Comparison

Things 3 vs WoodCraftLib

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

WoodCraftLib

Features
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WoodCraftLib is the shop notebook that remembers every build for you — so the wood never waits on your memory. Plan a table, a cabinet, a chair or a whole kitchen, walk it to the saw, and keep every dimension, setting and finish step in one place. On your device, offline, no account. — PLAN EVERY BUILD — • Start from a Table, Cabinet, Chair or Shelf template — or a blank folder • A real cut list: length × width × thickness, quantity, grain, per part • Live board-feet and material cost from your own $/bf rate • Status from Planning → Cutting → Assembly → Finishing → Done — CUT SMARTER — • Cut-layout optimizer packs your parts onto stock with your saw kerf • Groups by real stock thickness, so 8/4 legs never share a board with 4/4 rails • Sheet goods and glue-up panels handled separately • Share a clean cut sheet to anyone — YOUR SHOP'S MEMORY — • Save machine setups: bit height, fence, angle, passes — "how did I cut that door last time?" • Search past setups by tool or project • Finish plans with sanding grits, coats and live dry-timers — TRACK THE MATERIAL — • Lumber & offcut inventory with board-feet and what you invested • "Material coverage" tells you if the cut list fits what's already on hand • One shop-wide "Yard run" buy list across every project — one trip — RUN IT LIKE A BUSINESS (optional) — • Add a client and a quote per job • Labor hours × your shop rate + material = job cost, and your live margin — CALCULATORS THAT WORK OFFLINE — • Board feet · Fraction ⇄ mm · Cuts from a board (with kerf) — PRIVATE BY DEFAULT — • Everything lives on your device • Turn on free iCloud sync to share projects across your iPhone and iPad — private to your Apple ID • No account, no ads, no tracking FREE TO START Your first project is free. Unlock unlimited projects with a single one-time purchase — no subscription, yours forever, like a good chisel. Made for sawdust.

Screenshots

Things 34 screens
WoodCraftLib4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WoodCraftLib at Free against Things 3's $9.99. Things 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#3 vs unranked). On 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

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

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Things 3 versus WoodCraftLib: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings 3WoodCraftLib
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (28K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings28K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCultured Code GmbH & Co. KGEmre ALICI

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

WoodCraftLib

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things 3

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

WoodCraftLib

One-time1
  • WoodCraftLib, complete$24.99

Questions

Is Things 3 free?
Things 3 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WoodCraftLib free?
WoodCraftLib is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Things 3 or WoodCraftLib have ads?
Neither Things 3 nor WoodCraftLib shows ads.

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