# Gift List: Budget Tracker — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of Gift List by Craig Osborne, rated 3.80/5 from 5 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gift-list-budget-tracker/id6444318089/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gift-list-budget-tracker/id6444318089.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (15 of 38) ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2024-12-13, version 2.0.5* I had been using a different Gift tracker app for many years when it completely stopped working and I came across Gift List Manager. This app is everything I wanted it to be. I love being able to colour code the lists and have multiple lists too. It’s easy to add gifts to the lists and handy being able to mark gifts as ideas, bought etc. The only other feature that might be nice to have is a running £ total of gifts marked as ideas? ### 5/5 — Really great app *2024-12-12* Allows you to easily track what gifts you’re buying. Without constantly pushing gift purchases at you. Well worth the money. I’ve managed to accurately stick to my Christmas budget this year. I could log presents as I bought them. The only thing I’d like to see if future is a present count function - so both kids get the same number. I can do this manually but if the app had this that would be top notch. But I’m still giving the app five stars as it’s truly great **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. A present count is an interesting idea, I will certainly look into further. ### 5/5 — Perfect App for Christmas Gift Lists *2024-12-11* So easy to use - love how you can add photos. Best App I’ve used for tracking Christmas Gifts **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. I’m pleased you like it. ### 5/5 — Great way to track and budget *2024-12-06* I downloaded this to keep a track or what I’d bought and spent on each of my kids for Christmas 🎄 it’s super easy to use and keeps me on track with how much I’ve spent **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. I’m pleased it’s helping you with budgeting ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2024-12-06* I’ve used a few gift lists over the years but for me, the key element in this super-busy world we live in, is functionality and simplicity. This app delivers just that. No complicated or confusing systems, no constant pop-ups, no eye-boggling paraphernalia - just exactly what I need to record all the people that I buy for and organise the lists per person. What has nailed it for me is the response rate from Craig when I’ve asked a question - so helpful - thank you! **Developer response:** Thank’s for your review. I’m always happy to help! ### 5/5 — Brilliant and helps organisation! *2024-12-03* This app has thoroughly helped me plan Christmas this year with ease! So easy to use. Definitely recommend **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. I’m pleased you like it. ### 5/5 — Easy to use and very straight forward *2024-11-29, version 2.04* Great app, love that it is easy to navigate. The website section is really helpful. ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2024-11-26, version 2.04* Great way to keep track of gifts and expenses ### 5/5 — Excellent app! *2024-11-23* This app helps me to remember those ‘light bulb’ gift ideas. Now I’ve upgraded to the paid option, I’m going to use it year round to help me plan for all gifts 🙂 **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. I’m pleased you like it. ### 5/5 — The best gift app *2024-11-20* I’ve downloaded lots of gift apps before, but this one is by far the best. Straight forward and love the font used, as not a fan of some of the other apps with the “fancy” style writing. Will continue to use throughout the year for birthdays and Christmas. Good job and thank you 👍 **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. I’m pleased you like it. ### 5/5 — Great app perfect for budgeting *2024-11-15* Love this app it’s definitely helped me keep on track and know what I’ve bought, adding the photos is a great feature helped me with making sure it’s the right thing/ place to buy **Developer response:** Thank’s for your review. I’m glad the app is helping ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2024-11-14* Does everything I need it to without it being over complicated **Developer response:** Thank’s for your review. I’m glad the app is helping ### 5/5 — Good app. *2024-11-11* I use this to remember all my friends and families birthdays or events i need a gift for. Its good and useful. i would like if maybe it gave you more reminders like every couple days but other than that its really good and i would recommend. **Developer response:** Thank’s for your review. I have some updates coming soon that I think you will like! ### 5/5 — Present App *2024-11-11* This app is so helpful for me at Christmas time, all my girls have the same budget, & when I purchase a gift, I can list it, & it keeps me on top of what I have spent, & how much each of them have remaining from their budget, brilliant! **Developer response:** Thank’s for your review. I’m glad the app is helping ### 5/5 — Couldn’t be without it! *2024-11-09, version 2.04* I couldn’t organise special occasions without the help of this app. It’s clear and easy to use and takes the stress out of gift purchases. Highly recommend! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don’t be fooled by it being a free app *2024-11-26* Barely got into the app and it’s already asking for the upgrade that costs you money. Why not put that in the information that usage is limited before you have to pay **Developer response:** I’m sorry you aren’t happy with the app. The option is given to upgrade to get unlimited lists, this isn’t required to use the app. The addtional features add to the base functionality. I can not offer the app completly free as I have spend a lot of time working on it and continue to do so. Please feel free to get in touch at giftlist@craigosborne.com and I’ll be happy to help further ### 1/5 — Do not understand how to operate app *2024-08-07* No instructions for setting up app. Want my money back! **Developer response:** Im sorry you are having issues. Please feel free to get in contact me, my contact details are under settings in the app. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work. *2022-12-08, version 1.0* I downloaded this app. I paid for Pro. I can add recipients. However I can only see 5 people in Gift list section. I also tried to add a passcode and the numbers would not come up for me to type in. This is horrible and I want my money back. ### 2/5 — Only 5 people for free *2024-12-17* Disappointing app. Short list and annoying pop up to buy constantly. No graphs or easy view of amount spent or to buy. Much better apps out there. **Developer response:** I’m sorry you aren’t happy with the app. You can have unlimited recipients it is the lists that are limited in the free version and this is made clear. I can not offer the app completly free as I have spent a lot of time working on it and continue to do so. ### 3/5 — Great *2024-12-10, version 2.0.5* Love this app. Just wish I could share it with my husband so we can coordinate Christmas presents together. ### 3/5 — Easy to use, needs some updates *2023-11-24* I have the paid version so I can use Lock Screen and photos. Would be great if you could move the lists around to put in a different order. Also need to have the option to add a gift to multiple people at the same time instead of having to create it multiple times. Option to see the photo of all the items when you look at the list instead of having to click into each item to see the picture. Need to be able to share the lists with other users and allow them to add/edit. My husband and I both buy gifts for family members and being able to do that would make it so much easier to keep track of everything and see what the other person has purchased. **Developer response:** I'm glad that you are enjoying the Pro feaures. With regard to sorting of lists, an update has been released with sorting. You have some interesting ideas & I will consider them for future updates. ### 4/5 — Works for me *2025-12-16, version 2.3.2* Let’s me keep track of what I have and what I have spent so far. Would like a few more categories. ### 4/5 — Really useful *2024-11-09, version 2.04* You can have it free for up to 5 people. But for just £5.99 a year you can have unlimited lists, on a rolling basis so you repeat them each year. You can list ideas, set individual budgets and keep track of what you’ve spent. You can add a photo and colour code recipients. At the end of each gift event once you’re done buying for a given individual, you click repeat and then if you’ve set them to repeat a new entry will begin at £0 again ready for the next gift event. You can still see completed entries elsewhere. The only improvement is make is to add the gift reason ie ‘Xmas, birthday’ etc. But you can just add this after the person’s name. It’s just so useful as with a busy household it’s so easy to lose track of what you’ve spent on who and paper lists can be lost (or seen by the wrong person)! I would recommend but in any case you have a one week free trial to see for yourself. ### 5/5 — Brilliant App *2026-07-09* Have been using this a while, it’s an amazing app and so helpful to keep track of gifts and money spent. Thank you! **Developer response:** Thank you so much! I'm really glad GiftList has been helping you keep track of gifts and spending. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, it really helps an indie developer like me. ### 5/5 — Amazing 🥰 *2025-12-08* Don’t usually leave reviews but your message popped up that you work on this by yourself! Honestly the best gift app I have used, easy to navigate, options to even leave photographs of items bought and once one is finished you can move it to the completed folder but still access to remember what you bought! I loved that I could keep up with how much I have spent without a calculator and even the option to have a budget there is also useful for other things! I bought full access to keep on track of Christmas gifts but I’ll also be using it for saving for the summer holidays 🥰♥️ absolutely no complaints from me, love it 🥰 xo **Developer response:** Thank you for your kind review. As a solo developer is great to hear how people use my app. I hope you enjoy the new features I have coming. ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 5/5 *2025-11-19* Great app, very useful and easy to use! I come back to it every birthday or Christmas ☺️👏🏼 **Developer response:** Thanks for your review. I’m please you find the app useful ### 5/5 — Couldn’t be without it! *2025-11-09* I couldn’t organise special occasions without the help of this app. It’s clear and easy to use and takes the stress out of gift purchases. Highly recommend! **Developer response:** Thank’s for your review. I’m glad the app is helping ### 5/5 — Brilliant app *2025-11-02* Honestly don’t know how I would manage without this - when my kids ask for things all year I can just add them to this list. Then when Christmas and birthdays roll around - it’s all there and ready to go. A total sanity saver. **Developer response:** Thank’s for your review. I’m pleased the app is helping you! ### 5/5 — Excellent App for gift buying *2025-01-19* Great little app for recording gifts that you have purchased. ### 5/5 — One the most useful apps I have *2024-12-27* Excellent idea, nicely done. It took me a short time to get round it and to get it to do what I needed but I wouldn’t be without it **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. I’m pleased you like it. ### 5/5 — Gift List *2024-12-23* Took me a little while to work out how this app worked but it does most things I want it to. A place for where the item was brought would be helpful rather than just a website space, eg. Shop purchased from. Will continue to use for now and see what improvements are made over time. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. I have many more updates planned. ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2024-12-19* This app has honestly really helped me budget Christmas and also be organised with what Iv got and still need to get. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS APP THANK YOU **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind review. I’m pleased you like it. ### 5/5 — Great *2024-12-15, version 2.0.5* Useful app and very easy to use --- *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 2026-08-30.*