Comparison

Santa Toolbox vs UNSENT

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

Head to head
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!

About

UNSENT

Features
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Some words are never spoken. Some letters are never sent. UNSENT is a private space to write the letters you've always wanted to send - to someone you've lost, someone you love, your past self, your future self, or the universe itself. Write on aged parchment, worn pirate paper, or classic notebook. Seal your letter with a wax seal. Keep it forever. No one will ever read it. That's the point. WRITE TO ANYONE - A person - someone in your life you never got to say it to - Your past self - things you wish you knew - Your future self - who you're becoming - The universe - to no one and everyone at once - A stranger - anonymous letters within the Unsent community CHOOSE YOUR PAPER Three beautifully crafted paper styles: aged Parchment, classic Notebook, and worn Pirate paper. Every letter is sealed with a wax stamp. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your letters stay on your device. We never read them, share them, or sell them. Writing is the point - not storage. LETTERS TO STRANGERS Opt in to send and receive anonymous letters from other Unsent users. You'll never know who wrote to you. They'll never know it was you. AI REPLIES Wonder what they'd say back? Request an AI reply - a thoughtful, fictional response written as if from your recipient. UNSENT is for the grief that never got to speak. The love that was never returned. The things you needed to say - even if no one was listening. SUBSCRIPTION: UNSENT Premium - $2.99/month, auto-renews monthly - $17.99/year, auto-renews annually - Payment charged to Apple ID at purchase confirmation - Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Manage or cancel in Apple ID Account Settings Privacy Policy: https://www.cabraborracha.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Santa Toolbox4 screens
UNSENT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: UNSENT at none against Santa Toolbox's shown. UNSENT also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Santa Toolbox sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and UNSENT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Santa Toolbox versus UNSENT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSanta ToolboxUNSENT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin HeintzTreavor Evans

In-app purchases

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
3 purchases

UNSENT

Subscriptions2
  • UNSENT Premium$2.991 Month
  • Annual$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • UNSENT Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Santa Toolbox free?
Santa Toolbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UNSENT free?
UNSENT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Santa Toolbox or UNSENT have ads?
Santa Toolbox shows ads; UNSENT does not.

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