Things

CNET Editors' review

by: Jason Parker on September 28, 2010

Things for iPhone is a well-designed, easy-to-use, highly scalable task-management app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and it's even better when paired with the Mac desktop app of the same name. Like its desktop counterpart (with which it can sync over Wi-Fi), Things for iPhone offers a clean, intuitive interface based around the popular "Getting Things Done" productivity method. Tasks are collected under Projects (sets of smaller subtasks), Areas (areas of responsibility, such as work or family), and an Inbox "waiting area" for unsorted tasks.

Things also has a handy Today list (which also displays the number of to-dos in the app's home page badge), a Logbook that tracks completed tasks, and categories for Next, Scheduled, and Someday tasks and projects. Every task supports added notes, URLs, alarms, and a very flexible system of tags (so flexible, in fact, that you don't even have to use them at all), and it's easy to move, edit, and e-mail tasks. By itself, Things provides an easy, elegant system for managing tasks and staying productive on the iPhone, but if you also use the desktop version of Things, the ability to quickly sync the two over Wi-Fi makes Things for iPhone an absolute must.

Publisher's Description

From Cultured Code:

Things is a beautifully focused and amazingly intuitive task manager. Other todo applications either oversimplify or are too difficult to use. Things instead offers the perfect balance between ease of use and powerful features.Effortlessly manage to-dos, notes, due dates, and projects. A smart today list and the scheduling feature allow you to work as effectively as possible - every day.You can even sync wirelessly with the desktop version of Things (sold separately) using Wi-Fi.Join the thousands of iPhone and iPod touch users who have made Things the most popular paid to-do manager in the App Store.Visit our web site for a screencast to find out exactly how Things works.If Things sounds simple, that's because it is. Other to-do list managers I've tried have, quite honestly, gotten in the way of me getting things done. Things doesn't do that. And I wouldn't have it any other way. -- Macworld.com, Mac|Life Editor's Choice Award, "Our Favorite Apps...Entirely amazing." -- Apple, App Store Turns 1

What's new in this version: iOS 5 compatibility improvements.

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