Santa's Bag vs EasyCardsApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Santa's Bag
Manage your Christmas gift recipients, planning, shopping, and budgets with this fun and easy-to-use app. Track gift ideas, links, preferences, and notes for each person. Generate customizable lists for planning and shopping, and monitor your budget with progress bars.
- Add gifts, ideas, links, preferences, and notes per recipient
- Track gift links, photos, and notes
- Save links via app extension or drag & drop
- Generate customizable planning and shopping lists
- Manage split/multiple/unassigned gifts
- Set recipient/occasion budgets with progress bars
- Christmas countdown timer
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Santa’s Bag has been recommended by The New York Times, US News & World Report, Consumer Reports, USA Today, Forbes Magazine, Fox News, Parents Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, PC Magazine, NBC News, Buzzfeed.com, and The Huffington Post, among others. Revolutionize your Christmas shopping experience! Santa's Bag is a fun and easy-to-use app to help you manage your Christmas gift recipients, planning, shopping, and budgets. Each detail of the app is carefully designed to make sure you don't forget anyone or anything. Christmas shopping has never been easier or more fun! * Add Gifts, Ideas, Links, Preferences, and Notes for each Recipient * Add Links, Photo, and Notes for each Gift * Save Links through our App Extension or by Drag & Drop into the app * Email, print or save customizable, checkable lists: Planning Lists, Shopping Lists, and more * Split/Multiple/Unassigned Gifts * Recipient/Occasion Budgets and Progress Bars * Screenlock Passcode * Highly Customizable Views/Sorts/Filters * Christmas Countdown Timer * Database Backup and Restore
EasyCardsApp
Manage all your loyalty cards digitally in one place. Easily create digital versions of your cards by importing screenshots or using your device's camera. This privacy-focused app helps you keep track of your rewards without needing physical cards.
- Digital loyalty card management
- Import cards via screenshot
- Create cards using camera
- Privacy-focused design
- Organize reward cards
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Privacy focussed loyalty card manager . Easy build digital cards by importing a screenshot or using the camera .
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EasyCardsApp at none against Santa's Bag's 5. EasyCardsApp also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). Santa's Bag's advantage is ratings volume (6K vs 1) and chart position (#134 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Santa's Bag sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. EasyCardsApp asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Santa's Bag against 5.0 for EasyCardsApp. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Santa's Bag has 6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Santa's Bag's written reviews are positive against 100% of EasyCardsApp's.
Santa's Bag ships an update every 2 weeks, EasyCardsApp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Santa's Bag | EasyCardsApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #134 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clay Pot Software LLC | Renjith Nair |
Customer experience
Santa's Bag
EasyCardsApp
Bugs and requests
Santa's Bag
Reported bugs
3 issues- Data loss after updates
- Inability to delete or clear past data
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to share lists with family members
- Option to track other holidays/events (birthdays, etc.)
- Barcode scanning for gifts
- Ability to add gift receipts/photos
- Improved sorting/filtering options
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- Automatic budget tracking and alerts
EasyCardsApp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Santa's Bag
- A tip to say Nice Work!$0.99
- A tip to say Keep it Up!$1.99
- Remove Banner Ads$4.99
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- A tip to say I Love this App!$4.99
- A tip to say Rocking My World!$9.99
EasyCardsApp
No in-app purchases
