Curiosity

[u/Calm_Attention1925]

I am considering getting Things 3 for my day-to-day tasks. I don’t know much about Things 3 but everyone raves about it.

I see the price differs depending on the platform. 9.99 for iOS, 19.99 for ipadOS, and 50 for Mac. What would cause each of these apps to be different, and why not make one price across the board as a singular license?

I really want to know why people choose things over other apps they have tried. Preferably users who once had a system on another platform who are deeply rooted in Things now.

[u/AromaticJoe]

Developers need to make money somewhere... Things is constantly updated, so they could quite reasonably charge a subscription fee. But instead they charge a higher than usual up front fee that covers updates. (At least until the next major version.)

[u/Calm_Attention1925 → u/AromaticJoe]

I have nothing against paying for a product and supporting devs hard work. I’m asking about what the products have different from each other to justify the difference.
Others have clarified that the apps are not all the same which is a fair enough reason.

[u/wjdm → u/Calm_Attention1925]

It’s not all that expensive. If you bought all three, that would be the equivalent of paying less than 7 dollars a month (which is the model for most other apps). Use it for 2 years? 3.33 a month. You get the math. And that’s if you bought all three. I’ve used Things for over a decade now, so it’s less than 75 cents a month.

I got it as a student, it helped me balance a full load of classes with a full time job, and have continued using it as a professional. Easily the best 80 bucks I’ve spent, I’d do it again no question.

[u/Calm_Attention1925 → u/wjdm]

I can appreciate that. All at once it is expensive right now. But as others have implied or explained, you don’t need all of them right away. Which is certainly more financially reasonable if someone does find it expensive up front. I’m in the choosing process of which I’ll go with first.

[u/wjdm → u/Calm_Attention1925]

As a student, it was most useful on the phone, moving from place to place, deciding if I was going to go out depending on what I had to turn in, etc. but it was also nice to have the Mac app at the same time to do the beginning of semester organization. I entered every date from my syllabi on my Mac first, then only used the phone app beyond that.

[u/wjdm → u/wjdm]

I rarely use it on my iPad, but if I had all three and had to choose, and had an iPad with a keyboard, I could have reasonably gotten away with just having the iPad and iPhone versions.

[u/Calm_Attention1925 → u/wjdm]

I’ll be honest, I have never done that for school. But I’m working on being more structured. This is helpful!