The Free Secret Santa Generator That Needs No Email

Yes. Unlimited groups and participants, conflict rules, personal draw links, wishlists with photos, and email invites are all free. There is one optional paid upgrade, for a single group, and the comparison above lists exactly what it adds. Everything in the free column stays free.

No. No email address, account, or personal information is required. Create a group and start drawing names. An account is free and optional, and keeps every group and wishlist you are part of in one place.

Yes, at no cost. Add an address for anyone in the group and send them their personal link by email. No upgrade is needed. Once an address is on file, a resend needs nothing typed again. Text message and WhatsApp are available as a paid upgrade.

Use the "Email me my link" option to get the personal link by email. Organizers also get a recovery link when the group is created, which restores admin access on any device.

Conflicts are rules such as "married couples cannot draw each other" or "kids cannot draw adults." The draw gives everyone a valid match that follows every rule.

It cannot happen. The draw never assigns anyone their own name. If the current conflicts leave no valid draw, the app says so and the rules can be adjusted.

Yes. Despite the name, the app works for White Elephant exchanges, office gift swaps, group projects, team building, or any time people need to be paired at random.

Each participant gets their own link that only works for them. Opening it draws a name from the virtual hat. No phone is passed around and no paper is needed.

After drawing a name, participants can add a wishlist with gift ideas, size information, or preferences, and attach a photo to any item. You can also share a product page from a shopping app straight into your list. The person who drew them uses these to choose a gift.

Yes. Secret Santa Hat is used in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the Philippines as much as in the United States. Set the spending limit in pounds, euro, Australian or Canadian dollars, pesos or any of about two dozen currencies, and everyone sees the same figure. Invites go by email or by a shared link, so a group across time zones draws whenever each person gets to it.

Yes. Install Secret Santa Hat to your home screen and the name you drew, plus their wishlist, stay readable offline. A wishlist edit made with no connection is saved on your device and synced when the device is back online.

Yes. Only the minimum information needed for the app to work is collected (group names, participant names). Secret Santa Hat is not an affiliate storefront. There are no sponsored gift suggestions, no data is sold and no spam is sent. See the Privacy Policy for full details.