Palby Planner

Things 3 alternative

A Things 3 alternative with your Google Calendar on the same page

Things is a beautiful task manager for Apple devices. Palby Planner runs on Android and Windows too, and puts your Google Calendar events beside the list.

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30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

The short version

Stay with Things if every device you own is Apple's and you want the most polished native app. Pick Palby Planner if you also use Android or Windows, plan on Google Calendar, or want routines and habits beside the list.

Who should pick which

Stay with Things if

  • Every device you own is a Mac, iPhone, iPad or watch
  • You want an Apple Design Award winner, built for those devices
  • You want a native app on Vision Pro as well

Pick Palby Planner if

  • You use Android or Windows as well as Apple devices
  • You plan the day on Google Calendar
  • You want habits, routines and a focus timer in the same app

Side by side

Compared onPalby PlannerThings (from culturedcode.com, 31 October 2026)Source
Works onInstalls from your browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Not in the app stores yetMac, iPhone and watch, iPad, and Vision ProThings site
SyncSign in on each device and the same list shows on all of themA Things Cloud account connects your devicesThings site
Built forPlanning your own day, tasks and calendar togetherA personal task manager for Mac and iOSThings site
Habits and routinesHabits with streaks, and routines that come back on the days you pickNot listed on its pagesThings site
As of October 2026. Things's details are from its own pages, read on 31 October 2026. Plans and prices change, so check them before you pay.

Where Things is strong

Things is a personal task manager made for Mac, iPhone, iPad, watch and Vision Pro, and it has won an Apple Design Award. Things Cloud keeps your devices in step. If all your devices are Apple and you want an app that feels made for each one, it fits better.

The three differences that matter

Every device, not only Apple

It [installs from your browser](/planner/download) on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Add a task on your phone, tick it off on your laptop.

Google Calendar beside the list

Your events sit on the same timetable as today's tasks. Drag a task onto an hour and the time can go back onto Google as busy.

Routines and habits come with it

Set a routine once and it comes back on the days you pick, with a Telegram nudge if it slips. Habits keep a streak, and the focus timer starts from any task.

Switching in three steps

  1. Book a 30-minute walkthrough and see the planner on your own week.
  2. Add this week's to-dos in one line each. There's no import from Things yet.
  3. Install it on each device from the browser, and connect Google Calendar.

Questions

Plan tomorrow on any device.

Your list and your Google Calendar on one page.

Book a walkthrough Download

30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

Sources

Every page read on 31 October 2026. Nothing about a competitor on these pages comes from anywhere else.