Things
Cultured Code’s Things has always been a solid iOS citizen, having won multiple Apple Design Awards over the years. So we were pleased but not entirely surprised to see it ready to go on day one with an update packing in a new widget design.
The choice of widgets is fairly basic — there’s only a “List” widget in three sizes, but we’re not sure what else we’d really expect from a task list app. However, the widget itself can be configured to display just about anything you could imagine, including not only your standard lists, areas, and projects, but even tags, or any of your lists filtered to only include specific tags. Since you can combine multiple instances of the same widget in a smart stack, or simply drop them in different places, this actually adds quite a bit of versatility.
For example, you could have a widget on a screen full of your typical work apps that covers your work tasks, and then another widget configured elsewhere to show your errands when you’re out and about.
While the new widget isn’t as interactive as the old today screen one — you can’t check off tasks without actually opening Things — there is a nice big prominent plus button that will take you directly into the screen for adding a new task, and tapping on an individual task will open things and take you straight there.
It’s also worth adding that the latest Things update has also added support for Scribble in iPadOS 14, new complications for the Apple Watch, and specific support for Wind Down mode to help you review important tasks before going to bed.