Your Secret Santa name draw, live

Create an event, pick the draw date and the budget, then invite people by link, code, text or email. Add exclusions if needed, couples for example. At the scheduled time, Rimbi draws names: everyone sees, on their own phone, only the name of the person they’re buying for.

Read the guide: Draw names online

Yes, for one group of up to 20 people, kids included, with every feature. For more groups or bigger groups, the organizer can choose the Family plan (€9.99 a year), the Tribe plan (€24.99 a year) or a pass for a single event (€4.99). Guests never pay, and fixing the participant list is always free.

No. The organizer can send each guest a personal link by text or email, valid for 7 days. On their phone, with nothing to install, guests see who they’re buying for, check that person’s wish list and reserve a gift. People with the app also get the draw animation, reminders and secret messages.

Yes. Rimbi sends a guest’s personal link by text or email, whichever you prefer. To invite a whole group, the organizer can also share a link or a code anywhere: WhatsApp, Messenger, texts… The draw itself happens in Rimbi, never in the chat, so nobody sees anyone else’s result.

Read the guide: Draw names online

Use exclusions: list the people who shouldn’t draw each other, like a couple or two siblings. You can also rule out two-way draws, and by default Rimbi avoids repeating any pairing from the last three years. Before the draw, the app checks that it’s still possible with all those rules.

Read the guide: Odd numbers, couples, kids

They can’t: nobody can land on their own name, and a child never draws their own parents. No more starting over like with paper slips.

Yes. In secret mode, the default, nobody sees anyone else’s draw, not even the organizer, who plays like everyone else. The organizer can also run the event without taking part, and plan a reveal for the big day so everyone finds out who their Secret Santa was.

Read the guide: Organize a Secret Santa

An odd number is fine: the draw doesn’t make pairs, everyone gives to one person and receives from another. You need at least three people if two-way draws are ruled out. Each person can even buy for one, two or three people.

Read the guide: Odd numbers, couples, kids

Yes. Everyone sees their draw on their own phone, wherever they are. With the long-distance exchange, the recipient adds a mailing address that only their Secret Santa can see, and it’s erased once the gift arrives.

Read the guide: Long-distance Secret Santa

Most groups pick something between $10 and $30 (or the same in euros or pounds): enough for a nice gift without making anyone uncomfortable. Coworkers often keep it to $10–$15, while families may go up to $30–$50. In Rimbi, the organizer sets a minimum and maximum budget that everyone can see.

Read the guide: Secret Santa rules

Yes. The organizer can redo the draw. If someone joins or drops out after the draw, Rimbi makes a discreet adjustment: only one person’s draw changes, and the organizer doesn’t know whose. Fixing the participant list is always free.

Yes, even without a phone. A parent creates and manages their child’s profile, and discovers the draw with them through a special animation. Who’s buying for the child stays secret, even from the parents, and a child never draws their own parents.

Read the guide: Odd numbers, couples, kids

Everyone can fill in a wish list and a gift profile: tastes, sizes, things they’d rather not get. When you reserve a gift, the recipient never knows, but others can see it’s taken: no more duplicates. Still unsure? Ask them through a secret message without revealing who you are.

Create a group gift in the event: the idea, the target amount and the order date. Everyone enters their share and Rimbi tracks the total, with a reminder before the order date. The money goes through whatever you prefer (bank transfer, online money pot, cash): Rimbi never touches it.

Secret Santa and Kris Kringle are the same game: you secretly draw the name of the person you’ll buy a gift for. White Elephant is different: everyone brings a gift and people take turns picking or “stealing” them, with no names drawn. Rimbi is made for Secret Santa, at Christmas, for birthdays and any celebration.

Read the guide: Secret Santa rules

In France: app data is hosted in Paris, and this website by OVHcloud, in France. Rimbi shows no ads, sells no data and uses no trackers. You can download or erase your data from the app at any time. All the details are in the privacy policy.