Hestory vs Giftwhale Wish Lists
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hestory
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- User registration and login
- Appointment booking
- Grooming service scheduling
- Appointment management
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Giftwhale Wish Lists
Easily create and share wish lists for any occasion. Save items from any store, keep track of gifts, and avoid duplicates. Organize gift ideas and manage important dates for friends and family.
- Create unlimited wish lists
- Save items from any website
- Reserve gifts to avoid duplicates
- Organize private gift ideas
- Track important dates and reminders
- Manage child accounts
- Offline wish list browsing
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Gifting should feel joyful. It should not require three group chats, a detective board and a last-minute dash around the shops. Giftwhale brings wish lists, gift ideas and gift buying together in one friendly place. Create lists for birthdays, Christmas, weddings, new babies or simply the things you would love. Add items from almost any shop, share your list and help friends and family choose something that is genuinely wanted. SAVE FROM ALMOST ANYWHERE Found something good in Safari or another app? Tap Share, choose Giftwhale and save it straight to a wish list or your private Gift Ideas. You can also add items in the app, fetch product details from a link or import an Amazon wish list. CREATE WISH LISTS YOUR WAY Make as many personal wish lists as you need. Add photos, prices, quantities and notes, reorder items, control who can see each list, invite selected friends, and share by link or QR code. KEEP THE SURPRISE, LOSE THE DUPLICATES Reserve a gift from someone’s list so other gift-givers know it is covered while the recipient remains blissfully unaware. Quantity tracking also helps several people contribute without accidentally buying twelve of the same mug. Unless twelve mugs were the plan. We do not judge. TURN PLANS INTO A SHOPPING LIST Everything you reserve, along with private gift ideas you decide to buy, appears in one organised shopping list. Group gifts by recipient, see what is still needed, visit the shop and tick purchases off as you go. SAVE PRIVATE GIFT IDEAS Spotted the perfect present six months early? Save it privately, attach it to a friend, family member or contact, and return to it when the occasion is closer. Mark ideas as getting or purchased, or move them onto a wish list later. KEEP IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND DATES TOGETHER Find friends, manage requests, browse shared lists and keep track of birthdays, anniversaries and other memorable dates. Giftwhale can remind you before panic has a chance to set in, and you can gently nudge friends whose lists need a little inspiration. WISH LISTS FOR THE FAMILY Create and manage child accounts from your own profile, without needing a separate email address or password for each child. AFTER THE BIG DAY Mark gifts as received, send personal thank-you messages, tidy away unused ideas and close completed lists without losing them. Giftwhale also includes helpful notifications, searchable lists and cached wish lists for offline browsing. Giftwhale is free for personal users, with no premium tiers. Because finding the right gift is hard enough without your wish-list app asking for one too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Giftwhale Wish Lists at every 9 days against Hestory's every 23 months. Hestory's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hestory ships an update every 23 months, Giftwhale Wish Lists every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hestory | Giftwhale Wish Lists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tarek El Khatib | Giftwhale Ltd |
Customer experience
Hestory
Giftwhale Wish Lists
In-app purchases
Hestory
No in-app purchases
Giftwhale Wish Lists
No in-app purchases









