r/thingsapp

Hi! Do we know how CulturedCode manage data and specially about Things Cloud and data encryption in transit and at rest?
I think I remember seeing that everything is clear on their server. Is it true and if so does anyone know how to better protect data using the apps?

Im not hating just genuinely curious because this feature would mean so much to me and I have seen mentions of it by some other users in this sub. I know other apps which offer this with a lifetime licence like Goodnotes. Also are there any rumours for this feature to be released in a future update?

Cultured Code - a feature request. I often ask Claude to make clear lists of steps i need to take to complete a project. If i could then ask Claude to export this to Things it would be incredible. thank you

I love Things. I think it remains one of the most beautifully designed and pleasurable apps I’ve ever used. I don’t want it filled with AI features, collaboration tools or endless functionality that destroys what makes it Things.

But looking at this development board, I do wonder whether we’ve become far too accepting of Cultured Code’s development philosophy.

Things 3 was released in 2017.

There is taking your time and maintaining a carefully considered product, and then there is a development cycle so glacial that basic QOL improvements can remain missing for the best part of a decade.

Take repeating tasks. Cultured Code publicly said more than eight years ago that they were working on allowing us to complete them early and would add the functionality.
Eight years later, it is apparently finally arriving.

Eight years.

Meanwhile, I still can’t attach a document, image or PDF to a task. Notes still expose Markdown syntax rather than simply displaying formatted text. Repeating tasks remain unnecessarily inflexible. And I’m sure everyone here has their own longstanding examples.

Yet Cultured Code found the development resources to build an entire native Vision Pro app in time for the launch of Apple’s new platform.

That’s the bit I increasingly struggle with.

I’m not asking Cultured Code to turn Things into Notion or some AI-powered productivity monster. One of the reasons I use Things is precisely because it isn’t those things. I want them to protect its simplicity.

But simplicity and stagnation aren’t the same thing.

Nor should “opinionated software” mean that reasonable requests from loyal customers can simply be ignored indefinitely.

I also wonder whether the pay-once business model has contributed to this. Once we’ve bought Things, Cultured Code doesn’t really need anything further from us until it has another product to sell us. A new Vision Pro app can generate new sales. Fixing something that has frustrated an existing customer for eight years doesn’t.

That may have worked extraordinarily well because Things is so good that people have tolerated things they probably wouldn’t tolerate elsewhere.

But I wonder if that sentiment is beginning to change.
So rather than another Things 4 speculation thread, I’m more interested in this:

At what point does “careful, opinionated development” become simple failure to respond to your existing customers?

Because I don’t think the problem is that Cultured Code doesn’t know what people want. People have been telling them for years.

The question is whether enough of us are now sufficiently frustrated to stop treating this as just “the Cultured Code way”.

Things 7 years ago used to be headed for one of the best apps nowdays their defenders will simply argue “but at least it looks good” when the reality is that this app truly sucks and lags behind the competition there are now a large number of one time purchase to do apps available that are far better then things 3 and im sure with the ai tools people will be making more and more to come i wish i never paid the 90 dollars i did to the greedy people at culture code as they charge for the mac ipad os and ios versions separately

It’s fairly clear now what is coming in 3.23 and that it has been in beta for some time. Any thoughts on when we might see a release? I’ve recently recommitted to Things, and love it. But I have quickly run into its longstanding limitations around repeating tasks.

Can’t wait for the update!

Any architect here ? How is your setup , any tutorial for task management and project management , any tips
Bought things app inspired by its good reviews but its sitting idle
Foremost tip would be How not to get the overwhelming feel of not having done the tasks

I known I know. They don’t update. They don’t inform the public. But like, it’s time dudes. It’s time.

Dear all,

Two shortcuts really improved my daily workflow. (Claude as my AI was a helpful support.)

1. At 5:00h all tasks with a tag "🌙 Evening" are moved to the This Evening section.

2. At 18:01h all tasks from that section (with or without that tag) are moved into the Today section.

The first shortcut moves several routine activities out of sight. And in the evening all remaining open tasks of the day are sorted again in the project structure.

One issue is unsolved: Is it possible to hide the This Evening section during the day to minimize distractions? I was already considering moving all these entries 50 years into the future and back in the evening. But there might be better solutions?

I proposed this functionality already to Cultured Code. They politely thanked...