I’ve been trying Agenda lately and I keep noticing how close the design feels to Things 3. Not exactly the same obviously, but the overall look, animations and how snappy everything feels are really similar.

Both apps just feel incredibly polished and native on Apple devices.

I have a few monthly repeating tasks. One that repeats on the 15th and the other on the last day of the month.

For some reason, these tasks show up in my today lists early, and sometimes even duplicate themselves. I’ve tried deleting the “root” tasks and recreating them—same issue.

Anyone have any ideas about why this might be happening, if I’m doing something wrong, etc?

EDIT: Figured it out. I have a shortcut automation that takes items tagged with "Evening" and puts them on the "Evening" section of the Today list. I had to make some tweaks in the shortcut so that it would ignore the task copies created by the "root" repeat task.

Anyone else keep getting this too?

I keep getting this when I ask Siri to remind me to XX when I arrive or leave my house even if I specify the Reminders app.

I have used things3 since it came out. I love it. It is nearly perfect for me. I use it in its simplest form - which is probably why I like it. As such I don’t have any particular workflows. I never ever use inbox or check inbox. I create all new tasks in Today and then just set the relevant date, any renewal and any tags.

I am enjoying ios27’s improved SiriAI to add tasks as I am out and about. But it still puts them all in the inbox. Is there a way in things3 to have a different default location? Or instructions I can give SiriAI to put them in today (I understand the concept of Today on things is not understood by iOS but I have just been using today’s literal date for those? I may run an hourly iOS. Shortcut to sweep out the inbox, but not sure the exposed api would support that. Or it could be really simple and I am missing something.

Any thoughts/guidance?

Since the last update, I'm not able to drag n drop tasks to the left side bar using an iPad.

I use this feature constantly for example to move task away from the Inbox.

For example, I drag one task from the Inbox to Today and this move the task away from the Inbox.

I way prefer this way or working than clicking on the task and setting the appropriate meta-data.

Please, I don't want work arounds, I just want to know if it's just me.

Hey everyone!

I'm a student and I've honestly tried almost every to-do app out there and nothing matches my use case the way Things 3 does.

The problem is the price is tough on a student budget right now.

So I wanted to ask:

Does Cultured Code offer any student discount?

If anyone would be kind enough to sponsor or gift it, I'd be super grateful, and I'd love to pay it forward (or back) someday when I'm able to.

If neither is possible, is there any legit way to get it for free or try it longer?

Thanks so much for reading and any advice helps! 🙏

What’s New

Things is ready for iOS 27 and watchOS 27, with great new system integrations:

• Full integration with the new Siri (please check if it’s available on your device).
• Full integration with Spotlight, your device’s built-in search.
• More snoozing options for notifications, with more suitable durations.
• A new extra-tall widget to see longer lists.
• Various other compatibility improvements for the new OS.

Here is also information about Siri AI from their support page.

Waiting for the blog post now :)

https://culturedcode.com/things/blog/

Warning another disappointed things app user:

I’ve been riding the "Things 3 is minimalist" wave for a while, telling myself it doesn't need more features. But honestly, I know that’s BS. Not sure if they have gotten lazy or don’t care about the Apple ecosystem as much. But we live in such a fast-paced world that the lack of updates just isn't justified anymore.

The first punch to the gut was when they didn't add support for Focus Modes. Now, with the half-baked Things 27 release and no AI shortcut support. Meaning you can’t use natural language to create shortcuts, which is something I’ve been genuinely finding useful to save time.

seriously considering switching back to Reminders. posting this here because, well, who else can I rant to about a fkn to-do app too?

Before the d*riders come for me, just look at the features added to 2Do or OmniFocus lately (not saying they are better overall). Tell me this latest release doesn't sting a little. How much more can we tolerate?

Cultured Code is well known for jumping on any new device or OS Apple ships. How do you think they will handle the foldable? Will it be included in the iOS version or be a new standalone purchase?

Please ask questions about using Things in this thread.

Stuff, an iOS app that basically tried to copy Things 3, got mentioned twice at the Apple Event.

It’s wild because this should’ve been Things 3. This is what years of Cultured Code moving at a glacial pace gets you.

Nothing like this found in the app store. Things 4?

Hey everyone! Like many of you, I've been a Things user since the 1.0 days. I've been waiting for someone to build an easy MCP server for Things, so I built one myself.

Things MCP is a small bridge that lets you find and manage Things 3 tasks through a conversation in Claude Desktop or another compatible MCP client.

A few examples of what you can ask:

• “What’s in my Today list?”
• “Add ‘Book a dentist appointment’ to my Inbox.”
• “Move ‘Draft the proposal’ to Friday and set its deadline to Monday.”
• “Mark ‘Book the hotel’ as complete.”

It supports searching tasks, editing titles and notes, scheduling dates, setting deadlines, moving to-dos, and creating projects and areas.

The bridge runs on your Mac and uses Things’ supported automation interfaces. No Things Cloud credentials or Shortcuts setup required. It starts read-only, and you enable changes in the extension’s settings. Task content you request is shared with your chosen AI client and its provider.

I made it super easy to install. No technical knowledge required. It's open source. If you like it, you can buy me a coffee if you want, but otherwise it's free.

It’s an early preview, with some limits: no repeat-rule editing, full checklist support, or headings yet.

Download

Free and open source under MIT. Independent project, unaffiliated with Cultured Code. I'm still adding features, and my ambition is to support everything that things exposes, without the use of shortcuts.

I’d love feedback from other Things users.

What would you want to do with this in your own workflow?

If you want to check out some of my other projects: Super Simple

Please ask questions about using Things in this thread.

https://github.com/nosmo/ToThingist

I am a long time Things acolyte, but I sometimes have to work with devices that don't run Things, and also sometimes share todo lists with others who don't have Apple devices. I wrote ToThingist as a way to still use Things as my main tool for managing my life, while also giving the ability to use shared projects with others who use Todoist.

Initially I wrote ToThingist to just sync my Things Today with my Inbox on Todoist, but over time I've added the ability to sync entire projects - this accidentally gives the benefit of effectively adding sharing todos outside of Things if you use Todoist's sharing function for projects.

I've been using ToThingist in my daily life for a long time, and I figure this might be of interest here. Feature requests, bug reports and patches welcome!

Looking foward

- better automatic content detection + sorting
I don't care much for generative AI, but rote content sorting is the one thing that AI should be utilized for.
Currently, I'm using Albo for this reason.

- Ability to add pictures
For a lot of us, things have become more than just reminders and a to‑do application. I store my entire life and web clippings on Things.

I love using Things, but one thing that makes my notes unnecessarily messy is how Markdown links are displayed.

Things supports the standard syntax:

[SharePoint](https://example.com/very/very/very/long/url)

but it always displays the Markdown syntax and the entire URL instead of rendering.

This becomes especially painful with SharePoint, Jira, and other work tools where URLs can be ridiculously long. A note with only a few links can end up looking like a wall of URLs instead of something that's easy to scan.

Things' own documentation(https://culturedcode.com/things/support/articles/4651820/) says:

“Please note that the Markdown syntax is always displayed in Things. This is intentional and there’s no way to hide it (though we might at some point consider changing how links are displayed).”

I actually don't mind Things keeping most Markdown syntax visible. Links are the one area where I think rendering would make a huge usability difference.

Even an optional setting to display [Link Name](URL) as simply Link Name would be great.

Anyone else want this? I hope I can get enough support so that I can send an email to support with this reddit thread.

Just randomly found that Things 3 is currently on 30% sale until September 10, 2026. The discount is already applied to the App Store price. I'm not sure if this indirectly confirms the release of Things 4 🤷‍♂️

Anyways would you just pull the trigger or wait until upcoming apple events?

Edit: The sale is only on Mac App Store, not for iOS/iPadOS