Things 3 vs DIANE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
DIANE
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Most people forget 80% of a conversation within 48 hours. DIANE remembers everything. Dale Carnegie wrote that every person's favorite word in the world is their own name. The people who make you feel truly seen — who remember your birthday, ask about your sister, recall what you mentioned in passing six months ago — those are the people you never forget. DIANE gives you that superpower. DIANE is your personal AI relationship manager. She remembers the people in your life — their names, their stories, their birthdays, how you met, what you talked about, what you want to follow up on — so you can show up for them the way they deserve. HOW IT WORKS Just talk. After a coffee meeting, a dinner, a phone call — open DIANE and speak. "Had lunch with Marcus today. He's going through a rough patch at work, just moved to Austin, his daughter's birthday is in April." DIANE transcribes your words and builds a rich contact profile automatically. Then ask anything. "What did Marcus mention about his job?" "Who do I know in Austin?" "Whose birthday is coming up?" DIANE searches everything you've shared and gives you a real answer — because she knows your actual contacts, not a scrubbed or anonymized version of them. Never miss a moment. Birthdays, anniversaries, key events — DIANE reminds you a week ahead so you always show up on time with something personal to say. WHAT DIANE REMEMBERS • Names, nicknames, and how you know each person • Birthdays and key dates, with reminders • Voice notes and written notes, organized by person • Where people live, how you met, what they care about • Related contacts and how people in your life connect • Everything you've ever told her, searchable in seconds FEATURES • Voice-to-contact: speak naturally, DIANE fills in the details • AI assistant with full knowledge of your network • Rich contact profiles with photos, tags, and timelines • Birthday and key event reminders (one week out + day of) • Import from your iPhone's Contacts app • Business card scanning • Dark mode • Full data export — your data is always yours • No ads. No data selling. Ever. SIMPLE PRICING Free to download and try. Premium plans coming soon via in-app purchase. YOUR PRIVACY Your data is stored securely and encrypted. DIANE uses your information to answer your questions — that's it. She never sells your data, never uses it to train AI models, and never shares it with anyone. The people in your life matter. DIANE helps you make sure they know it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DIANE at Free against Things 3's $9.99. Things 3's advantage is chart position (#2 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
DIANE is free to download; Things 3 costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Things 3 | DIANE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (28K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG | CAMDEN MCBRIDE LEE |
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
DIANE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Things 3
No in-app purchases
DIANE
No in-app purchases









