Comparison

Wish Explorer vs Fromto Wish List

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wish Explorer

Easily create, organize, and share wish lists for yourself or friends. This app helps you remember items you want, plan for events, and find the perfect gifts. It synchronizes across devices and offers offline access.

Highlights
  • Create and organize wish lists
  • Share lists with friends
  • Synchronized across mobile and desktop
  • Offline accessibility
  • Automatic data import from websites
  • Tag wishes as reserved
  • Supports various occasions
Features
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Don't forget things you or your friends want. Wish Explorer is a modern version of a shopping wish list that allows you to easily note down, organize and share wishes on your mobile, tablet and desktop. WHY SHOULD YOU USE THIS APP? 1. DON'T FORGET WISHES - Quick and easy note down 2. STAY ORGANIZED - Create, edit and sort your shopping wish list 3. BEST TECH - Synchronized on mobile & desktop 4. SHARE WISHES or lists with friends for better gifts 5. SOCIAL FEATURES - Interesting functions for groups 6. YOUR EVENTS - Useful for many purposes and occasions WHY WISH EXPLORER INSTEAD OF OTHER ALTERNATIVE? We encourage you to make your own opinion and compare features such as speed, ease of use, synchronization, offline accessibility, desktop support, reservations, list sort functions, automatic data import from websites, list visibility/privacy options or options for sharing wishes with people that do not have the app. 1. DON'T FORGET WISHES Quickly note down anything that you encounter and like on- or offline either by typing, by voice or by the automatic data import. It is saved now and can be accessed whenever you want to. 2. STAY ORGANIZED Making a list for any occasions and editing it at any time or place helps you to stay organized. Drag-and-drop for sorting and real-time synchronization are very helpful to manage your shopping lists and wishes. 3. BEST TECHNOLOGY Wish Explorer is available for mobile and desktop, fast, synchronized, accessible offline, and automatically imports data from different online shops (no typing). 4. SHARE WISHES By sharing your wishes, you can show your friends what you really like and help them to find a great present for you. Likewise, you can use lists of your friends to find a present that will make them really happy. 5. SOCIAL FEATURES Functions that are interesting for groups are for example the tagging of wishes as "reserved" or sharing public lists by sending links. The latter is useful in cases when some friends or group members do not have app. 6. YOUR EVENTS The app is also useful for personal shopping, presents or wishes as well as for occasions such as Christmas, your birthday, wedding, shopping, house warming or as a baby registry. Install Wish Explorer now! Email us if you have any feedback or questions: info@wishexplorer.com Our website: http://www.wishexplorer.com/

About

Fromto Wish List

Easily create and share wish lists for any occasion, from birthdays to weddings. Coordinate gift purchases with friends and family to avoid duplicates and ensure everyone gets the perfect present. Add wishes via text, photos, barcodes, or URLs.

Highlights
  • Coordinate gift purchases to avoid duplicates
  • Add wishes with text, photos, barcodes, or URLs
  • Share lists with friends and family
  • Automatic backup and sync across devices
  • Offline mode for list modification
  • Read-only list sharing via email
Features
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Fromto does more than other wish list apps. The app lets you add and share wishes with text, photos, barcodes or a URL for birthdays, Christmas, baptisms, weddings, etc. But more importantly, it helps friends and family coordinate who buys what to avoid double purchases. It's FREE and always will be. 1. Coordinate purchases - Enter details about the wish, but remember not to set recipient until last. After this the wish is locked, as it indicates the wish is 'ready'. - Other users can mark who wants to buy the gift, and when it was purchased - The app adapts the list display to the each user, so the recipients do not see this information - Attention: It's important you set To, otherwise you get to see who is buying things for you which would ruin the surprise! - The recipient cannot change the wish after setting To. This prevents cheating as the recipient could otherwise just remove To to see who is buying what :) 2. Easy and fast to add wishes - Add wishes quickly by typing text that is auto completed against the directory - Add wishes by pasting a URL, system extracts product name, image and store from page - Add wishes using barcode scanner 3. Share with friends and family - Give access to friends and family who get a download link and invitation code - They may also share their lists with you (e.g. for Christmas) - For people not using apps, you may also share a read-only copy of the list over email that can be printed 4. Describe your wish - Enter name and description and possibly a photo - Enter a URL in note field makes a button appear to visit site - Suggest a store and mention a price you’ve seen for the wish - Help your friends and family get the right item 5 List backed up and synced across devices - Your wishes are automatically backed up onto our cloud servers, so don’t worry about loosing your data - Changes on one device are reflected on all devices - App of course available on multiple platforms (as your friends and family may have different device types) including a webapp for your desktop web browser 6. Other clever details - Append suggested store and approx price, eg type ‘yoyo ebay 10’ - If you’ve got an account for Grosh – the intelligent grocery shopping app – you don’t need a new account to use Fromto – and vice versa - Filter list to only show items tagged for shopping by you - Offline mode lets you modify the list, resync using pull-to-refresh when online Here’s just some of the nice things that our users say: “Fromto is simple and does the job” — Brian J “The coordination feature is really clever” — Michelle S “Found no other wish list app with so many ways to enter wishes” — Sean C Fromto is built by a small team dedicated to bring you the wish list app ever. We publish frequent free updates and would love your feedback. Get in touch via our homepage fromtoapp.com or our social media profile @fromtoapp. Fromto is free and always will be. If you like the app, consider getting it’s sibling app Grosh. Grosh is available in a Premium version that lets you support the continued development of Fromto and Grosh and get rid of ads in both apps. Grosh let’s you manage not only wish lists, but also grocery shopping lists, recipes, and pantry / stock lists. Also enjoy various features exclusive to Premium subscribers and premium support.

Screenshots

Wish Explorer4 screens
Fromto Wish List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wish Explorer at 50% against Fromto Wish List's 0%. Wish Explorer also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wish Explorer ships an update monthly, Fromto Wish List every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wish Explorer versus Fromto Wish List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWish ExplorerFromto Wish List
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB33 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAlexander WendlerCompelling Software

Customer experience

Wish Explorer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Fromto Wish List

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wish Explorer

No in-app purchases

None

Fromto Wish List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wish Explorer free?
Wish Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fromto Wish List free?
Fromto Wish List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wish Explorer or Fromto Wish List have ads?
Neither Wish Explorer nor Fromto Wish List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wish Explorer or Fromto Wish List?
Wish Explorer ships an update monthly, and Fromto Wish List every 4 months. Most recently, Wish Explorer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Fromto Wish List on October 20, 2026.

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