Top Apps to Get into the Holiday Spirit on iOS & Android

Celebrate the season with smart apps for Christmas and New Year—whether you’re decorating, planning, greeting friends or setting resolutions.

If organising a Secret Santa or group gift exchange, Elfster is a top pick. It allows users to:

1. Gift-Exchange & Wish-List Helper — Elfster

set up a gift-exchange event and draw names.
create wish-lists, share ideas, chat about gifts.
keep things digital and organised — perfect for remote friends/family.
Why it’s useful this time of year: eliminates the “who buys what?” chaos, ensures everyone’s on the same page.
Tip: For your affiliate-marketing context: you could link to Elfster via your blog and highlight “make your holiday gift-swap seamless with the app”.

This app is ideal for photo-editing, festive templates and countdown vibes. According to sources:

YouCam Perfect offers dozens of Christmas & New Year templates (stickers, snow effects, etc.).
Works on iOS and Android; great for holiday cards, Instagram stories, social posts.
Why it’s useful: helps your audience create shareable holiday content — which also ties into affiliate/social campaigns.
Tip: Encourage users to create a custom holiday greeting graphic using the app, then share it with their network, thus driving engagement.

For that festive anticipation, a countdown or Santa-tracker app hits the mood just right. For example:

“Christmas Countdown 3D” offers a bright sparkling tree and countdown to Christmas, with audio and visuals.
Many apps bundle mini-games, Santa-themed visuals and more.
Why it’s useful: Builds excitement, gives users something to open or check daily in December.
Tip: You could create a “daily tip” or “holiday countdown challenge” for your newsletter/blog linking to one of these apps.

Holidays equal gift-shopping. Some useful points:

On the App Store there’s a bundle of Christmas-apps (Days2Christmas, Christmas Clock, My Christmas Snow Globe, etc.)
According to The Guardian, apps for organising shopping, recipes, gift-ideas are highlighted among the best for Christmas.
Why it’s useful: Your audience might be looking for gift planning, budgeting, and inspiration. You can plug affiliate links to gift-list apps or partner stores.
Tip: Consider a small table of 3-5 gifted-app suggestions with app icon, description, and your affiliate link.

Make sure your blog post includes both iOS and Android download links (where available) to cover your full audience.
Use screenshot-rich visuals (as above) to make the post visually engaging — Elementor “Image + Caption” or “Gallery” widgets work well.
For your lead-gen/affiliate context: include clear CTAs like “Download & Get Holiday Ready”, “Start Your Gift Exchange Now”, “Create Festive Graphics in 2 mins”.
Bonus: Add a small section for New Year resolution apps (e.g., if you want to round out the topic)—though I’ve kept focus mostly on Christmas & festive season here.
Optimize for local markets: Since you often work multi-language, consider providing translations into Slovak, Czech, Polish etc. (just duplicate the blog template but with localized language and possibly highlight region-specific apps or localised features).
Use the featured image (1299 × 900 px) at the top of your blog and set it as the “Featured Image” in WordPress so socials pick it up nicely.