Developer(s) | Cultured Code |
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Stable release | 3.20.3 (Mac) 3.20.7 (iPad) 3.20.7 (iPhone) 3.20.7 (Vision)
/ 4 April 2024 |
Operating system | macOS, iPadOS, iOS, watchOS, visionOS |
Available in | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese |
Type | Task management |
License | Proprietary |
Website |
culturedcode |
Things is a task management app for macOS, iPadOS, iOS, watchOS, and visionOS made by Cultured Code, a software startup based in Stuttgart, Germany. It first released for Mac as an alpha that went out in late 2007 to 12,000 people [1] and quickly gained popularity. The following July, when the App Store launched, it was among the first 552 apps available for iPhone. [2] It was then released alongside the iPad in 2010, [3] the Apple Watch in 2015, [4] and the Apple Vision Pro in 2024. [5]
In December 2013, Cultured Code announced that they had sold one million copies of the software to date, [6] and in December 2014 the company announced that downloads had increased by an additional three million. [7]
Things has won multiple awards over the years. It first won the MacLife Editors' Choice Award in 2008, and then in 2009 it went on to win the Apple Design Award, [8] the Macworld Editors' Choice Award, [9] and the Macworld Best of Show Award. [10] In 2012, after the release of Things 2, Apple selected it as Editors' Choice and named it among the App Store Best of 2012. Things won the Apple Design Award a second time with the release of Things 3 in 2017. [11] Things has also received two MacStories Selects Awards, winning Best App Update of 2018 [12] and Best New Feature of 2023. [13]
Things allows to-dos to be subdivided into several sections, which roughly correspond to parts of the Getting Things Done methodology:
Things Cloud is a sync service that stores the user's to-dos and automatically keeps them updated across all their Apple devices. It was developed to replace the app's original sync technology, which only worked over a local network. The company began alpha testing the new service in 2011 and, after an extended beta period, launched it publicly on August 9, 2012 with the release of Things 2. [14] A user can create a free Things Cloud account from within the apps' settings.
In 2015, the company announced "Nimbus" [15] – an update to Things Cloud's architecture which introduced push sync through the cloud. The main benefit of the new push technology is that it utilizes APNs to deliver sync to iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS devices when the app isn't actively running.
In 2021, the company announced "Fractus" [16] – a new method for syncing where only changed strings of text are sent to the server instead of entire notes, improving the speed and efficiency of the sync, and allowing for smarter conflict resolution.
Developer(s) | Cultured Code |
---|---|
Stable release | 3.20.3 (Mac) 3.20.7 (iPad) 3.20.7 (iPhone) 3.20.7 (Vision)
/ 4 April 2024 |
Operating system | macOS, iPadOS, iOS, watchOS, visionOS |
Available in | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese |
Type | Task management |
License | Proprietary |
Website |
culturedcode |
Things is a task management app for macOS, iPadOS, iOS, watchOS, and visionOS made by Cultured Code, a software startup based in Stuttgart, Germany. It first released for Mac as an alpha that went out in late 2007 to 12,000 people [1] and quickly gained popularity. The following July, when the App Store launched, it was among the first 552 apps available for iPhone. [2] It was then released alongside the iPad in 2010, [3] the Apple Watch in 2015, [4] and the Apple Vision Pro in 2024. [5]
In December 2013, Cultured Code announced that they had sold one million copies of the software to date, [6] and in December 2014 the company announced that downloads had increased by an additional three million. [7]
Things has won multiple awards over the years. It first won the MacLife Editors' Choice Award in 2008, and then in 2009 it went on to win the Apple Design Award, [8] the Macworld Editors' Choice Award, [9] and the Macworld Best of Show Award. [10] In 2012, after the release of Things 2, Apple selected it as Editors' Choice and named it among the App Store Best of 2012. Things won the Apple Design Award a second time with the release of Things 3 in 2017. [11] Things has also received two MacStories Selects Awards, winning Best App Update of 2018 [12] and Best New Feature of 2023. [13]
Things allows to-dos to be subdivided into several sections, which roughly correspond to parts of the Getting Things Done methodology:
Things Cloud is a sync service that stores the user's to-dos and automatically keeps them updated across all their Apple devices. It was developed to replace the app's original sync technology, which only worked over a local network. The company began alpha testing the new service in 2011 and, after an extended beta period, launched it publicly on August 9, 2012 with the release of Things 2. [14] A user can create a free Things Cloud account from within the apps' settings.
In 2015, the company announced "Nimbus" [15] – an update to Things Cloud's architecture which introduced push sync through the cloud. The main benefit of the new push technology is that it utilizes APNs to deliver sync to iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS devices when the app isn't actively running.
In 2021, the company announced "Fractus" [16] – a new method for syncing where only changed strings of text are sent to the server instead of entire notes, improving the speed and efficiency of the sync, and allowing for smarter conflict resolution.