# Christmas Planner. — Gifts Manager & Shopping List

> Christmas gift manager and shopping list tracker with budgeting. (iPhone/iPad app by LINKLINKS LTD.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-planner/id1133468344 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [LINKLINKS LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/600375781)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 247 App Store ratings · 201 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 38 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Hebrew, Hindi and 18 more
- Released: 2016-07-29
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-planner/id1133468344/reviews.md

## What is Christmas Planner.?

Keep your Christmas lists organized; create the gift lists with budget, status and recipients etc, and track the progress to make sure your person get your gifts on time.

This app is simple and easy to use, take and check it anytime, don’t leave lists on the paper again in case of lost.	

Key Features:
⁃ Christmas Day counting down.
⁃ Create budget for each people.
⁃ Create and track gift lists by people.
⁃ Track gift lists by store.
⁃ Add gift info with picture, quantity, recipients, price, store and status.
⁃ Mark gift status progress by idea, need to buy, purchased, wrapped and done.
⁃ Track budget progress by money: total, spent, available.
⁃ Track gift progress by quantity.
⁃ Add people manually or from local Contacts and group them.
⁃ Create list to show gift to me with sender, gift picture and name, quantity.
⁃ Share lists by email.
⁃ Archive passed years’ gift list and refresh.
⁃ View archived gift , restore or duplicate to gift list.
⁃ Passcode protection.
⁃ Dropbox backup and restore.
⁃ Adds 3D Touch function.
⁃ Supports Apple Watch.
⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad).

If you have any question or suggestion, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.

## Key features

- Gift list creation by recipient
- Budgeting per person
- Track gift status (idea, purchased, wrapped)
- Shopping list by store
- Christmas Day countdown
- Passcode protection
- Dropbox backup

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium - 6 months | $2.99 | per 6 months |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Version | $19.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 201)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christmas-planner/id1133468344/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Kat

*2026-06-08, version 6.0*

Loving this app. Feeling organised, also having somewhere to put gift ideas is great.

### 4/5 — Gifts, sorted!

*2026-02-06, version 6.0*

Easy app to help keep track of purchases and keep on budget. I have successfully used this app over the last few years. 

Would love to see a Birthday version.

### 1/5 — Ads

*2025-12-22, version 6.0*

I used to love this app and have used it for years. Something changed with the ads and it only shows me incredibly inappropriate ones. I will be deleting the app because of it. I flagged the ads and updated my preferences. I only have an issues with this app so it’s very disappointing.

### 2/5 — Photos from camera roll broken in iOS 26

*2025-12-20*

In the PAST: I’ve used this app for four years and have loved it. 5 stars. I rely on it annually. HOWEVER:

TODAY:  BIG BUG. You cannot upload a photo from your camera roll to an item since iOS 26; you can still take a photo, but you CANNOT UPLOAD AN EXISTING PHOTO. When you try, it goes to a black screen and the app hangs. You have to kill the app and reopen it to get out of it. This is very really frustrating, particularly midseason!! I need the visual cue of an image for every item! Please fix!  All of my 2025 Christmas planning and four years of shopping history is in this app!  Grr…

In the beginning, 2021, I’d have said 5 stars. Ads beginning in 2024 (I think) made it 4 stars (ONLY because you can remove ads for 48 hours by watching (2) ads in succession. You can do this repeatedly, so app is still viable). TODAY, with no camera roll photos?  2 stars. This is major functionality that MUST work!  Please fix!  Thank you. 

Re. feature requests, I agree with pcaskie.

### 1/5 — Disgusting

*2025-12-11*

In the beginning of the use of the app it was good to use. However somewhere along the way, whenever I opened the app, I was getting absolutely vulgar advertising. Nobody has access to my phone and that is not something that I have any interest in (not saying it’s wrong if you do). My grandchildren who are too young to read play with my phone all of the time, if they opened this app to see that, this would be more than a bad review. You should really consider the audience that is using an app like this, most of us don’t any to see that garbage as soon as we open a Christmas app. Disgusting, never again.

### 4/5 — One of the better apps for Christmas

*2025-11-26, version 6.0*

I wish I could see the gifts under the names instead of it being on different screens. I do like the Home Screen it’s handy to see how much time to buy how many gifts I still need and how much I’ve spent

### 3/5 — Doesn’t always work

*2025-11-26, version 6.0*

I love that I can keep track of ideas and what I’ve bought but app won’t let me mark that I’ve purchased and wrapped now?

### 5/5 — Simple and Effective

*2025-11-24, version 6.0*

It’s easy to use and doesn’t have a bunch of stuff you don’t need. Keeps your list from year to year and you can easily edit.

### 5/5 — Great Tool

*2025-11-22, version 6.0*

Love this tool to keep track of gifts “to buy” and already bought.

### 5/5 — Love love love

*2025-11-15*

I’ve been using this to organize all my Christmas gifts for the last few years now. It’s a must have!

## Frequently asked questions about Christmas Planner.

### What does the Christmas Planner app do?

This app helps you organize all your Christmas gift lists. You can create lists for each recipient, set budgets, track the progress of each gift from idea to wrapped, and manage where you plan to buy them from.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include creating detailed gift lists with recipient, budget, and status tracking. It also offers a Christmas Day countdown, store-specific lists, the ability to add gift pictures, and budget progress monitoring.

### How much does the Christmas Planner app cost?

The app is free to download and use, but it does offer in-app purchases. This means you can access additional features or content by paying within the app.

### What devices is the Christmas Planner app compatible with?

The app is a universal version, meaning it is available on both iPhone and iPad. It also supports Apple Watch functionality and 3D Touch.

### Can I use this app for occasions other than Christmas?

While designed for Christmas, the app's robust list-making and tracking features could be adapted for other gift-giving occasions. You can archive past years' lists and refresh them for future use.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 7.0 — 2026-08-03

⁃ Compatible with iOS 26.
⁃ Other minor bugs fixed.

### 6.0 — 2025-08-08

⁃ Compatible with iOS 18.
⁃ Adds Catalan, Danish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish and Vietnamese.
⁃ Other minor bugs fixed.

### 5.0 — 2024-07-25

⁃ Adds Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Korean, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Indonesian, Polish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Hindi and Malay.
⁃ Other minor bugs fixed.

### 4.3.2 — 2024-05-22

Minor bug fixed.

### 4.3.1 — 2023-11-14

⁃ Compatible with iOS 17.
⁃ Other minor bugs fixed.

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