Comparison

Boxes vs Giftist

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

Head to head
About

Boxes

Effortlessly track all your belongings, from moving boxes to holiday decorations. Organize items by location, add details like photos and custom attributes, and generate reports. Ideal for moving, inventory, or general storage management.

Highlights
  • Organize items by space/location
  • Track box and item numbers
  • Add photos and custom attributes
  • Generate and export reports
  • Print custom labels
  • Scan QR codes and use NFC tags
  • Offline access and syncing
Features
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A powerful but simple tool to track all of your stuff. Whether you're moving houses, tracking inventory, storing holiday decorations, or packing up old items in the basement, Boxes is the app to help you get it done. Features: - Create spaces to segment your objects by room or location - The app generates and tracks the box and item numbers for you - Quickly add items to a box or directly to a space - Snap photos of your open box or items and upload them - Add values, quantities, and 7 other built-in attributes to your items - Create your own custom attributes and make them available on all of your items - Add sizes and weights to your objects - Run and export detailed, graphical reports - Share across devices - Invite team members with fine-grained roles and feature grants - Customize and print labels directly from the app onto any label or paper size - Print a manifest of your entire collection - Scan QR codes and barcodes for quick object viewing - Use NFC tags to scan and open your objects - Attach your own QR codes and barcodes to your items - Run advanced, automated actions when objects and items are scanned - Use Smart Search to peek inside boxes using your camera - Mark your objects as heavy, fragile, expensive, hazardous and/or temperature sensitive - Add tags to your objects for better categorization and searching - Add notes to your objects for a more detailed description of contents - Create aliases to customize naming or numbering schemes - Create tasks and reminders to help you with important todos - Create and set custom object statuses - Search all of your objects for specific contents, notes, tags, statuses, or attributes - Filter your view to just the objects you want to see - Quickly move objects from one space to another - Duplicate or move items across boxes - Bulk edit large sets of objects - Bulk import data via CSV file - Use custom numbering schemes - Set custom app themes - Use offline without an internet connection, then sync changes when back online - See detailed audit logs of changes to your inventory - Receive signed webhook payloads when any of your data changes - Get help right in the app via 1:1 chat with support Great as a: - Moving organizer, moving helper, or moving checklist - Home inventory collector - Inventory management system - Holiday decoration tracker - Storage facility tracking - Box scanner And so much more! User Guide: https://user.boxesapp.net/guide Privacy Policy: https://boxesapp.net/privacy Terms of Use: https://boxesapp.net/terms

About

Giftist

Organize all your gift-giving occasions with this planner. Save gift ideas with URLs, set budgets, and receive custom notifications for upcoming events. Track past gifts and enjoy a beautiful, ad-free interface.

Highlights
  • Save gift ideas with URL previews
  • Set budgets for gifts
  • Customizable event notifications
  • Countdown timers for events
  • Unlimited gifts, people, and events
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Features ◾ Save their gift: URL Preview directly to the gift ◾ Lock app with Face ID: Keep noisy ones away ◾ Set budget for the gifts you have due ◾ Chronological list of dates ◾ Custom notification(s) for upcoming events ◾ Days countdown for upcoming events ◾ Unlimited number of gifts, people, events ◾ Works with all iPhone sizes ◾ Beautiful app design ◾ Fun occasion labeling: emojis! ◾ Two ways to view due gifts: list and the calendar! ◾ No ADs. Ever. ◾ History of gifts given for a quick reference ◾ … and more great features on the way If you need an easy way to organize your time before gifting a gift, budget, and tracking all of the occasions in your life... then let your favorite gift list tracker, Giftist, take care of everything for you.

Screenshots

Boxes4 screens
Giftist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boxes at 4.8 against Giftist's 4.3. Boxes also leads on ratings volume (960 vs 3). Giftist's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Boxes sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and Giftist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxes has 960 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Boxes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Giftist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxes ships an update every 3 weeks, Giftist every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Boxes versus Giftist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxesGiftist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (960 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings960 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStackTracks, LLCJeremy Hernandez

Customer experience

Boxes

All ratings953 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.0%

Giftist

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Boxes

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes when entering large amounts of data
  • Issues with syncing data across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add multiple photos per box
  • Option to track item quantities
  • Shared access with read-only permissions
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable dashboard and manifest

Giftist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Boxes

Subscriptions5
  • Tier One$4.993 Months
  • Tier Two$5.993 Months
  • Tier Three$7.993 Months
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  • Tier Four$9.993 Months
  • Pro Tier$17.993 Months
One-time10
  • 75 Images$1.99
  • 10 Boxes$2.99
  • 25 Boxes$5.99
Show 7 more
  • 50 Boxes$7.99
  • 100 Boxes$9.99
  • 200 Boxes and Images$14.99
  • 400 Boxes and Images$19.99
  • Pro Add-On$25.00
  • Lifetime Unlock$34.99
  • Lifetime Unlock Pro$59.99
1 purchases

Giftist

One-time1
  • Premium Gifts Features!$1.99

Questions

Is Boxes free?
Boxes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Giftist free?
Giftist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boxes or Giftist?
Boxes is rated higher. Boxes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 960 ratings, while Giftist averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Boxes or Giftist have ads?
Neither Boxes nor Giftist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boxes or Giftist?
Boxes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Giftist every 2 weeks. Most recently, Boxes was updated on October 24, 2026 and Giftist on October 10, 2026.

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