One of the most popular and acclaimed task management apps for both iPhone and iPad and Mac has just received a major update. We refer to Things, which has recently reached its third version although perhaps, looking at your device, you are wondering where it is and why your version has not been updated. The answer is simple, although it gives me the impression that you will not like it too much.
If you are a culé fan, a susanista and a faithful user of the Things app, you have definitely not started the week on the right foot. But if you prefer not to follow my advice, here it goes: Cultured Code has released Thing 3 for iOS and macOS, and you're going to have to pay for them again if you want to keep using them.
Things 3, new app or updated app?
If you want to be more productive, it will be essential that you learn to manage your tasks much more efficiently and your responsibilities, both at work and at home, in order to optimize the time you have, do more in less, and get more free time for those things that really matter to you and that, however, almost always remain parked in the background. And for this you need a suitable, easy-to-use and powerful tool. Make no mistake, the App Store is full of proposals like that: Any.Do, Wunderlist, 2Do, Clear, Remember the Milk and a multitude of others that is also Things.
Since its appearance, Things has stood out for its design, its simplicity of use and its versatility, as well as its perfect synchronization between devices. thanks to the «Things Cloud» technology; It has been highly praised by expert critics and users, and the same is true for making a list of the movies that you are going to see on vacation or what you have to buy at the supermarket, as for managing projects much broader and even adapt to the GTD (Getting Things Done) method.
But all this comes at a price because, let's not forget, behind the development of an application there are people who also have the habit of eating every day (note the irony). And Things is not a cheap app However, its characteristics and quality or justify it, that is left to the decision of each user. What yes it is more debatable is that an update is released as a new app forcing users to pay for it again.
What's new in Things 3
Cultured Code it has not been the first to do so; The example of Infuse comes to mind, which also has this out of habit and which led me to kick it. The question is whether the news is so relevant that it allows us to talk about a new app and, therefore, launch it as such or, on the contrary, is it just an update with certain more or less new things that serve as an excuse to squeeze the user's pocket. Well let's see, I'm not going to repeat here what you can all find in the App Store, we will simply mention those new arrivals:
- Revised and improved interface.
- To-dos can display additional information such as labels, checklists, start date, or due date.
- Organization based on gestures such as drag and drop.
- Quick search that provides immediate access to to-dos, lists, tags, and more.
- Progress indicator for projects.
- Today's events are displayed at the top.
- The Today and Upcoming screens show calendar events and to-dos.
- Headers.
- Checklists within individual tasks.
- "Magic Plus Button", a button on the screen that can be clicked or dragged to create a specific task in a specific location.
- Multiple options to select items and edit lists.
- «Type Travel», which allows quick navigation to any project, area or task.
- Import from Wunderlist or OmniFocus.
- Support for Touch Bar on MacBook Pro.
Do these news justify that Things 3 has been launched as a new app and you have to pay for it again? This is a question that only users will be able to answer correctly. In any case, Until next May 25 the new versions of Things can be purchased with a 20% discount in the App Store at a price of € 8,99 for iPhone and Apple Watch, € 17,99 for iPad, and € 43,99 for Mac.
