Things iPhone Updates & Release Notes

Requires iOS 16.4 or later

• Tweaked the appearance of to-dos shown by Siri on iOS 27.
• Improved performance when loading lists, using Quick Find, and selecting to-dos in Apple Shortcuts.
• Fixed a bug where a newly created tag could appear in an arbitrary position in the tags dialog.
• Fixed a bug where the description of a repeating project’s recurrence rule referred to a to-do instead of a project.
• Fixed a bug on iOS 18 and earlier where the source list didn’t appear completely black when using the “Black” appearance.
• Fixed a grammatical error in the Italian localization of the Repeat dialog.
• Improved the Russian localization for a deadline that has “1 day left”.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting a project through Apple Shortcuts.
• Many other improvements under the hood.

Requires iOS 16.4 or later

• Added support for completing a repeating to-do early: it now shows a normal checkbox, just like any other to-do.
• Added support for rescheduling a repeating to-do – just bump it to a new date:
  • If it repeats on a fixed schedule, Things asks whether to make a one-time exception, or update the rule going forward.
  • If it repeats after completion, it simply moves to the new date.
• Made a number of other refinements to repeating to-dos:
  • Refreshed the look of the setup dialog, which now makes it easier to pick the next recurrence date.
  • Added a small gray repeat icon to a copy of a repeating to-do, to distinguish it from a regular one.
  • Added support for starting a repeating project early: as soon as you edit its to-dos, Things offers to create the next copy of the project ahead of time.
  • Added support for creating the next copy of a repeating to-do ahead of time: expand the to-do, tap its repeat rule, then tap Create Next Copy.
  • Added support for pausing, resuming, and stopping multiple repeating to-dos at once.
• Unified the display and editing of to-dos – both in lists and when expanded – so Mac and iOS now share the same code.
• Repeating templates now appear in the Deadlines list (search for “deadlines” to view this list).
• You can now set a “Start Early” value of up to 100 days for an after-completion repeating to-do.
• Fixed a bug where a repeating to-do shown in Upcoming for a given date might not actually be created on that date.
• Fixed a bug where an after-completion repeating to-do could appear in the wrong place in Upcoming, or show as “Waiting” when it should have been scheduled.
• Fixed a bug where the Starts and Ends fields in the Repeat dialog could use different date formats.
• Fixed a bug where repeating templates couldn’t be reordered in area lists.
• Fixed a bug where you couldn’t create a to-do in a tag list if that tag had children.
• Fixed a bug where enabling Mail to Things in Settings didn’t work.
• Fixed a bug that allowed unreasonable “Start Early” values for after-completion repeating to-dos when set to a frequency other than days.
• Fixed several localization issues in the description of a repeating to-do’s recurrence rule.
• Things now requires iOS 16.4 or later.

Requires iOS 15 or later

• Adjusted images that contain the Things logo.
• Restored icon animation during onboarding.
• Fixed a bug where the Someday widget would display the wrong list icon.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent canceling the When dialog after removing the reminder time.
• Fixed a bug where, if a tag was applied to only some to-dos within a selection, the tags dialog wouldn’t let you apply that tag to the entire selection.
• Fixed a bug where the navigation bar in Settings would not update correctly when changing the theme.
• Many other improvements under the hood.

• Improved the layout of text in expanded to-dos.
• Improved the fade effect when list contents were obscured by system UI elements.
• Adjusted the navigation bar button styles of many dialogs on iOS 26.
• Fixed a bug where some buttons didn’t have the correct border appearance.
• Fixed a bug where scroll indicators would be cut-off by the rounded corners of the window/device.
• Fixed a bug where the expanded to-do toolbar would disappear while presenting the Delete confirmation.
• Fixed a bug where sharing from Apple Maps into Things didn’t work correctly.
• Fixed a bug where, if editing text, Cmd+LeftArrow would navigate back rather than move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
• Fixed a crash that would occur when copying and pasting a to-do from a repeating project into another list (e.g. Today).
• Improved the Todoist importer (now requires iOS 17.4 or later).