The Christmas Card List

What an amazing app!! This saves so much time and hassle with the Christmas card process. It’s easy to add addresses from Contacts, and you can add via spreadsheet import as well… you can export to a spreadsheet… In just a few taps you can print out all your card labels, as well as return address labels, and even customize the fonts / colors / clip art. It appears that templates for all major label manufacturers are built in, so it is really almost effortless. I VERY rarely take the time to rate and review apps, but this one in particular is so much more useful and efficiency-enhancing than most of the paid apps I’ve used for anything. THANK YOU!!

I tried to use this several times, with no luck. It did import correctly from my contact list. I made some changes to include spouse names or children’s names, and saved the changes. None of the saved changes persisted. On the iPad, the list appears in the Overview mode, but no entries appear at all in the address mode. On the iPhone, both views are populated, but the changes I made disappeared overnight. Also, when working with it to enter data, it bogged down to the point that it was typing one letter per about 5 seconds. I tried making changes in my contact list and then updating from the contact list in the app, but that didn’t work for the name field, only for the address fields. Oddly, out of about 20 or 30 name field changes, one persisted. Since I was signed into the same account on the iPhone and the iPad, all the views should have matched, but they didn’t. I tried quitting the app, signing out and signing back in on both devices, but no luck getting both devices to sync up. Also, when I did save changes in the address view, about 5 Save screens would pop up one after the other and I would have to click save on all of them in turn. (At a rate of about 3 seconds per click) I gave up today after seeing all the changes I made yesterday on the iPhone were gone (except that one) and the addresses view was still blank and no changes saved on the iPad. Pretty design, though. That’s your one star.

This app is the perfect companion to keep me organized for card giving. I read through the reviews and noticed how much the developer is interacting with the feedback and making improvements. I make my own cards and always have a hard time remembering who got which one; the notes section is a great solution for that. I used to keep my list of names in my “to-do” app and then I’d go to my contacts app to find the addresses. This app links the addresses from my contacts app which streamlined that process so I can do it all from one place. I haven’t used the feature yet to print the addresses; I like that option is there if I needed it though. I gladly paid $1.99 to get the add-free version. Overall I really like this app. It’s saved me a lot of time and helps keep me organized in the hustle and bustle of the season.