How it works

One person sets it up. Everybody else taps a link. Nobody has to make an account.

The six steps: create your family, set the rules, share one link, everyone spins, see their wishlist, give better. Family members need no account.

1. Add everyone

Type in the whole family. Couples who buy one gift together can share a single entry, and you can say who must not draw whom — so nobody spends Christmas buying for the person sitting next to them.

2. Start the draw

Everyone is matched at once, and you get one link to send round. Nobody sees a name yet. If your rules make a draw impossible, you are told exactly who is over-constrained before anything happens.

3. Everyone spins

Each person opens the link, taps their own name, picks four digits so nobody else can peek, and spins a wheel. The name it lands on is theirs to buy for. The matching was already decided — the wheel is the fun part, not the lottery.

Tap your name, pick a private PIN, spin the wheel, and see who you are buying for. Your match stays secret even on a shared family tablet.

4. Shop without guessing

Everyone can fill in a gift profile — sizes, favorites, interests, and the things they would rather not be given again — and a wishlist. Whoever draws them sees it.

A gift profile holds sizes, favorites, interests, things they would rather not be given, a wishlist, and any notes.

Family members can quietly mark a gift as taken so two people do not buy the same thing. The person the gift is for never sees that.

Marking a gift as taken. The rest of the family can see it is covered; the person it is for cannot.

What it costs

Nothing. Setting up a family, drawing names, wishlists and the gift tracker are all free, and there is no advertising.

Some gift suggestions link to shops. If you buy something through one of those links we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you — that is what pays for the site. It never changes which gifts we suggest or the order they appear in. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. More about how this works.

Do children need accounts?

No. A child is a name on the list with a four-digit PIN. No email address, no password, nothing to remember beyond four digits. An adult can look after their profile and wishlist for them.

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