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Gift Idea Planner
Note gift ideas by person, occasion and budget, keep a running total and tick off what you have bought.
Plan your gift ideas
Ideas: 0 · Bought: 0 · Still
to buy: 0
Planned total: — · Spent so far: — · Left to spend: —
Press Enter to add an idea quickly.
How to use the Gift Idea Planner
- Enter the person, the occasion and your gift idea.
- Set a budget and click Add idea to save it to the list.
- Mark items as bought and watch the running total against your budget.
Features
- Ideas grouped by person and occasion
- Running total, spent and left to spend
- Bought flag with a filter for what is left
- Saved in your browser between visits
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the free online gift idea planner.
Add each idea with the person, the occasion and a budget. The planner keeps a running total
so you can see the cost build up.
Yes. Click Mark bought beside an idea and it moves to the bought count, updating the spent
and remaining figures.
The planner adds up every budget you enter, shows how much you have already spent and how
much is still left to spend.
Yes. Click Show to buy to hide everything already bought, or Show all to bring the whole list
back into view.
They stay in your own browser with local storage under the key ffee.gifts, so nothing is
uploaded and no account is needed.
Click Edit to change any detail and click Save idea, or click Delete and confirm to remove
the idea from the list.
Yes. Every idea holds its own person and occasion, so you can plan a whole birthday or
Christmas list in one place.
Yes. The left to spend figure falls as you tick items off, so you can see straight away when
a list is getting expensive.
Yes. The page is fully responsive, which makes it easy to add ideas while you are out
shopping.
Last updated: October 10, 2026