Comparison

Things 3 for iPad vs Marc.

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

Head to head
About

Things 3 for iPad

Organize your life and make progress on your goals with this award-winning productivity app. It helps you plan your day, manage projects, and break down tasks into manageable steps. Enjoy a clean interface designed for efficient task management and goal achievement.

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

Marc.

Features
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Every idea sounds good in your own head. Marc is where you find out whether it holds up. The book you've wanted to write for years. A year in Lisbon. The podcast with your best friend. The little café. Marc is a thinking board for ideas of every kind – built for iPad, iPhone and Apple Pencil. You say one sentence, Marc asks two questions and builds your first board from it: clusters for the big themes, thoughts hanging off them, open questions as sticky notes beside them. Then comes the part no blank page gives you: pushback. AN AI THAT DOESN'T APPLAUD Marc is an otter with opinions. He listens, digs deeper and looks at every thought from four angles: • Thinking further – opens directions you wouldn't have reached alone. • The investor's view – what carries, what costs, what scales. • The customer's view – honest objections from the person who's meant to use it. • The sceptic – finds the unchecked assumptions. Kind, but incorruptible. Plus your own thinking styles: the CFO, operations, your toughest friend – as many as you like. Suggestions appear as dashed cards at the edge of a thought. Accept or dismiss is always your call – nothing lands on your board unasked. ASK YOUR BOARD A conversation about everything on it. Marc answers from what's actually on your board – and says so when something is missing. FROM SCATTERED THOUGHTS TO A PLAN • Coverage check – where your board is still thin. • Decision log – what you accepted, explored or dropped, and when. • Plan draft – the whole board distilled into a text you can show someone. Honest gaps included. YOUR BOARD, YOUR RULES • Categories that fit the board – rename, recolour, add your own. • Checklists, sticky notes, photos and shapes right on the canvas. • Apple Pencil sketches where words don't reach. • A calm paper-and-ink design that stays out of your way. THINK TOGETHER Share a board by invitation or link. Editors work live on the same sheet – cursors, movements, even pencil strokes in real time. Reactions and comments live on the thought, not in a chat beside it. MARC STAYS WITH IT If you like, Marc reminds you – never with a slogan, always with something from your board. And if you don't come back, he goes quiet. START FOR FREE Marc drafts your first board for free, and the first questions and suggestions are on the house. Boards, sketches, sharing and collaboration stay free. Marc+ unlocks the part that thinks with you: unlimited perspectives, unlimited chat, the plan draft. Marc+ is available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms: https://www.marc-ai.app/terms Privacy: https://www.marc-ai.app/privacy

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Marc. at Free against Things 3 for iPad's $19.99. Marc. also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). Things 3 for iPad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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

Marc. is free to download; Things 3 for iPad costs $19.99 up front. Marc. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Things 3 for iPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things 3 for iPad ships an update every 10 days, Marc. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Things 3 for iPad versus Marc.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings 3 for iPadMarc.
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (12K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings12K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCultured Code GmbH & Co. KGJulian Hobmeier

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

Marc.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things 3 for iPad

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Marc.

Subscriptions2
  • Marc Plus Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Marc Plus Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Things 3 for iPad free?
Things 3 for iPad costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marc. free?
Marc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Things 3 for iPad or Marc. have ads?
Neither Things 3 for iPad nor Marc. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things 3 for iPad or Marc.?
Things 3 for iPad ships an update every 10 days, and Marc. every 5 days. Most recently, Things 3 for iPad was updated on November 4, 2026 and Marc. on October 25, 2026.

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