To be fair, Things is better suited for most when compared to OmniFocus because it is more limited hence more simple to use, understand and implement - which is why Things is being compared to other simple todo apps, and OmniFocus is not. I've used OmniFocus since it's inception and decided to put Things through it's paces to really see how it does under heavy use - and how it works in a GTD workflow. The thing that is overlooked in these app reviews is that some people need heavy-weight apps and some do not. Things is a good app if a standard todo list isn't quite enough, and a robust app like OmniFocus seems like too much - it's a good middle-weight app. It's sync is great - better than Omni IMO, although unlike Omni, sync is limited to one machine. The tags/areas idea on the desktop will be nice to have on the iPhone, however the tags/areas system overall isn't as powerful as the contexts system Omni has designed. Unlike Omni, Things is really just a set of pre-labeled folders so it really buckles under heavy workload. The scheduled folder should automatically display tasks with due dates (smart folder) similar to the list view in iCal for iPhone. They took the starring idea from google for a quick today list which is handy. On the iPhone, the Next folder is about useless if you have a lot of projects - way too much scrolling to find something specific. The user interface is a little confusing in some screens, as the button purpose is unclear and the use of the menu bar isn't logical. Getting back to the home screen is a pain if your levels in - needs a one touch to home. It's not GTD friendly on the iPhone...it's just a todo manager that allows folders. Furthermore, Things on the iPhone is just a stripped down version of the desktop app - nothing about it takes advantage of being mobile, as does Omni with the powerful location aware capabilities that Omni has designed, which really help to be efficient away from the office. At the end of the day, both the desktop and iPhone versions of Things worked well to a point, but really buckled when I put a lot of information into them. It's not fit to run anything complex or task intensive. I own a company, have employees, oversee dozens upon dozens of projects at once, am a parent, and have a tremendously busy lifestyle. For my life, OmniFocus is very customizable and robust, and once setup is a very fast, efficient, and effective personal management tool. It only seems complex if you don't need the power. It's professional grade software, and that's what you pay for. Things is less complex, less powerful, less customizable, and lacks some features next to Omni, but it's also less expensive. It's apples to oranges in many regards. If your days are manageable, Things will help take a load off. If your days border on unrealistic, take the time to really get into and learn OmniFocus, as Things really can't shoulder the load that GTD was designed to manage.

The desktop version has done an amazing job of getting me organized. Sync to the desktop is coming so I don't see it as a real issue since the app alone is great.

The UI looks fabulous.. Congratulations. Looking forward to seeing the entire feature set. Sync is going to be awesome. Can't wait as my productivity will shoot through the roof.

I've been eagerly awaiting Things on the iPhone since I've been using it on the desktop for quite a while. I actually purchased both Things and OmniFocus on the desktop, and decided I prefer the Things interface and simplicity.

The clean graphical and intuitive user interface makes this the best task management app available. The desktop app is wonderful as well. A must have for any serious PMS user.

Peopla, a little patience, if you would go over to the Culture code site you would see the synching will be out VERY soon they guys were under a lot of pressure to get this out by the current users, becuase this is such a rock solid app, and the iphone version will be too, just give it a few days.....

Syncing is need badly but still pretty impressive app ready on Day 1. Also the developers just sent this in:

Do a little research first. Visit both sites and watch the "getting started"video, as each have one. Omni is awesome. No one can really dispute that. But here's the deal; Things is setup to be somewhat of a clone (which isn't a bad thing at all) of Omni. However, 5 things make this app, Things, a better purchase for the iPhone, atleast right now. 1) Things is cheaper price tag for iPhone (limited time)* 2) Things desktop version (alpha) is free until this spring and has a discounted price once available for sale if you sign up for the newsletter. 3) Things is more intuitive to newcomers 4) Things is more asthetically appealing and functions just as well 5) Brain Dumping to the inbox is available for this app's iPhone version (not available on Omni's iPhone version) 6) Things hates Hillary Clinton :P * PLEASE NOTE: Currently, syncing between desktop & iPhone isn't available hence the cheaper price. It's been mentioned that the price of the iPhone version will become equal to Omni's iPhone app, once implemented. I guess I see it as an opportunity to save half for now and receive a nice feature for free once finished. Hope this review helps those in limbo. :)

This is a wonderful addition to the Things GTD application. I've also tried several other applications before settling on Things, and it really does it right. This portable version is just as well thought out; I'm excited about having this for the iPhone now as well.

This was the best desktop task organizer, and now with syncing it's a GREAT iPhone app. And the syncing puts other programmers to shame - I've got several that don't sync as easily and reliably as this. Fantastic program, perfectly executed. I'm so excited that I can't wait to license the desktop version (which, though still a beta, is more flexible and solid than most second generation programs).

For everyone reading this....This is easily going to be the best productivity tool for the iPhone bar none. In it's current state, it is already head and shoulders above the numerous "To-Do" apps in the App store right now (some of which are going for twice the price). The UI of "Things" is also head and shoulders above the rest. The developer has already stated that the ability to sync with your computer is coming very shortly, to include many other improvements. I have been using the alpha version of their desktop program since it came out, and it is an outstanding program. The developers are also very friendly people who listen to their customers.

I'm so excited about this new application! My only question is if it will sync w/ the desktop version of Things, does anyone have an answer?

So, I am a recent convert from OmniFocus and trying to make Things as my standard GTD (it has been an interesting road). My biggest feature of Things that I like is the "Today" screen. I have tried and tried and tried to get OmniGroup to add something similar to OF, to date no luck so I said Things it is.

I just opened Things and it looks like it has a lot of the functionality of the desktop version and is very nice. However, I was surprised that, given the developer's normal attention to detail, that the main screen doesn't fit on the iPhone screen and needs to be scrolled several pixels. Why? Hopefully that will be fixed by squeezing the text together a bit or reducing the giant Lists bar at the top. Also, it would be nice to have a Home button at the bottom to jump back all the way to main screen with one tap.

I have bought and installed both "Things" and "OmniFocus" and I am writing a review of both. Things works great, looks, great, easy to use and sort through. I later bought OmniFocus because I needed the "contexts" feature to sort by location and Things did not offer this. I guess my life needed less simplicity and more features to meet my needs. That said, OmniFocus would freeze up and freeze up alot! Not sure which one I will ultimately end up using. I need the feature richness of OmniFocus, and if Things can add these in a later version that would be super. Right now Things seems to be the more stable application.

I was very fond of this App. The desktop software was nice while it was FREE in the beta. Now, in order to sync your tasks with your desktop, you have to spend an additional $50. Make that $75 if you want the family pack. You're already paying $9.99 for the iPhone App. If you want to be able to sync your contacts to a database for FREE, then I suggest you spend your $9.99 else ware, and purchase "Todo" - from Appigo. It's a great alternative, and to backup/sync your tasks is Free. As opposed to "Things" in which you will pay an addition $50 for the desktop software. They need to make that desktop software free for iPhone users, or an additional $9.99 at the most. $49??? Screw Them!

I'm generally cheap when it comes to buying iPod Touch/iPhone apps, but I'm so glad I found things. It's easily the greatest app I've ever used! Everything is simple, easy to use, and it works flawlessly with Things for Mac.

I have been using the desktop version for a while and I absolutely love it. This version is missing some key features, but not things that I use a lot. The core functionality is there however, and exactly as you would expect. Looking forward to sync for sure but as it stands now this is a great app and well worth the ten bucks!

I have been using things since last fall and had high hopes, but with no sync, it's like a car without wheels.. A couple stars for a solid app, but falls short in actual usefullness.

Update: this app has gotten a lot better since my last 3-star review. I've updated the review to reflect this. I'm as nit-picky as before - but overall this should be interpreted as a much more positive review.

I paid the ~$10 based on the fact that you can wirelessly sync this app to the desktop. Now where did it say that I need to pay more ~$40 for the desktop version. Shame!!!

I bought this app based on the recommendation of an iPhone magazine. Doesn't live up to the hype and is too expensive for the provided functionality. There are cheaper apps available with more functions. Otherwise it's a good basic todo manager.

I love lists and I love Things! The app is intuitive and the project section keeps those multiple todo for one action item grouped together beautifully. I can live without the syncing...for now.

Strengths: - beautiful and functional GUI design - pleasure to use - *today* view - *some day* view - has a desktop counterpart (Mac) - will do for 90% of people who don't need a pro grade GTD Weaknesses: - may be overly simplistic for serious GTD - no sub-tasking - no sequential processes - lack of syncing options (wifi only; no MobileMe option) Overall: A beautiful app that may have sacrificed some necessary features to be simple enough for the masses. It may have become overly simplistic in the process. It does well for many who don't need the complexity and pro features of OmniFocus and yet want something more than a simple to-do list. This app can easily be a five star app with a few more features added.

Too many buyers were caught with no follow through on the final discount for the desktop version. Many people missed the notification and when informed, the developer did not support. Questions asked to the developer and never any responses. Recommend using OmniFocus... I think overall you will be happier.

OK! I must be missing something. This app costs around $60 once the desktop is bought. It can't be used on PC. You must have the app open both on iPhone and your Mac. You must have a Wi-Fi running in order to sync. The UI us not customizable. It does not offer half the features of Toodledo or Remember the Milk. WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU SEE IN THIS APP? I am being absolutely frank. I want to know since I bought both apps and want to know. I do not understand why some people love this app. Obviously I bought it or I could not post here.

I'm not sure if the people on here that are giving this app high ratings have ever tried Todo (Appigo) or the Toodledo App. Those are full featured task apps. This thing can't even do a repeating to do, which is 95% of mine. Seriously feature poor at this time. He should call this a preview or something and make it free. It is NOT $10 caliber right now. I emailed the developer to ask for my money back... we'll see what happens.

For the first month of owning this App, I was sorely disappointed. It didn't live up to the hype. I used it regularly, but it still wasn't anymore helpful than a scrap of paper I had previously used to write my ToDo lists on. I even bought the desktop application hoping it would help me get things done and off my list, but the "sync" feature made it frustrating to use since it does not sync automatically (neither via the iPhone dock, nor an external database). It can only be synced by opening both applications at the same time. Until this feature is fixed, I can't justify paying $10 for a ToDo list application (or worse $50 for both).

It seems the devs are taking a page from the apple handbook with repeating tasks a la cut and paste. Repeating tasks is a feature that should have been there day one for this app and their FAQ page states that they're "working hard" on adding that feature. If they were really working hard on it, it would have been done months ago. Save your money and wait until they actually deliver the features they're "working on".

Sadly, I'm forced to abandon Things in favor of the less-beautiful but syncable OmniFocus. I have a personal and office computer in addition to my iPhone. I MUST be able to sync all three and possibly more in the future. I can no longer wait for them to provide this. The final nail in the coffin was when I discovered they removed their forums (full of requests for this feature and others) after months of ignoring them. I bought both versions on good faith but this latest turn of events has convinced me that we're likely dealing with an unstable company. Sad, but I have work to do NOW. Not in another six months.

7/4 - Third update for iPhone 3.0 version and still no push notifications! Maybe you guys should slow down throwing the crap at the fan to see what will stick. How about trying your updates out a bit before throwing them at us to debug! The last two updates have proven to be quite unstable, is this a trend now?

I used to love this app, and i still do and i use it on daily basis but lately I think the company is taking a wrong direction. First of all they removed their Forum on their website because people were simply expressing their frustration and needs and the company just ignored them by doing that. And since I have bought this app there were a ton of feature requests that i've made as i'm sure other people have too and not one of them has yet been applied to the application. And the last three updates of the app have been very buggy. These guys need to get it together. the app may be satisfactory but customer service is very important. and the company that doesn't take care of it's customers and their needs is doomed. I will change my rating once at least some of the feature requests have been implemented and after the company starts taking care of it's customers and provide better customer service.

I bought this app way back when it first release. After almost a year, there is still no syncing from the server or push notification. Does the develop team know how stupid it is to sync through a wifi network when most of other apps can sync through a server no matter you are on 3G or any wifi network? Oh, I guess the develop team is too lazy to research how to make it happen. Let me do the research for you. Please check out the apps "delivery status touch", and "weightBot" in app store. They sync with desktop widget or software seamlessly. How about Things? Still stay in 2008 and using some triditional wifi network syncing. Please take care "user friendly" part of the app. Thanks.

Updates have been few and far between, and bring hardly any changes. There have been features requested - even features Cultured Code tells us are their top priority - that we have yet to see, after almost one full year.

When I first bought this app (as soon as it was released), along with its desktop companion, I began to think of it as an ideal gtd set up. Unfortunately, I've yet to remain satisfied with the iPhone version, especially while the desktop version has received significant updates. If this iPhone app continues to remain without any update that parallels it to the desktop version, then I will look elsewhere. Don't waste your money on this app. I don't know what it is with the people who rave about how good this app looks. What really matters is functionality, something the developers have poorly addressed with minimal updates. As of recent, I've decided to move onto Omnifocus.

It seems Things can't win. People complained forever that Things was buggy. Culturedcode has been attacking bugs at an amazing rate and now people are complaining that the new releases are ‘only’ bug fixes. People complained that the forums were hidden and abandoned. The forums are now alive again with participation from several Culturedcode employees.