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Don’t want to be known as ‘the voucher person’? Power up your gifting skills, for Christmas and beyond, with these free smartphone apps…
Hurry
Planning means making sure you don’t miss the big days. This usable app (which is listed as Hurry Day Countdown & Reminder but just installs as Hurry) lets you create one-off or repeating reminders. Each one can have an animated background, and a widget for tapping between events makes sure key dates always remain in sight. On an iPhone? Try Countdowns by Shayes Apps. £free / Android
Universal Wishlist
This one smacks of trying to herd cats. But convince family and friends to set up Moonsift accounts and you can all build wishlists by sharing items to the service from online stores. Lists can be made visible only to those with the link. And since items can be marked as bought, that should make it less likely for someone to end up with 27 pairs of identical ‘hilarious’ socks. £free / iOS, web
If you’re one of those people who like going ‘off list’, Pinterest is an excellent place to get inspiration for gifts. Its various feeds cover almost any topic; and, for once, embedded sales ads are useful. Pinboards you make can be set to private, so the recipient can’t see them, but you can share boards with co-conspirators – assuming your taste in gifts won’t scare them all off. £free / Android, iOS
Todoist
If you like to be chillingly well organised, you might be best off with Todoist. The app makes it a cinch to set up lists, which can have a bunch of sub-tasks assigned. You can invi
