Christmas Gift List Tracker

I have used this app for years, and overall I love it. I also enjoy the new features of the update. However, one of my favorite features has always been tracking my budget. This year the overall budget feature seems to be miscalculating. When I input what I want to spend on each person, it keeps telling me that my overall budget is $100 off from what it actually is. I can’t see that it is actually throwing anything off, but it’s quite an annoyance to appear over budget when I am not. A few other items of feedback: 1) I don’t like that I have to go in to the “overall budget” screen separately to set a budget for each individual. Why can’t I just input the gift ideas and set a budget for each, and have the app use those calculations to tell me where my spending falls? And 2) why do I need to calculate the total budget on my own to input in the “overall budget” so it will show correctly in my gift list tracking? I would think an app so sophisticated would do that for itself. It’s quite cumbersome when I want to update a single calculation to go in and find all of the areas where there is fallout. Maybe these are just glitches or oversights, but I’d rather have smooth daily operation over fancy new update features like list reset that I will use once per year.

Ever year I create a list or note in my phone and I always forget to add things and it’s hard to track and total. I LOVE how this app separates each recipient and totals how much you have spent on each as well as tracking how much you have spent altogether! I love that it allows you to enter ideas for gifts and then mark it off when it has been purchased, when it arrives, and when you have wrapped it. The interface is clean and simple and it’s so incredibly functional! This is the first year ever that I feel completely organized with my gift purchases! I love also that you can see a graph of your entire spending broken down by recipient showing you who you spent the most on and making it easier for parents to make sure each child gets a similar number of gifts. I would love to see another version of this app that would be an order tracking app so you can enter the date you ordered something, where you ordered it from and money spent and check it off from things you want to order, order placed, purchase received, kept or returned, return date and tracking and refund received!

I’m on my third year of using this app and it’s honestly one of my favorites. I used to keep spreadsheets on my computer and it was so annoying to update them and also make sure that the file synced between my phone and laptop. I’d find myself just printing it out and manually adding to it, which defeated the purpose. This app has saved my sanity during the holidays. I have a big family, and I can keep track of all their current gifts and compare them to the archived lists so that I don’t get duplicates. Plus, it keeps track of my budget and I’ve actually spent less every year because I’m more conscious of what I spend. My husband is thrilled my this, haha. Finally, because the app is always ready to go—as opposed to a spreadsheet that I’m sometimes too busy/lazy to find the file for and then update—I can add gift ideas all year. For example, it’s May and I’ve already begun my list for Christmas 2023 and I just update it when the gift arrives. So far I’ve purchased 4 gifts and have ideas listed for 13 recipients. As soon as I think of a good gift option, I add a website link to the list and now I’m assured that I won’t forget when it comes time to purchase it later this fall. This is truly wonderful. And I hope to beat last year’s budget once again!