com "Good Todo is the fastest, simplest tool to help keep your priorities straight." -Carolyn Pittis, SVP, Global Author Services, HarperCollins Publishers "I LOVE LOVE LOVE Good Todo. It really has made me feel a lot better about my productivity and my workload." - Nick G.

About

Things 3 for iPad

Organize your life and make progress on your goals with this award-winning productivity app. It helps you plan your day, manage projects, and break down tasks into manageable steps. Enjoy a clean interface designed for efficient task management and goal achievement.

Highlights
  • To-Do management
  • Project organization
  • Area categorization
  • Daily planning
  • Calendar integration
  • Reminders and repeaters
  • Widgets
Features
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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 locate to-dos, headings, or tags. • Type Travel — jump from list to list with your keyboard; just start typing! • 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 IPAD Things is tailored to the iPad, with excellent pro features as well. Chief among them is the outstanding support for your keyboard & trackpad. You can edit your to-dos without touching the screen, utilize plenty of shortcuts, and navigate your lists at blistering speed—just start typing! “Things has the best implementation of external keyboard support I’ve ever seen in an iPad app.” —Federico Viticci, MacStories You can also enjoy a beautiful dark mode at sunset, connect your calendars, open multiple windows, add a variety of widgets, scribble with Apple Pencil, 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. 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, iPhone, Apple Watch, 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 call

The clearest difference is price: Good Todo at Free against Things 3 for iPad's $19.99. Good Todo also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). Things 3 for iPad's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment 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

Good Todo is free to download; Things 3 for iPad costs $19.99 up front. Good Todo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Things 3 for iPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Things 3 for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things 3 for iPad has 12K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 79% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Good Todo ships an update every 2 months, Things 3 for iPad every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Good Todo versus Things 3 for iPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGood TodoThings 3 for iPad
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)4.9 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews79.4% of reviews
Number of ratings612K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCreative Good Projects, LLCCultured Code GmbH & Co. KG

Customer experience

Good Todo

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative19.1%

Things 3 for iPad

All ratings11,830 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews816 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative12.5%

User reviews

Good Todo

From 6 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and uncluttered interface
  • 🚀 Efficient task management
  • 💡 Intuitive design
  • ✨ Keeps users productive
  • ✅ Handles tasks and emails well

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Syncing issues reported
  • 🐛 App crashes after updates
  • 🐛 Repeat entries during sync
  • 🐛 Unable to sign up via iPhone app
  • 🐛 Login problems on iPhone

Things 3 for iPad

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient and intuitive
  • 👍 Clean and simple interface
  • 🔋 Helps stay organized and productive
  • 💡 Excellent for GTD workflow
  • 🚀 Seamless syncing across devices

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive for full ecosystem
  • 🔒 No end-to-end encryption for sync
  • 🔍 Limited filtering and sorting options
  • 🔍 Repeating tasks could be improved

Bugs and requests

Good Todo

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App does not sync consistently
  • Cannot sign up via iPhone app
  • Cannot login on iPhone
  • Triple, quadruple, or higher multiples of repeat entries when syncing
  • Suddenly requires a password, no option to create one
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  • Update crashes every time
  • Upgrade crashes every time
  • Deleting items on the iPhone app is unclear
  • Categories not always saved properly
  • Cannot delete a task in the app
  • Cannot add categories in the app

Requested features

7 requests
  • Expiration Date for each to-do
  • Display of to-do's in lock screen
  • Ability to delete items in the app
  • Add categories in the app
  • Search functionality in the app
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  • Ability to create subtasks
  • Tagging functionality

Things 3 for iPad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sync issues and data loss reported
  • Siri integration not working well in some languages

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add location-based reminders
  • Improve task prioritization and urgency indicators
  • Implement mass editing and batch actions
  • Introduce web app and Windows support

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Good Todo

One-time1
  • Six months of access$47.99
None

Things 3 for iPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Good Todo free?
Good Todo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Things 3 for iPad free?
Things 3 for iPad costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Good Todo or Things 3 for iPad?
Things 3 for iPad is rated higher. Good Todo averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Things 3 for iPad averages 4.9 from 12K ratings.
Do Good Todo or Things 3 for iPad have ads?
Neither Good Todo nor Things 3 for iPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Good Todo or Things 3 for iPad?
Good Todo ships an update every 2 months, and Things 3 for iPad every 10 days. Most recently, Good Todo was updated on November 1, 2026 and Things 3 for iPad on November 6, 2026.

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