Tough call! I think The but I prefer Things because I'm after simplicity and ubiquity in a to-do manager above all else. The t List is very feature rich.
I find I "fiddle around" with these features much more than I should and it cuts into my productivity. This is why I could never get into OmniFocus. On the flip side, when I tried Anxiety, I found it to be the most lightweight task manager I've used, but it wasn't as intuitive as Things.
Also for me personally, I want an application that comes with a iPhone/iPod Touch sync companion app. Things Touch does this very well with it's mobiledesktop syncing. Mentions: Anxiety: anxietyapp.com OmniFocus: omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus.
I prefer The which to me has a very simple user interface. I have never gotten along well with this sort of application because of their complexity, but The t List is not only simple, but makes very good use of keyboard commands. The downside is that there is no iPhone app yet, but it is being beta tested currently, I also use THL for doing outlines of podcast episodes.
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