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Things vs Any.do

Things and Any.do are both productivity options. Things lists 7 features across 5 platforms; Any.do lists 6 features across 7 platforms — see the full breakdown below, sourced from each vendor's own site rather than ratings or reviews.

Side-by-side summary

ComparingThingsAny.do
CategoryProductivityProductivity
Alternatives tracked23
PlatformsmacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Apple Watch, Vision ProWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Apple Watch, Wear OS
Pricing modelNot yet documentedfreemium

Best for Things

Positioned for individuals on Apple devices who want a single, elegantly designed app for organizing personal tasks, projects, and life areas without a subscription.

Best for Any.do

Individuals, freelancers, and small teams seeking an intuitive daily planner that combines to-do tasks and calendar events in one view.

Feature comparison

Every feature listed here comes directly from each vendor's own official site.

Things

  • Projects for organizing related tasks and Areas for grouping ongoing responsibilities
  • Tags for flexible, cross-project organization
  • Today and Upcoming views for daily and future planning
  • Reminders and calendar integration for scheduling
  • Markdown support in project and task notes
  • Native Shortcuts app integration
  • Keyboard shortcuts for fast entry and navigation

Any.do

  • Any.do Moment: daily planning assistant prompting users to review and schedule daily tasks each morning
  • Integrated Calendar view unifying Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook with task to-do items
  • Smart natural language parsing for fast recurring task entry and location-based reminders
  • WhatsApp integration allowing users to create tasks and reminders directly via WhatsApp messages
  • Collaborative team workspaces with kanban boards, task assignments, and progress tracking
  • Cross-platform synchronization spanning mobile, desktop, smartwatches, and smart assistants (Siri, Alexa)

Pros and cons

Things

Pros
  • Projects for organizing related tasks and Areas for grouping ongoing responsibilities
  • Tags for flexible, cross-project organization
  • Today and Upcoming views for daily and future planning
  • Reminders and calendar integration for scheduling
  • Markdown support in project and task notes
  • Native Shortcuts app integration
  • Keyboard shortcuts for fast entry and navigation
Cons

We don't publish a "cons" list for either product. No vendor's official site documents its own product's weaknesses, so there's no sourced basis for one — and we'd rather say that plainly than invent one.

Any.do

Pros
  • Any.do Moment: daily planning assistant prompting users to review and schedule daily tasks each morning
  • Integrated Calendar view unifying Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook with task to-do items
  • Smart natural language parsing for fast recurring task entry and location-based reminders
  • WhatsApp integration allowing users to create tasks and reminders directly via WhatsApp messages
  • Collaborative team workspaces with kanban boards, task assignments, and progress tracking
  • Cross-platform synchronization spanning mobile, desktop, smartwatches, and smart assistants (Siri, Alexa)
Cons

We don't publish a "cons" list for either product. No vendor's official site documents its own product's weaknesses, so there's no sourced basis for one — and we'd rather say that plainly than invent one.

Key differences

  • Things lists Projects for organizing related tasks and Areas for grouping ongoing responsibilities, Tags for flexible, cross-project organization, Today and Upcoming views for daily and future planning, Reminders and calendar integration for scheduling, Markdown support in project and task notes, Native Shortcuts app integration, Keyboard shortcuts for fast entry and navigation that Any.do doesn't list.
  • Any.do lists Any.do Moment: daily planning assistant prompting users to review and schedule daily tasks each morning, Integrated Calendar view unifying Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook with task to-do items, Smart natural language parsing for fast recurring task entry and location-based reminders, WhatsApp integration allowing users to create tasks and reminders directly via WhatsApp messages, Collaborative team workspaces with kanban boards, task assignments, and progress tracking, Cross-platform synchronization spanning mobile, desktop, smartwatches, and smart assistants (Siri, Alexa) that Things doesn't list.
  • Things supports iPadOS, Vision Pro, which Any.do doesn't list.
  • Any.do supports Web, Android, Windows, Wear OS, which Things doesn't list.

Choose Things if…

Choose Things if this fits: Positioned for individuals on Apple devices who want a single, elegantly designed app for organizing personal tasks, projects, and life areas without a subscription.

Choose Any.do if…

Choose Any.do if this fits: Individuals, freelancers, and small teams seeking an intuitive daily planner that combines to-do tasks and calendar events in one view.

Facts on this page are sourced from each vendor's official site (linked below), not from ratings or reviews. Products change — verify anything that matters to your decision directly on the vendor's own site before switching. See our Disclaimer and Sources Policy.

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Last verified August 4, 2026

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