Things

With the new also come the new features:

• Wirelessly sync up to the desktop application via WiFi.


• Improved input, fewer taps required.


• App icon badge which shows the number of "Things" you have to do "Today".


• Improved customization

With this update I really like the app icon badge the best (which to set this up go into Settings>Things, then Yes. I still wish I can create my own categories for my classes and personal "Things" to do.

I bought this app several days ago. I tried all of the free to-do apps, and they did not do enough for me. So I sprung for Things since it seemed to be more than a simple to-do app, but not overly complex like some of the other apps you pay for. You can add a project or a simple to do. You can put a to-do in your inbox as soon as you think of it. Then you can go back and give it a due date and a date that it will show up in your "today" box. There is a box for "someday"-things that you want to do, but do not have a specific date for. One of mine in the someday bos is "replace family room carpet."

When you create a project, you can create to-do's that fall under that project, and each to-do can have it's own due date also. I also used the project box to create a list of items that my kids need for school, using the grade level for the project name and each item they need as a single to-do. This is very flexible so that you can create lists and to-do's although it is made to be a to-do app.

This app does not sync with your desktop, but I find it better to carry my to-do list in one place. You can email each item, and you can move the to-do from box to box for organization. You cannot email a whole project, which may be nice if you wanted to share all the to-do's for a certain project with a friend or co-worker. I think I will use this app until Apple lets the developers sync with the Calendar app!

Before I had a to do list I would just email myself whatever I had to get done. Things is very simple to use and not overkill. Things allows you to have different types of to-dos that can be have due dates, notes and alarms. Can set a to-do to start on a particular date, a to-do to be done one after another, or just today's to-do. One nice feature that would be awesome to have in the future would be a message blip on the homescreen to let you know how many to-dos you have to do that particular day.