Comparison

Things 3 vs Lanifu

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, projects, and life areas, making it easy to focus on what matters.

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

Lanifu

This app acts as your personal rating platform for anything you value, from restaurants to apps. Define your own criteria and categories to create personalized rankings and discover your true preferences without external influence.

Highlights
  • Create custom rating categories
  • Define personal rating criteria (stars, sliders, text)
  • Automatic personal ranking updates
  • Compare items with radar charts
  • Analyze statistics and trends
  • Organize with tags
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Lanifu ist deine persönliche Bewertungsplattform – für alles und jeden. Restaurants, Filme, Kaffee, Hotels, Apps, Weine, Spiele oder was auch immer dir wichtig ist: Mit Lanifu bewertest du nach deinen eigenen Kriterien und findest heraus, was dir wirklich gefällt. Kein fremder Algorithmus, keine anonymen Sterne von Unbekannten – nur deine Meinung, klar strukturiert. EIGENE KATEGORIEN Erstelle Kategorien für alles, was du bewerten möchtest. Jede Kategorie hat ihre eigenen Bewertungskriterien, die du selbst festlegst. Nutze fertige Vorlagen oder baue alles von Grund auf. BEWERTE, WIE DU WILLST Sterne, Slider, Ja/Nein oder Freitext – du bestimmst, welche Kriterien zählen und wie stark sie gewichtet werden. So spiegelt jede Bewertung genau das wider, was dir wichtig ist. PERSÖNLICHE RANKINGS Dein Ranking aktualisiert sich automatisch mit jeder neuen Bewertung. Filtere nach Kategorie, Zeitraum oder Tags und sieh auf einen Blick, was ganz oben steht. VERGLEICHEN & ENTDECKEN Stelle zwei oder mehr Items direkt gegenüber. Radar-Charts zeigen Stärken und Schwächen auf einen Blick – ideal für Entscheidungen, wenn du dir unsicher bist. STATISTIKEN & TRENDS Entdecke Muster in deinen Bewertungen: Trends über die Zeit, versteckte Favoriten und Auswertungen, die mit jeder Bewertung aussagekräftiger werden. TAGS FÜR ORDNUNG Vergib Tags wie „Favorit" oder „Nochmal testen". Tags funktionieren kategorieübergreifend und helfen dir, alles schnell wiederzufinden. Lanifu funktioniert komplett offline und lokal auf deinem Gerät. Deine Daten gehören dir.

Screenshots

Things 34 screens
Lanifu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lanifu at Free against Things 3's $9.99. Lanifu also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Things 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Lanifu is free to download; Things 3 costs $9.99 up front. Lanifu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Things 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lanifu 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Things 3's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lanifu's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things 3 ships an update fortnightly, Lanifu every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Things 3 versus Lanifu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings 3Lanifu
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (28K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCultured Code GmbH & Co. KGMaximilian Kaiser

Customer experience

Things 3

All ratings27,942 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews1,886 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative15.1%

Lanifu

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 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

Lanifu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things 3

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Lanifu

One-time1
  • Lanifu Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Things 3 free?
Things 3 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lanifu free?
Lanifu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Things 3 or Lanifu?
Lanifu is rated higher. Things 3 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 28K ratings, while Lanifu averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Things 3 or Lanifu have ads?
Lanifu shows ads; Things 3 does not.
Which is updated more often, Things 3 or Lanifu?
Things 3 ships an update fortnightly, and Lanifu every 5 days. Most recently, Things 3 was updated on October 14, 2026 and Lanifu on October 4, 2026.

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