giftster for Apple iPhone®,iPad® & IPod®


Why download giftster for iPhone?

Available on the iPhone App Store

You’re in a store and can’t remember your brother’s shirt size or the name of the toy your niece has asked about for months. Get the answer in just seconds on your smart phone with the giftster app.

Your friend shows you the cool case they found for their iPad and you want the same one. While it’s fresh on your mind, in a few touches, you’ve added the idea to giftster and everyone in your family will know exactly which one you'll love.

Mobile giftster shares the beautiful design of giftster.com, but in a mobile sort of way.

The mobile app automatically updates itself with all the list information from the web. In real time.

It just works.

Use the website or the app to invite your friends and family, set up wish lists and remove the guesswork and stress of giving the perfect gift.

With the giftster app on your Apple iPhone or iPad, simply log in with the same user name and password and your family and their wish lists and events will all be there! If you first created your account from the App, you also have the same account and access to your lists at giftster.com


We just raised the bar on what a mobile wish list registry can do - released November 2017


There is no other mobile app with this perfect combination of family wish list sharing features in the world! Fetch for mobile? Check! Child accounts? Check! Add and display images on my lists and shop for others? Check! Full screen iPad edition? Check! Add hidden suggested items on other members' lists. Check! Beautiful Giftster design.

Announcing giftster "responsive" version for iPad - updated November 2017


Now you have THREE flavors of Giftster that run on your iPad. The newest is a Safari browser version that uses the full size screen on your iPad - visit m.giftster.com. We also recommend running giftster.com on your iPad - now when adding items you can even use your iPad camera and take a picture for your item. Finally you can use the iOS App from iTunes which also can seamlessly access your address book for sending invites to join your groups. Any way you go, you are connected to your family's Giftster group on iPad.

Announcing giftster "server side" features released Aug. 1, 2014


Without updating your app you now have additional giftster power. The app respects list permission settings now - if you belong to more than one group, you can choose which groups see your list on giftster.com. Now you can create child accounts on giftster.com for kids, pets or parents, and they display on "shop for others" on your iOS app and for others in your group. Finally, you can archive items you received at giftster.com to the "I got this" list, and this lists displays on my lists on mobile, too.

Announcing giftster for iPhone version 2.05 released Nov. 21, 2013


We thought we could make the app even better so we did. My Lists works a little better with item save giving visual feedback, lists populate every time without requiring an occasional refresh, My Shopping List is laid out a little better, and we made a couple of other usability enhancements. There are no known bugs.

Announcing giftster for iPhone version 2.04 released October 2013


Check out My Lists - now your item store links are touchable and open an in app browser for you, just close to return to your list. Also easier to save items on your lists with an add button at the top. Several other usability enhancements, just in time for the holidays. There are no known bugs.

Announcing giftster for iPhone version 2.03 released July 2013


Your personal, permanent gift registry just got better with version 2.03. We fixed the address book access issue, issues some had with saving gift preferences, made linking to other sites from giftster wish list links a cool, smooth operation and a few other minor tweaks. There are no known bugs.

Previous version announcement:

Based on two member surveys and dozens of suggestions from you we spent too much of our summer behind computer screens working on this release for you! Update released in the App Store October 16th.

  • - Updated for iOS6 and iPhone 5
  • - New gift preference profile
  • - New private, shared or public list privacy option
  • - Now sign in with Facebook Connect
  • - New one touch reminder messaging
  • - Now search by member name to find public lists and join groups
  • - New public list option makes baby showers, wedding registries, classroom needs lists findable by anyone
  • - Overhaul of my shopping list
  • - Improved back button behavior
  • - Bug fixes

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