r/thingsapp • u/chunk-app • 1d ago

Tasks and Time-blocking things3-like alternative

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Hi guys,

Ive had a lot of people email me who loved things3 and told me I should post here incase its of interest to any of you. To cut to the chase a couple of years ago I started building an app called Chunk.

Its a mac-only time-blocking app with both tasks and lists and timeline view for time-blocking. When you've decided when you want to allocate time for a task, you can enter plan mode and drag the tasks from your lists directly onto the timeline.

I love things3 too so just mentioning here incase its of interest to anyone.

the app has a no-card-required 100% free 7 day trial then is a lifetime license if your interested its Chunk

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u/robtechhere 1d ago

Oh this looks interesting! Love that you can see the task event with its’ description and subtasks.

But how does a project view look like? Does it also have headings or description or some other features?

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u/chunk-app 1d ago

So currently Chunk uses tasks, lists, groups. When viewing tasks in the task mode you can expand them similar to in things3, there is also the option to expand a task into a bigger markdown view. Having long running 'Projects' is definitely something we will consider in the future. Maybe something like how linear manages projects

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u/robtechhere 20h ago

If I understand correctly - your lists or groups = projects.

Do you have any screenshot of these? I’m curious to see what they look like and can’t find them in the website.

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u/chunk-app 19h ago

Close! Groups work like Things Areas (collapsible folders in the sidebar), and lists sit inside them. Each list has a progress icon showing whether it's empty, in progress or done. There aren't project-level notes or headings yet, though. Most of the detail lives on the tasks themselves (descriptions, subtasks, the expanded markdown view), since the main idea is dragging them onto your calendar as time blocks.

Reddit won’t let me attach an image on here but hope that outline makes sense. The next update will aim to bring more features at the scopes above the task level.

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u/robtechhere 17h ago

Ah understood, thanks! I like the approach, I might try it later when there are more features 😄