Things 3 vs StashPin
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!
StashPin
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Where did I put the passport? Which bin has the camping stove? StashPin remembers, so you don't have to open every drawer and box. Save an item and the exact place you put it. Add a photo clue, note, tags, or alternate names when they help. When you need the item again, search by any of those details. That item might be a passport, spare key, hidden gift, tool, supply bin, or anything else you put away for later. What you can do: • Save the exact drawer, closet, shelf, cabinet, bin, or box • Add photo clues when words are not enough • Keep a location history when something moves • Browse everything by location or tag • Hide private items from your usual lists • Recover items from Recently Deleted • Export your data for backup The free version holds up to 10 active items. You can also make manual lists and set reminders. Personal removes the item limit. It adds optional private iCloud Sync for your Personal items and photo clues. You can also turn on weekly or monthly Smart Check-ins to see what may need a quick review. The Household plan gives you a separate inventory to share with people you invite. Create and manage one Household, or join multiple Households that others share with you. Copy selected Personal items, manage members, and export shared data. The activity history records basic changes without including notes or photo content. Apple Family Sharing can share the Household subscription. It does not share anyone's inventory. Each person still needs a separate StashPin invitation. StashPin keeps a local copy on your device. You don't need a StashPin account, and there are no ads or tracking. If you turn on Personal iCloud Sync, StashPin uses your private CloudKit database. StashPin does not send your saved content to servers run by the developer. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: StashPin at Free against Things 3's $9.99. Things 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#3 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, 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
StashPin is free to download; Things 3 costs $9.99 up front. StashPin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Things 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Things 3 ships an update fortnightly, StashPin every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Things 3 | StashPin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (28K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #3 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG | Tanner Bair |
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
StashPin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Things 3
No in-app purchases
StashPin
- Stash Pin Unlimited7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Stash Pin Unlimited Annual$9.991 Year









