Family wish lists
Wishful Thinking: Save what you love. Share a little joy.
A free family wish list app you install on your Android phone. Save anything from any store by pasting a link or using the Share menu, keep lists for occasions with a date, watch the price history, and share a list by link so family can mark what they bought without you seeing it.
Open Wishful Thinking →Free. There is no paid plan.
What Wishful Thinking does
- Save from any store. Paste a link, or use Android's Share menu from a store's app or website, and the item goes onto your list.
- Lists for occasions. Keep a list for a birthday, a holiday or any day with a date, so the right list comes up when it matters.
- Price history and price-drop alerts. See how an item's price has changed and get an alert when it drops. Prices are read automatically from some stores (Nike, Ulta, Zappos, Costco, Apple, IKEA and Barnes & Noble in testing). Where a store blocks automated reading, you type the price in yourself.
- Share a list by link. Send family a link. They can mark what they bought, and you, the list owner, don't see it, so the surprise stays a surprise.
- Free. Wishful Thinking is free, with no paid plan.
Who it's for
Families and friends who give each other gifts: parents keeping track of what the kids want, couples and siblings who are hard to shop for, and anyone who wants relatives to stop buying the same thing twice.
How it works
Install Wishful Thinking on your Android phone from your browser, then add items by pasting a link or sharing from a store's app or website. Put items on a list for an occasion, share the list by link, and family marks what they bought without the list owner seeing it.
Questions people ask
Does Wishful Thinking cost anything?
No. It is free, and there is no paid plan.
Which phones does it work on?
You install it on Android. There is no iPhone app.
Which stores does it read prices from?
Prices are read automatically from some stores only: Nike, Ulta, Zappos, Costco, Apple, IKEA and Barnes & Noble in testing. Stores that block automated reading, so the price can't be read for you, are entered by hand. It does not track prices at Amazon, Walmart or Target.
Will I see what my family bought from my list?
No. Family can mark what they bought from the list you shared by link, and you, the list owner, don't see it.
Can my kids have an account?
Children under 13 can't have their own account.
Guides
- How to share a family wish list without spoiling the surprise or buying doubles — Why group chats and shared notes fail at gift lists, what a shared wish list needs to do, and how to set one up for birthdays and holidays so relatives can claim gifts without the recipient seeing.
Works with
- Gather Hound — Find the time that works for everyone
Wishful Thinking is made by Quill Hound. Details on this page come from wishfullthinking.app, which is the authoritative description of the product and its pricing.