Christmas wish list
Every Christmas the same messages go round the family: "What would you like?", "Has anyone bought it already?", "Who's getting Grandma's present?". With Gave everyone writes their wish list in one place, and the family sees what's taken without the person who wished for it finding out.
How to make a Christmas wish list
- Download Gave on your iPhone or iPad, and sign in with Apple.
- Add a wish. Paste a link from any online shop, and Gave fills in the name, price, and picture. You can also share a link straight from your browser or another app.
- Write a little about what you'd like: the size, the colour, or why you want it. Set a quantity if you'd like more than one.
- Drag your wishes into the order you want, so the family sees what matters most.
- Send your invite link to the people who should see the list. They follow you in Gave and see your wishes. If your profile is private, you accept them first.
You have one wish list. It works for Christmas and for your birthday, so you don't start a new one every year. Mark what you've been given as received, and it leaves the list.
The family reserves, you see nothing
When someone in the family decides on a gift, they tap "Reserve" and choose "Christmas" as the occasion. The others who follow you then see that the wish is taken, and who took it. You never see the status of your own wishes, in the app, in notifications, or in widgets. The surprise is safe.
If you'd like three books, three people can reserve one each. If a gift is expensive, several people can chip in on it together.
Keep track of the presents you're buying
Under Gifts you see Christmas as one event, with a row for each person you follow. Each row shows whether you have a gift reserved or bought for that person. Under "My reservations" you see everything you've reserved, split into "Not bought" and "Bought".
Gave reminds you of Christmas 3, 7, or 14 days before, and tells you how many people are still waiting for a gift from you. If you celebrate on Christmas Day, you can set Christmas to 25 December. If you don't celebrate Christmas, you can turn it off.
Free, with no ads
Gave is free, with no subscription and no in-app purchases. There are no ads, Gave earns nothing from what you buy, and nothing is tracked. Gave is made and run in Norway.
Is someone in the family without an iPhone? They can write their wish list in the browser. See questions and answers.