"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. I have iterated a lot over the last 3 years: I've built one version as a very simple web page, one version as a PWA, and now a fully-fledged native iOS and iPadOS app.
In Gave, the people who follow you can see what's free, reserved or bought, so nobody receives the same gift from two different people. You never see the status of your own wishes as the server never sends you that data. That goes for notifications, widgets, Siri and Spotlight too. There's a "Hide status" switch for when you show your screen to the person you're shopping for.
Some other things it does:
- Private notes and secret gift ideas.
- Easy view of whose birthdays and holidays are coming up, and if you are prepared.
- MCP server for connecting your favorite agent.
- Very native experience: It is integrated with Spotlight, Siri, deep linking, notifications and Apple Intelligence if you want to use it.
It's free: no ads, no subscription, no analytics, no affiliate links. Data lives on a server in Norway. Native SwiftUI on iOS 26, Laravel and Postgres on the backend. It now has English support as well, but the default language is Norwegian until the next version goes through review (hopefully today).
I'd love feedback, especially from anyone whose family has tried a shared spreadsheet or another wish list app and given up on it.