Gift vs Dream Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gift
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GiftParty helps you bring the celebration together in one place — from the first invitation to photos after the event. Create birthdays, weddings, trips, picnics, corporate events, and other occasions. Choose the design, specify the date and location, invite loved ones, and track guests’ responses. With GiftParty, you can: • send beautiful invitations and receive guests’ responses; • keep gift lists and book ideas; • raise funds for a shared gift: the app shows the details of the selected person in charge, and participants make transfers outside of GiftParty. • distribute who and what to take with you; • communicate in the event chat; • create reminders for important events; • upload photos and videos to the shared gallery and share access via QR code; • store contacts to invite people to multiple events. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Dream Now
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Dream Now is a private wishlist for the people who love you. Write down what you would love, with your sizes and little preferences, and share it only with your partner, your family and your friends. They quietly reserve and give, and the surprise stays a surprise: a reserved wish dims for everyone else, and you never see who took what. HOW IT WORKS • Add a wish: paste a link from any shop, or share the page straight from Safari, and the picture, price and name come along. Or just write it. • Share your code: your people enter it once, or tap the link you send them. No public profiles, no searching. • They reserve, they give: no two people buy the same thing. • Say thank you in the app. Fulfilled wishes move to your memories. FOR COUPLES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS • See each other's lists, sizes and favourites. • Occasions with reminders at a sensible hour: birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas. • Little loves: one small thing to do for your partner today. • Points for every wish made true, and the Mystery bet: five questions about you, one wish at stake. • A home screen widget that changes with the day. DREAM NOW PLUS Free stays free: up to 10 open wishes, unlimited people, reserving, thank-yous and points. Plus adds: • Unlimited wishes • The gift finder: three ideas that match their sizes, tastes and what they already have • Guess the wish and a party quiz your guests join from their phones • The rewards shop and streaks that double your points • Your colours for the whole app, and My stores on your profile • A family plan for up to six people Plus: CHF 3.90 a month with 7 days free, or CHF 29 a year (CHF 49 for the family plan) with the first month free; prices vary by country. Founding member: one payment of CHF 20 for Plus forever, only for the first 100 people. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Nothing on Dream Now is public. Every person who sees your list got there with your code, and you can remove them at any time. Hide any wish from any person. Your address book never leaves your phone. Delete everything yourself, from inside the app. In English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian. Terms of use: https://dreamnow.app/terms/ Privacy policy: https://dreamnow.app/privacy/
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Verdict
Gift and Dream Now are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Gift sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year and Dream Now sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gift ships an update every 3 days, Dream Now every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gift | Dream Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serghei Eschin | Benjamin Amos Wagner |
In-app purchases
Gift
- GiftParty Annual Access7 Days trial$14.991 Year
Dream Now
- Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Plus Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Plus Family1 Month trial$49.991 Year
- Founding member$22.99








