Things 3
Shares rank 7 of 14 task managers by recommenders
People recommend Things for its clever small touches and a design that stays out of your way. Critics note it offers many ways to organize tasks.
People recommend Things for its clever small touches and a design that stays out of your way. Critics note it offers many ways to organize tasks.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Named among best Apple-first apps
“There’s really nothing that compares to Bear, Things, DEVONthink, Transmit, etc.”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM” “I really enjoyed all the Apple-first products (remember Sofa and Cultured Code?)”
Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “Microsoft Discontinuing Publisher. Alternatives?”
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| Apple Reminders | 15 | 16 | 48% | 11 | — | — |
| Paca | 14 | 2 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| Todoist | 13 | 7 | 65% | 7 | — | — |
| Things 3This page | 9 | 2 | 82% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Things and similar apps have lots of ways to organize stuff”
“Ideas get routed to Things or todoist.”
“There’s really nothing that compares to Bear, Things, DEVONthink, Transmit, etc.”
“My licenses to Things, Alfred, Little Snitch, etc. still work to this day.”
“I'm very fond of Things, it's full of clever little things and doesn't try to get in your way.”
“a task manager to replace Cultured Code's Things as I am leaving massa Tim Apple's plantation”
“ultimately fell out of love with it”
“I really enjoyed all the Apple-first products (remember Sofa and Cultured Code?)”
“Lots of third-party developers making good software helped”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.