Things is a personal task manager for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro that organizes to-dos around the day, upcoming plans, projects, areas of responsibility, and deadlines. It is designed to make a large list feel actionable by separating what needs attention now from everything that can wait.
Capture a task quickly, decide whether it belongs in Today, a project, an area, or Someday, then add a date, deadline, tag, or checklist as needed. The app is especially useful for people who want a calm personal system that can handle work and life without becoming a team project-management platform.
Features
- Capture tasks quickly and organize them into Today, Upcoming, Anytime, Someday, projects, and areas.
- Add deadlines, reminders, checklists, tags, headings, and notes to give a task useful context.
- Plan projects with ordered steps and review upcoming work without making every task due immediately.
- Use Quick Find and keyboard shortcuts on Mac to navigate and create tasks rapidly.
- Sync personal task data across the current Things apps through the developer’s sync service.
Where it fits
Things fits individuals who want a polished, personal task system with enough structure for projects but without team assignment, reporting, or collaboration overhead. It works well beside a calendar and a notes app.
It is not meant for shared project tracking or a complex company workflow. People who need delegation, collaborative comments, or a free cross-platform service should consider a different task manager.
Privacy and requirements
Things keeps personal tasks synchronized through Things Cloud when that service is enabled. Calendar display, reminders import, widgets, shortcuts, and mail-to-task features each involve the corresponding Apple or network permission. It is a personal system without shared project spaces; protect the Things Cloud account and avoid placing secrets in task titles or notes.
Pricing
Things 3 costs $49.99 for a one-time license for Mac.
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