Gave
A native iOS and iPadOS wish list app for families where followers can see which wishes are free, reserved, or bought so nobody receives duplicate gifts, while recipients never see the status of their own wishes since the server never sends that data. Features include a "Hide status" switch, private notes and secret gift ideas, upcoming birthday and holiday tracking with preparedness indicators, an MCP server for connecting AI agents, and deep integration with Spotlight, Siri, deep linking, notifications, and Apple Intelligence. It is free with no ads, subscriptions, analytics, or affiliate links, with data hosted on a server in Norway; built with native SwiftUI on iOS 26 and a Laravel and Postgres backend.
What it addresses
Each Christmas the author's family had numerous bad solutions to making sure nobody knew what they would get while also ensuring nobody received duplicate gifts, so he built a wish list app that keeps gift statuses secret from the wisher while preventing double-buying.
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Gave
A native iOS and iPadOS wish list app for families where followers can see which wishes are free, reserved, or bought so nobody receives duplicate gifts, while recipients never see the status of their own wishes since the server never sends that data. Features include a "Hide status" switch, private notes and secret gift ideas, upcoming birthday and holiday tracking with preparedness indicators, an MCP server for connecting AI agents, and deep integration with Spotlight, Siri, deep linking, notifications, and Apple Intelligence. It is free with no ads, subscriptions, analytics, or affiliate links, with data hosted on a server in Norway; built with native SwiftUI on iOS 26 and a Laravel and Postgres backend.
Problem: Each Christmas the author's family had numerous bad solutions to making sure nobody knew what they would get while also ensuring nobody received duplicate gifts, so he built a wish list app that keeps gift statuses secret from the wisher while preventing double-buying.
Audience: Families who coordinate gifts and wish lists, especially those who have given up on shared spreadsheets or other wish list apps.
Posted by @glasskaar · Original comment ↗
“Gave (https://gave.skar.cloud/en) a wish list app for families available on iPhone and iPad. "Gave" is Norwegian for "gift". It started as something I built for my family as each Christmas there were numerous bad solutions to making sure nobody knew what they got while still making sure that nobody got double up of something they wished for.”