Picture this

Who it is for

An office of thirty sets a gift circle. The chain draws pairs; each person only sees their own match.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$79

$20 deposit to reserve

Circle setup, Keyless join, random pairing, reveal page.

You choose: accent color
You choose: budget

Customfrom $600

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

Secret Santa apps exist off chain; provably fair onchain pairing was not found.

Closest things out there

Elfster (off chain).

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Fun with no cheating.

The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

grant · Aptos Foundation · rolling

Aptos Foundation Grants

rolling

Official page ↗

Ecosystem program for shipped apps; check current terms.

Their rule on existing code: Existing projects OK

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Secret Gift app: gift circles for offices, families and clubs where Aptos onchain randomness draws the names and each person can open only their own tag, with plans and checkout built in.

Base price · $79

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome

Shown once: the chain draws, only your tag opens, pick reminder channels.

Circle status and next actionHome

Joined, rules, drawn and tag open, with one clear next step.

Circle setup with rules checkCircle

People, budget, party date and exclusion rules, checked before any draw so impossible circles are explained.

Onchain randomness drawCircle

One Aptos transaction makes the circle; redraws are public and announced to every member.

Big circles, team rule and branded tagsCircle

Circles above the free size, not your own team, tag colours. Gated behind Office.

Sealed tag revealMy tag

Each tag opens only for its own person. Peeking at someone else's is refused.

Wishlists and anonymous wishlist requestsMy tag

The giver sees their person's wishlist inside the tag, or asks for one anonymously.

Gift trackingMy tag

Idea, bought, wrapped, delivered. Gated behind Community.

Friday hintsHints

One anonymous hint a week, preset or your own words (own words gated behind Community).

Receipts and what is onchainReceipts

Draw transaction, randomness, commitment and plan payments; names and pairs never onchain.

Plans, wishlist and remindersMe

Pricing from the owner paywall with USDC checkout, wishlist editing, reminder channels and inbox preview.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue

Office circles, Community MRR, USDC payments, payouts, payment methods and live tier editing.

Circles overviewCircles

Every circle's size, plan and draw status, never pairs; send a looser rule to blocked organizers.

App rulesRules

Free circle size, hints per week, generic reminder subjects, gas sponsoring and wishlist visibility.

Helper agent log and roadmapAgent

Run a Friday, see failures and how the helper adapted, plus the priced Roadmap.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Growth loopsGrowth

Guest to organizer invite wave, featured share card, public draw link and referrals.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Members always join and open their tag free. Organizers pay per circle for office sized circles and extras, clubs and families subscribe monthly.

Free$0One circle up to 15 people, the onchain draw, sealed tags, wishlists, preset Friday hints

Office$29 per circleUp to 200 people, team rule, branded tags, Slack and email reminders

Community$9 a monthUnlimited circles, write your own Friday hints, gift tracking

Draw gas is under one cent per circle and can be sponsored by the owner. Plans are paid in USDC on Base by default.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

Guest to organizer invite wave: last year's guests start their own circle
Share card after opening a tag: not even the organizer knows
Public draw link that anyone in the circle can check
Organizer referral: a free Office circle for both

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The fair gift circle

Keyless join and member list
Rules check, budget and onchain draw
Sealed tags, wishlists, Friday hints
Plans, paywall editor and payouts
Helper agent and growth loops

Included

More fair draws

Chore rotas and mentor pairings
Seating plans for events
Giveaway draws with no prize money
Slack app and Google Calendar reveal

Add-on from $400

Sealing nobody can open

Pairs encrypted so the app cannot read them
Open source sealing with an audit log
White label for HR platforms

Add-on from $900

For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

Secret Santa where the chain draws the names and nobody, not even the organizer, can peek.

Problem: Gift circles run on trust in whoever draws the names. The organizer sees every pair, people ask for quiet swaps, and when the same two match twice someone says it was rigged.

Solution: Aptos onchain randomness draws the whole circle in one public transaction after the rules are locked. Each person's tag is sealed to their own sign in, and redraws are announced to everyone.

Why now: Aptos randomness makes a provably fair draw cost under a cent, and Keyless accounts let anyone join with a Google sign in and no wallet.

Market: Every office, family, club and school that runs a December gift exchange, plus the next fair draws: chore rotas, mentor pairings and seating plans.

The ask: Pilot organizers at three studios and two clubs this December, and ecosystem grant support from Aptos.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

Home: meet Hana, 34, who runs a thirty person studio's gift circle in Seongsu.
Circle: set budget, party date and the couples rule, then draw with Aptos randomness.
Circle: pick the trial group with the team rule and watch the rules check refuse an impossible circle.
My tag: Hana opens her own tag and is refused when she tries to peek at Kenji's.
Hints: send this Friday's anonymous hint; writing your own unlocks with Community via USDC checkout.
Owner Revenue: change the Office price in the paywall editor and preview the user plans.
Owner Circles and Agent: send a blocked choir a looser rule, then run a Friday.
Owner Roadmap: request the v2 fair draws add-on.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $1,000: your own draw types, an HR or Slack integration, extra languages, or a branded deployment for a company or school. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $600

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

Gift circles in offices, families and clubs run on trust in whoever draws the names. The organizer can always see every pair, people ask for quiet swaps, and when the same two people match twice, someone says it was rigged. Nobody can prove otherwise.

What exists and what is new

Secret Santa apps already exist and work well off chain: Elfster is the best known, and many free web tools draw names and send emails. They all ask you to trust the operator's server. Research did not find a ready product that draws the circle with onchain randomness so the draw itself is publicly verifiable. That part is new. The rest (invites, wishlists, reminders) is familiar and borrowed on purpose. The app still seals each person's match on its own server, so it is fairer and more provable than a coffee tin, not trustless in every respect.

The data it runs on

The member list (hashed onchain, names kept offchain), the organizer's rules and budget, the Aptos randomness output for the draw, a commitment hash of the full circle, per person sealed tags, wishlists, and open and hint events.

1.The mission

Make every gift circle fair enough that nobody has to defend the hat.

2.Why people can't resist it

Open my tag A single sealed reveal per person. The moment of opening it is the fun part, and it is truly private.

Provably fair Anyone can check the draw transaction. Organizers love not being blamed.

Friday hints One anonymous hint a week to your person keeps the circle alive until the party.

3.How it works for real

Join: Aptos Keyless accounts let people join with a Google or Apple sign in. No wallet app or seed phrase.

Rules: The organizer sets budget, reveal date and exclusion rules (not your own team, couples skip each other). The app checks a valid circle exists before drawing.

Draw: A Move entry function marked #[randomness] calls aptos_framework::randomness to shuffle the member slots into one valid circle in a single transaction, so it cannot be retried for a better outcome.

Seal: The app derives each giver's match from the onchain result and stores it encrypted to that member's session, posting only a commitment hash of the full circle onchain.

Helper: A small agent sends invites, generic reminders and Friday hint prompts. It never reads the pairs.

4.Cost per use and pricing

The draw is one Aptos transaction, typically well under one US cent, sponsored by the app. Hosting, email and the helper's small model cost a few dollars a month for hundreds of circles.

Free $0

Up to 15 people, one circle a year, basic wishlists.

Office $29 per circle

Up to 200 people, team rules, Slack and email reminders, branded tags.

Community $9 a month

Unlimited circles for clubs and families, Friday hints, gift tracking.

5.Growth loop

Every member who opens a tag sees how the draw was done and who made it. The share card and the public draw link travel to other offices and families, and next December's organizer is often this year's guest.

6.Risks and guardrails

Sealing trust: The app server could in theory read pairs. Mitigate with per member encryption, open source sealing code and an audit log; say plainly what is not onchain.

Impossible rules: Strict exclusions can make a circle impossible. Check before drawing and explain which rule blocks it.

Leaks by message: Reminders must never contain names. Generic subject lines by default.

Redraw abuse: Redraws are allowed but always announced to every member.

7.Build order

Keyless join and member list
Rules check and budget
Aptos randomness draw contract
Sealed tag reveal page
Reminders and Friday hints
Share card and public draw link

8.Where this is going

Now
Fair Secret Santa for offices, families and clubs.
Next
Other fair draws: chore rotas, mentor pairings, seating plans and raffle style giveaways with no prize money.
Later
Sealing moves onchain with encryption the app cannot open, so the organizer and the app both see nothing.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Secret Gift

Secret Gift: Secret Santa and gift circles drawn by onchain randomness, with nobody able to peek. Using someone else's version means their rules, their brand and their revenue. Owning Secret Gift means it is deployed under your wallet, carries your name, and every customer, partner and result builds your track record instead of theirs.