Giftster Reviews

I used to love Giftster for giving family members ideas for birthday gift for the kids. Regarding gift exchanges, it’s okay. My biggest complaint is that I have gotten the same family member 3 out of the 5 years that we have been using it. This is a regular occurrence for everyone else in the family, even when you maximize settings to avoid repeat picks.
Also, in the past couple of months, Giftster has become incredibly glitchy. I have to sign into Giftster after every time I close it. It freezes a lot. I frequently cannot access lists in general and accessing my child accounts is even more unreliable. I just get blank pages or missing lists.
this app, you could be great. Please fix these glitches.

I am using this now. And asked my family to use it too. I hope it works well as I would hate to go through the trouble of sharing lists and it not work. However,
I asked my husband to use it. I created a list for us to both use as house wish list and needs for the house. We both need it and want to be able to add to it. But his show up as a “suggested” item and they don’t show up on Giftster . It just says there are some things there, and I can’t see them. When I share and copy the link on the web it’s there, but Giftster is blank. Please fix this or it will be unlikely that Giftster will work for this purpose and that’s unfortunate!

For holidays and birthdays however, so far so good.

Listen, I love Giftster because there’s not really anything like it out there, but as soon as a competitor comes along with an app that really works, I’ll move on, no question.
Good luck trying to upload a photo or getting the “fetch” feature to work the way it’s supposed to. I’d say 75% of the time I can’t even get it to pull up the upload photo option, and the few times it does work, it doesn’t actually upload anything.
The fetch data option usually works, but occasionally it pulls in photos of the wrong product...which then requires you to save you own photo and manually upload it (and you already read how that goes).
If you’re good with manually writing in everything and trust that your family/friends will find the item that way, then you should be fine. But if your family is anything like mine and you need photos to help them out, just be aware that you’re in for a frustrating time.

Giftster has promise but we’ve waited over a year for some indication of what item was recently added to a list. The service will send an email notification that “so-and-so just updated their list!” With absolutely no indication as to what was added. There is no way to sort the list by “date added” and I have nephews with over a hundred items on their list. Today’s update added a time stamp in each item’s detail page as to when it was added. This is not very helpful and a recent message sent to users indicates that this is their answer to the “most requested feature” and it is a miserable non solution.

If you ever have to make a gift list, this is a MUST have app. Whether it’s for birthdays, holidays, or just a wish list, it is the best way to share with friends and family. In my house, we have 3 kids, 2 sets of grandparents and an uncle all to shop for. My mom insists on buying everything in July while others wait until the last minute. Giftster allows me to easily add something I’ve found online or when the kids see something they want. And it’s always there until you take it off. I love that it tells you who bought the item, although only on desktop…..I wish it would do mobile as I’m always on Giftster on my phone. It won’t allow you to see what’s been purchased from your own list, so it’s always a surprise.

Is Giftster perfect? Nope, but it still a Godsend!!! Highly recommend.

The concept and functionality are exactly what’s needed for big families. And non-phone savvy family members can use the website! There is a glitch that needs fixing: when I’m creating/updating item on my list using Giftster , it freezes halfway through, then closes/exits out Giftster and does not save the changes I made. It gets infuriating. Does not do this while using the website on a computer, so I can work around it but it’s inconvenient. Please fix.
I will continue using despite one glitch because it’s incredibly helpful with organizing holidays!

I recently found Giftster a couple of days ago and I love it!! It’s so easy to use and it’s very useful. I got my family into Giftster and they love it. Now with the holidays coming up, we are using Giftster to display our Christmas presents that we want to gift each other!! Such a awesome app! One thing I do dislike is that every time I open Giftster , I have to log in. I’m not sure if it’s my phone or maybe due to the fact that I’m out of storage, but overall I give Giftster 5/5 stars. 🦊👍🏽

Great, user friendly app! My family uses every holiday season! It’s exactly like a baby or wedding registry - you create a wishlist and can include links to your wishes. Your “group” can then purchase gifts from your list. Other group members will be able to see when a gift has been purchased, but the requestor will not know. Keeps the secret and surprise aspect! Recommend to anyone with a big family who is spread out over the holiday season! Or anyone with kids who want a specific toy that you’ll never be able to remember on your own.

We used this app for the first time last christmas for wish lists and it worked great. Then the lists remain so it was available for birthday gifts all year. Our 2 nd year using this app for a secret santa draw and Giftster remembered who each person had last year so nobody drew the same name again. Also you can set up secret santa draw exclusions so spouses dont draw each other or whatever exclusions you want. Really works well with a large family. No complaints.

My family uses this app for every birthday and yearly for Christmas. As long as your group members are diligent about reserving items, you’ll be a happy gift receiver... and gifter too! Nobody wants duplicate gifts! My parents are in their 60’s and aren’t too tech savvy but are able to use Giftster and the website. Sometimes I wish I could reveal who bought an item on someone’s list which is available to see online but currently unable to see in Giftster . Overall, it’s been super easy to use and haven’t found anything quite like it.

I’ve been using this app since 2020 to organize wish lists for my extra large family and while the old app worked fine, it felt stuck in the late 2000s.
The redesign was a welcome surprise when I opened Giftster recently. It’s really simple, no in your face ads or popups. A must have for anyone who regularly has to organize lists.

My only annoyance at the moment is when I go to group lists, invited members (who haven’t joined) are at the top of the list of members and there’s seemingly no way to “cancel” these invitations and remove them.

I love Giftster! It’s awesome to use year round for birthdays and holidays! It helps me keep track of things I eventually want to get so I keep a personal list just for me on here too. We have been using it for over 5yrs now for both sides of our families. They are quick to respond and always answer my questions. The only small thing that drives me nuts is with secret Santa it seems like if I get one person one year the next year my spouse gets the same person. But there are ways around it by choosing the add draw exclusions option. The other small thing is you can’t suggest items for people if they just create their profile but haven’t created a list yet. We have a few elderly folks that don’t always want to put stuff on their list so they just create a profile so we can do the draw but if they don’t create a list we can’t suggest gifts for those that got that person. Other than that Giftster is awesome! ❤️ love ❤️ love it!

I have been faithfully using this app for 2-3 years, for my own gift lists and for my kids. The latest updates to the iOS app (from ~1 month ago) have solved a lot of the pain points I had previously. The new version also gave Giftster a much-needed redesign of the user interface. It’s more slick and intuitive now.

Once you have your account set up and you’re logged in, it is so easy to quickly add, remove, or edit items in your list, or even manage your kids’ lists. I have convinced several family members to use it, and I love being able to check their lists before an upcoming birthday or holiday.

this app has all of the features I was looking for, and I am SO GLAD that they have put a renewed effort into their app.

No more asking around or buying a gift that they won't use or like. this app makes it so easy to find the person to shop for and look at a wish list they created for themselves. Shop right from there list and don't forget to mark purchase. They won't be able to see what was purchased. So many other family members can shop from the same list and no more duplicates because the list will let you know if the item was already purchased or is still available to buy.

Love this!!

I don’t know how I ever shopped before this app. Since I’ve found this app, this site/app has made shopping so easy.
I invite my family and friends to join my group. I make a wish list. They make wish lists. Then we shop. We mark our items off the this app lists that we are purchasing for each other, so others don’t buy the same thing, but the list owner still stays surprised. You can then purchase the gifts from any online or retail store.
You can even start a Secret Santa exchange!
this app is so helpful not only for Christmas, but birthdays, bridal and baby showers, etc. I can bring up my app on my phone while out shopping and check lists.
Best of all, this app is free! If you need help getting organized this holiday season, check out this app!

My whole family and extended family have used Giftster for Xmas 201. It has been such a timesaver and really made gift giving easier than ever. You know the gift you’re giving is something they really want because with Gifster they make their own list. You can see if someone else has already claimed the gift, (purchased it), so no longer any doubling up on the same present, best part is the recipient cannot see what has been purchased. Links can be added to the gift list making it easy to buy the correct item along with the cost so you know how much you are spending. There are so many more cool features I could go on and on but you get the idea. I highly recommend Giftster if you need a way to simplify gift giving within a group.

The this app app takes the guess work out of gift giving and prevents duplicate purchases. I like that you can create a profile of your preferences and sizes in case someone wants to buy items not on your list. The ranking feature lets everyone know what you most hope to receive. I use the item description section to mention coupons or sales that may be coming up. If I know someone in my group really wants something they haven’t included on their list, I can add a suggestion to their list that’s not visible to them. I also create private lists of gifts I plan to buy for people with links so I don’t forget where I saw something. I do wish there was more color contrast between the purchased and available items but it’s a small criticism of very good app.

My family started using this years ago, and it’s solved so many problems.

You can assign people to multiple groups, but they only have to make one list. We’ve got one group for my relatives and another one for my husband’s relatives. This keeps the groups separate but not my list. No longer need to divide up a list in hesitation of duplication because both groups see the same list.

You can tag items as purchased as well as on hold (which you can release at any time), so it’s easy for other people to determine what’s left. And the list owner can’t see any of the claims; they just update the list as needed.

Items can be linked to websites for easy purchasing options, but items don’t have to be found online. I’ve listed backrubs as an item. And once you receive items, you can mark them accordingly, so you don’t need to make a new list each year.

With the reminders feature, you get heads up for both upcoming events and reminders to update your own lists.

And parents can list their dependents (children/pets) on their behalf. Super easy to share kid info like clothing sizes and current interests with family members.

I'm a busy mom and this has decreased the chaos at Christmas time like you wouldn't believe! Even the people in our family who don't have smartphones can use it with the website and now we can get the perfect gift for them every time! It's simple, clean design makes it easy for the grandparents to use. Not only does it have lists that you can reserve and purchase items from, but they also have a gift preferences page that can help you learn more about things they may want that aren't on the list. So many other great features too! I can't tell you how much this has helped my family. After searching and searching for something like this I finally found this app and can easily say it's the best wish list/gift registry there is out there!

When you open Giftster , you need to select a different screen then select your group then select the person’s name you’re shopping for. This is fine, but after you select the person’s name you have to select another screen to get to their wish list. I thought many people in our group didn’t have wish lists, because why would a smart developer hide the thing you’ve using Giftster for. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid