Best Things 3 alternative for Mac

What is the best Things alternative for Mac?

For people whose problem is today rather than the archive, Focuh is the best Things alternative on Mac: Today beside Google Calendar, Loops for standing work, and focus sessions that block distractions across the Mac. For polish, Areas, and capture on every Apple device with a one-time purchase, Things 3 is still the pick. Free. Early beta. No subscription.

Signs you have outgrown Things

Your Areas and Projects are tidy, but Today keeps filling with repeats you skipped yesterday. You check your calendar in a separate window to see whether the list even fits. You want the same list in a browser on a work machine, and Things has no web app. And nothing in Things stops you from opening Reddit mid-task.

What changes when you switch

Focuh is an ADHD todo list for Mac and web. You trade structure for a tighter day. Focuh has four rooms: Today, shown beside the whole Google Calendar day; Week; Loops, standing to-dos with no date that you copy onto Today when they fit, so a skipped day leaves no overdue pile; and Goals. The web app is the same list as the Mac app, with sync included. During a focus session on the Mac, the sites and apps you chose are blocked everywhere, not just in one browser. What you give up: Areas, the Projects hierarchy, and an iPhone app.

Who should stay on Things

Stay on Things if you love how it feels on the Mac, capture on iPhone and Apple Watch all day, or want to pay once and own it: $49.99 on the Mac App Store, priced per platform, as of October 2026. Things also works fully offline and syncs through Things Cloud. A common setup keeps Things as the long-term record and uses Focuh to run the day.

The feature-by-feature table and FAQ live on Focuh vs Things.

Common questions

Is there a Things 3 alternative for ADHD?

Yes. Focuh is an ADHD todo list for Mac and web built around the day: Today next to Google Calendar, Loops for standing work, and focus sessions that block distractions on the Mac. Free. Early beta. No subscription.

Can I use Focuh in a browser?

Yes. The web app at focuh.com/today is the same list as the Mac app, with sync included. Things has no web app. Blocking sites and apps during a focus session needs the Mac app.

Does Focuh connect to my calendar?

Yes, to Google Calendar. Today shows the whole Google Calendar day next to your list, and you can connect more than one Google account.

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