Why I ditched Things3, and what I use now

In today's video, I'm spilling the beans on why I said goodbye 👋 to Things 3, my go-to task manager for years, and embraced a new task management app with open arms! 🤗 From the creators who brought us the iconic Wunderlist, comes a new productivity powerhouse that's shaking up the to-do list game-and guess what? It's absolutely FREE! 🆓✨
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0:00 : Intro
1:16 : A brief history of Wunderlist
2:20: The evolution of Wunderlist
2:59 : 5 reasons I deleted Things 3
6:38 : Conclusion
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[@kevinkrieger9992]

Tried out Superlist and while its got a ton of potential, coming from things it lacks some major features and I doubt anyone that has used things prior will be satisfied. You cannot filter your tasks so you only see a certain area/tag. You have due dates but you can't schedule when to start tasks. Sub tasks don't automatically have the same tags/ lists as the original tasks. Just really an unfinished product and not nearly ready to be put out. Oh I forgot to mention, the shortcuts are horrible and you have to use your mouse for basically everything while scheduling tasks.

[@StevenMichels]

It looks great, but is it ready for prime time? Some of the reviews mention its unreliability and glitchiness. Let us know how it goes!

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

The first release had a bug where the letter ‘T’ wouldn’t work…but as I say the devs are ramping up the features at a rate of knots (the ‘T’ issue was fixed pretty quickly)! I haven’t had any of the syncing issues that I’ve read about so I didn’t refer to them in this video.

[@Jenny_Rose_]

Big fan of making to do lists as well as many other general lists (movies to watch, books to read etc) and this sounds awesome! I wasn't aware of this app! Now just to decide if I should pull the trigger on an M2 MacBook Air as I'm getting back into writing.. decisions lol. Thanks for this video!

[@Jadelover123]

I am with you...i am a productivity app junkie...I am always looking into the new shiney apps lol!!

[@VisibleLewis3]

First time watching you and I really enjoyed your personality. Would love to see more videos on productivity….Thank you for the effort you put in to your craft.

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

Thanks buddy. More on the way!

[@janscott9151]

Oh I love a todo list. Using TickTick at the moment but I was thinking of saving money and moving to MS Todo. I have Macs/Ipads at home, but work is MS and my phone Android. So this is a timely video to take a look. Thanks Mark.

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

Thanks Jan, I’ve used TickTick too, it’s a nice app but that annual subscription is pretty costly for what it is. Let me know what you think if you take a look at Superlist.

[@raycheshire5581]

Another excellent video Mark. Well produced and edited (as always) but most importantly it was most informative. I’ve been dabbling with Superlist over the last two days and believe it could the “Neo” of productivity. Notion is too heavy my needs, Todoist is fantastic but lacks the depth of Superlist. Going to give Superlist a proper test drive at work (currently waiting for IT to allow one of the integrations to work) this week.

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

Thanks Ray, and enjoy- let me know how you get on!

[@bhanajczyk]

App has a potential but at this stage its not usable on iOS, its not even in app store, lets wait and see how they get on. Fingers crossed.

[@ndrwbatchelor]

Do you live outside the US? It’s on the App Store and has been for a while.

[@GerryHoch]

Thanks for the video. I like Superlist but using the app on my phone isn't easy for what I need it to do.

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

Fair enough Gerry! What’s your go to to-do?

[@vitalis]

The thing about Things is the polished UX. Superlist attempts to be a bit like Notion but UI wise I’m not that into it.

[@ykd0011]

It's hard to trust products of developers that sell their products while we stick to it like stupids, and put all our info and todo list, basically life management to it. What is the guarantee that they won't sell superlist to someone else tomorrow?

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

I know. Best we can do when you find a tool you like is spread the risk without it affecting your day to day too much. I used to have everything in Notion (and I do mean everything) and now I’m much more discerning about what I put and where.

[@michelleadams5609]

Excellent presentation. I'm very much an analog, bullet-journal fine stationery type of gal, but once in a while I dive deep into the world of prod. apps and it is overwhelming. I have Routine, Todist, Ticktick now, but my interest in them drops off and before I know it I've forgotten all about using them. I think it's far more important to actually be productive with one or two apps, then to constantly be searching for apps, setting them up with the realization that you've wasted loads of time on that. There's a guilt that sets in. You had me at free. The ability to switch off personal and work tasks. Absolutely brilliant. I've never seen that. I know some people love to be able to have everything, all worlds in one place, from work to business to ideas and aspirational to business to family, but not me. I want to have the division between work/business and personal. Thanks!

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

Glad you liked it Michelle- and totally agree it’s about using something you trust rather than ‘productive procrastination’. I didn’t mention this in the video but I’ve been combining this and the Ugmonk Analogue Weekly which sits at my desk. Superlist and the Ugmonk kit is a great setup.

[@MrBoedyirh]

I cannot find a way to put emoji in Heading.

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

On the phone app it’s working fine for me 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@vptrxvx]

BUT it doesn't support Apple shortcuts on MAC, this is a must have !

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

Doesn't it? I thought most of the shortcuts I use work on a Mac? I could be wrong!

[@vptrxvx]

@@ThatMarkGilroy Yea It looks like it, ive downloaded the app from their website and no shortcuts are available

[@tavusion]

@@ThatMarkGilroy I think he's talking about support for Shortcuts, Apple's automation app. Things has a pretty extensive Shortcuts support.

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

@tavusion [penny drops] AHA! Got you.

[@howtone7067]

I’d like to wait till the app is password protected….

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

This is an interesting idea- an extra password layer on top of your phone?

[@howtone7067]

@@ThatMarkGilroy it’s not password protected on the website. You can access the web page from anywhere.

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

@@howtone7067 AH. Got you. I definitely remember seeing that on the dev runway.

[@krealdesign]

I had high hopes for it but oh man, it’s nowhere near Things3. Yes it’s beautiful. Usable and intuitive? Absolutely not. Almost for everything you need to click a mouse rather than shortcuts. iOS is another story - opening a task by swiping? Reinventing the wheel might not be the best idea for intuitivity here. I’ll keep my eyes on it, but seeing thay they already work on AI rather than fixing fundamental UX problems I have doubts there.

[@AariK-oi4xg]

It looks like they are extremely „inspired“ by twos 😂

[@ThatMarkGilroy]

I’d never heard of Twos until I went to check it out. Similar features but a very different UX.