The firm Cultured Code has already officially launched the third version of Things, one of the most popular and best-rated task managers for Mac, iOS and Apple Watch, with a user interface that has been revised and improved, and with some new functions to make the management of our pending tasks even more efficient.
Thus, those who are already users of Things for iPhone, iPad, or Mac, will be very pleased with these new features and the improvements in performance and synchronization through Things Cloud.However, what they will not like so much is that they will have to go through the checkout again something that, despite the promotional discount offered temporarily, will involve a considerable new expense since it is not about universal apps but must be purchased and paid for separately for each of the devices where we want to use it.
The Things task manager reaches its third version
In the App Store, for both iOS and macOS, we can find an immense amount and variety of applications that help us to manage our pending tasks, make better use of time, and be more productive. Although we cannot deny that there is a lot of trash, the truth is that there are also a good number of good task managers, the key, sometimes, lies in finding the one that best suits our needs.
Precisely for this reason, and for its design, Things has been one of the most popular and acclaimed task managers since its launch, because It is very versatile, able to adapt to the needs of the user and especially those who use the "Getting Things Done" or GTD.
Now Things reaches its third version for Mac, iOS and Apple Watch improving its user interface and incorporating new functions, while maintaining perfect synchronization between devices through Things Cloud.
As regards the design, this is presented much cleaner, trying to integrate old features with new ones, and bringing the content in front of the user. Thus, pending tasks can be viewed by offering or not additional details such as labels, checklists, start date or deadline. In addition, these fields can be organized based on gestures such as drag and drop, swipe, and so on.
Dragging down within any list activates a Quick search that allows you to search the entire application for to-dos, lists, tags and more.
And to better visualize our progress, a progress indicator for projects.
Today and Upcoming screens now show calendar events and to-dos together, while events for the current day are displayed on a timeline on top. In this way, every day at midnight, the to-dos for the next day will appear at the top of the Today list.
Additionally the new section "This afternoon" has been included to facilitate the structuring of the day.
Other novelties introduced by stuff 3 are headers, And the checklists within individual tasks, allowing tasks to be broken down into even more subtasks.
Magic Plus Button
Magic Plus Button it's a new way to create to-dos. It is a button located in the corner of the screen and can be clicked or dragged to a particular list in order to generate a task in a specific location. Furthermore, this "magic button" can also be used to quickly create and place headings in new projects.
Things 3 also offers a Updated app for Apple Watch, allows the import from Wunderlist and OmniFocusa new structure for Areas, Touch Bar support on MacBook Pro, a new Travel Mode, and more.
But as we said, the bad news is that Things users will have to go through the checkout again in a decision that Apple should seriously review: to what extent do users have to pay again for a product they already own and that only includes improvements?
The versions of Things for Mac, iPad and iPhone / Apple Watch are sold separately at a price of € 43,99, € 17,99 and € 8,99 respectively, including a 20% discount that will remain in effect until 25 may. on the Culture Code website you can get a 14-day trial version by Things for Mac.