Now on iPhone and iPad

Wish lists for you.Gift ideas for everyone you love.

Create lists for birthdays, Christmas and everything in between. Save private ideas for friends and family, keep great finds for later, reserve gifts without spoiling the surprise, and take one tidy shopping list wherever you go.

✓ Free to download✓ Built for iPhone and iPad✓ Everything stays in sync
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The quick way to save gifts to your wish lists.

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Today · Taylor's party

6 things they want

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Marble run

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Family board game

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From “ooh, that’s perfect” to wrapped and ready.

Giftwhale stays useful through the whole journey, not only while you make a list. Which is handy, because gifts have an annoying habit of involving other people.

Save it anywhere

Share a product from Safari or another app and Giftwhale brings the link across. Add the details yourself, fetch them automatically or import from Amazon.

Lists that do the work

Create personal or family lists with photos, prices, quantities and notes. Reorder, archive, invite and share by link or QR code.

Reserve the surprise

Browse a friend’s list and quietly reserve what you’re getting. Quantity tracking helps everyone avoid the dreaded duplicate toaster.

A shopping list that remembers

See reserved gifts and private ideas together, with who they’re for and what still needs buying. Your brain may now stand down.

Private gift ideas

Save ideas for a friend, family member or contact. Track what you’re getting, what you’ve bought and move the winner onto a list later.

Family gifting, handled

Manage child accounts, their profiles and lists, then understand shared gift history and the things they actually tend to like.

Friends and occasions

Find friends, respond to requests, browse shared lists, remember important dates and give a gentle nudge when a list is suspiciously absent.

Finish the occasion well

Record what was received, send thank-yous, move unused ideas and close the list with a tidy wrap-up instead of leaving it to gather digital dust.

Fast, searchable and resilient

Search people and lists, control notifications and profile settings, and keep recently viewed wish lists available when the signal disappears.

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Christmas ideas

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The share button finally earns its keep

See it. Share it. Saved.

When a brilliant idea appears in Safari or another app, share it to Giftwhale before it vanishes into your 47 open tabs. Pick the person or list, check the details and carry on with your day.

  • ✓ Works from the familiar iOS share sheet
  • ✓ Saves to your lists, managed accounts or private ideas
  • ✓ Fetches useful product details when available

More thoughtful by design

A friend’s profile is about the two of you.

See their lists, upcoming occasions, the gifts you’ve exchanged and useful hints about what they like. It turns a contact page into somewhere you can actually answer: “What would make them smile?”

Shared history

A warm, chat-style timeline of gifts given and received.

Taste hints

Helpful signals from lists and history, without another form to fill in.

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Alex Taylor

Loves books, football and anything that can be built.

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Story player cards

You · Dec 2025

Family board game

Sam · Dec 2025

What Alex tends to like
BooksFootballLego
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One account. Every screen.

Start on the sofa. Finish in the shop.

The iOS app stays in sync with Giftwhale on the web. Use whichever screen is nearest; your lists, friends, reservations and ideas come with you.

Business accounts and Gift Exchanges remain available through giftwhale.com.

Built for iPhone and iPad

A responsive native experience that adapts beautifully to your screen and rotation.

Useful even when signal isn’t

Recently viewed wish lists are cached so the important bits remain close at hand.

A few sensible questions

Good to know

Is the app free?
Yes. Giftwhale is free to use, and the iOS app is free to download.
Do I need a new account?
No. Sign in with your existing Giftwhale account and everything stays in sync. New here? You can create an account in the app.
Does it work on iPad?
Yes. Giftwhale is a universal app designed for both iPhone and iPad, in portrait or landscape.
Can friends see what I reserved?
The list owner cannot see which gifts have been reserved for them, so the surprise stays a surprise.
What about Android?
Giftwhale still works brilliantly in a mobile browser. Install the web app for quick access and use the share target on supported Android browsers.

Better gifts are a download away.

Bring your lists, people, plans and brilliant half-remembered ideas together. Future you, standing in a shop in December, will be delighted.