Best WishTogether Alternatives
WishTogether is a small collaborative wishlist built explicitly to stop duplicate gifts. It is a good answer to one specific question — friends coordinating a shared gift without group logistics — 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 WishTogether 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 friends coordinating a shared gift without group logistics, WishTogether is probably still the right tool.
What WishTogether does well
- secret reservations as the headline feature
- no complicated setup — you just share a link
- group contributions for bigger wishes
- public, friends-only and private lists
Why people look for an alternative to WishTogether
Young and thin on track record compared with the established apps.
Group contributions mean platform payments, with the usual questions about who holds the money.
Fewer surfaces — no browser extension, no desktop story beyond the web.
WishTogether 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 |
| WishTogether | Yes — link only | Yes — secret reservation | Yes | Partly | 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 |
| Giftwhale | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly — no Android app | — | — |
| Farha | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Giftful | Partly — mixed reports about accounts | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | No — no filters | — |
| WishApp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — |
“—” means we could not confirm it from the app’s own documentation.
How the two compare, criterion by criterion
Against the eight criteria, WishTogether falls short on 1 of them. The two apps are level on 6 others.
- No ads
- WishTogether: partly. Things To Have: yes.
One column is left blank above — Export your data. WishTogether's own documentation does not answer it, and a guess in a comparison table is worse than a blank.
Giving up: WishTogether'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 WishTogether is best at (friends coordinating a shared gift without group logistics): stay with WishTogether.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free alternative to WishTogether?
Yes — Things To Have has no paywall and no list limits. WishTogether 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. WishTogether also lets people view a list without one (link only). This is the criterion that decides how many people actually see your list.
Can I move my list out of WishTogether?
WishTogether 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
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