# Santa's Bag — user reviews > 414 indexed App Store user reviews of Santa's Bag by Clay Pot Software LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 5,836 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/santas-bag/id397698040/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/santas-bag/id397698040.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,412 · 4★ 285 · 3★ 64 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 59 ## What do users think of Santa's Bag? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 🚀 Helps stay organized - 🚀 Keeps track of budget - 🚀 Customizable - 🚀 Useful features - 🚀 Intuitive interface - 🚀 Helpful for large families - 🚀 Saves time and stress - 🚀 Allows adding gift ideas throughout the year - 🚀 Remembers previous years' gifts - 🚀 Password protection - 🚀 Excellent app overall **Cons** - 🐛 Issues with data syncing across devices - 🐛 Difficulty deleting/clearing past data - 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs - 🔒 Concerns about privacy and data usage **Commonly reported bugs** - Data loss after updates - Inability to delete or clear past data - Syncing issues between devices **Most requested features** - Ability to share lists with family members - Option to track other holidays/events (birthdays, etc.) - Barcode scanning for gifts - Ability to add gift receipts/photos - Improved sorting/filtering options - Automatic budget tracking and alerts ## Newest reviews (20 of 414) ### 5/5 — The best app *2026-01-28, version 2.6.0* I have been using this app for 5 years and it keeps me so organized I recommend it to everyone! ### 5/5 — Easiest way to track Christmas $’s *2026-01-22, version 2.6.0* Santa’s Bag APP provides the best tracking method for Christmas gifts, spending & wish lists. It’s so easy to sort by gift, recipient or $’s to quickly see what you’ve spent on who & how many gifts you’ve bought. Also provides a place to remind me of all those gifts I buy throughout the year. I love using the Santa Bag app. ### 5/5 — Fantastic! *2026-01-18, version 2.6.0* I have been using Santa’s Bag for several years now, and I don’t know what I ever did without it. Highly recommend!! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-01-10, version 2.6.0* Easy to use and helps me stay on budget. I like how it’ll automatically transfer each recipients budget to the new year. I do wish you could track birthdays on it as well. ### 5/5 — Must have app! *2026-01-08, version 2.6.0* I have used this app since 2021. I no longer loose gifts I hid, or forget how much I got and keep buying for one kid and not the other. I know what they want, where to buy it, where I stashed it at and I can stay on budget. Yes, it takes a few extra steps to load all your info into the app, but it will become your Christmas go too!! Try it, you will thank me later! ### 4/5 — Great organizational tool *2026-01-08, version 2.6.0* Have used this app for a number of years now and love it. Only request would be to see all gift photos in recipients’ lists and to be able to check gifts as “given” individually that were entered as a gift for multiple recipients. ### 5/5 — Best App Ever! *2026-01-07, version 2.6.0* Seriously hands down Santa’s bag is the best! Easy to use! I also love the fact you can set a PIN number. I am extremely happy with this app and highly recommend to other parent or carers. ### 5/5 — Love it!! *2026-01-04, version 2.6.0* This app is great for organizing your Christmas shopping!! So many options!! You can start putting gift ideas in at the start of the year. I love that I can keep track of everything I buy and have yet to buy!! I recommend this app to everyone!! I’ve been using it for 7 years now!! I love it!! ### 5/5 — So Helpful! *2026-01-02, version 2.6.0* Greatest app for keeping track of gifts. I wished they expanded to other holidays and birthdays too. ### 5/5 — 3rd Year Use!! Easiest To Use & Track!!! *2026-01-01, version 2.6.0* This app is fabulous!!! I was using (or trying to use) a different app from large bank group and it was awful, so started looking for something that was quick & easy to enter gifts and $$$ and this is it! Thank you so much!!! ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2026-01-01, version 2.4.7* I love this app. Had it for 4 years now and it keeps track of how much I spend on everyone and I can seethe years I went over budget and why. Great app! ### 5/5 — Awesome App *2025-12-30, version 2.6.0* This is a super helpful Christmas shopping app. It keeps me organized and on task. It’s also fun to use! ### 5/5 — Used it for years. Very handy! *2025-12-29, version 2.5.2* Love this app! 🎁 Been using it for years now. Very handy way to organise and track each gift and recipient. I really like that you can add pictures of the items, take notes, and mark the status as you go. Great for remembering what I got earlier in the year if I bought the item before Xmas time. The budgeting feature is also really handy to help you balance how much you spent for each person. Like I said Ive been relying on this app year after year and it’s great to be able to look back at what I already got ppl so I don’t repeat myself. “Got this person a blanket last year…”ect., I would highly recommend this app. ### 5/5 — Holiday Life Saver *2025-12-27, version 2.6.0* I have used this app at least 5 years now and it has been a game changer to track purchases and spending for a large family. ### 5/5 — Keeps me organized *2025-12-26, version 2.6.0* I have been using this app for the last 5 years. We have 6 grown children and spouses including 11 grandchildren. This app keeps me organized. ### 5/5 — Love This!! *2025-12-25, version 2.6.0* I’ve used this app for the last 3 to 4 years now. It's simple and reliable. ### 5/5 — A must have app! *2025-12-24, version 2.6.0* Absolutely love this app for tracking gift ideas, purchases and budget. Been using for over 7 years and love that I can look back at previous years. So easy to use and makes me feel incredibly organized! ### 5/5 — Best app ever! *2025-12-23, version 2.6.0* I love this app and have been using it for years.So functional and easy to use! ### 5/5 — Love *2025-12-23, version 2.6.0* I love the organization and budget tracking! The only thing I can think of to improve it is allowing the same type of thing but for birthday gifts and other holidays ### 5/5 — Best Christmas App *2025-12-22, version 2.6.0* Has every feature I need to stay organized for Christmas. I have used this app for several years and I can’t think of a single improvement. The recipient list rolls over from year to year, I can log gifts or ideas throughout the year, I can view by recipient or all gifts by status (to order, ordered, to wrap, wrapped, etc). It’s an outstanding app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not with the money *2025-12-15, version 2.6.0* I don’t like this app not worth paying for ### 1/5 — Great, until this year *2025-10-28, version 2.6.0* I’ve been using this app for several years and it’s been extremely helpful. Each year I’ve been able to open the app, switch it over to the new year, and it would carry over all the previous year’s recipients. I was also always able to go back and reference any previous year’s recipients and gifts. This year, however, when I opened the app everything was gone. Recipients, gifts… all the data is missing. I reached out to technical support via the app over a month ago and have yet to receive a response. Very disappointed as a longtime user and promoter of the app since its early days. ### 1/5 — *was* Almost perfect! *2021-11-11* *edited to change from 4 stars to 1* This was a great app, used for several years. Got a new phone this year, and even though this was backed up to iCloud, all of my previous years’ data is gone, no response from support. Disappointed to be sure. ……… I had to replace my old gift app since it wasn’t supported anymore, and after testing several this was the clear winner! Very easy to use, well organized, hits all of the things I like to track. A few minor tweaks and this would be a full 5 stars! One is just a wee cosmetic change...more visual contrast between groups on the recipient page ;)...the pale gray on the group title background is too close to all of that white. Also, rather than just ‘in progress’ and ‘complete’, would love if a person could be taken to a ‘to be wrapped’ and ‘to ship’ status...I’ve worked around that for now by setting up groups (shop, wrap, ship), but would love to be able to click it off easily like the ‘complete’. And last request lol...within the recipient, a ‘santa’ section, to differentiate the gifts coming from Santa for the kiddos ;). Thanks for the great app!! ### 1/5 — Lost all my info *2019-12-09, version 2.3.2* Was great I used it for a couple of years, had the things I’d bought people previous years in there and lots of future gift ideas that I’d saved but it’s all gone! I contacted the app company and they got back to me right away but they have not retrieved my information 😢my advice pick a reliable app not this one. ### 1/5 — Info all gone! *2019-11-01, version 2.3.0* I’ve used this app for the past few years (paid for version) but today have found that all previous info has gone! I stored previous years gifts to remind me what I’d bought before, & had all my recipients listed so I knew what I needed to. If it was a free app I’d accept that the details had been cleared, but having paid for the app I’m really not impressed! ### 1/5 — Lost previous entries *2018-12-14, version 2.2.7* I used this app for a number of years and loved it. With the new update, all of my previous entries disappeard. I used it to keep track of who gets what every year. Now I have no idea what I usually buy/tip for clients. 😞 ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2018-11-04, version 2.2.2* I have used this app for 4 years now.....downloaded again this year to do my yearly planning; however the save option under the recipients does not work, no way to track progress. Rendering this app useless now. Please update ASAP! ### 1/5 — Latest upgrade and now just crashes on opening *2018-10-28, version 2.2.0* Very disappointing-might want to sort it out before Christmas shopping starts! ### 1/5 — Don't purchase *2016-11-05, version 1.5.3* Purchased this last year. Now unable to retrieve data and 'support' don't reply to emails. ### 2/5 — Doesnt link between Devices *2025-12-21, version 2.6.0* I have used this app for five years on my ipad. But it comes to a stop this year because i cannot sync it to my iphone. It would be very handy to use it while shopping. Santa’s Bag needs to join the modern world. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Gift App *2026-09-03, version 2.6.2* Love this app to track my Christmas gifts and budget! ### 5/5 — Helps me stay focused every year! *2026-08-30, version 2.6.2* I have used this app for the past 2 Christmases. I love how it counts down. I've actually shown children the countdown clock and they get excited. But, more importantly, I like the budget setting bc it keeps me on track and there are no surprises after it's all over. I also appreciate that I can put where I "hide" the gifts because I have a hard time remembering where I put things and then I'll find it after Christmas is over. Ugh! Great app to keep spending in check. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-08-28, version 2.6.2* This is SO helpful for staying on budget, tracking gifts and ideas all year long, and staying organized during such a busy season. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great way to budget and track Christmas! *2026-08-27, version 2.6.2* I have used the Santa’s Bag app for a few years now and love the features. I am able to track who I get gifts for and how much. I’m able to set an overall budget to make sure I don’t overspend. I also love that I can track of the gift is a stocking stuffer or not. Another great feature is I can look at past years! ### 5/5 — BEST app! No more questing...where did I hide it?😆 *2026-08-13, version 2.6.2* This is one of the BEST apps that was shared with me by a Mom friend❤️. Having four kiddos, it's hard to keep track of things during Christmas. Simply add your participants! Then keep track of each item wanted (yeah while chatting with your kiddos and something pops up as a need/want during the holiday season add it on the app), once purchased you can note whether it's ordered/wrapped, record what store you bought it from, price… If you want to keep track of that, lol, but best part of this app is you can add the LOCATION you hid it in!!😆. No more guessing where you hid that very special gift or coming across that present you bought 3 years ago during a deep house clean!! Get the App🎄❤️ ### 5/5 — Great apppppp *2026-08-01, version 2.6.2* Love it ### 5/5 — So helpful year after year! *2026-07-20, version 2.6.2* As someone who buys early and stashes gifts away this app has been so great in not forgetting anyone or what I bought in July :) your people list stays in from the previous year - never deleting this app! ### 5/5 — Organizer’s delight *2026-04-30, version 2.6.2* So easy keeping track of people, gifts, sales, shipping and especially the locations of where you hid the gifts! (sadly I’ve hid them so well even I didn’t find them!) ### 5/5 — A Must Have App for Organizing Gift Ideas!! *2026-04-25, version 2.6.2* I have been using this app for over five years now and each year I set up the app for the new current year and create all of my family/friend/etc. profiles and throughout the entire year I will save items that make me think of them to their specific list and it is just perfect when it comes time for birthdays or Christmas. love this app and will continue to be a loyal user for as long as possible ### 5/5 — My list is always with me! *2026-03-02, version 2.6.2* I love this App. It’s always with me! --- *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 2026-09-06.*