Each Thursday, we normally bring you one app that\u2019ll make your life easier. However, as its the season of giving (and the fact that one of the apps is an iOS exclusive…), we\u2019re bringing you two<\/b> surprisingly apps this week!<\/p>\n
Both of the apps in this week\u2019s post are designed to make Christmas shopping \u201d\u201c that horrible, endless slog where you desperately scrabble around trying to find something half-decent for the people you love \u201d\u201c easier.<\/p>\n
Santa\u2019s Bag is a smart shopping list manager that makes your Christmas shopping plans as effective as a well-planned military operation. It tells you who you need to buy for, how much money you have left and (crucially) how many days you have left.<\/p>\n
The creator\u2019s of Santa\u2019s Bag have literally thought of everything (apart from the fact that the name of app borders on innuendo territory).<\/p>\n
To start, you import the people you\u2019re buying for and set an overall budget, as well as a budget for each person on your list. From there, you can plan gifts and create wishlists and shopping lists. The app will then track your purchases, telling you how much you\u2019ve got left for each person on your list (and whether you\u2019ve gone over).<\/p>\n
Everything. Before Santa\u2019s Bag, Christmas shopping was hell. Now we\u2019re wondering what all the fuss was about: we\u2019ve got our gifts, we\u2019re on budget and we\u2019ve got plenty of time to kick back with a mince pie and some mulled wine before the big day. Lovely stuff!<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll still have to brave the crowds in your local High Street. It doesn\u2019t tell you what to buy people either.<\/p>\n
Download Santa\u2019s Bag on iOS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Another shopping list manager which shares many of Santa\u2019s Bag\u2019s main features: you add people and their gifts to a list, set a budget and track your purchases while a scary clock counts down to Christmas Day. Honestly, the clock makes Christmas Eve shopping as tense as an episode of 24.<\/p>\n It\u2019ll make your Christmas shopping a doddle. It\u2019s so easy to set up your list and budget that you\u2019ll wonder why you haven\u2019t bothered using an app before. Tracking is just as easy too.<\/p>\n Oh, and you can set a password so no-one can open the app to find out what they\u2019re getting!<\/p>\n Like Santa\u2019s Bag, Christmas Gift List is an impressive all-around package that we wish we\u2019d used sooner.<\/p>\n Christmas Gift List is nowhere near as catchy (or funny) a name as Santa\u2019s Bag. It doesn\u2019t look as festive as Santa\u2019s Bag either.<\/p>\n Download Christmas Gift List on Android<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Got a surprisingly easy app you want to share? Let us know in the comments. And don\u2019t forget, you can check out every surprisingly easy app we\u2019ve covered by clicking this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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