For Christmas, birthdays and everything in between
Wish Tin keeps the whole family’s lists in one place. Add things from any UK shop, share one link, and family and friends say “I’m buying this” – no sign-up for them, and no spoilt surprises for you.
Free for you and your family and friends. Been sent a link? Just open it – no app or account needed.
How it works
Share a product page to Wish Tin, or paste a link. It fills in the name, photo and price for you, and you can add a size, colour or note.
Send one link for the whole family’s lists, or a link to just one list. Turn off a link whenever you like.
Family and friends open the link in any browser, pick something and tap “I’m buying this”. Everyone else sees it’s taken – you don’t.
Ways to use it
Where you keep everything: lists for you, the children and anyone else you look after, shared with your partner or family.
For Chrome, Edge and Safari on the Mac. Shopping on your laptop? Add the page you’re on in one click, or from the right-click menu.
Using Edge? Add it from the Chrome Web Store.
What family and friends see when they open your link. It works in any browser on any phone or computer.
Why Wish Tin
Argos, John Lewis, Lego, a small independent shop – and Amazon too. Prices in pounds, and you can always type things in yourself.
You never see who bought what. Switch on “Don’t spoil my surprises” and you won’t even see what’s been bought.
Share lists with your partner, and look after lists for the children or anyone else who can’t do it themselves.
Keep separate lists for each side of the family, each with its own name that only you see, and a friendly name on the link.
Jot down present ideas in a private list. Nobody else in the household sees it, and it’s never in a family link.
Choose what they can do: Can view, Can add items or Can organise. They can fix the things they added, but can’t invite anyone else.
Every item shows when it was added, so nobody buys last year’s wish by mistake.
Grandma just taps the link. No app to download, no account, no password to forget.
Make a list for each occasion. The app counts down to Christmas so you know how long is left.
Privacy
We keep as little about you as we can, and we don’t sell or share it.
Questions
No. They open your link in any web browser, on a phone or computer. There’s nothing to download and no account to make.
No. Wish Tin never shows list owners who bought something. You can see which items are bought or still wanted, or switch on “Don’t spoil my surprises” to hide that too.
Any shop with a web page. Wish Tin fills in the details from the page where it can, and you can always edit them or type an item in yourself.
Yes. Add each child to your household and make their lists for them. They don’t need a phone or an account.
Nothing. Wish Tin is free for you and your family and friends – no subscriptions and no adverts that track you. Some shop links are affiliate links, marked “Ad”. If someone buys through one, the shop may pay us a small commission, at no extra cost to you. That’s how Wish Tin is paid for.
Download Wish Tin for iPhone from the App Store, and add the browser extension to Chrome, Edge or Safari on the Mac. Family and friends don’t need either – they just open your link.
Free for iPhone, with a browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Safari.
