Gift List Manager vs MapNote2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gift List Manager
Organize your holiday shopping with this app. Create gift lists for everyone, track your budget, and manage gift ideas. Features include contact integration, status tracking, and data visualization.
- Add people from Contacts
- Track budgeting and analytics
- Sort people by groups
- Track gifts by status
- Collect gift ideas
- Sync data across iOS devices via iCloud
- Export list to PDF
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Your all-in-one solution for planning and organizing gifts. Create gift lists for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, weddings, baby showers, and other special days. Add people from Contacts, track gift ideas and purchases, manage budgets, and see what you've given each person before. Share gift lists with family members and keep everything in sync across devices, even when everyone has their own Apple Account. PLAN GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION • Plan and manage gifts for each person and each occasion • Automatically repeat birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays every year • Get reminders in time to buy, wrap, and send gifts • Save gift ideas and use them later • Keep a list of souvenirs to bring back from your travels MANAGE RECIPIENTS • Add people from Contacts or previous events • Organize people into groups like Family, Friends, and Co-workers • See gift history and planned gifts for each person in one place TRACK EVERY GIFT • Follow each gift from Idea to Given with statuses like Need to Buy, Bought, Shipping, and Wrapped • Keep the store, price, product link, photo, and notes for each gift in one place • Assign a gift to one or more recipients, with a separate status for each • Sort and filter gifts by status, store, and recipient • Quickly see which gifts are ready and what still needs to be done ONE SHOPPING LIST FOR ALL EVENTS • See every gift that still needs attention across all upcoming events • Group gifts by store for easier shopping • Quickly check what to buy, what’s on the way, what to wrap, and what to give BUDGET AND PROGRESS • Set a budget for each event and each recipient • See what you’ve spent, what planned gifts will cost, and how much of your budget remains • Know right away when planned gifts go over budget • Monitor overall gift and recipient progress with clear charts • Count down to a selected event or the next upcoming one SYNC ACROSS DEVICES • Sync gift lists across your devices with iCloud • Sync even between different Apple Accounts, so you can plan gifts together with your family and friends EXPORT AS PDF • Export gift lists as PDFs to print or share • Organize lists by people or by gifts, customize columns, and apply filters WIDGETS AND REMINDERS • Add countdown widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Get timely reminders to prepare gifts and never miss a special day KEEP YOUR DATA SAFE • Your data stays only on your devices and in your iCloud • Automatic local backups let you restore your lists if something goes wrong • Protect your gift lists with a passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID MOVING FROM THE CHRISTMAS GIFT LIST • Already using The Christmas Gift List? Import all your lists at first launch or later from Settings Gift List Manager is free to download and use. You can upgrade to Premium with a monthly or yearly subscription, or choose a one-time Lifetime purchase. Family Sharing is supported, so family members do not need to purchase Premium separately. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://xwavesoft.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://xwavesoft.com/terms-of-use.html
MapNote2
This app offers an infinitely expanding canvas for capturing and organizing thoughts. It's designed to mimic the natural, radial way the brain generates ideas, moving beyond linear note-taking. Ideal for brainstorming, mind mapping, and sketching out concepts.
- Infinite canvas for idea spreading
- Radial thinking support
- Mind mapping
- Brainstorming tool
- Idea sketching
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Using MapNote, you can spread your ideas anywhere on an infinitely spread canvas. I think the way the brain works when thinking about ideas is random and radial rather than linear. Traditional notes that need to be written sequentially from left to right are not very suitable for this process. If you use this infinite size notebook application, you can freely spread your ideas from the center of the page, so you can come up with ideas more naturally. Ideal for creating rough mind maps, brainstorming and idea sketches.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gift List Manager at 97% against MapNote2's 46%. Gift List Manager also leads on price (Free vs $5.99) and rating (4.7 vs 4.1). MapNote2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
Gift List Manager is free to download; MapNote2 costs $5.99 up front. Gift List Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MapNote2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gift List Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gift List Manager has 2.2K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Gift List Manager's written reviews are positive against 46% of MapNote2's.
Gift List Manager ships an update every 11 months, MapNote2 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gift List Manager | MapNote2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better | 4.1 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.6% of reviews — better | 45.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denys Ievenko | Naoya Enokida |
Customer experience
Gift List Manager
MapNote2
Bugs and requests
Gift List Manager
Reported bugs
3 issues- Password function not working consistently
- App freezing/crashing issues
- Inconsistent behavior when adding/editing gifts
Requested features
5 requests- Add birthday/other holiday gift lists
- Ability to mark people as 'complete'
- Easier gift/person management (copy, move, delete)
- More customization options (layouts, colors, etc.)
- Integrate with online shopping sites
MapNote2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gift List Manager
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$29.99
MapNote2
No in-app purchases









