The Best Wishlist Apps in 2026 for iPhone, Android and the Web

Who wrote this. This article was written by the wishdo.io team. wishdo is one of the apps we compare, and we say so up front. The other apps are described from their own websites, help centres and App Store and Google Play listings as of 23 October 2026. Where we could not confirm something, the table says "n/a". Sources are listed at the end.

We didn't look at design. We looked at what decides whether the gift works out:

web · iPhone · Android · extension · Telegram · 28 languages · free

One account on the website, in the iPhone and Android apps, in the browser extension and in the Telegram bot: a wish added on your phone shows up on the website straight away. You add items by link from any shop, with "Share" on your phone, with the extension or with the bot. Every wish has a level (idea, like, want, dream), so friends know what matters most. The owner decides who sees a list: everyone, only people with the link, or only the owner. A reservation protects you from duplicate gifts: friends see that an item is taken and won't buy it twice. Surprise mode hides from the owner what has been reserved, and reserving without an account can be switched on for the whole profile, one list or one wish. If you need several identical things (three copies of a book for the office, tickets, everyday supplies), set the quantity and different people will each reserve their own. The website, apps, extension and bot work in 28 languages, and the name and description of a wish can be translated with the "Translate" button, which helps when relatives live in another country.

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A Danish app that is popular in Europe and the US: website, iPhone and Android apps, 12 languages. Reservations are hidden from the owner, though the help centre notes that the owner can see them by opening the list's share link. To reserve a gift you have to sign in. In October 2026 GoWish added Secret Santa: in the app only, for now only in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK, and every participant needs an account. The app is free and earns money from shop affiliate links.

A veteran of family gift lists: free, with apps, browser extensions and a Secret Santa draw. What has been bought is hidden from the list owner. Without an account you can mark a gift only on the website and only on a public list. The interface is English only.

Secret Santa first, with wishlists to go with it. Free, with a browser button for adding items from any shop; Spanish and French were added in 2026. Sources disagree on whether a giver needs an account to mark a purchase: the help centre says yes, a marketing page says no.

A website, iPhone and Android apps and browser extensions. By default you need an account to open a list and reserve a gift. The owner can allow viewing by link and guest reservations. One wish can be reserved by one person.

An English-language app with no required sign-up: guests reserve without an account, and reservations stay hidden until the owner opens the section that shows them. There are cash funds, and a fee is charged on them. It also has a free Secret Santa that needs no sign-up.

Fine only if every gift is bought on Amazon. You can no longer add items from other shops: in 2023 Amazon shut down the extension that did it. Purchases are hidden from the owner for a few weeks, and only while the owner is signed in. Since March 2026 third-party sellers can ship gifts from a list and receive the owner's address.

If your family lives in Telegram, it is handy to collect wishes right there. Send the @wishdoiobot bot a link to any product and it adds it to your wishdo list with a photo and price. In a group chat you can connect a shared collection: friends drop ideas into it and everyone sees what to give for a birthday, a wedding or any other occasion. More in our article about the wishdo Telegram bot.

Every app in the table lets you keep a list for free. Extra features are what cost money, for example the fee on cash funds at Things To Get Me. On wishdo everything is free, including Secret Santa and certificates.

Free apps usually earn money from shop affiliate links, and so does wishdo. On wishdo such a link is labelled "Affiliate link (ad)" right by the button, before you tap it.

If you already keep a list somewhere else or in a spreadsheet, you don't have to type it again. On wishdo you upload wishes as a CSV or JSON file with every field: name, link, price, currency, priority, date, photos, lists. Before adding them, wishdo shows what it recognised, skips duplicates by link and fetches the pictures itself. You can export your wishes the same way at any time: to a spreadsheet, a backup or another app.

Here is how it works on wishdo. Other apps follow similar steps; the details differ as shown in the table above. You can make an online wishlist on your phone or computer with the same account.

Name it after the event and set a date. If the list is visible to everyone, your followers will see it in their feed among upcoming occasions, next to birthdays. Common occasions have their own pages with examples and tips:

For a wedding there is a separate guide: how to create a wedding wishlist step by step.

Paste a product link and the name, price and photo fill in by themselves. On a phone it is easier with "Share": open the product in the shop's app, tap "Share" and pick wishdo. On a computer the browser extension does the same, and in Telegram the bot does. If there is no link, add a photo and a few words: that way you can ask for an experience or something handmade. And if the same link is already in one of your lists, wishdo warns you: a duplicate is almost always an accident. Set the wish level (Idea, Like, Want or Dream) so friends know where to start.

A list is visible to everyone, only to people with the link, or only to you. Surprise mode hides from you what has been reserved. If you want people without an account to be able to reserve too, switch on "Reservations without registration". The guest gets an email with a link to cancel the reservation. An unneeded guest reservation is released by itself after two weeks, and you can release it earlier.

If you need several of one item, switch on "Several people can reserve it" for the wish and set the quantity. Each giver reserves their own unit, and the others see "Reserved 1 of 3". Without a limit there is room for everyone.

In a messenger, by email or in a group chat. Friends open the list in the browser and don't need the app.

A wishlist settles what to give. But the holidays bring more questions: how to run a gift exchange with a group, what to give when nobody needs another thing, and how to say thank you.

Any generator can do the draw. The hard part comes after: working out what to give and not buying what someone else is already bringing. In Secret Santa on wishdo every participant in the room has a real wishlist with prices, and a reservation doesn't give the Santa away. You can ask your giftee a question (size, colour, "do you already have this?") right in the room, and the answer arrives with no names on either side. Participants don't need an account: the link takes them straight into the room. Anyone who hasn't written their wishes gets an email reminder, and everyone gets a reminder before the exchange. It is free and works in 28 languages, and next year you can bring the same group together in one tap. Our guide explains how to organise Secret Santa online.

Sometimes the best gift isn't a thing but "breakfast in bed", "a weekend without chores" or money towards a dream. That is what Promises on wishdo are for: a ready-made certificate from more than twenty designs or your own, with an amount or a promise, names, a date and a note. You can send it as a link, print it or add it to your own wishlist as a hint. In Secret Santa you can leave a certificate within the room's budget for your giftee right in the game. Free and without sign-up. More in the guide on how to create a gift certificate online for free.

When you mark a gift as received, wishdo offers a thank-you card with a photo of the gift and a caption. You can post it to your stories and tag the friend who gave it.

Create a wishlist on the website