TickTick easily top 3 , your list almost focused on IOS only. TickTick cross platforms Calender integrations Calender View Time blocking attachement multiple dates not just due Habit trackers Recurrent tasks Tasks / Checklists and on top of that basic Good Notes taking and finally , the most cheapest one from all of what you mentioned (beside appl reminder ofc)
Hey Hussam. Thanks for your comment. TickTick is indeed a capable app. I like that it has the calendar view built in. On balance, I prefer the apps that I listed in the video, but I agree that TickTick does some things very well. For people who don’t use Apple devices, I would recommend Todoist over TickTick.
@@PeterAkkies I totally agree with you! I really appreciate that Todiost is visually appealing, but I switched to TickTick because of their countdown feature. It’s so helpful to see the relative due date instead of just the absolute date, especially for things like the expiry of credit cards or licenses. It lets you know at a glance how many days are left until your task (card) gets expired. Thanks for the awesome video, Peter!
I would include Tick Tick in this list too, especially if someone prefers to work in a time blocking methodology. I moved to it after using Omnifocus for over 10 years and it's worked well for me but as you say there's no perfect to-do app only the perfect one for you 😄
Basically every single feature you mentioned as advantages for things and omnifocus is available in todoist with filters and sub projects or sections.... And it's cross platform. I honestly don't see a single advantage of things 3 over todoist. It also isn't as good for natural language entry
I highly recommend Peters newsletter. Always a good read every week I’m a diehard OmniFocus fan. My OF is too customized to ever leave them…..nothing else can give me the functionality I have in OmniFocus
I don’t know what happened to Apple reminders. It becomes slow and buggy now. This is why I came here to watch this video. I still use reminders but not for daily task anymore. Sometimes the app shows all white or simply crashes without a reason.
Hi Peter. Another excellent video. I am a happy user of Things. I took your Apple Notes course and loved it. Now I run things and Notes at the same time. You made a good point when comparing Things to Notes. Things is for To-Do items and Notes is for everything else (those are my words). For Apple users these two apps work the best together, and I find it easy the move my work between the two. Thanks, Peter.
I think you’re correct. I didn’t mention Apple Notes in my other response, but this combo of Things3 and Apple Notes is where it’s at, I believe. I don’t know if I’m doing it right, but I throw all Apple Notes in one of three categories, but by month. That creates 36 Smart Folders per year! Maybe I should take Peter’s course.
One gap for me in Things is I can’t take a screenshot then use Share sheet to drop that screenshot directly into a task; I have to email it to my Things address. I use screenshots on my iPhone most days and it would be handy to have this feature (Todoist has it).
Things 3 is great. Three main pain points: - no attachments - not being able to set defer dates - no sync possibilities with the calendar for time blocking. For me it still works better than omnifocus though because of the much better user interface, design and simplicity of use
One thing that bothered me about Things is that something with a 6pm reminder did not automatically go in the "evening' section but I just learned how to make an automatic Shortcut to do that. Can you make a video about how to use all the new Shortcuts for Things ?
Great video Peter 👌😊. I am happy using things3 for nearly 2 years now in all my apple devices. Your paid course helped me a lot in understanding in more detail. If possible in future, please make a updated video on Fantastical. Started using even fantastical recently after watching one of your old video 😊😊
Unfortunately, I can’t seem to set up a recurring tasks. Let’s say every month on the 2nd Thursday. For that alone, it’s a pass. Definitely much easier to set up BASIC recurring reminders in To Do.
Thanks for this, I have just downloaded and started using Things. One point of note: a few comments say it’s costly. I paid £9.99 for it on my iPhone, which I consider good value for a solid app which is supported and reliable. I looked at getting it on my MacBook but that version of it is £49.99 which does seem expensive if it does the same thing as the mobile version. For my purposes having a to do list on my phone is most useful and more like have a paper list, so I am very happy sticking with the phone app only. Cheers.
Next time please add the price. This way we can have a better information if the features or drawbacks are worthwhile for us. You don’t need to comment one way or the other. Just have it as an informational point. Thank you for this video. Now I have to watch it again as I am undecided between few of the apps 😊
Hi, Peter, Thanks for your nice video. Im using things3 and try to learn todoist because I also us mac and windows. Like you said todoist has no due date is a big problem, could you please share some ways to solve it?
It's actually fine, you can just put the hard deadline in the notes of tasks and periodically (e.g. weekly) review those hard deadlines. I go over this in more detail in my Todoist course: new.peterakkies.net/courses/todoist
I really really really want to love Things. I just cannot get my head around organisation. Do you still use a project for say shopping list? For a list that is never ending and even if it’s clear one day you will always add more items in the future?
Hi. I can’t seem to get the Apple Reminders app to create repeating reminders. I can set them up but they immediately lose the ability to repeat. Any ideas? Thanks
This was a great video. I'm always interested in hearing your opinions about To Do list managers. Now I'm going to have to watch your video on Notion. Two years ago you reviewed Amazing Marvin, which looked interesting.Why did that not make this list?
Thank you, Misty. Amazing Marvin has a good concept, but I realized it’s too complex for most people. There’s too much customization, which for many people is overwhelming.
Does Todoist have an automation to create a task from an email IF YOU USE APPLE MAIL? Things 3 does and I really want to know if Todoist has one also. Thanks!
@@PeterAkkies I already tried this and it works. However, this is much easier with Things 3. I am using Things 3 for a decade now. It looks however not possible to get Things 3 to work with Google Assistant (Google Speakers). And that is something I would really like. Any ideas?
Excellent video. I have outgrown the reminders app. It is recommended that you do not exceed 1 GB of data in the reminders app. I have already far exceeded that. I use it quite often for work and personal use. Do you know if the data in the Reminders app can be easily transferred to any one of these apps mentioned in this video? Additionally, the app needs to be one that allows attached images. I would prefer it to be one that’s compatible with Siri as well.
Yes, you can import your to-dos from Reminders into Things 3: culturedcode.com/things/support/articles/2803555/ Unfortunately, Things does not let you attach images. If that’s important to you, you’ll need to use Todoist. But I am not aware of an import tool for Reminders -> Todoist.
In your example of Things 3 you entered a task to be started on a future date. Is there a way to hide that entry until the start date like in omnifocus or will that task always show in Things 3 up until the start date?
I like you and love your videos, but there are so many you should consider, like Walling and capacities. Your list is rather old-fashioned. Why Things is still in? That is 3+ years old ... so much happened ... Omnifocus, yeah 5 years ago .... And so many more options, Glover, Craft, Agenda, Noteplan ... etc.
@@wilcham1 How it the age of an app related to it‘s value? I mean youtube is from 200x and it still provides a lot of value for a lot of people, obviously. 😁I am sure Peter ha his reasons for choosing these apps. It would have been interesting to know why he went for these six.
Hey Hans. Thank you for your kind words. I see where you’re coming from. I agree that Things and OmniFocus have been pretty similar for years and I wish that each of those apps added some features. You mention apps like Walling and Capacities, which seem to be visual note-taking apps. To me, that’s not the same as a to-do list app, that’s why I did not consider them.
Capacities is still in alpha/beta and is not easy for everyone to use and there is limited videos on how to do so. It only works properly on a computer which isn’t ideal for a lot of people. The other options you mentioned are more note taking rather than to do list apps
Great video Peter. Regarding the reminders app, although there is no integration with the native apple calendar, there is with fantastical, which is also my calendar app of choice
Good one, Peter. I was just wondering this morning if I should give ToDoIst another try, but now, I think I will stay with Things3. I tried Notion awhile, kind of scares me that I’d end up spending too much time with it and not sticking with it again. What an idea though to combine the to-dos and projects with links and photos and sub-pages like Bear and EverNote. Tempting.
Hi, Mr Akkies. Love your videos and, honestly, I learned a lot with them. I am an user if Things3 since a lot but I am trying with Sorted3 since two months. In my opinion, they are similar but with the second one even you can attach files to the tasks. Did you try Sorted3? What's your feedback? Congrats!
Hey Ángel. Thank you very much for your kind words. Sorted3 definitely has some things going for it. It’s fast, it’s pretty, and it helps you time block. I personally don’t like to time block, so that makes the app not a great fit for me. I also find Sorted’s organization of to-dos somewhat basic-not robust enough for the variety of to-dos and projects I have.
Mr Akkies, you got the same conclusion I got after all these days I was using that app. Fully agree with you. Thanks again for your videos and help. Best regards!
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TickTick easily top 3 , your list almost focused on IOS only.
TickTick cross platforms
Calender integrations
Calender View
Time blocking
attachement
multiple dates not just due
Habit trackers
Recurrent tasks
Tasks / Checklists
and on top of that basic Good Notes taking
and finally , the most cheapest one from all of what you mentioned (beside appl reminder ofc)
Hey Hussam. Thanks for your comment. TickTick is indeed a capable app. I like that it has the calendar view built in. On balance, I prefer the apps that I listed in the video, but I agree that TickTick does some things very well. For people who don’t use Apple devices, I would recommend Todoist over TickTick.
@@PeterAkkies I totally agree with you! I really appreciate that Todiost is visually appealing, but I switched to TickTick because of their countdown feature. It’s so helpful to see the relative due date instead of just the absolute date, especially for things like the expiry of credit cards or licenses. It lets you know at a glance how many days are left until your task (card) gets expired. Thanks for the awesome video, Peter!
Agree, TickTick is so much better than Todoist in terms of functionality. Eisenhower Matrix and Focus with Pomodoro timer are killer.
TickTick is great specially if compared to things3 and TickTick. Need only start schedule date and little bit redesign
I’ve bought Things 3 but for me, this app need the ability to add files or screenshots 😢
I agree that that’s a big missing feature.
To do view calendars and Apple Reminders together both Fantastical and GoodTask are great supplemental apps that combine tasks and appointments.
I would include Tick Tick in this list too, especially if someone prefers to work in a time blocking methodology. I moved to it after using Omnifocus for over 10 years and it's worked well for me but as you say there's no perfect to-do app only the perfect one for you 😄
Basically every single feature you mentioned as advantages for things and omnifocus is available in todoist with filters and sub projects or sections.... And it's cross platform. I honestly don't see a single advantage of things 3 over todoist. It also isn't as good for natural language entry
I highly recommend Peters newsletter. Always a good read every week
I’m a diehard OmniFocus fan. My OF is too customized to ever leave them…..nothing else can give me the functionality I have in OmniFocus
I don’t know what happened to Apple reminders. It becomes slow and buggy now. This is why I came here to watch this video. I still use reminders but not for daily task anymore. Sometimes the app shows all white or simply crashes without a reason.
Hi Peter. Another excellent video. I am a happy user of Things. I took your Apple Notes course and loved it. Now I run things and Notes at the same time. You made a good point when comparing Things to Notes. Things is for To-Do items and Notes is for everything else (those are my words). For Apple users these two apps work the best together, and I find it easy the move my work between the two. Thanks, Peter.
Thank you for the kind words, John! I’m really happy to hear that you loved my course. I agree with what you said-they are an excellent combination.
I think you’re correct. I didn’t mention Apple Notes in my other response, but this combo of Things3 and Apple Notes is where it’s at, I believe. I don’t know if I’m doing it right, but I throw all Apple Notes in one of three categories, but by month. That creates 36 Smart Folders per year! Maybe I should take Peter’s course.
@@PeterAkkies Don't you agree Things is costly for what you get and its limits?
@@gchorton No, I strongly disagree. Buying Things and using it consistently has a phenomenal ROI
One gap for me in Things is I can’t take a screenshot then use Share sheet to drop that screenshot directly into a task; I have to email it to my Things address. I use screenshots on my iPhone most days and it would be handy to have this feature (Todoist has it).
Yeah, I would like Things to support image, file, and voice note attachments.
Things 3 is great. Three main pain points:
- no attachments
- not being able to set defer dates
- no sync possibilities with the calendar for time blocking.
For me it still works better than omnifocus though because of the much better user interface, design and simplicity of use
Want to Do Things? Be a Mac user, apparently.
One thing that bothered me about Things is that something with a 6pm reminder did not automatically go in the "evening' section but I just learned how to make an automatic Shortcut to do that. Can you make a video about how to use all the new Shortcuts for Things ?
Great video Peter 👌😊. I am happy using things3 for nearly 2 years now in all my apple devices. Your paid course helped me a lot in understanding in more detail.
If possible in future, please make a updated video on Fantastical. Started using even fantastical recently after watching one of your old video 😊😊
Thanks Ramesh! I’m so happy that you liked my course and my videos. Good idea on Fantastical, writing that down.
@@PeterAkkies Thanks Peter 😊
Thanks for this. Always watch your videos on things
Thank you Brian! You’re killing it on RUclips yourself.
Great video, also like the new presentation and editing style. Lovely to watch.
Thanks JJ! I am working with an excellent video editor now.
Nicely done video
One glaring omission - Microsoft ToDo. Incredibly its free, and on EVERY platform, and even exceeds the features in Things and Reminders.
Hey Dan. Thanks for your comment. What ToDo features that Things and Reminders don’t have do you like?
For me it’s that I can attach files. Also, I feel like it is easier to set recurring reminders, than in Things.
Unfortunately, I can’t seem to set up a recurring tasks. Let’s say every month on the 2nd Thursday. For that alone, it’s a pass.
Definitely much easier to set up BASIC recurring reminders in To Do.
Let’s not forget that we even though the price may be free, you are still paying for it with your data. you are the product
Todo is incredibly basic. The only advantage it has is that it can integrate deeply into 365 with flagged emails in Outlook, planner etc
Thanks for this, I have just downloaded and started using Things. One point of note: a few comments say it’s costly. I paid £9.99 for it on my iPhone, which I consider good value for a solid app which is supported and reliable. I looked at getting it on my MacBook but that version of it is £49.99 which does seem expensive if it does the same thing as the mobile version. For my purposes having a to do list on my phone is most useful and more like have a paper list, so I am very happy sticking with the phone app only. Cheers.
for todoist, is there a way for me to import google calendar into tasks into todoist?
Next time please add the price. This way we can have a better information if the features or drawbacks are worthwhile for us. You don’t need to comment one way or the other. Just have it as an informational point. Thank you for this video. Now I have to watch it again as I am undecided between few of the apps 😊
I love you video BUT, please change title to"Majority apple devices "
Can you recommend free POS apps for small business owners like me?
I prefer things but wish it had more that ToDoist had. Things 4 coming?
Great help! What do you think about Evernote as a task app?
Hi, Peter, Thanks for your nice video. Im using things3 and try to learn todoist because I also us mac and windows. Like you said todoist has no due date is a big problem, could you please share some ways to solve it?
It's actually fine, you can just put the hard deadline in the notes of tasks and periodically (e.g. weekly) review those hard deadlines. I go over this in more detail in my Todoist course: new.peterakkies.net/courses/todoist
I’m confused between using apple reminders and free Todoist. Can’t chose one and it’s annoying. Your advice please.
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I really really really want to love Things. I just cannot get my head around organisation. Do you still use a project for say shopping list? For a list that is never ending and even if it’s clear one day you will always add more items in the future?
For my shopping list, I just Apple Reminders. But if I were to use Things for it, I’d use an area
You should write on the title 'FOR APPLE USER ONLY!'
Good suggestion. Done.
Tks Peter. This is very insightful.
Hi. I can’t seem to get the Apple Reminders app to create repeating reminders. I can set them up but they immediately lose the ability to repeat. Any ideas? Thanks
Sorry to hear that, Ralph. Not sure why that’s happening.
This was a great video. I'm always interested in hearing your opinions about To Do list managers. Now I'm going to have to watch your video on Notion.
Two years ago you reviewed Amazing Marvin, which looked interesting.Why did that not make this list?
Thank you, Misty. Amazing Marvin has a good concept, but I realized it’s too complex for most people. There’s too much customization, which for many people is overwhelming.
Any for Android?
Does Todoist have an automation to create a task from an email IF YOU USE APPLE MAIL? Things 3 does and I really want to know if Todoist has one also. Thanks!
This might be your best option: todoist.com/help/articles/use-apple-mail-with-todoist
@@PeterAkkies I already tried this and it works. However, this is much easier with Things 3. I am using Things 3 for a decade now. It looks however not possible to get Things 3 to work with Google Assistant (Google Speakers). And that is something I would really like. Any ideas?
Excellent video. I have outgrown the reminders app. It is recommended that you do not exceed 1 GB of data in the reminders app. I have already far exceeded that. I use it quite often for work and personal use.
Do you know if the data in the Reminders app can be easily transferred to any one of these apps mentioned in this video? Additionally, the app needs to be one that allows attached images. I would prefer it to be one that’s compatible with Siri as well.
Yes, you can import your to-dos from Reminders into Things 3: culturedcode.com/things/support/articles/2803555/
Unfortunately, Things does not let you attach images. If that’s important to you, you’ll need to use Todoist. But I am not aware of an import tool for Reminders -> Todoist.
@@PeterAkkies Thanks Peter.
Very useful, thank you.
You're welcome Tony!
Todoist I am giving this a try ,let’s see
ms todo
Where can I acquire your courses?
Over at peterakkies.net/courses
In your example of Things 3 you entered a task to be started on a future date. Is there a way to hide that entry until the start date like in omnifocus or will that task always show in Things 3 up until the start date?
If you’re working within a project, you can easily hide or show later items
Hey Podnuh. As kietro mentioned, in a project (or in an area) you can hide tasks that are scheduled for specific days in the future.
I like you and love your videos, but there are so many you should consider, like Walling and capacities. Your list is rather old-fashioned. Why Things is still in? That is 3+ years old ... so much happened ... Omnifocus, yeah 5 years ago .... And so many more options, Glover, Craft, Agenda, Noteplan ... etc.
TickTick also didn't make it?
@@wilcham1 How it the age of an app related to it‘s value? I mean youtube is from 200x and it still provides a lot of value for a lot of people, obviously. 😁I am sure Peter ha his reasons for choosing these apps. It would have been interesting to know why he went for these six.
Hey Hans. Thank you for your kind words. I see where you’re coming from. I agree that Things and OmniFocus have been pretty similar for years and I wish that each of those apps added some features. You mention apps like Walling and Capacities, which seem to be visual note-taking apps. To me, that’s not the same as a to-do list app, that’s why I did not consider them.
Capacities is still in alpha/beta and is not easy for everyone to use and there is limited videos on how to do so. It only works properly on a computer which isn’t ideal for a lot of people. The other options you mentioned are more note taking rather than to do list apps
Great video Peter. Regarding the reminders app, although there is no integration with the native apple calendar, there is with fantastical, which is also my calendar app of choice
True! Good point. Thanks for reminding me and others.
Do you pay for fantastical? Todoist has integration tho
@@Abdullah-zl9ub Yes I do
Just FOr Apple Fan Boy Guys
Good one, Peter. I was just wondering this morning if I should give ToDoIst another try, but now, I think I will stay with Things3.
I tried Notion awhile, kind of scares me that I’d end up spending too much time with it and not sticking with it again. What an idea though to combine the to-dos and projects with links and photos and sub-pages like Bear and EverNote. Tempting.
Hi, Mr Akkies. Love your videos and, honestly, I learned a lot with them. I am an user if Things3 since a lot but I am trying with Sorted3 since two months. In my opinion, they are similar but with the second one even you can attach files to the tasks. Did you try Sorted3? What's your feedback? Congrats!
Hey Ángel. Thank you very much for your kind words. Sorted3 definitely has some things going for it. It’s fast, it’s pretty, and it helps you time block. I personally don’t like to time block, so that makes the app not a great fit for me. I also find Sorted’s organization of to-dos somewhat basic-not robust enough for the variety of to-dos and projects I have.
Mr Akkies, you got the same conclusion I got after all these days I was using that app. Fully agree with you. Thanks again for your videos and help. Best regards!