Comparison

Wishlist Maker vs Jinnie

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

Head to head
About

Wishlist Maker

Easily save, organize, and share desired items for any occasion. Track personal goals or create gift registries for friends and family. Prioritize items and share your lists effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Add products via URL, name, or manual entry
  • Set item priorities
  • Follow friends' wishlists
  • Share lists easily
  • Organize personal goals
Features
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Weeshlist is the easiest way to save, organize, and share the things you want. Whether it's a birthday, holiday, or a personal goal, Weeshlist helps you track your wishes and make them happen. Key Features: - Add Products Your Way: Manually enter items, paste any product URL, or simply type a product name to generate a wishlist item. - Set Priorities: Organize your wishlist by importance so you know what to get first—or what to gift someone special. - Follow Friends: See what your friends are wishing for and never miss a great gift idea again. - Easy Sharing: Share your wishlist with family, friends, or on social media with just a tap. Simple, smart, and social - Weeshlist is your personal wishlist, reimagined. User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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 and Android. 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, or from your desktop with the Jinnie Chrome extension - 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, Android, the web at jinnie.co, and as a Chrome extension. The app is translated into 33 languages.

Screenshots

Wishlist Maker4 screens
Jinnie3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jinnie at 64% against Wishlist Maker's 0%. Jinnie also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Wishlist Maker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Jinnie asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jinnie holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jinnie has 177 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Wishlist Maker's written reviews are positive against 64% of Jinnie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wishlist Maker ships an update every 6 weeks, Jinnie every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Wishlist Maker versus Jinnie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWishlist MakerJinnie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (15 ratings)4.5 (177 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews63.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15177 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYevhen BasistyiDawid Kowalski

Customer experience

Wishlist Maker

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Jinnie

All ratings177 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Wishlist Maker

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly$1.497 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Annually1 Year trial$19.991 Year
  • Annual$19.991 Year
None

Jinnie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wishlist Maker free?
Wishlist Maker 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, Wishlist Maker or Jinnie?
Jinnie is rated higher. Wishlist Maker averages 4.2 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Jinnie averages 4.5 from 177 ratings.
Do Wishlist Maker or Jinnie have ads?
Wishlist Maker shows ads; Jinnie does not.
Which is updated more often, Wishlist Maker or Jinnie?
Wishlist Maker ships an update every 6 weeks, and Jinnie every 11 days. Most recently, Wishlist Maker was updated on September 24, 2026 and Jinnie on September 23, 2026.

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