Secret Santa - gift exchange
Draw names & share wish lists
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Prices are current as of 3 Oct 2026.
1 one-time purchase from $4.99
In the United States, Secret Santa - gift exchange has 1 one-time purchase priced $4.99.
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| Unlock Secret Santa | $4.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Reviews | 7.5K | 11K | 8.5K | 7.9K | 5.6K | 3.8K | 3.2K | 732 | 409 | 30 | 16 |
| Released | 2015 | 2021 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | 2023 |
| Weekly price | — | — | — | — | — | $4.99 | — | $0.99 | — | — | — |
| Monthly price | — | — | — | — | — | $14.99 | — | $1.99 | — | — | — |
| Annual price | — | — | — | — | $19.99 | $24.99 | — | $5.99 | — | — | — |
| One-time price | $4.99 | — | — | — | — | $1.99 | — | $9.99 | — | — | — |
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Secret Santa - gift exchange reviews
4.6 out of 5, based on 7,492 reviews.
What people like
- Easy to block spouses from each other
- Support team fixes issues quickly
- Great for long-distance family exchanges
- Simple and works as advertised
What they complain about
- Organizer sees who everyone bought for
- Cost is hidden until you finish setup
- Emails and texts often fail to send
- Wishlist feature is buggy or missing
Great App
We have used this app every year for the last 4 years as a family Secret Santa gift exchange assignments. GREAT APP!!!
WISH LIST NOT WORKING
I sent several messages to developer and no response. This was a nice future if it worked.
Wishlist
Have used secret Santa gift exchange for the last 3 years, but this year the invitees were having trouble accessing the Wishlist. I emailed Ashley tonight advise and as a quick as a flash she had given me two options to sort the problem. It all worked well and now everyone can use the Wishlist and hopefully they’ll receive exactly what they’ve asked for. Thanks so much for sorting out for me so quickly.
Why is this rated so highly??
The host sees everyone’s secret Santa and the Wishlist that I paid $6 for is something everyone can edit. Seems stupid.
v3.0.11 sending bug when added as a guest only
There is an option to add guests as guests or guests and contacts. When adding as guests only, unable to send (either email or phone). Error: guest does not have any contact details. Sending out works only when a guest is added to contacts.
Great Secret Santa app
We do Secret Santa with my family every year and I’ve been using this app for years and I keep coming back to it as it has everything I need. I love being able to set that spouses cannot get one another and that I can send the notifications easily without me seeing anything myself. This app makes the logistics so easy since we all live far from one another.
It’s actually $4 app...
Deceptive description. I wanted to review name selections and manually distribute names myself but can’t even see name assignments without paying a $4 fee. Deleting.
Great App
Really enjoyed using the app always works great for me for what I need. I do have the in app purchase version. I do have an issue with the wishlist that’s provided. When filling out basic questions I have put in for everyone. They do not always save, when being filled out by each individual. Have to go back in and save them 3-5 times before they finally stay. Always had that issue, wish there was a solution or a fix in the future. A suggestion I could say for future updates is the text message should be a pdf or a file that I cant easily go back to see in my text message.(I don’t ever peek, ruin the fun) but it’s so easy to see who has who. Overall great app, room for small improvements.
You’re charging to send now?!
Sorry but I’m not paying to use this app when I’ve used it in the past for free. Especially when I only need it ONCE a year whenever we do play Secret Santa with the fam.
Won’t let me generate a wishlist
I kept trying..won’t let me generate a list
Awesome!!!
Our family has used this app for several years and it’s awesome!!
Took my money and won’t work!
We have too many participants in our gift exchange for the free version of the app so I paid the one time fee for the extra features, it charged me twice and won’t let me unlock the features or restore purchase. So I jus paid $8 for something completely useless to me. Don’t make my mistake!
Pretty decent
Features are great and it’s easy to use, would be great if you could bulk send the text message invitations rather than having to cycle through them one at a time and manually issue.
Very Poor Design
If you access the app on one device you can’t look at the results on another device. For example I set up my list on my iPhone but can’t view it on my iPad. Many of the recipients didn’t receive their messages because they were caught by spam filters. I didn’t realize until it caused much confusion, but each time I went back in to the program to try to resend or look to see who was buying for who it changed the buyer/receiver. I’ll be looking for another program next year.
Good app but needs some updating
Easy to use. Invites are sent immediately but would be nice to have an option when to send the invite. Also wish list needs to accommodate links to wish lists in other websites like Amazon or other retailers.
Great Features and lightning tech support
We are hosting another Secret Santa during the annual Christmas party for our youth group and discovered this app when we were looking for another option other than physically drawing names in a hat. We downloaded the free version, and realized this was the one for us so we paid the $4 and upgraded to be able to use the SMS features. Unfortunately something went wrong and the SMS features did not unlock. We contacted the App developers and Ash got back to us in less than 24 hours fixing the issue! We look forward to using this app for years to come! I hope in the future the PDF version that is available for the emails version will be available for the SMS. Thanks again to Ash for quickly getting us back up and running!
Not much of Secret with SMS
To send this via SMS the person creating the groups sees who everyone has gotten, including themselves which isn’t a surprise.
Good. Overpriced.
Good app. Works well. Overpriced for something I would use once a year.
Not really secret using text message
I was the organiser for my family which we have 15 people. Therefore had to pay to premium which I liked any way as it allows you to use phone numbers and text people. The thing I also liked about this app is that you could choose who not to buy for which helped with partners. BUT when I went to send out secret Santa it shows me who everyone else is buying for. Not so secret for the organiser :-( so I ditched this app.
Will only send to iPhones
Can’t add e-mail addresses after texts fail
Fantastic!
I’ve used this app for a few years now for family Christmas and for parties and it’s bees awesome! Happy Christmas!
Costs $3.99
It states free but won’t prompt the cost until you have gone through the whole process of adding names and contact info. (Over 6 people or SMS) Also, if you choose SMS you will be able to see secret Santa recipient since the message doesn’t go through the app and instead is sent using YOUR number and phone. Shady. Don’t use!
Almost perfect...
Overall a very good and simple name picker. Love that I can apply unlimited restrictions and also force someone to get a specific pick, if desired. Just wish that two things could be improved for next year: 1. Have the ability to send picks to someone’s text AND email (not just either or). 2. Texts/emails should generate and send automatically without me having to push the send button for each one. I covered the screen with my hand as they were being generated so I couldn’t see, but I don’t want to be able to see who everyone has as the messages are being sent. In most cases, the organizer is a part of the exchange and would also like to be surprised. Overall, did what I needed it to. Four stars for convenience and ease of choosing options.
The assignment emails went great but I can't get the wish list?
The assignment emails went great but I can't get the wish list?
Pretty Good
Better if the free version allowed more than 6 guests.
So easy
I'm really enjoying the app. It works so easy and quick.
Tricked me into buying an upgrade
Only let’s you add 6 guest . You have to pay for more but you don’t find out till you’ve spend the time creating it and adding al the guest .
Surprise charge
The app itself is great! I love how I can choose who doesn’t get who for political reasons in our family! I wish the app was more up front about the $3.99 it costs for more than 6 guests. Most secret Santas will be more than 6 people and it was a little shady to have me do all the work of manually inputting emails and everything just to tell me I have to pay for it when I’m hitting the send button. I paid the fee because I didn’t want to have to do the work over again on a different app. I probably would have paid for it anyway but felt better if it was more obvious that it would cost me money. Anyway, great app in and of itself.
Secret santa
Like it but I wish there was an option for the sender not to know who is giving who. That’s the whole point of secret Santa, however the person who creates the group also gets the text or email on who got who :/
Great app but couldn’t add myself in
Great app. Good features. But I am disappointed I couldn’t add myself in as in the invitee ( it would be nice to take part in secret Santa too).
Great Job
I think this App is wonderful! Did everything I wanted and was easy to use. So what that I know who has me...someone has to be the administrator. It’s about the joy it brings to others. You can always go back to picking names from a hat if your upset about knowing who has you. Not thrilled about the cost but I will continue to use this app throughout the years
In app purchase
So after I do all the work it finally tells me it costs money. I would just like to know that ahead of time.
Great App! Too Pricy!
Very Easy, but the person creating it can cheat lol
Not working!
Some people still didn’t receive their email (3 days later). There is no option for a wish list and now someone has contacted me saying two people have got the same person to buy for. I paid for the premium app.
Creator knows everything
The person setting up the secret Santa event knows the details for everyone. The app required me to send each text one at a time, and the details were visible on my screen. The details are also visible in the sent text message history.
Great App!
Great App! Worked as expected. Required to contact support in regards to adjusting email address and resending. Ashley contacted us back immediately and instructions worked with no issue on first try. Highly recommend!
Hidden fee
$3.99 of you have more than 6 people. Ripoff
YAY!
Works well! Paid the $6 on the spot. Will come in handy in future events too so I figured why not? Only down side is, email to notify participants about who to buy for is not compatible with the gmail app, it comes up as gibberish, though if you open the same email on desktop or the iPhone inbuilt Apple mail app, it works fine. Also as a tip, just look away when sending the individual emails to notify participating gift givers(it shows who they’re assigned to!), don’t spoil the secret! Other than that, does what it’s suppose to so I’m happy :)
Draw names.com was better
My biggest problem with this is there’s no functionality to give your secret Santa gift ideas. We used drawnames.com last year for free and it did. Of course you can’t see the lack of functionality until you complete the secret Santa name exchange. So we’re stuck using it this year.
Difficult to get to work properly.
It wouldn’t connect to my email.
Wonderful !
It was easy to set up and it went very smooth with our family name exchange.
Paid and not sending emails!
I paid for This app set up My email in the settings and it will not send!!!! Whhhhhhhy?!
Messaging anonymity
Being the person using their phone you see all the messages. This doesn’t work when you’re meant to be included and it’s meant to be secret Santa. Is there a setting I can change?
Email function doesn’t work
This app is supposed to be compatible with my phone and iOS version. Everything worked great, including adding people from my contacts, choosing who needs to buy for a certain person or not to buy for. The last step sends an email to each person added, but I kept getting an error message that my phone can’t send emails. I checked all my settings and my mail app is set up with an account but it still wouldn’t work. Very disappointed bc I ended up just spoiling the surprise (for myself) and looking at the matches so I could manually send an email to each person with their secret match.
A couple things to change
If you are participating in the gift exchange, you are forced to see who everyone is buying for as you send each email. Not good. Also, once you create an event, you can’t go back and change info like date and cost. Not perfect, but good idea.
Made holiday gift draw way easier!
Able to say spouses could not receive each other, etc. Perfect for our family gift draw!
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Won’t send emails 🤬
Not bad
It works as advertised. I wish it had the ability to randomize matching instead of self-assigning.
Not a picker
Liked that I could pick contacts from my phone but I can't get it to generate the picking.
Drawing
Don’t like how I can see the random names
Secret Santa - gift exchange price by country
A one-time purchase costs $4.70 in Pakistan and $7.52 in Colombia — 1.6× more for the same thing. Below is the going rate for each plan in every country that sells it — the middle price of what the app charges there, in the country's own currency with the dollar equivalent beneath it.
| Country | One-time |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | $4.99 |
| Albania | $5.99 |
| Algeria | $4.99 |
| Angola | $4.99 |
| Anguilla | $4.99 |
| Antigua And Barbuda | $4.99 |
| Argentina | $4.99 |
| Armenia | $5.99 |
| Australia | A$7.99$5.55 |
| Austria | €5.99$6.74 |
| Azerbaijan | $5.99 |
| Bahamas | $4.99 |
| Bahrain | $4.99 |
| Barbados | $5.99 |
| Belarus | $5.99 |
| Belgium | €5.99$6.74 |
| Belize | $4.99 |
| Benin | $5.99 |
| Bermuda | $4.99 |
| Bhutan | $4.99 |
| Bolivia | $4.99 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | €5.99$6.74 |
| Botswana | $4.99 |
| Brazil | R$29.90$5.73 |
| British Virgin Islands | $4.99 |
| Brunei Darussalam | $4.99 |
| Bulgaria | €5.99$6.74 |
| Burkina Faso | $4.99 |
| Cambodia | $4.99 |
| Cameroon | $5.99 |
| Canada | CA$6.99$4.92 |
| Cape Verde | $4.99 |
| Cayman Islands | $4.99 |
| Chad | $4.99 |
| Chile | CLP 5,990$6.10 |
| China | CN¥38.00$5.66 |
| Colombia | COP 24,900$7.52 |
| Congo | $5.99 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | $4.99 |
| Costa Rica | $4.99 |
| Cote Divoire | $5.99 |
| Croatia | €5.99$6.74 |
| Cyprus | €5.99$6.74 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 129.00$5.94 |
| Denmark | DKK 39.00$5.86 |
| Dominica | $4.99 |
| Dominican Republic | $4.99 |
| Ecuador | $4.99 |
| Egypt | EGP 249.99$4.78 |
| El Salvador | $4.99 |
| Estonia | €5.99$6.74 |
| Fiji | $4.99 |
| Finland | €5.99$6.74 |
| France | €5.99$6.74 |
| Gabon | $4.99 |
| Gambia | $4.99 |
| Georgia | $5.99 |
| Germany | €5.99$6.74 |
| Ghana | $5.99 |
| Greece | €5.99$6.74 |
| Grenada | $4.99 |
| Guatemala | $4.99 |
| Guinea-bissau | $4.99 |
| Guyana | $4.99 |
| Honduras | $4.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$38.00$4.84 |
| Hungary | HUF 1,990$6.08 |
| Iceland | $5.99 |
| India | ₹499.00$5.18 |
| Indonesia | IDR 99,000$5.54 |
| Iraq | $4.99 |
| Ireland | €5.99$6.74 |
| Israel | ₪14.90$4.89 |
| Italy | €5.99$6.74 |
| Jamaica | $4.99 |
| Japan | ¥800$5.07 |
| Jordan | $4.99 |
| Kazakhstan | KZT 2,990.00$6.73 |
| Kenya | $5.99 |
| Kosovo | €5.99$6.74 |
| Kuwait | $4.99 |
| Kyrgyzstan | $4.99 |
| Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | $4.99 |
| Latvia | €5.99$6.74 |
| Lebanon | $4.99 |
| Liberia | $4.99 |
| Libya | $4.99 |
| Lithuania | €5.99$6.74 |
| Luxembourg | €5.99$6.74 |
| Macao | $4.99 |
| Macedonia | $4.99 |
| Madagascar | $4.99 |
| Malawi | $4.99 |
| Malaysia | MYR 22.90$5.61 |
| Maldives | $4.99 |
| Mali | $4.99 |
| Malta | €5.99$6.74 |
| Mauritania | $4.99 |
| Mauritius | $5.99 |
| Mexico | MX$99.00$5.44 |
| Micronesia | $4.99 |
| Moldova | $5.99 |
| Mongolia | $4.99 |
| Montenegro | €4.99$5.61 |
| Montserrat | $4.99 |
| Morocco | $5.99 |
| Mozambique | $4.99 |
| Myanmar | $4.99 |
| Namibia | $4.99 |
| Nauru | $4.99 |
| Nepal | $5.99 |
| Netherlands | €5.99$6.74 |
| New Zealand | NZ$9.99$5.61 |
| Nicaragua | $4.99 |
| Niger | $4.99 |
| Nigeria | NGN 7,900.00$5.94 |
| Norway | NOK 59.00$6.13 |
| Oman | $4.99 |
| Pakistan | PKR 1,300$4.70 |
| Palau | $4.99 |
| Panama | $4.99 |
| Papua New Guinea | $4.99 |
| Paraguay | $4.99 |
| Peru | PEN 22.90$6.66 |
| Philippines | ₱299.00$4.78 |
| Poland | PLN 24.99$6.42 |
| Portugal | €5.99$6.74 |
| Qatar | QAR 19.99$5.49 |
| Romania | RON 29.99$6.33 |
| Russia | RUB 449.00$5.38 |
| Rwanda | $4.99 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | $4.99 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAR 19.99$5.33 |
| Senegal | $5.99 |
| Serbia | €5.99$6.74 |
| Seychelles | $4.99 |
| Sierra Leone | $4.99 |
| Singapore | SGD 6.98$5.45 |
| Slovakia | €5.99$6.74 |
| Slovenia | €5.99$6.74 |
| Solomon Islands | $4.99 |
| South Africa | ZAR 99.99$6.00 |
| South Korea | ₩7,700$5.71 |
| Spain | €5.99$6.74 |
| Sri Lanka | $4.99 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | $4.99 |
| St. Lucia | $4.99 |
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | $4.99 |
| Suriname | $4.99 |
| Swaziland | $4.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 69.00$6.87 |
| Switzerland | CHF 4.00$4.83 |
| Taiwan | NT$150.00$4.71 |
| Tajikistan | $4.99 |
| Tanzania | TZS 14,900.00$5.63 |
| Thailand | THB 199.00$5.93 |
| Tonga | $4.99 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $4.99 |
| Tunisia | $4.99 |
| Turkey | TRY 249.99$5.09 |
| Turkmenistan | $4.99 |
| Turks and Caicos | $4.99 |
| Uganda | $5.99 |
| Ukraine | $5.99 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 19.99$5.45 |
| United Kingdom | £4.99$6.60 |
| United States | $4.99 |
| Uruguay | $4.99 |
| Uzbekistan | $4.99 |
| Vanuatu | $4.99 |
| Venezuela | $4.99 |
| Vietnam | ₫149,000$5.74 |
| Yemen | $4.99 |
| Zambia | $5.99 |
| Zimbabwe | $5.99 |
Secret Santa - gift exchange FAQ
- Is Secret Santa - gift exchange free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 175 countries it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $4.99 (US), across 1 one-time purchase.
- Does Secret Santa - gift exchange have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- Where is Secret Santa - gift exchange cheapest?
- A one-time purchase costs PKR 1,300 (≈$4.70) in Pakistan and COP 24,900 (≈$7.52) in Colombia, its cheapest and dearest countries.
- What are the best alternatives to Secret Santa - gift exchange?
- Gift Exchange Organizer (4.8 from 11,337 reviews), Draw Secret Santa (4.9 from 8,475 reviews) and Secret Amigo (4.7 from 7,875 reviews).
Secret Santa - gift exchange download
Last updated 9 days ago.
Secret Santa - gift exchange sells in 175 countries. It was released 10 years and 9 months ago, on 21 Dec 2015. It holds a 4.6 rating from 7,492 reviews.
Supports 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
How much does Secret Santa - gift exchange make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- One-time 100%
Revenue by country
- United States 42%
- Australia 22%
- United Kingdom 9%
- Spain 6%