Asking Santa app review: Christmas lists

Introduction

With the Winter holidays fast approaching, Christmas is on everyone’s mind, and Asking Santa is the season’s must-have iPhone and iPad app for those of you with large families or even larger social circles to contend with, helping you to effectively manage your Christmas lists while budgeting accordingly.

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I’ve seen a fair few Christmas-themed list creator iOS apps over the past couple of years but I’m pretty sure this is the first one that I’ve seen that also incorporates budgeting into the equation; this is a great idea for those of us who don’t want another bout of Yuletide bankruptcy!

He's Making a List

This is a fantastic app that should help you prepare for Christmas very effectively by creating individual entries for all of your friends and family so that you can compile their Christmas lists and make sure no one is left out.

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The thing I like most about this app is that you can also establish individual budgets for your loved ones, as well as a total budget for your holiday gift-giving. This should definitely go a long way to preventing you from spending more than you have to this year.

 

He's Checking it Twice

Once you’ve started doing some research or have actually begun buying gifts, Asking Santa allows you to input the prices of each individual gift so that you can keep track of what you’ve spent to far versus what you planned to spend.

What’s more, you can also share your lists with your friends and family online to ensure no one ends up getting duplicate gifts, plus I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to share your own wish list with a few of your relatives as well!

 

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Create individual Christmas gift lists for all of your friends and family
• Establish a budget for each of your friends and relatives
• Input the prices for each gift for more effective budgeting
• Mark items that will be purchased by other people to prevent duplicate gifts
• Share your lists with others online via email

Cons                            

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

Asking Santa is simple in concept but the developer has still quite obviously put a lot of thought and effort into making a utility that delivers on its promises, so I would definitely recommend downloading it onto your iPhone and iPad to ensure your gift giving runs smoothly this Christmas.