Secret Santa Helper App

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About this app

Tired of Secret Santa hassle? Make your next gift exchange smooth, fun, and fair with the Secret Santa Helper!

• *Completely FREE*: No hidden costs, no ads, no required registration!
• *Flexible Fun - Choose your style*: Classic Secret Santa, Anonymous, Alphabet, Second-Hand
• *Perfect Gifts, Less Stress*: Built-in wishlists, gift hints, and even anonymous Q&A with your recipient!
• *Smart Pairings*: Easily set exclusions so partners don't draw each other.
• *Easy Communication*: Coordinate plans with the integrated group chat.
• *Truly Cross-Platform*: Works seamlessly across devices. Invite anyone - they can even participate via web link without installing the app!

Simple How-To:

1. Create your group (set the date, budget, location).
2. Invite friends & family via link or code.
3. Let the app draw names once everyone joined.
4. Exchange gifts and enjoy the fun!

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Secret Santa is a popular gift-giving game, especially during the Advent and Christmas season. There are different variations, but the basic principle remains the same: a group of people exchanges gifts with each other without knowing who will receive a gift from whom.
Each participant randomly draws the name of another person from the group.
The drawn person is then gifted without knowing who the gift is from.
There is often a price limit in advance to ensure the gifts have a similar value.

Ratings and reviews

Best feature for me is that one can easily invite participants via a link to any social media app like FB Messenger, etc. No need for email addresses. Participants find it easier to respond as well. My only complaint is on the date format being European which can create confusion to non-European format users. In the invite messages, can it be displayed accdg to "MMM D, YYYY" format e.g. Dec 7, 2022 instead?

we used this last 2022 in our team (9-12people) and it's really a good app. however, last year, i recommended it to my family (20-22people). 2 people got picked twice and 2 people didn't have a secret santa. so they didn't receive a gift. seems like there's a problem using this with much larger group. maybe make the admin see the list if everyone got their secret santa.

Very confusing. No documentation or even a step by step guide on how to use it, where to find the damned code, or even what it looks like. Then I was only able to cut and paste the first part of it. Finally after many attempts I was able to sign on. I will never use this program again.

What’s new

- bug fixes