Comparison

Things 3 for iPad vs Amount Plus

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

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About

Things 3 for iPad

This app helps you organize your life by planning your day, managing projects, and tracking progress toward your goals. It offers a user-friendly interface to get tasks organized quickly, from daily routines to long-term aspirations.

Highlights
  • To-Do management
  • Project planning with headings
  • Area organization
  • Today and Upcoming task views
  • Reminders and repeaters
  • Calendar integration
  • Tagging and filtering
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 locate to-dos, headings, or tags. • Type Travel — jump from list to list with your keyboard; just start typing! • 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 IPAD Things is tailored to the iPad, with excellent pro features as well. Chief among them is the outstanding support for your keyboard & trackpad. You can edit your to-dos without touching the screen, utilize plenty of shortcuts, and navigate your lists at blistering speed—just start typing! “Things has the best implementation of external keyboard support I’ve ever seen in an iPad app.” —Federico Viticci, MacStories You can also enjoy a beautiful dark mode at sunset, connect your calendars, open multiple windows, add a variety of widgets, scribble with Apple Pencil, 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. 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, iPhone, Apple Watch, 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

Amount Plus

This app offers an enhanced unit conversion experience with a beautiful interface and extensive customization. It provides over 700 units across 30 categories, advanced search and filtering, and shortcuts for quick conversions. It also supports widgets and Apple Watch for convenient access.

Highlights
  • Over 700 units in 30+ categories
  • Advanced search, filter, and compare
  • Customizable shortcuts for fast conversions
  • User-definable custom units
  • Today widget and Apple Watch support
  • Gorgeous, user-friendly interface
Features
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Amount Plus is an enhanced version of the multi award winning unit conversion app Amount. Amount Plus improves every aspect of the predecessor by adding more advanced features to increase your productivity without sacrificing its famous simplicity. With a new gorgeous user interface and unrivaled customization features Amount Plus gives you the ability to convert everything you need just the way you like! FEATURES • Converts units faster than before; • Has over 700 units across more than 30 categories; • Offers new ways to search, filter, convert and compare units; • Allows the creation of shortcuts for incredibly fast conversions; • Completely customizable at user needs; • Custom units can be easily added for each category; • Supports Today widget extension to quickly access your favorite conversions; • Supports Apple Watch to convert units directly on your wrist; Categories Amount Plus can handle: Acceleration, Angles, Area, Astronomical, Clothing (men and women), Cooking, Currency, Data, Density, Electric current, Energy, Flow (mass and volume), Force, Frequency, Fuel Consumption, Illuminance, Length and Distance, Luminance, Metric System, Network speed, Power, Pressure, Radiation, Sound, Speed, Temperature, Textile Yarn, Time, Torque, Transportation Cost, Typography, Viscosity (dynamic and kinematic), Volume, Weight and Mass. ADDITIONAL INFO To convert currencies is required an internet connection. Currency and clothing size information are provided only for informational purposes. If you're going to download Amount Plus please rate and leave a comment! And if you have a suggestion don't hesitate to contact me. With your help I can improve Amount Plus even more!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Amount Plus at $0.90 against Things 3 for iPad's $19.99. Amount Plus also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). Things 3 for iPad's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (12K vs 96). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Things 3 for iPad costs $19.99 and Amount Plus $0.90 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Things 3 for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things 3 for iPad has 12K ratings behind it against 96, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Things 3 for iPad's written reviews are positive against 61% of Amount Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things 3 for iPad ships an update every 10 days, Amount Plus monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Things 3 for iPad versus Amount Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings 3 for iPadAmount Plus
Price$19.99$0.90 — better
Rating4.9 (12K ratings) — better4.3 (96 ratings)
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews — better61.2% of reviews
Number of ratings12K — better96
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCultured Code GmbH & Co. KGMarco Torretta

Customer experience

Things 3 for iPad

All ratings11,793 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews815 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative12.5%

Amount Plus

All ratings96 ratings
Positive80.2%
Neutral7.3%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral12.4%
Negative26.4%

Bugs and requests

Things 3 for iPad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sync issues and data loss reported
  • Siri integration not working well in some languages

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add location-based reminders
  • Improve task prioritization and urgency indicators
  • Implement mass editing and batch actions
  • Introduce web app and Windows support

Amount Plus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things 3 for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

Amount Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Things 3 for iPad free?
Things 3 for iPad costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Amount Plus free?
Amount Plus costs $0.90, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Things 3 for iPad or Amount Plus?
Things 3 for iPad is rated higher. Things 3 for iPad averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12K ratings, while Amount Plus averages 4.3 from 96 ratings.
Do Things 3 for iPad or Amount Plus have ads?
Neither Things 3 for iPad nor Amount Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things 3 for iPad or Amount Plus?
Things 3 for iPad ships an update every 10 days, and Amount Plus monthly. Most recently, Things 3 for iPad was updated on September 27, 2026 and Amount Plus on September 26, 2026.

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