# Better Christmas List — user reviews > 21 indexed App Store user reviews of Better Christmas List by Scrappy Fox LLC, rated 5.00/5 from 1 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/better-christmas-list/id295466005/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/better-christmas-list/id295466005.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Is Better Christmas List safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Better Christmas List. ## Is Better Christmas List legit? Better Christmas List appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Better Christmas List is 83 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Newest reviews (4 of 21) ### 5/5 — love it! *2009-12-13* I tried a different gift log app before this, but found it not very user friendly. I then found this and at first I wasn't sure about getting it since ideally I want something that can track gifts for occasions oher than christmas, but since the holidays were coming up... figured I'd give it a shot. I now have gotten most of my shopping done, and I am VERY happy with this app! Everything is easy to get to, easy to see, easy to organize, etc, I even love the ability to password protect so prying eyes can't get through. ; ) I just downloaded the latest update and love it even more. So glad I bought this app. ### 5/5 — What about adding a wish list? *2009-01-08* I really loved this app during the holiday season but it would be great if it had a wish list as well so I could keep track of different things through out the year that my children and husband want, so that when it does come time to purchase a gift for them I already know what they need or want. Then, the pop up with how many out standing gifts wouldn't be there throughout the entire year. Also, then it could be used for a personal wish list as well. To remember things that you want to get for yourself. Thanks, again really love this app. ### 5/5 — My favorite application of the season! *2008-12-09* I absolutely love this application. This is actually my second holiday list and it was a toss up between so many because I liked things from all of them. I really wanted them to be in one application, and this is it! Please, do not change the interface and overall look of this application. I loved the way that is looks and it flows so nicely. The only suggestions I have had with the application is that I noticed that predictive text would override my typing sometimes and there is no way to move over to fix it. Try to get the magnifying glass only makes the keyboard go away. If I try to tap on the "x" for the word to not be changed, it thinks I am done typing. I also would like a "." symbol when entering the amounts of items. For some reason, I do not like to round up. A hidden tax would be to have since I would like to incorapte that within my budget. I also think that having a "wrapped" icon instead of mail would be good (or having an option to not have the mail icon) since I do not need to mail any of presents and I would like to see what is done. I noticed that the package could stand for wrapped, but then under the details and groups, it says "# to mail" when it is complete. I also noticed that when typing in notes, the keyboard covers the notes so you have to be exact with what you are typing because you can not view it as you are typing. A personal wishlist would be cool to know I want and maybe have an ability to check it off once told to someone or if bought by myself. Adding which store something can be purchased at would be cool (instead of using the notes). And please add a password! Overall, this is the best holiday list application out there for your money! **Thank you for the password! ***Please add the ability to add a store without having to add it in the notes since I need both sometimes. There is no way to also view the notes if it goes beyond the "x" and you have to tap it as if you were editing it to view the notes. I accidently deleted it once by doing this. ### 5/5 — Incredibly helpful plus easy to use! *2008-12-06* This app has made a huge difference in my holiday shopping. It's so easy to enter and delete that I've entered multiple ideas for someone and then gradually pared them down. The app has paid for itself many times over by helping me keep within budget. I do a lot of shopping online so I would love a received option instead of just purchased. I'm now adding an R in front of the name once I receive it so the main list quickly shows me which items I've purchased but am still waiting to receive. I'd also like the ability to edit a description. This app would be great throughout the year for birthdays, Mother's Day, etc. Hopefully this version is already in the works! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 3/5 — Handy, but I have a long wish list of improvements *2008-12-31* After a Christmas of using this app I will say this: it was handy, it kept me on track. But it could use a lot of improvements: 1) a way to wipe the list clean after Christmas, instead of doing it one gift at a time (better yet, ability to protect some gifts that will reoccur next xmas), 2) ability to duplicate person and reassign to dif group (I've several family members I give gifts to at different events/groups), 3) ability to duplicate gift and reassign to dif person (I've many colleagues that I give the same kind of gift to), 4) use of that "magnifying glass" to move the cursor, so that I don't have to delete the entire line in order to edit a typo at the beginning of the text field. ### 3/5 — Good app that good be great with some added features..... *2008-12-08* I might be the only one but I wrap must of my gifts not mail them - I would like a feature to include is gift wrapped. Another feature that is missing is cents, most my gifts are not whole dollars - minor yes but wanted. Change the # to buy, # to mail to # to buy, # to wrap. Option to include an image of the item would also be wanted. Would also be nice to have a wish list for each person not that everyone would be purchase and not included in the gifts remaining......Besides these requests this application is worth purchasing for anyone that has alot to buy and keeps losing paper lists or just wants to organize and watch their money.... ### 4/5 — Extremely helpful! *2011-12-01* This is my second year to use this app. It helps so much to stay within an overall budget. You always have the list with you take care of if you're out shopping. It's there to see what you need to get and then anytime you see something, whether in a store, a catalog, on a person, or tv - you can jot the gift in for that person and where to find it. A few suggestions to upgrade though: 1) Ability to assign each person a personal budget ahead of time along with "group" budget. Currently, the only option for "Budget" is to A) See total of planned purchases or B) See total of purchased items. 2) Ability to scan an item. I find this app so useful that I'd be willing to pay for upgrades of this nature. Even so - what a help from the days of paper piles & folders!! ### 4/5 — Almost perfect! *2009-10-30* I've started my holiday shopping, and so far am very pleased with this app! I would have given it 4.5 stars if I could. A few more helpful things, and I would give it TEN stars: 1.) I've got family members whose birthdays are close to the holidays, so I shop for two gifts for them. Adding a budget per person would really help. Also, being able to see the remaining balance for each person (what I have left in the budget after purchasing gifts) would be ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL! Then I know how much to spend on stocking stuffers to make up the difference. 2.) I would REALLY like to see an option to add a store list to each item I want to purchase (not just using the notes section) and a way to view all the items I need to purchase from that particular store in one place. Right now, I'm still needing to make separate lists for each store so I don't have to look at everybody's list every time I enter another store. 3.) If the name of the gift is long, the text overshadows the price of the item and is hard to read at a glance without clicking on that item for details. The graphics are fun, especially how they change as the gift progresses from "to buy" all the way to "complete." Great job! I'm excited to see this updated, and I can see using it for more than just holiday shopping! ### 4/5 — great *2009-08-26* This is a great little app. Well worth the $. I can imagine my holiday shopping and pulling out my iphone instead of all the papers I have had in the past. I love the password protection on it so I don't have to worry about my 3 year old starting it up when I let him play other games on the iphone. The only two things I would like to see added would be: 1. The ability to customize inside the groups instead of just alphabetical. (Ex.I have a LARGE family and it would be easier if in my 'kids' group I could have all the nieces and nephews from one family together or all the girls together.) 2. Another category for gifts you are making. A lot of people craft/sew/knit/bake etc. gifts and it would be great to have a made/not made yet description to the gifts. (Ex. I want to make my mom a blanket for Christmas but, it is not done yet.) ### 4/5 — Not quite there... *2008-12-28* This app by far has the most personality of all the Xmas gift lists. It is very cute & I love the icon. But $3 is a bit much to pay when there are free alternatives which provide more features. You also have to look beyond Christmas & think it might be helpful to have a more versatile app that covers other events. I recommend gift planner app. It allows you to include photos of the gifts you're buying and syncs up to the contacts in your address book, so u choose directly from it and their contact photo appears in your list. It also has a wish list feature where you can email gift suggestions to friends. Both apps do the same thing: planning & budgeting & tracking, but the photo integration, free cost and non-Xmas theme of gift planner makes it the choice for me. ### 4/5 — Nice App *2008-11-28* Great app for keeping your christmas shopping list organized! Nice UI A few improvements I'd like to see though: - The ability to reorder groups, people, and gifts rather than just having it all in alphabetical order - The ability to include decimals in the prices - Fix the bug with the keyboard. When it comes up with an auto correction, you cannot decline the suggestion by clicking on the word like you normally can when typing on the keyboard - Rather than just having "To buy", "Purchased", and "Mailed" for each gift, include a "Wrapped" selection also. And the ability to deactivate "Mailed" for gits that don't need to be mailed. So once wrapped is selected, that gift will be counted as complete - Maybe the ability to add photos to Groups, People, and Gifts. Or have different icons for people to choose from instead of just the stocking? - The ability to collapse and expand the groups, making it easier to focus on certain groups when you have long lists ### 5/5 — It’s back! *2026-11-06* Very happy to be able to do my Christmas planning in this app again ### 5/5 — Best list app available *2014-06-26* I just really love this Christmas list app. I have tried about 2 dozen different list apps and this was by far the best for many reasons. I love that I can project my Christmas list throughout the year so when I think of something I want to get someone for Christmas I can just jot it down on the app in June and have a more thoughtful holiday shopping list ready to go by November. Also I can shop my items throughout the year and keep track of how much it cost and who it was purchased for so Iam a little better prepared for the holidays & special occasions. This app is simple but I like the idea and the organization concept, it is so good at listing and sorting Christmas items that I decided I would use it throughout the year to budget list for other things as well. Iam doing a home remodel so I have a category for each room and each time I purchase for that room I add a picture, price, and store details. It really gives you a good idea of where you are at and what you have invested financially into each room. What I would change about the app is to dedicate a space to list non Christmas items like my home remodel, birthday and holiday parties, etc. It would also be nice to view the photo & cost along side the title while scrolling down the main list. A cost count down that subtracts your investment from your budget separately for each list (Christmas list items not considered in the tally of the home remodel list, or the birthday list). Lastly notes should be visible. You have a space to put notes but unless you click on "notes" each time you have no way of knowing that there are notes available without clicking on the notes section each time. I know this is a Christmas list but I think you really have something here. There were little things I liked about each listing app I considered but yours, though targeted for "Christmas", is easily the best listing & budgeting app I've ever had. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2013-12-10* Have used this app for 3 years now. Key features to me: Password protected (for sneaky kiddos or hubby!), & it helps me remember presents I still need to get as well as those remaining on my list to get. Its also useful for when you start your shopping early. I used to overbuy cause I'd get things & stash the, somewhere, swearing I would remember that I had bought it, just to forget it & purchase something else. No more! (Well, as long as you really use it!). It also helps me know where I stand budget wise. There is also a feature (you have to input the info, but it's worth it) re: where you got an item so you can quickly know what store receipt to look for if a return needs to be made. Love it! Great app. Thanks! ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A favorite App! *2013-09-24* This will be the fourth Christmas I've used this clever app for managing my Christmas shopping. A favorite feature is the archive function; I can easily check what I've given (and to whom) in previous years. I also enjoy the little stocking next to each person's name which changes with each step of the process (purchase/wrapping/mailing or delivery) until it is "stuffed." A stuffed stocking gives me a moment of holiday cheer! The ability to group recipients lets me see at a glance how my shopping is progressing, and at a time of year when it's easy to overspend, another great feature tracks exactly what I've spent and helps me retain some fiscal sanity. Highly recommended app! ### 5/5 — Great help during insane holiday season! *2012-12-03* I normally end up making multiple lists, then losing them and eventually realizing (usually while wrapping) that I bought too much for one person and forgot another. Even the Excel spreadsheets that I used to build didn't work well, due to the wormhole that exists in the bottom of my purse. Print them out, place in purse, then poof...gone. This app is fantastic. It does everything my excel sheets did, but it calculates budget real-time and no printing needed!!!! And since it's on my phone, which I don't lose and always have with me, I never have to worry about losing the list. I can't say enough great things about it. Thank you, developers!!!! The working moms with ADHD (who don't make enough to afford nannies) thank you, lol. Adderall keeps me sane and on track during the normal part of the year. This app helps when the holidays overwhelm the meds, lol!! ### 5/5 — Awesome list keeping! *2011-12-04* I looked a lot of Christmas list apps before buying this one. I LOVE it! It Can archive what you bought last year. It has icons for "shop for it", "bought it", "wrapped", and one for "mailed it". Once you buy a gift it adds it to your budget running total spent. It has the password protection. Which is nice if you have snoopy kids or spouse! lol You can also take photos of what you bought. You can also have different "groups" that you shop for. Which is nice to be able to break the groups out and budget for them too! This is one app that does what it says. I have had no problem running this app at all either. You will have no worries that this will do what you want it to! ### 5/5 — Awesome, but I have suggestions *2010-12-16* I searched through dozens of gift list apps until I settled on this one, and I'm happy I did! It's so easy to add people, gifts, and stores. So much easier than a spreadsheet! I would like to offer a couple of suggestions. First, I don't ship packages, but the app doesn't show a gift is "complete" until you click on the shipped icon. I'd like to be able to specify that no shipping is required. Second, I leave some gifts unwrapped, to be placed under/in front of the tree from Santa. I'd like to have a little icon for that, to show it's ready. Third, I'm the Elf for our whole family, and often buy gifts to be given by other people. I'd like to specify who the gift is from, like you can do in the Better Gift List app. Thanks so much for this app! I'm looking forward to using it for a long time! ### 5/5 — A Must Have App *2010-12-08* This is my second Christmas using this app, and it just keeps getting better. I love the archiving ability so I can look back and make sure I don't buy the same gift again this year. But best of all is having it with me on my iTouch so when I'm in a store and see something I might want, I can quickly check my list to see if I need a gift in that price range - or at all. With five grandchildren, it allows me to keep track of every gift so easily, and I can see at a glance if gifts are 'even' for each child. Password protection prevents young eyes from seeing the contents when they're playing a game on my Touch. No more forgotten gifts, tucked away deep in a closet so no one can spot it. The 'wrapped' icon is great, because I used to forget if I'd wrapped something, to the point of having to open a present to double-check it. No more! One of my all-time favorite apps! Thank you. ### 5/5 — Great App! *2010-11-25* First time user for this app and I love it! I like the ability to budget, create groups to buy gifts for, track status on what I still need to purchase or wrap, and the "lockout" feature so your list is secret until Chistmas day! Will buy this app next year too. UPDATE: Started my holiday shopping this week and am using this app to list my purchases for family, friends, co-workers which are all easily organized into separate groups. My budgets are entered and as gifts are bought, I am able to track expenses, list individual descriptions of gifts and keep track of EVERYTHING with this app! My 5 star rating gets a + added to it! Buy & enjoy shopping! ### 5/5 — Improvements *2009-12-27* First off let me say that this app works great it gives you an idea of how much you're spending, what you have left to buy and even what you have left to wrap. I would like to suggest some improvements that would make this the ultimate Christmas shopping app... #1. I always get smaller toys and candy for the kids stockings and it would be great if there was a sub category under each person that included stocking items that I could make a seperate budget for that person, but only worth looking at if the list were easier to look at while looking at stocking list. #2. My wife and I both have an iPhone and we bought this app and both sync it to our phone, it would be great if we could link it up so everything copies over automatically every time a change is made rather than do it all manually for each phone. Make an exception person on each of the phones for instance on my wifes phone she could have me and not her and on my phone I could have her and not me and of course with different passwords. #3. An archive feature that other people have mentioned would be great as well so I can look to see what they got last year from me. #4. This is a very minor one but it would be great if there were some built in clipart pictures to add to the present for each person. I don't want to give the wrong idea I absolutely loved this app it saved me alot of time and gave me a huge insight into how much I spend, I can even make different group categories such as charities and parties which I put in the amount I spent and then I know for next year. Great app MUST BUY!!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-11-10.*