Best WishGiven Alternatives
WishGiven is a free wishlist combined with an event website (RSVP, registry and photos). It is a good answer to one specific question — a birthday or wedding with invitations and a registry on one page — 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 with no ads in it and nothing being recommended at them. It compares WishGiven 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 a birthday or wedding with invitations and a registry on one page, WishGiven is probably still the right tool.
What WishGiven does well
- universal wishlist with anonymous claims
- a Celebration Hub: invitations, RSVP, registry and shared photos
- free forever, no browser extension required
- recent and actively developed
Why people look for an alternative to WishGiven
Event-shaped. The Hub assumes one occasion with guests and an RSVP list.
Young product with a short track record.
Heavier than a plain shared list if you just want to send a link.
WishGiven 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 |
| WishGiven | Yes | Yes — anonymous claim | Yes | Partly | Yes | Partly | — | — |
“—” 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 |
| Ouish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes — web only | — | — |
| Farha | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Giftwhale | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly — no Android app | — | — |
| Wishlists | Yes — guests view without the app | Yes | Partly | Partly | Yes | Partly — managing lives in the app | Partly | — |
“—” means we could not confirm it from the app’s own documentation.
How the two compare, criterion by criterion
Against the eight criteria, WishGiven falls short on 2 of them. The two apps are level on 4 others.
- No ads
- WishGiven: partly. Things To Have: yes.
- Works on any device
- WishGiven: partly. Things To Have: yes — web/PWA, nothing to install.
2 columns are left blank above — Sort & filter and Export your data. WishGiven's own documentation does not answer them, and a guess in a comparison table is worse than a blank.
Giving up: WishGiven'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 WishGiven is best at (a birthday or wedding with invitations and a registry on one page): stay with WishGiven.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free alternative to WishGiven?
Yes — Things To Have has no paywall and no list limits. WishGiven 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. WishGiven also lets people view a list without one. This is the criterion that decides how many people actually see your list.
Can I move my list out of WishGiven?
WishGiven 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