Best Ohmywishes Alternatives
Ohmywishes is a free wishlist service with a large catalogue of gift ideas. It is a good answer to one specific question — browsing gift ideas by category while keeping a wishlist — and if that is your situation, it may be all you need.
This page is for the people it does not fit: those who want a list anyone can open from a link, without being asked to create an account first. It compares Ohmywishes with Things To Have on the eight things that decide whether a wishlist actually gets used, and lists the alternatives worth considering alongside it.
Short version: if you want a free, calm wishlist app for you and your friends — no ads, no account needed to view, and reservations your family can use without spoiling the surprise — Things To Have is the closest fit. If you need browsing gift ideas by category while keeping a wishlist, Ohmywishes is probably still the right tool.
What Ohmywishes does well
- free service with iOS, Android and a Chrome extension
- themed categories for you, your child, your home, pets and more
- friends can reserve each other's wishes
- a large gift-idea catalogue for inspiration
Why people look for an alternative to Ohmywishes
Same-idea catalogue as the main event. Suggestions sit in front of your own list.
An account is required to create a wish, even though lists can be shared by link.
Less clear on privacy and export than the calmer alternatives.
Ohmywishes vs Things To Have
| App | View without an account | Reservations keep the surprise | Free, no paywall | No ads | Any store + autofill | Works on any device | Sort & filter | Export your data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Things To Have | Yes | Yes — anonymous even to the owner | Yes — everything free | Yes | Yes — autofill without an extension | Yes — web/PWA, nothing to install | Yes | Yes — JSON |
| Ohmywishes | Partly — account needed to create a wish | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
“—” means we could not confirm it from the app’s own documentation.
The best alternatives, compared
| App | View without an account | Reservations keep the surprise | Free, no paywall | No ads | Any store + autofill | Works on any device | Sort & filter | Export your data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Things To Have | Yes | Yes — anonymous even to the owner | Yes — everything free | Yes | Yes — autofill without an extension | Yes — web/PWA, nothing to install | Yes | Yes — JSON |
| Wishlists | Yes — guests view without the app | Yes | Partly | Partly | Yes | Partly — managing lives in the app | Partly | — |
| Listery | Partly | Yes | Partly | Partly | Yes | Partly — mobile apps only | — | — |
| GoWish | Partly | Yes | Yes | No — ad-supported | Yes | Yes | Partly | — |
| Wishlist (wishlistapp.io) | Partly | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes — iOS, Android and web | Partly | — |
“—” means we could not confirm it from the app’s own documentation.
How the two compare, criterion by criterion
Against the eight criteria, Ohmywishes falls short on 1 of them. The two apps are level on 4 others.
- View without an account
- Ohmywishes: partly — account needed to create a wish. Things To Have: yes.
3 columns are left blank above — No ads; Sort & filter; and Export your data. Ohmywishes's own documentation does not answer them, and a guess in a comparison table is worse than a blank.
Giving up: Ohmywishes's specific strengths, listed above. If those matter more than the criteria in the table — and for some people they genuinely do — staying is the right call.
Which should you choose?
- You want a free list to send to family who will not sign up: Things To Have.
- You want what Ohmywishes is best at (browsing gift ideas by category while keeping a wishlist): stay with Ohmywishes.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free alternative to Ohmywishes?
Yes — Things To Have has no paywall and no list limits. Ohmywishes is free too, so cost is not the reason to switch — the rest of the table is.
Do my friends need an account to open the list?
Not on Things To Have — viewing never requires a signup. Ohmywishes lets them some of the time, depending on how the list is shared (account needed to create a wish). This is the criterion that decides how many people actually see your list.
Can I move my list out of Ohmywishes?
Ohmywishes publishes no export we could confirm, so copy what matters before you stop using it. Either way, a pasted list of links is enough to rebuild it here — importing shows a preview before anything is written, and the way back out is an export in JSON.
Keep comparing
- Best wishlist apps — all of them, ranked against the same eight criteria
- Every comparison — one page per app