REVIEW: How Things 3 app for iOS and Mac organized my life

The Today tab shows you everything scheduled for the day. As you can see, I have a meeting at noon, and I also need to write my Things 3 re— oh man that’s right now! I should do that!

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Okay, since I realize this story is due today, let me quickly show you how to use Things 3. Basically, to create a new to-do, just click the Plus sign button.

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Here’s an example of what a basic to-do can look like.

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Sadly, there are no options to bold or italicize text, or change text size or font. But you don’t really need that stuff unless you’re writing very complex notes.

The most important part, of course, comes after you write the note itself. It’s all about the organization options.

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Here’s an example of what one of my real to-dos looks like: “Improving the den”

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What’s nice about Things 3 is the ability to also create headers, or different divisions within a larger project or area like this one.

In this case, I created headers for “Things to buy” and “Things to move,” since re-imagining my den is going to require both of those tasks.

With the ability to create multiple projects with different to-dos, headings, and checklists, you can do some pretty fancy organizing with Things 3.

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Things 3 makes it easy for you to organize your thoughts so it’s easier to address your various to-dos, and cross them off your list.

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And it’s also nice that Things 3 provides different perspectives — like this calendar view — in case that’s more helpful for you in addressing to-dos.

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I spend most of my time adding my to-dos via the Mac app, but I love how Things 3 looks on the phone. It’s simplified so you can see everything on the tall display.

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There are plenty of other things to like about Things 3, like its Quick Find ability that lets you quickly find and search any word you’ve ever typed in Things 3, or the ability to create alarms and notifications for your various to-dos.

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