Secret Santa - gift exchange
What is Secret Santa?
Runs Secret Santa gift exchanges by matching guests in the app and sending each person their secret match by email or.
Secret Santa is a utility app for organising gift exchanges. The organiser sets a budget, adds people from contacts or by typing details, sets optional pairing rules, and the app matches everyone. Assignments are sent by email or SMS, or exported as a PDF.
Pricing. Secret Santa is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Office gift exchanges with a set budget
- Family Christmas or Thanksgiving swaps
- Kids' parties where a parent receives the invite
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Why this app is in S tier
S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Secret Santa scores 92 out of 100: rating 92, rating count 79, App Store search rank 98, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and S tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
The quickest, friendliest way to run a Secret Santa gift exchange, with fully shareable Wish Lists.
Set up your exchange in a few taps and let the app do the matching. Only you need the app. Everyone else receives their secret match by email or SMS, with nothing to install.
How it works
- Create an event, set a gift budget, and add a personal message.
- Add people from your contacts, or just type a name and an email or phone number.
- Choose any "must buy for" or "must not buy for" pairings.
- Tap once and everyone is secretly matched.
- Send the assignments by email or SMS, or export a PDF to hand out.
Read more
Wish Lists (in-app purchase
Let every guest share a few gift ideas, so their Secret Santa always gets it right. No more guessing, no more unwanted gifts.
Gift ideas
Every guest sees a couple of suggestions for the person they're buying for, matched to your budget, with a link to shop for each one online.
Why people love it
- No account and no sign-in. Start straight away.
- Private by design. Your events are stored on your device and backed up to your own private iCloud. Contact details are only ever used to send the assignments, never for marketing.
- Only the organiser installs the app. Everyone else is notified by email or SMS.
- Send messages in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, or German.
- Copy last year's exchange and add rules so the same pairs never repeat.
- Great for kids' parties too: use a child's name with a parent's email, or print their invite.
Not just for Christmas. Perfect for birthdays, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, office parties, and any time a group wants to swap gifts.
Your privacy matters. You never have to create an account, and contact details are only ever used to send the assignments. Read more: https://www.secretsantas.gifts/privacy-policy
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Questions about Secret Santa
Do guests need to install the app?
No. Only the organiser installs the app. Everyone else receives their secret match by email or SMS, with nothing to install.
Do I need to create an account?
No. There is no account and no sign-in, so you can start straight away.
What does the Wish Lists purchase add?
Wish Lists lets every guest share a few gift ideas so their Secret Santa can choose well. The description also lists Gift ideas with shop links matched to your budget.
Is Secret Santa free?
Secret Santa is free to download, with in-app purchases.
Is Secret Santa right for me?
Secret Santa is built for office gift exchanges with a set budget, family christmas or thanksgiving swaps, kids' parties where a parent receives the invite. It sits in the gift exchange list on AppTierList.
Is Secret Santa worth it?
Secret Santa is S tier, ranked #5 of 6 gift exchange apps with a score of 92 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 7,509 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 4 apps rank above it.
How does Secret Santa compare to Secret Santa app?
Secret Santa is S tier at 92; Secret Santa app is S tier at 92. They score the same. Secret Santa is free to download, with in-app purchases, Secret Santa app is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Secret Santa updated?
Secret Santa was updated 7 days ago, which counts in its favour.
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Categories
All the facts
Ranking
- List
- Gift Exchange (S tier, #5)
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 92 / 100
- Rank in list
- #5 of 6
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.6 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 7,509
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Utilities
- Current version
- (7 days ago)
- Size
- 21 MB
- Requires
- iOS 18.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 7
- Runs on
- iPhone
- iPhone Duo
- Made for iPhone Duo, with screenshots for both screens on the App Store
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
- App Store data read
App Store data read · ranking