Comparison

Things To Get Me vs iWish

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

Head to head
About

Things To Get Me

Create and share unlimited wish lists for any occasion. Add items from anywhere and let friends and family discreetly mark gifts they've purchased. Manage multiple lists across devices with an optional account.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited wish lists
  • Add items from any source
  • Share lists with family and friends
  • Mark purchased items discreetly
  • No sign-up required
  • Cross-device list management (with account)
Features
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The free wish-list maker from Things To Get Me is completely independent from any shops, add anything to your wish-list, then share it with family & friends for them to tick-off what they'll get you. No sign-up required, and we don't collect any personal information. If you do decide to sign up, you'll then be able to manage multiple lists on multiple devices, including on the Things To Get Me website.

About

iWish

Features
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iWish - 'Everybody's Wishlist' Using this easy-to-use wishlist app, you can keep track of your won wishlist and share it with others. Even with multiple groups at the same time. The following languages are supported: - Dutch; - English; and - German. The following functionalities are available in the app: - Create one or multiple groups / communities - Invite friends and family to join and of these groups / communities - Compose a wishlist of gifts, spice them up with photo's and link to the website of the respective article or the shop you could best buy the item - Share this wishlist with other members of the groups / communities of which you yourself are a member - Reserve giften of other group / community member's wishlists - Create and show relevant events, like birthdays of Group / community members, bus also public holidays like Xmas, etc. Please note: As community owner, you need to have a Community Owner Subscription to be able to create one or more communities. During the 14-day trail period granted to each new community owner, as community owner you will have full access to all communities he/she creates. The invited community members will also have access to the communities they have been invited to. After these 14 days, the subscription is activated, unless canceled, and continued access is granted to the community owner and the community members. In-App purchases are only applicable to the community owners and consist of subscription for using unlimited number of communities. Every new community owner receives, after purchasing a subscription, full access to his/her communities for a trial period of 2 weeks. As long as the community owner has a subscription, the community members do not need a subscription to use the community. Depending on your package size of choice, a corresponding purchase will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. For more information, please refer to the standard Apple End User License Agreement at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/. For privacy matter, please refer to our Privacy Statement. Planned for future releases: - option to determine which wishlist are shown in a community; - Multiple photo's per wish; - Extension of supported languages; - And so much more ... Tell us what you wish for: In case you miss functionalities or encounter issues in the iWish app, please let us know. For this, you can use the contact form in the support section of the app.

Screenshots

Things To Get Me4 screens
iWish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Things To Get Me at none against iWish's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. iWish sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Things To Get Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things To Get Me ships an update weekly, iWish every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Things To Get Me versus iWish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings To Get MeiWish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThings To Get Memoreworks management VOF

Bugs and requests

Things To Get Me

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Troubles syncing lists to the group
  • Key controls not responding to VoiceOver double-taps
  • Unlabeled buttons for VoiceOver
  • Date prompts lack screen reader context
  • Managing photos and video items unreliable with screen reader
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  • Share sheet option not working
  • Button to remove 'reveal' section never works
  • When an item is ticked, it doesn't always remove from others' view
  • Cannot login through Facebook in the app

Requested features

7 requests
  • Notification option for new items added to lists
  • More customizable options (coloring, adding photos to categories)
  • Ability to add multiple links to one item
  • Either/or option for items (want this OR that, not both)
  • A place to keep general info (shoe size, clothing size, favorite color)
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  • Improved functionality for Operation Christmas Child lists (tracking purchased vs. needed)
  • Ability to share a link to all lists at once, not individually

iWish

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things To Get Me

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

iWish

Subscriptions3
  • Community Owner Access14 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • Community Owner Access14 Days trial$0.993 Months
  • Community Owner Access14 Days trial$1.491 Year

Questions

Is Things To Get Me free?
Things To Get Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iWish free?
iWish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Things To Get Me or iWish have ads?
Neither Things To Get Me nor iWish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things To Get Me or iWish?
Things To Get Me ships an update weekly, and iWish every 4 days. Most recently, Things To Get Me was updated on November 3, 2026 and iWish on November 7, 2026.

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