The Christmas List vs SSYS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Christmas List
Organize your holiday gift lists and budgets with this intuitive app. Track purchases, manage spending, and simplify your shopping experience. Spend less time on logistics and more time enjoying the holidays.
- Gift progress tracking (to do, purchased, shipping, received, wrapped)
- Personalized or overall budgeting
- Add gifts by typing or dictating
- Import contacts for recipients
- Share lists via AirDrop, email, etc.
- Shopping lists organized by store
- Add photos to gifts and people
- Christmas countdown timer
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The #1 Shopping App in the US – The Christmas List is an easy-to-use app to help you organize your Christmas lists and budget so you can spend less time buying presents for the ones you love and more time being present with the ones you love! _________________________________________ EASY PROGRESS TRACKING Track gifts by to do, purchased, shipping, received, and wrapped. When editing a list you can change the status of multiple gifts at once (for example, when you are wrapping gifts you can change the status of those gifts from purchased to wrapped all at once). EASY BUDGETING Set a budget for a person or don’t – it’s up to you. The Christmas Lists tracks the budget for you. It’s so easy that The Christmas List has been recommended for managing holiday spending by • Good Housekeeping • The Motley Fool • mint.com • BankRate.com • CNBC SHOPPING OVERVIEW Simple, at-a-glance views of shopping progress including budget. ADD GIFTS LIKE JOTTING A NOTE Adding a list of gifts is as simple as typing (or even dictating) a note. Just place each gift name on a new line and The Christmas List transforms your note into a gift list. It’s like Christmas Magic! IMPORT FROM YOUR CONTACTS Get a jumpstart on your lists by importing select recipients from your existing contacts. EASY SHARING Easily share lists using AirDrop, email, iCloud Drive, or Messages. Use AirDrop to quickly share a single recipient or an entire group. SHOPPING LISTS BY STORE Once you select a store for a gift, The Christmas List remembers that store and automatically builds a shopping list for the store to help make sure you get everything you need when you are out and about. MULTIPLE GIFT RECIPIENTS Once you create a gift you can copy it to other recipients on your list without the need to retype the details. POPULAR RETAILERS The Christmas List comes with a list of popular retailers, but if you don’t see the one you are looking for you can easily add your own. You can even use emoji in the store name. ADD PHOTOS Add photos for gifts and people from your photo library, clipboard, or camera. CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN See a countdown to the number of shopping days until Christmas right in the app. PRINTING Print lists directly from the app. NO PEEKING Optional password protection – set up a PIN or use Touch ID to keep out snoops. EDIT MULTIPLE GIFTS AT ONCE Changing the status of several gifts at once has always been possible on the lists by status (accessed via the Progress tab). Now the lists by person and the lists by store can do it too. Also new is the ability to change the store for multiple gifts at once. It’s never been easier to keep track of what’s wrapped, shipped, and left to do. _________________________________________ PEOPLE ARE TALKING… "The Christmas List is solidly better...with more options and an easier interface." – The New York Times "...it’s happy-making" – Yahoo! News "Some of The Christmas List’s best features are the little details that the app just gets right." – Macworld "Hooray for productivity!" – MSN Tech "It's a handy way to keep track of what you have bought…" – LA Times "…everything you need" – Mashable.com “…great for keeping a budget and tracking shopping progress” – Business Insider _________________________________________ SEE A VIDEO DEMO AT www.limbua.com
SSYS
Discover trendy and affordable women's fashion with unique designs. Shop the latest arrivals, enjoy daily new drops, and participate in fun live sales. The app offers free shipping and convenient features like waitlisting items.
- Browse new arrivals and promotions
- Daily new product drops
- Live sales events
- Waitlist items
- Easy ordering and checkout
- Order fulfillment and shipping notifications
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SSYS is a trend forward women's boutique with affordable, one of a kind designs that are wearable and functional in your closet! Check out our app for FREE shipping, daily drops and FUN live sales!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SSYS at Free against The Christmas List's $2.99. SSYS also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). The Christmas List's advantage is chart position (#2 vs unranked) and ratings volume (5.1K vs 1.6K). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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
SSYS is free to download; The Christmas List costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for The Christmas List against 4.9 for SSYS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.1K and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of The Christmas List's written reviews are positive against 94% of SSYS's.
The Christmas List ships an update monthly, SSYS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Christmas List | SSYS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.1K ratings) | 4.9 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.7% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 1.6K |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Erik Eggleston | Shop Style Your Senses, LLC |
Customer experience
The Christmas List
SSYS
User reviews
The Christmas List
From 5.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Helps stay organized
- 💰 Useful for budgeting
- 🔒 Passcode protection
- 🎨 Customizable design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sync issues between devices
- 🔍 Difficulty finding/editing past entries
- 🔢 Lack of customizable status options
- 🗂️ Inability to hide completed tasks
- 🧭 No option to track delivery status
SSYS
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🥰 Best boutique ever
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 🛍 Great shopping experience
- 💕 Awesome customer service
- 🤩 Unique and on-trend clothing
Room to improve
- 🤔 Sizing issues
- 😠 Poor return policy
- 🤯 Frustrating shipping and order issues
- 🤖 App and website integration problems
Bugs and requests
The Christmas List
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to import data
- Lost all archived data after device replacement
- Font size reduced in recent update
Requested features
5 requests- Add birthday/other holiday gift tracking
- Ability to sync across devices
- More customization options for status/categories
- Integrate with online shopping/tracking
- Expand archiving capabilities
SSYS
Reported bugs
2 issues- Popclips not working
- Shipping label printing issues
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to use store credit on the app
In-app purchases
The Christmas List
No in-app purchases
SSYS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Christmas List free?
Is SSYS free?
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Do The Christmas List or SSYS have ads?
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