Qui offre quoi? or Giftster: which gift list to pick?
Updated July 2026
In the gift list world, Giftster is the family benchmark: over 3 million members, groups that carry over year after year and, like here, claims hidden from whoever keeps the list. It is the closest competitor to Qui offre quoi?, and it deserves an honest comparison.
The difference comes down to two things: Giftster asks every family member to create an account, and it lives in English. Qui offre quoi? asks nobody for an account, a first name is enough to claim, and everything runs in Québec French with Canadian dollars.
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What Giftster and the others do well
Giftster has earned its place: the family group that persists from one Christmas to the next is a great idea, and claim secrecy is respected, as its own help pages confirm. If your family is comfortable in English and fine with accounts, it is a solid choice.
MyRegistry shines at merging existing store registries into one list, but takes 2.9% on cash gifts. Amazon's registry offers delivery convenience and 180-day returns, in exchange for complete lock-in. And the polished French-language lists (Mes Envies, Milirose, Listy…) are all made in France: French shops, euro shipping, Parisian vocabulary.
Why Qui offre quoi? is built differently
Nobody creates an account: you set up the list in two minutes, family opens the share link and claims with just a first name. Grandma has no password to remember to reserve the mittens.
Secrecy is structural, not a setting: our admin pages cannot read the claims, it is written into the site's architecture. You keep the surprise intact, and guests see what is already taken, so no duplicates.
And the list lives with your other moments: it shows on a Qui sera là? invitation, attaches to a Qui pige qui? Secret Santa, and a group gift gets organized without anyone taking a cut, because amounts are announced between you, never collected by us.
At a glance (July 2026)
| Qui offre quoi? | Giftster | |
|---|---|---|
| Account required | None: a first name is enough to claim | Yes, every member of the family group |
| Claims hidden from the person celebrated | Yes, by construction: our admin pages cannot read them | Yes |
| Language and currency | Québec French first (English included), CAD pricing | English |
| Price | Free to start; one-time unlock, no subscription | Free (premium offered) |
| Installation | None: everything runs through a web link | Website and mobile apps |
| Fees on cash gifts | None: group-gift amounts are announced between you, never collected by us | Not applicable (MyRegistry, by comparison, takes 2.9%) |
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Frequently asked questions
- Why pick Qui offre quoi? over Giftster?
- If your family wants a list in French, without everyone creating an account, priced in Canadian dollars, that is exactly what Qui offre quoi? does. Giftster remains a good pick for an English-speaking family comfortable with accounts and its apps.
- Both hide the claims: what's the difference?
- At Qui offre quoi?, it is structural: no page meant for whoever keeps the list can technically read the claims, and our emails never contain them. It is not a setting that can be flipped off by mistake.
- What about French sites like Mes Envies?
- Good products, built for France: French shops, euro shipping, vocabulary from elsewhere. Qui offre quoi? is designed for Québec, from courriel to Canadian dollar.