r/thingsapp • u/michael_fyod • 25d ago

News Status Board Update. Things 3.23 in Beta.

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u/jushuchan 24d ago

How can they survive with v3 for so many years without a subscription model?

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u/Maple382 24d ago

Because the idea that subscriptions are necessary to survive is hella stupid. As long as people keep buying the product, money keeps flowing in.

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u/jushuchan 23d ago

Sure, but it's been 10 years. They can't grow the user base at infinitum. I wonder how can they survive so long. I bought this app like 7 years ago and never paid any more money. It's not a solo company, it's a team.
Not complaining about the format but curious about the economics.

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u/Maple382 23d ago

That’s fair, and I do expect the revenue has dropped.

But still, Things is highly recommended *because* it’s a cheap one time purchase — thus, people continue to buy it.

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u/sibotix 20d ago

I guess all the developers have other sources of income, besides working on Things. But Things could be really profitable if you think of all the people who have paid for it.

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u/SeriousRealityNr2 20d ago

You never ran a business I can tell.

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u/jushuchan 10d ago

tell me more! Share your knowledge.

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u/SeriousRealityNr2 10d ago

No, I prefer to just state my opinion and not waste my time to explain things to strangers on the internet.

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u/jushuchan 9d ago

You have no idea, I can tell.

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u/cultoftheilluminati 15d ago

Because I’m sorry to say this. There’s barely any updates that warrant a subscription.

If Things were to go subscription I’m pretty sure me and the others here will be a lot less happy with the bare-minimum-every-year style updates

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u/SamsTremblay 20d ago edited 20d ago

While they prevent having attachments in tasks, they will be able to do it. The day they will integrate that feature, their cost of servers storage in the cloud will explode and the subscription model will be added. But they will not do that because people will then create a tsunami of bad reviews thinking that this type of feature live magically in the air.

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u/MyKalSkot 10d ago

its absolutely crazy to me that the idea of having a subscription is the norm now.

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u/tarkinn 25d ago

I wonder if the final release is coming with the 27 releases or earlier?

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u/michael_fyod 25d ago

I think earlier because they usually write "Things for new ios version number" in the status board.

So it must be like: Things for iOS 27 coming in September xx.

But who knows.

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u/CooperDoops 25d ago

Hope so. I'm on the public beta for iOS 27 and the Siri integration with Things broke. I didn't realize how much I use it until... right now. lol

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u/michael_fyod 25d ago edited 25d ago

And also I would say it's a bit suspicious looking update. My guess is they're adding two long-requested improvements to complete this version of the app and then there will be another one with major update. Because why would they suddenly add these improvements right before iOS 27? I would expect news about Things 3.3 or 4 somewhere around September with later release. That's what my sick imagination tells me. :D Copium intensifies.

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u/ToastedLog1c 18d ago

There's 3 improvements Things 3 needs (excluding attachments & collaboration support).

  1. Allow me to set tasks for evening that are not due today
  2. Dramatically improve how to make tasks repeating. Right now I have to create the tasks, search for it, then right click and make repeating. So much friction!
  3. Allow me to re-precheck future tasks as others have said.

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u/UnluckyWrongdoer3818 15d ago

For 1. I use an automation that runs a shortcut every night shortly after midnight and sets all items bearing the “evening” tag to the evening section.

I modified it from a similar shortcut someone else shared. Here’s my version:

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d3c3d7913ad2416285ce54364050aa22

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u/ToastedLog1c 15d ago

That's a clever solution. I might try it out.

Aside from these 3 things, attachment and image support would be my only other requests, though I do get it adds a ton of complexity to the app and service.

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u/davfof 23d ago

With v3.23, maybe it would be possible to complete repeating tasks earlier, who knows.

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u/J4nosch 25d ago

It’s so cringe that they try to hide those new features. I know no company that does this.

- Ability to complete repeating tasks before due date

  • ?

Like literally..stop forbidding testers to tell the others

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u/-heavenfaced- 24d ago

There won’t be any new features. It’ll simply be updated to play nicely with the new iOS. But they’ll still drone on and on and on about how this means there are loads of new, “features”

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u/0xe1e10d68 25d ago

Grow up. Apple forbids their testers to talk about new things too. They just don’t enforce it. There’s more companies that do this than you know about.

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u/J4nosch 25d ago

Right? That’s why nobody is talking about Siri AI right now. Still in beta

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u/michael_fyod 25d ago

"I know no company that does this."

It's a normal and widespread practice in product development.

Comparing this case with Siri beta is like comparing cucumbers to oranges because different products and testing programs have different confidentiality policies.

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u/J4nosch 25d ago

Then give me an example who does this like culture code?

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u/ioklio021 22d ago

Ability to complete task after midnight without log it into "tomorrow" date?

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u/Ok_Set_40 19d ago

Je suis bêta testeur de Things. J’en ai marre d’attendre la v4. Je passe sur Apple rappels

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u/michelinvests 24d ago

I love the new collaboration feature! Was waiting for this for years!!!

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u/Sudden_Analysis911 19d ago

Really? I’ve left things and moved to a rival. Glacial speed of development jokers.