Disappointing: the first 1 star review I have ever given – Things 3 Review

I depend heavily on to do lists for my job, I previously have used the free versions of Wunderlist and Todoist to stay organized. Ultimately, I was very happy with Todoist but upon going into the App Store to update it, I stumbled upon things 3. I was intrigued by the positive reviews and design awards and saw this as an opportunity to improve my productivity (I really liked the fact that it could sync with your calendar and that you could add notes to an event). However, these two added benefits do not compensate for the lack of overall usability and functionality. A few of my complaints: -it is insanely challenging to schedule reoccurring events. With Wunderlist and Todoist I could just type “send monthly reports on the second Tuesday of every month” and it would automatically schedule it, or I could say “do blah blah tomorrow” and it would schedule it. This was the nicest feature that I would think a 50 dollar app would have -you can’t create due dates for subtasks. A lot of times I have a project that is due one day, but I have predecessors that must be completed on days prior, there is no way to arrange this in things (once again, a feature that free competing tools offer) -you can’t check off reoccurring events!!! This drives me nuts as it seems like such a simple feature. I schedule a reoccurring event and make it due a certain day, and although it shows up on that day, you can’t check it off so I don’t know if I’ve done it yet. And if I don’t complete it, it just goes away the next day so I don’t remember to do it. These are just a few of many usability complaints I have. However, I am happy to change my review pending the experience provided by the app is improved
Review by emilyemmens on Things 3.