Is There a Things 3 Web App?

TL;DR: There’s no Things 3 web app, and no way to open your Things tasks in a browser. Things Cloud syncs your Apple devices with each other; there’s nothing to sign into. If you need your list on a machine you can’t install software on, you need a task manager with a real browser app. Done Bear runs the full GTD workflow in any modern browser.

Does Things 3 have a web app?

No. Things 3 is a native app on macOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro, and that’s the whole list. There’s no things.app to log into, no read-only web view, and no browser extension that reaches your tasks.

People expect otherwise because Things does have a cloud service. Things Cloud is plumbing: it keeps your Apple devices in step with each other. It isn’t somewhere you sign in and see your list.

Why does this matter?

Because the machine in front of you isn’t always yours. A work laptop that blocks installs, a shared desktop, a borrowed computer, a Chromebook. On any of those, a native-only app means your trusted system is gone.

It’s the same Windows limitation coming at you from another direction. The browser is the universal fallback, and Things has never had one.

Is there a workaround?

Not a good one. Screen-sharing into a Mac at home works, as long as that Mac is awake and reachable, and it turns a two-second capture into a thirty-second ordeal.

Email is the other route. Things has a Mail to Things address, so anything can reach the Inbox from anywhere. That’s capture only. You still can’t see, edit, complete, or organise anything. Shortcuts and automations are useful on Apple devices and irrelevant on a machine that doesn’t run them.

Mail to Things is worth setting up whatever you decide, as an emergency capture route. It just isn’t a web app.

What a real web-based GTD app needs

Plenty of task managers ship a browser version that’s a slower, thinner copy of the native app. If the web is why you’re switching, the browser version has to be the actual product.

That means the full workflow: Inbox, Today, Upcoming, Anytime, Someday, projects, and labels, rather than a “quick add” page. It means keyboard-first, because the reason Things feels fast is that your hands never leave the keyboard, and a web app that needs a mouse is a downgrade.

And it has to work offline. Browser apps that show a spinner the moment the network wobbles don’t get trusted with everything, and a system you don’t trust is a system you stop using.

Offline is where most browser task managers fall down. It needs local storage and a real sync engine, not a request to a server on every keystroke.

How Done Bear does it

Done Bear’s web app is local-first: your tasks are stored in the browser and sync in the background, so views open instantly and edits save whether or not you have a connection. It’s the same app as the desktop build, same five views, same shortcuts, not a reduced companion.

If you can install software, the native apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, and iOS use the same account and the same list.

If you only ever use your own Apple devices, Things is excellent and the web gap will never bite you. This post is for the people it already has.

Bringing your Things 3 tasks across

Run this once on the Mac where Things is installed:

donebear import things

Areas, projects, and tasks come across with their dates intact, then show up in the browser wherever you sign in. The import guide has the details.

Done Bear is free to start, no trial and no credit card, so you can import and run both side by side for a week before deciding anything.