Wishr is a tidy, mobile-first wishlist app from a solo German developer, and AI gift ideas are its headline trick. We lined it up against WishApp on price, ads, the devices you can use, and the gifting features that decide which app sticks.
Last updated: June 2026
Looking for a Wishr alternative? Wishr is a polished mobile app with AI gift suggestions, but the free tier has ads and you need an account just to view a shared list. WishApp is free forever with no ads, lets anyone view a list without signing up, and has six browser extensions. It's the Wishr alternative we'd pick.
Here's what each app does today, row by row. Wishr wins a few, and we've marked those.
| Feature | Wishr | WishApp |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & value | ||
| Free forever, no subscription | Pro for some settings | Everything free |
| No ads | Ads in free tier | No ads |
| Unlimited lists and items | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| AI gift suggestions | Yes | Not offered |
| Platforms & devices | ||
| iPhone, iPad and Android apps | iOS + Android | iOS + Android |
| Web app | Yes | Yes |
| Browser extensions | None | Six browsers |
| Raycast quick-add | No | Yes |
| Sharing & privacy | ||
| Share with one link | Yes | Yes |
| Friends view shared list without an account | Public lists only | Yes |
| Claim without spoiling the surprise | Owner can't see | Hidden from all |
| QR code sharing | Yes | Yes |
| Gifting features | ||
| Collaborative lists | Yes | Yes |
| Secret Santa / gift exchange | No | Yes |
| Reserved and received tracking | Claims only | Full archive |
| Offline viewing | Yes | Cached only |
| Ease of use | ||
| Add from any store by pasting a link | Auto-fills | Auto-fills |
| Save a product in one click while browsing | No extension | Yes |
| Languages | 12 languages | 26 on web |
Both apps start free, but the fine print differs. WishApp is free forever, with no ads and no premium tier. Wishr's free plan covers unlimited lists and AI suggestions, yet it shows ads, and switching a list between private, public and shared requires Wishr Pro at $4.99 a month. Charging for a basic privacy setting is a strange place to draw the line.
Wishr covers the basics well, with iPhone, iPad, Android and a web app, all kept current by an active solo developer. It stops at the browser. There's no extension for any browser, so on a laptop you copy and paste links by hand. WishApp has extensions for Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Firefox and Safari, plus a Raycast add-on, so saving a product while you shop takes one click.
Wishr gets the surprise right. When someone claims a gift, the list owner never sees it. The trouble comes earlier. Your friend needs an account to join a shared list or claim anything, and Wishr keeps a multi-page guide just for fixing broken join links. In WishApp anyone can open a shared link, see everything and reserve in secret, which removes one hurdle between a friend and your gift.
For a single birthday or wedding list, both apps do the job, and Wishr's collaborative lists let a few people co-manage one page. For a family that swaps gifts every year, WishApp does more. It runs Secret Santa and keeps a full reserved-and-received archive with notes like 'from Sarah', so you remember next time. Wishr has no Secret Santa, group gifting or pooled contributions.
Wishr is clearly ahead here. Its Groq-powered recommendations take a recipient's age, interests and occasion and suggest ideas in 12 languages, and a natural-language finder lets you describe a product in plain words. WishApp has no AI feature at all. Both fill in items from a pasted link, but only WishApp can also grab a product in one click from a browser extension. If AI brainstorming is the whole reason you're here, try Wishr first.
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