The Things 3 alternative built for salespeople
Senaro AI is the task manager built for salespeople, with account tiles, sales-native tags, and invisible AI on day one. Things 3 is a great premium apple-native task manager, just not built for sales work.
Things 3 is one of the most beautiful personal task apps ever made, for Apple devices, as a one-time purchase. Senaro AI is a sales task manager with accounts, sales tags, AI filing, and a web app. If you want calm personal GTD on a Mac and iPhone, Things is lovely. If you sell for a living and keep dropping follow-ups, Senaro is the fit.
Why salespeople look for Things 3 alternatives
- It is Apple-only with no web app. If you live part of your day in a browser or on a non-Apple device, Things simply is not there.
- There is no concept of accounts. You can build an Area or Project per account, but you do it manually and maintain it forever.
- It has no AI by design. Things will never read 'send the recap to Acme' and file it for you; that is against its philosophy.
- Urgency is generic. There is no notion of urgency tied to a deal stage, so a renewal and a personal errand look the same.
- No meeting-note bulk capture. There is no paste-block flow that turns a week of notes into an account-filed task list.
Senaro AI vs Things 3 at a glance
| Dimension | Things 3 | Senaro AI |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Personal GTD, Apple devices only | Salespeople, on web and mobile |
| Platforms | Mac, iPhone, iPad only, no web | Web app plus iPhone-optimised Safari experience |
| Accounts and deals | Manual Areas and Projects, no deal concept | Account tiles built in. Every task ties to an account via AI |
| AI | None, by design | Invisible AI files tasks to the right account with tag and due date |
| Bulk capture from meeting notes | Not supported | AI Import: paste a meeting note, get a structured task list back |
| Pricing | One-time, about $49.99 Mac plus per-device | Free forever plan. Pro $11/month or $99/year, 14-day Pro trial |
How they actually differ
Beautiful, but built for a different job
Things 3 is rightly loved. The design is calm, the interactions are crafted, and for personal GTD on Apple devices it is hard to beat. None of that is the question for a salesperson. The question is whether the tool understands accounts, deals, and follow-ups, and Things deliberately does not.
Senaro AI is shaped to the sales day instead of to a general GTD philosophy. Account tiles are the primary structure, sales tags are there on day one, and the AI files your tasks so you are not maintaining an Area-per-account system by hand.
The web and AI gaps are by design
Things has no web app and no AI, and that is a deliberate product stance, not an oversight. It will not change, because it is core to what Things is. For a rep who works in a browser half the day and wants tasks filed automatically, those two gaps are decisive.
Senaro runs in the browser and on the phone, and the AI does the filing. You paste a meeting note into AI Import and get a structured task list back, filed to accounts, in the time it would take to type two tasks into Things.
Who should switch (and who should stay)
Switch to Senaro AI if
- Reps who love Things for personal use but cannot run their pipeline in it
- Salespeople who need a web app, not just Apple devices
- Anyone tired of maintaining an Area-per-account system that decays
Stay with Things 3 if
- People who want calm personal GTD on Apple devices and nothing more
- Anyone who prefers a one-time purchase and no AI
- Users whose work is not account-based
How to move from Things 3
There is no automated import from Things. Most reps keep Things for personal tasks if they like it, set up account tiles in Senaro in five minutes with the role-aware starter template, then paste active follow-ups into AI Import as one block and let the parser file them.
Frequently asked questions
Is Senaro AI as well designed as Things 3?
Things 3 sets a high bar for craft and Senaro AI takes design seriously too, including a fully optimised iPhone experience. The bigger difference is purpose: Things is built for personal GTD on Apple devices, Senaro is built for sales work across web and mobile.
Does Senaro AI have a web app? Things doesn't.
Yes. Senaro AI runs in the browser and on iPhone Safari. That matters for reps who spend part of the day in a browser and cannot rely on an Apple-only app.
Why would I pay a subscription when Things is a one-time purchase?
If you only need personal GTD, the one-time purchase is great. Senaro AI Pro at $11/month buys an AI that files tasks to accounts, AI Import for meeting notes, follow-up suggestions, and a web app, all built for sales. Different job, different model.
Can I import my Things tasks into Senaro AI?
There is no automated importer today. Most reps paste active follow-ups into AI Import as a single block and the parser files them to accounts in one pass.
Do I need to connect a CRM?
No. Senaro AI is standalone from day one. Use it alongside Salesforce or HubSpot, or without any CRM at all.
Is my data safe?
Yes. Encrypted in transit and at rest. Customer data is never used to train AI models. Only task text is sent to our AI provider for parsing, and you can pause AI processing at any time in Settings.
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Built by Arjun Sinha. 13+ years on the sales front line before founding Senaro AI, including AE, Sales Leadership, and GTM Consulting at Series A+ SaaS companies. Senaro AI is built around how a sales day actually flows, not how a product manager imagines one does.