Santa's Secret Keeper 4+

We’re a family of 6 - mom, dad & 4 siblings. 3 of us have our spouses & there are already 4 grandkids/cousins with two on the way. Suffice to say, we started Secret Santa 4 years ago when we realised buying a gift for everyone was breaking our bank accounts. We tried paper and pencil but realised it was hard to keep track of ensuring no spouses got each other on top of, it’s easy to lose a small piece of paper if it’s not written down. Last year we tried Elfster and it worked fairly well, but we all had to create and account and it was just too much for our parents who are not all that tech savvy. This year I looked for the best Secret Santa apps and came across this one. I already had most of my family’s email addresses and it was easy to add and choose this whom should not get each other. Today (10/21) I sent the email out and it was super easy. No fuss or mess - just a tap and everyone got their match. Without staring at the master list too much, I was able to double check that everyone was picked and that there were no doubles. Love it and will use the app again!

I love this app! It’s simple and very user friendly. I have created two groups this year, and I will definitely use it next year!! It has been so fun. I used it with my group of friends with my employees at work. I don’t like the temptation of being sent a master list, but I’m trying not to peek. This is an easy way to “draw” for secret santa without everyone needing to be together or picking your own name or your spouses. I love the block feature. In one of my groups, I blocked couples and family members. It’s more limiting, but it’s more fun imo :) I cant wait for our parties! 5 stars all the way!
OH, but i’d like to see a phone number option as well rather than just email! :-)

We have never done Secret Santa in our family before so it was a new experience for us. So far it has worked out very well.
Hoping there will be a wish list feature added next year, but for now we just use the Note app on our iPhones. We have a shared folder that has a note page for each family member who is participating so they can add to their own wish list or someone can make a suggestion for a person on the list.
Hope it works.
Merry Christmas, y’all