# Santa's Bag

> Christmas Gift List & Budget

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id397698040](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id397698040)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id397698040`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Clay Pot Software LLC
- **Category:** Shopping
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (5,894 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-26
- **First published:** 2010-10-31
- **Size:** 28 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/santas-bag/id397698040)
- **Website:** [https://claypotsoftware.com/santas-bag-for-ios/](https://claypotsoftware.com/santas-bag-for-ios/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://claypotsoftware.com/privacy-policy/](http://claypotsoftware.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Santa's Bag is a Christmas planning app recommended by major outlets to streamline gift planning, budgeting, and shopping. It helps you manage recipients, gifts, links, notes, and progress, so you never miss anyone or overspend.

- Add Gifts, Ideas, Links, Preferences, and Notes for each Recipient
- Attach Photo, Link, and Notes for each Gift
- Save Links via App Extension or by Drag & Drop into the app
- Email, print or save customizable, checkable lists: Planning Lists, Shopping Lists, and more
- Split/Multiple/Unassigned Gifts
- Recipient/Occasion Budgets and Progress Bars
- Screenlock Passcode
- Highly Customizable Views/Sorts/Filters
- Christmas Countdown Timer
- Database Backup and Restore

## Rankings

- #23,217 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall, reviews praise Santa’s Bag for making gift planning effortless and highly organized. Users love tracking gifts by recipient, monitoring spending, and rolling budgets and lists into new years, plus the ability to add photos, notes, and status updates. The app is repeatedly described as reliable, easy to use, and helpful for large families to avoid duplicates and manage timing. Some recurring suggestions include adding birthday tracking and improving cross‑device syncing. Despite these wish-list items, it remains a trusted holiday planning tool across multiple years.

### Pros

- Easy to use and keeps gifts, people, budgets, shipping, and gift locations organized
- Powerful budgeting tools with per-recipient and overall budgets and year-over-year rollover
- Recipient-based organization with the ability to view past gifts and track progress by status
- Rich detail features like photos, notes, status tracking (to order, ordered, to wrap, wrapped) and store links
- Reliable for long-term use with large families; helps prevent duplicate purchases and reduces holiday stress

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id397698040)