Comparison

American Greetings Ecards vs Santa Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

American Greetings Ecards

Send personalized digital greetings for any occasion. Choose from over 1,000 designs, add your own message and photos, or use an AI generator for inspiration. Schedule deliveries or send instantly via text or email.

Highlights
  • Browse 1,000+ ecards
  • Personalize with message and photo
  • AI text generator for messages
  • Add gift cards
  • Schedule greetings
  • Birthday and anniversary reminders
  • Contact address book
Features
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Your favorite American Greetings digital ecards in one amazing app! Personalize and send the best ecards from any mobile device. With easy access to our newest and most popular ecards for every holiday and occasion, you can make their day incredible in an instant! Download the app for free and enjoy 24/7 access to ecard smiles! ECARD APP FEATURES • Free to download • Browse 1,000+ ecards ready to personalize and send in minutes • Personalize digital cards with your own message and photo • Try our AI text generator to create a custom message for you • Include a gift card from top brands with your greeting • Build your contacts and address book directly in the ecard app • Send greetings instantly or schedule for later • Set up birthday and anniversary reminders FIND BIRTHDAY CARDS & GREETINGS EVERY SPECIAL OCCASION Now you can be a part of every birthday! Like the birthday greeting cards you’d find in store, we offer a huge variety of birthday ecards, including funny birthday cards! Browse birthday cards and ecards other occasions, including: • Anniversary cards • Thank You cards • Congrats cards • Thinking of You cards BROWSE CHRISTMAS CARDS & GREETINGS FOR EVERY HOLIDAY With the American Greetings ecards app, you can stay connected all year long with ecards for every holiday big and small. Browse Christmas cards and ecards for other holidays, including: • Valentine’s Day cards • Easter cards • Mother’s Day cards • Father’s Day cards • Halloween cards • Thanksgiving cards PERSONALIZE ECARDS WITH JUST A FEW CLICKS Create an ecard in a few easy steps, ready in minutes for someone amazing: 1. Choose your card. 2. Customize your card with a personal message and photo. 3. Text or email your card instantly. TRY OUR AI MESSAGE GENERATOR Need help writing the perfect message? Just enter the occasion, the recipient’s favorite activity and a tone (funny, heartfelt, etc.) and our AI Text Generator will craft the perfect message for your recipient. ADD A GIFT CARD TO YOUR GREETING We’ve teamed up with top brands in food, fashion and entertainment to bring you the best gift cards. Surprise loved ones by adding a digital gift card to your greeting. Instant smiles, guaranteed. SEND CARDS INSTANTLY Send cards instantly via email, text, Facebook or messaging app or schedule it to arrive up to a year in advance. No stamps, no wait, just thoughtful greetings delivered right to your recipient’s phone. JOIN TO SEND FREE ECARDS TODAY Start sending personalized ecards in minutes! American Greetings members can send unlimited ecards for free in the ecard app (no extra purchase required). With your ecard subscription, you’ll get: • Unlimited sending for 1,000+ ecards • Birthday and anniversary reminders • The option to schedule ecards up to a year in advance • An address book with all your contacts • Access to our AI text generator to make card-writing a breeze • Organized wishes — everything you send is saved to your account! Your payment will be charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account will be charged unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.americangreetings.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.americangreetings.com/terms-of-service

About

Santa Toolbox

This app helps you get into the holiday spirit with a Christmas countdown, photo editing tools to add festive hats, a Secret Santa organizer, and a gift list tracker. It also includes holiday-themed games to play.

Highlights
  • Christmas countdown with widgets
  • Photo editing with Santa hats and stickers
  • Secret Santa name drawing
  • Gift list tracking with budget
  • Holiday-themed games
  • Optional account for syncing
Features
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Santa's Toolbox is everything you need for the holidays, in one festive app. Count down to Christmas, put Santa hats on everyone in your photos, run a Secret Santa, and keep your whole gift list on track. COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS • A live countdown to Christmas, Christmas Eve, or New Year's, down to the second • Twinkling Christmas lights, falling snow, and a candy-cane Holiday Spirit meter • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Apple Watch complications STICKER STUDIO • Pick a photo and Sticker Studio finds every face and pops a Santa hat on top • Drag, pinch, and twist to get each hat just right • Choose from classic Santa hats, cozy knits, elf hats, and hand-drawn doodles • Dress up your photos with hot cocoa and holiday greeting stickers • Turn your photo into a sticker for Messages • Faces are found on your device — your photos never leave it SECRET SANTA • Add everyone who's playing, set a budget and a date, and draw names in seconds • Pass the phone around: each person taps their own gift tag to see their match in private • Nearby Draw lets everyone draw on their own phone, no internet needed • Send private links so friends without the app can see their match in any browser • Add people straight from your contacts, and set who can't draw whom GIFT LIST • Keep track of everyone you're shopping for, with a budget for each person • Move gifts from idea to bought to wrapped, and see your total spending at a glance • Share a product from Safari, Amazon, or any app to add it to your list, price included • Send a wish-list link so family can tell you exactly what they'd like GAMES • Naughty or Nice: are you on the Nice List? 200+ questions, with versions for kids and grown-ups • Christmas Trivia: movies, songs, and traditions from around the world — answer fast, build a streak, and beat your best score • Match the Hats: a festive memory game with three difficulty levels YOUR SANTA TOOLBOX ACCOUNT (OPTIONAL) • Everything works without an account, saved right on your iPhone • Create a free account to sync your lists and use them on santatoolbox.app • Sign in with Apple, a passkey, or email Santa Toolbox Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks every hat and sticker pack, unlimited Secret Santa groups, and removes ads. Individual packs are available too. Happy holidays from TurboCycle Media, LLC in Phoenix, Arizona!

Screenshots

American Greetings Ecards4 screens
Santa Toolbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: American Greetings Ecards at none against Santa Toolbox's shown. American Greetings Ecards also leads on ratings volume (40K vs 2) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). Santa Toolbox's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 78%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. American Greetings Ecards sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Santa Toolbox sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for American Greetings Ecards against 5.0 for Santa Toolbox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: American Greetings Ecards has 40K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of American Greetings Ecards's written reviews are positive against 100% of Santa Toolbox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

American Greetings Ecards ships an update monthly, Santa Toolbox fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
American Greetings Ecards versus Santa Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmerican Greetings EcardsSanta Toolbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (40K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings40K — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#105 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAGCM, Inc.Justin Heintz

Customer experience

American Greetings Ecards

All ratings40,243 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews360 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative13.3%

Santa Toolbox

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

American Greetings Ecards

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes or freezes during use
  • Inability to preview or send cards properly
  • Subscription and payment issues
  • Syncing and login problems across devices
  • Inconsistent performance and functionality

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow custom name input for personalization
  • Improve scheduling/planning options for sending cards
  • Expand card selection, especially for less common names
  • Add more customization options (fonts, colors, etc.)
  • Improve customer support and communication channels

Santa Toolbox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

American Greetings Ecards

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Ecards Subscription$7.991 Month
  • 1 Month Ecards Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Ecards Subscription$35.991 Year
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  • 1 Year Ecards Subscription$35.991 Year
One-time1
  • Songfinch Custom Song$6.99
8 purchases

Santa Toolbox

One-time8
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Elf Workshop Hats$0.99
  • Cozy & Fluffy Hats$0.99
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  • Holiday Doodle Hats$0.99
  • Santa Toolbox Pro$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
  • Huge Tip$9.99

Questions

Is American Greetings Ecards free?
American Greetings Ecards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Santa Toolbox free?
Santa Toolbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, American Greetings Ecards or Santa Toolbox?
Santa Toolbox is rated higher. American Greetings Ecards averages 4.9 out of 5 from 40K ratings, while Santa Toolbox averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do American Greetings Ecards or Santa Toolbox have ads?
Santa Toolbox shows ads; American Greetings Ecards does not.
Which is updated more often, American Greetings Ecards or Santa Toolbox?
American Greetings Ecards ships an update monthly, and Santa Toolbox fortnightly. Most recently, American Greetings Ecards was updated on November 7, 2026 and Santa Toolbox on November 4, 2026.

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