Comparison

Things 3 vs Soonlist

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

Head to head
About

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 from daily routines to larger life ambitions.

Highlights
  • To-Do management
  • Project organization
  • Area categorization
  • Daily planning
  • Calendar integration
  • Reminders and repeaters
  • Share extension
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 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!

About

Soonlist

Easily save and organize events from screenshots and group chats into a single, actionable calendar. Automatically extracts event details like dates, times, and locations, allowing for one-tap addition to your device's calendar. Perfect for managing a busy social life without the clutter.

Highlights
  • Save events from screenshots
  • Automatic detail extraction
  • One-tap calendar addition
  • Organized social calendar
  • Reduces planning chaos
Features
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The easiest way to save events and organize your social calendar, all in one shareable list. You see events everywhere: Instagram Stories, group chats, flyers around town. But keeping track of them is messy. You screenshot a show poster... You see a workshop in your IG feed... You get a text about a brunch hang... Then, when you want to plan your week, everything is scattered and hard to find. Soonlist makes it easy to save events, stay organized, and share with friends in one tap: • Save any event in one tap. Just screenshot & upload! • Soonlist grabs the details for you (dates, times, locations, ticket links, artist bios) • Add to your calendar instantly. No typing needed. And you can share your list with anyone, even if they don't have the app! Soonlist is perfect for you if: • Your camera roll is full of event and flyer screenshots • You feel overwhelmed keeping track of events and making plans • You want all your upcoming plans organized in one place Soonlist turns your screenshots into a simple, organized list of events, so you can plan your social life without the chaos. Download Soonlist and start saving events immediately!

Screenshots

Things 34 screens
Soonlist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Soonlist at Free against Things 3's $9.99. Soonlist also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Things 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (28K vs 32). On rating, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Soonlist is free to download; Things 3 costs $9.99 up front. Soonlist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Things 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Soonlist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things 3 has 28K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Things 3's written reviews are positive against 100% of Soonlist's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things 3 ships an update every 11 days, Soonlist fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Things 3 versus Soonlist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings 3Soonlist
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (28K ratings)5.0 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28K — better32
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#5 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB75 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCultured Code GmbH & Co. KGSoonlist Company

Customer experience

Things 3

All ratings28,060 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews1,895 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative15.1%

Soonlist

All ratings32 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Soonlist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things 3

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Soonlist

Subscriptions6
  • Soonlist Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Soonlist Supporter$29.001 Year
  • Soonlist Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Soonlist Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Soonlist Sustainer$59.001 Year
  • Soonlist Patron$119.001 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Things 3 free?
Things 3 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soonlist free?
Soonlist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Things 3 or Soonlist?
Soonlist is rated higher. Things 3 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 28K ratings, while Soonlist averages 5.0 from 32 ratings.
Do Things 3 or Soonlist have ads?
Neither Things 3 nor Soonlist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things 3 or Soonlist?
Things 3 ships an update every 11 days, and Soonlist fortnightly. Most recently, Things 3 was updated on November 8, 2026 and Soonlist on November 4, 2026.

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