Managing tasks with Things 3

After testing many todo apps, I managed to find my task management system with Cultured Code’s Things 3 since 2018.

Here’s a quick list of why Things 3 is my top choice for managing my tasks.

  1. Beautiful Design While it’s been nearly 5 years since the launch of Things 3, the app design holds.
  • Minimal color palette
  • Friendly icons
  • Simple UI
  1. Swipe Gestures Aside from beautiful subtle animations, Cultured Code put careful thought in swipe gestures.
  • Swipe down anywhere for search
  • Swipe to the right to reveal the sidebar
  • Swipe left to go into selection mode
  • Swipe right on a task to set a date

  1. GTD Method Things 3 follows Getting Things Done principles. Capture in Inbox, sort tasks for Today, Anytime or Someday. The app encourages GTD but you can make it work for your own system.

  2. Speed The app is fast whether you input tasks, schedule/move them, searching or even the app launch.

  3. iOS Integration Things 3 has support for deep links. Meaning you can grab a project or todo deep link and paste into another app for quick reference. Plus Shortcuts + Siri support which makes inputting tasks even easier.

  4. Markdown support! Each todo contains a notes section for more details or information. Since search is fast, I can look up past todos with useful pieces of info.

Things 3 is not perfect but it’s nearly there. In a later post, I’ll talk about a few areas of improvement.