Comparison

Christmas List vs Jinnie

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

Head to head
About

Christmas List

Organize and simplify holiday shopping with this intuitive app. Track recipients, gifts, budgets, and purchase status. Comparison shop for the best prices and even buy online directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Organize people and presents
  • Track gift purchase and wrapping status
  • Set and monitor gift budgets
  • Comparison shop and buy online
  • Import contacts
  • Password protection
Features
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*Featured by Apple during 2008 Holiday Season* LA Times Appiphilia raves about Christmas List, saying "It's a gift to holiday gift-giving." Harried and hurried over the holidays? Simplify and organize your holiday shopping with Christmas List. Its intuitive and user friendly design will keep track not only of the people on your list and their presents, but also notes and budget. You can even comparison shop and find the best price for whatever you are looking for with the tap of a finger. So throw away your pad and pencil and get Christmas List today! Features: -Imports people from your Contacts -Add unlimited entries -Stores and organizes people and presents -Saves multiple presents for every person on your list -Keeps track of which presents have been bought, wrapped, and mailed -Click on a name to see details which include: present, notes, and budget -Order your Christmas List however you want: delete those who are naughty and move the nice to the top -Displays “Days til Christmas” so you know how many shopping days are left -Budget feature displays: Total Amount Spent and Total Left to Buy -Currency support for all countries (automatically detects your currency) -Find the best price for the present you are looking for and even buy online -Badge icon keeps track of how many presents you have left without having to enter the application -Easily edit entries to change presents, add notes, or adjust budget -Built-in Password Protection so others can use your iPhone or iPod Touch and your Christmas list will be protected from prying eyes! Forget your password? Don't worry, Christmas List will email your password back to you. -Professionally designed seasonal graphics help get you into the Holiday Spirit Better Day Wireless. Better Apps. Better Value.

About

Jinnie

Easily create and share personalized wish lists for any occasion. Coordinate gift-giving with friends and family, ensuring no duplicate presents and stress-free planning for birthdays, holidays, and more. Features offline access and smart URL importing.

Highlights
  • Unlimited wish lists
  • Add wishes with photos, prices, and links
  • Smart URL importing
  • Private or public list sharing
  • Secret gift reservation
  • Offline access and sync
  • Social gift coordination
Features
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Jinnie is a free wishlist app for iPhone. Build a gift list for a birthday, Christmas, or any occasion, share it with one link, and the people buying for you can open the list in a browser and claim a gift - so nobody buys the same thing twice. WHAT YOU CAN DO Build a list in seconds - Create as many wishlists as you want, with as many items as you want - Paste a product link and Jinnie fills in the title, image, and price for you - Or add an item by hand, with your own photo, price, and note - Save from Safari or Chrome with the iOS share sheet - See the total value of everything on a list Share it with one link - Send one link by message, email, or anywhere else - Whoever opens it sees your list in their browser. No download, no signup wall - Or share your public profile at jinnie.co/yourname so people always find the current list - Every list is private, friends-only, or public - you choose, per list Claim gifts, avoid duplicates - A gift-giver marks an item as claimed so other people know it is taken - Other gift-givers see that an item is claimed, never who claimed it - Claims can be cancelled if plans change - Buying from the web needs an email confirmation, not a full account Follow the people you buy for - Add friends and family, and see their lists when they share them - An activity feed shows what changed since you last looked - Browse curated gift guides inside the app when you have no idea what to buy MADE FOR Birthday planners - the person who always gets asked "what do you want?" three weeks before Families organising Christmas - one list per person, so cousins and grandparents stop buying the same board game Couples - a shared list of things you are both saving toward Anyone with a "someday" list - keep the things you want in one place instead of 40 open browser tabs FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS How do I share a wishlist? Open the list, tap share, and send the link. The person who opens it sees your list in a browser straight away - they do not need the app or an account to look at it. Can people claim gifts without me seeing who? Gift-givers can mark an item as claimed. Other gift-givers see that it is taken but never see who took it, so two people do not buy the same present. Do my friends need the app to use my list? No. Anyone with the link can open your list in a browser. To claim an item from the web they confirm an email address, which keeps claims honest - but there is no account to create. Is Jinnie a wishlist or a gift registry? Both, in practice. A registry is usually one list tied to one event; Jinnie is a list you keep all year and reuse for birthdays, Christmas, weddings, or a baby shower. You just make a new list per occasion. Can I add things from any online store? Paste the product link and Jinnie pulls in the details. It works best on large retailers like Amazon and Best Buy; on smaller sites it fills in what the page publishes and you can edit the rest. Is Jinnie free? Yes. There is no paid plan, no subscription, and no limit on how many lists or items you can have. Who can see my list? Only the people you send it to, unless you set the list to public. Every list is private, friends-only, or public, and you can change it whenever you like. Does it work for Secret Santa or a group? You can each make a list and share the links, so everyone knows what to buy. Jinnie does not draw names for you and does not split the cost of one gift between people. Jinnie is available on iPhone and on the web at jinnie.co. The app is translated into 33 languages.

Screenshots

Christmas List4 screens
Jinnie3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jinnie at none against Christmas List's 1. Jinnie also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). Christmas List's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 205) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Christmas List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jinnie asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Christmas List against 4.5 for Jinnie. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christmas List has 1.9K ratings behind it against 205, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Christmas List's written reviews are positive against 62% of Jinnie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Christmas List ships an update every 5 months, Jinnie every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Christmas List versus Jinnie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristmas ListJinnie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.9K ratings)4.5 (205 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.9% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better205
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetter Day Wireless, Inc.KARLIE ALEXIS KOWALSKA

Customer experience

Christmas List

All ratings1,919 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive53.9%
Neutral10.6%
Negative35.6%

Jinnie

All ratings205 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.9%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

Bugs and requests

Christmas List

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Loses data/lists when reopened
  • Prompts for payment even after upgrading
  • Crashes or freezes frequently

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow more than 4 people on free version
  • Ability to delete/rename lists
  • Sync lists across devices
  • More customization options
  • Photo attachment for gifts

Jinnie

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Christmas List

One-time1
  • Christmas List Upgrade$2.99
None

Jinnie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Christmas List free?
Christmas List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jinnie free?
Jinnie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Christmas List or Jinnie?
Jinnie is rated higher. Christmas List averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while Jinnie averages 4.5 from 205 ratings.
Do Christmas List or Jinnie have ads?
Neither Christmas List nor Jinnie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Christmas List or Jinnie?
Christmas List ships an update every 5 months, and Jinnie every 10 days. Most recently, Christmas List was updated on October 31, 2026 and Jinnie on November 5, 2026.

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