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Secret Santa App, Nothing to Download
Secret Santa App
Secret Santa Hat installs on your phone from the browser in two taps, with nothing from an app store. Draw names, keep the name you drew and their wishlist on your home screen, and read them with no signal.
Installs from the browserWorks offline once installedSame app on iPhone, Android and desktop
How to Install It
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Open secretsantahat.com
In Safari on an iPhone, or in Chrome on Android or a desktop. There is nothing to download first and no account to make.
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Add it to your home screen
On an iPhone, tap Share and then Add to Home Screen. On Android, accept the Install prompt when Chrome offers it, or choose Add to Home screen from the menu. On a desktop, Chrome and Edge show an install icon in the address bar.
- 3
Open it like any other app
It gets its own icon and opens full screen, without the browser around it. Your groups and the names you drew are right there.
- 4
Share straight into a wishlist
Once installed, a product page can be shared from a shopping app straight into your wishlist, the same way you would share it to a message.
What the App Does
It is the website, installed. That is the whole trick, and it is why there is nothing to download, nothing to update and nothing that stops working when the store changes its rules.
Reads with no signal
The name you drew and their wishlist stay readable offline. A wishlist edit made without a connection is saved on your phone and synced when you are back.
Nothing to download, nothing to update
Every fix and feature arrives the next time you open it, with no app store in between and no version to keep up with.
Draw names from your phone
Each person in your group gets their own link and draws from their own phone. No one draws themselves, and the organizer can see who has drawn.
Every group in one place
Sign in, free, and every group and wishlist you are part of sits on one screen, on every device you install it on.
Free
Groups, participants, rules, personal links, wishlists and email invites cost nothing. There is one optional upgrade, for a single group.
App Questions
No, and you do not need one. Secret Santa Hat installs from the browser as a web app: add it to your home screen and it gets its own icon, opens full screen and works offline. There is nothing to download and nothing to keep updated.
Open secretsantahat.com in Safari, tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen, and choose Add to Home Screen. The icon appears with your other apps.
Open secretsantahat.com in Chrome. Either accept the Install prompt when it appears, or open the browser menu and choose Add to Home screen or Install app.
Once installed, the name you drew and their wishlist stay readable offline. Edits you make to your own wishlist are saved on your device and synced as soon as you are back online.
No. Each person gets a link that works in any browser on any phone. Installing is for anyone who wants the group on their home screen, and nothing about the draw depends on it.
No. Installing is free, and so is everything in the free plan: unlimited groups and participants, rules, personal links, wishlists and email invites.