App guide from the invite to the recap

No. The big button on the invite gets you in through the browser: on your phone it says "Join now, no download needed"; on a computer, "Join in the browser". Anonymous chat, hints and phone notifications are only in the app. If you'd like, tap "I'd rather use the app": the download page comes with your code on it.

That's right. Without the app installed, the link opens the invite page on the site. With the app installed, the same link opens straight in the app. If you'd rather have the app, tap "I'd rather use the app" and install it: if it asks, type the code shown on the download page.

It's not stuck. Anyone who joins through the link or the code stays "Waiting" until the organizer lets them in, and the app lets you know when that happens. If it's taking a while, tap "Remind the owner" (in the browser, "Let the owner know"): the screen shows when you can send another one.

You can. The list is only kept if you're let in; if you tap "Leave", the list you started there is deleted. Tap "Start my wishlist" and start adding gifts.

This time, yes. After the draw nobody else gets in: the app shows "This group's draw already happened. It's too late to join." Anyone still "Waiting" when the draw happens is removed from the group. Your best bet is to ask the organizer to set up another group, or to create your own and get the crew in.

In the app, go to the Groups tab: tap "New group", then "I have a code", type it in the "Invite Code" field and tap "Join Group". In the browser, open play.oamigosecreto.app/join, paste the code or the whole link in the "Invite link or code" field and tap "Join Group".

It's the same one. Browser and app sign in with the same Google or Apple account and show the same groups; there's no email-and-password login anywhere. Install the app and sign in with the same Google or Apple you used in the browser: the group is already there.

The organizer creates the group, sends the link and lets in whoever asks to join. Each person builds a wishlist, and the organizer draws names without seeing the pairs. Each person opens the envelope, sends anonymous hints and buys the gift. On the day, the organizer reveals who drew whom; the first tap is "New group".

Two, and both are required: the "Draw Date" and the "Event Date", which is the get-together and comes after the draw. The app suggests both, but go ahead and change them to the days the crew agreed on. Leave some room between the two: that's the time to buy the gift and open the journey's daily doors.

Yes, and only the organizer can. Before the draw, name, description, dates and budget can all change. After the draw, the "Draw Date" locks, the "Event Date" can only move forward and the budget can still change. To make a change, open the group and tap "More options" › "Edit".

Turn it on if your crew likes to have a say. The organizer still draws the names the same way; every participant with an account sees who they drew and votes: approve or ask for another. Without the switch, the draw is final right away. It only exists in the creation form, so decide before you tap "Create Group".

Right now a group holds up to 50 approved people; anyone marked "Waiting" doesn't take up a spot. It only takes 2 to draw names, and with 3 it turns into a surprise. Bigger crew than that? Create a second group.

Yes. Open play.oamigosecreto.app in your browser and sign in with Google or Apple; your account and your groups are the same as in the app. Restrictions, anonymous chat, hints and the Waiting Room are app-only. Click "New group", fill in name, description, dates and budget and confirm with "Create and invite".

No. Creating the group, inviting people and drawing names won't cost you anything, in the app or in the browser. Just open "Groups" and tap "New group".

Yes. The link goes out on WhatsApp and each person asks to join from their own phone, wherever they are, in the browser or in the app; each person sees the result on their own device. The app comes in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Send the link and approve whoever asks.

Anyone who taps the link asks to join and lands in the "Waiting for approval" queue: look for the "Approve those who are waiting" card and tap "Review requests". If the queue is empty, nobody has asked yet. Send it again from "More in this group" › "Resend invite" or, in the browser, from the "Invite kit".

In a regular group, no. Anyone who arrives always stays "Waiting" until you let them in. The exception is the invite to repeat a group that already ended: whoever accepts goes straight in. With more than one person in the queue, tap "Approve all" or, when you go to draw names, "Approve all and draw".

In the "Waiting for approval" queue, tap the X and confirm with "Reject". They get "Request declined" and, after two rejections in the same group, they can't ask again. If the person already got in, open their menu in "People": that's where you'll find "Report profile" and "Block" followed by their first name.

Before the draw, yes: in "People", open the person's menu, tap "Remove from group" and confirm. They get a notification and drop off the list. After the draw nobody leaves and nobody gets removed, not even by the organizer. Check the list before you tap "Draw names now".

The minimum is 2 approved people; with 3 it's a real surprise. With 2, "Draw anyway" is tucked away in "More in this group" › "Management"; from 3 on, "Draw names now" shows up. Anyone "Waiting" doesn't count, and the group holds up to 50 approved people. Invite one more before you draw.

Until the draw. After that, and also while a Democratic Draw vote is open, nobody new gets in. Anyone still "Waiting" when the draw happens is removed from the group. Work through the queue before you tap "Draw names now".

With a restriction. In "More in this group" › "Management" › "Restrictions", tap "Add Restriction", pick the two of them and choose "Mutual (couples/family)". Only the organizer creates restrictions, before the draw, between people already approved: if one is still under "Waiting for approval", let them in first.

Yes, as long as the draw hasn't happened; after it, the "Restrictions" screen disappears from the group. In "Restrictions", tap the trash can next to the wrong one and confirm with "Remove". The app replies "Restriction removed", and then you just create the right one in "Add Restriction".

They join through your account; under 13 that's the only way. In "My family" › "Add someone", all you enter is a "Nickname", and you confirm you're the parent or legal guardian. In the group, tap "Add a family member" and pick the name under "Who's joining?", before the draw and only in the app.

Nothing on a phone of their own: everything goes through your account. The others see only the nickname and the "Family" badge; the app doesn't store the child's age or photo. In the group, open "More in this group": the "{name}'s participation" section has "Wishlist", "Drawn person's wishlist", "Chats" and "Hints".

No. At 13 or older, he can create his own account and join through the link like anyone else. The Store tab stays there for him; what's adult-only is the "Find a gift" button on each hint (it opens the Store), the Store suggestions and the price-drop alert. Send him the link and let him in when he asks to join.

Yes, but only forward: after the draw, the get-together date can be extended, never shortened, and extending it adds new doors to the journey. The draw date, on the other hand, locks for good. To change the date, open the group, tap "More options" › "Edit" and adjust "Event Date".

The one from the country of whoever creates the group: Brazil in reais, Colombia in Colombian pesos, Mexico in Mexican pesos. With no country set, it stays in reais. Check Profile › Account › "Your country" before creating the group: the budget field shows the right currency, "Price Range (R$)" in Brazil.

You and, after the draw, the person who drew you. Nobody else in the group can open another person's list, not even the organizer. If someone in your family joins through your account, that person's list is in your hands too. Ask for whatever you want: open the group and tap "My list".

No. Only "Gift name" is required. "Product link (optional)" and "Estimated price (optional)" are there so the person who draws you gets it right the first time, and the price can have cents, like 79.90. If you have the link handy, paste it; if not, the name is enough.

No. There's no photo field on the form, in the app or in the browser. An item from the Store comes with the product's name, price and link, but its picture doesn't show in the list. If you want the person to see the product, paste the link in "Product link (optional)" or add it from the Store with "Add to my list".

It does, with one condition. While the group shows "Waiting", the app lets you build the list, but it's only kept if you're let in. If you tap "Leave", the list goes too. Build it now and, if approval is taking a while, tap "Remind the owner".

They will. When you add, edit or delete a gift after the draw, whoever drew you gets the notification "The list of who you got changed" on their phone; that notification only comes through the app. Change it all you like, but if the person already sent "I already got your gift!" in the chat, leave the list alone.

In the app, yes: the counter next to "Add a gift" shows how many items you've added and how many fit. If the list fills up, the app says "List full. Remove an item to add another." Start with what you want most and mark "High" under "Priority".

Yes: the minimum is 2 approved people. The catch is that with 2, each one already knows who they drew, and the app says so: "There are 2 of you. Invite 1 more before the draw." With 3, it's a surprise. If you want to go ahead anyway, tap "Draw anyway", in "More in this group" › "Management".

No. The draw date is something you agree on with the crew; whoever organizes runs the draw, whenever they like. If the date goes by, the app shows "The draw date has passed" and you choose between "Draw now" and "Pick a new date".

A restriction blocked the draw: someone was left with nobody to draw. The app saved nothing. Go over the restrictions in "More in this group" › "Management" › "Restrictions", or invite more people, and tap "Draw names now" again.

No. You open your envelope in "See who I got", like any other participant, and see only who you drew. The pairs stay sealed until the reveal; until then, focus on yours: look at that person's wishlist.

In a regular group, no: the app draws once. If "Democratic Draw" was on when you drew and more people vote "Ask for a new one" than "Approve", the app draws again on its own, for up to 3 rounds. Without it, the way out is to delete the group in "More options" › "Delete" and create another one from scratch.

If more people ask for another than approve, a new draw is made; a tie keeps the draw. Voting closes when the whole group has voted or when the deadline passes (48 hours, with date and time on screen). There are at most 3 rounds: the third comes out ready and stands for good, with no vote.

It was a tie, or more people approved than asked for a new one, or the deadline passed and whoever didn't vote didn't count. Each person votes once and can't change it, and anyone who takes part through a family member's account doesn't vote. Tap "See who I got" and head to that person's wishlist.

The envelope gives way to the list: "See who I got" stays under "The essentials" and opens straight to that person's list. On the group card, the next step becomes "Your secret friend's list", with the "See the list" button. Open the group, tap "See who I got" and the name is there.

The envelope says "You got" and a name: that's the person you're giving a gift to. The person who drew you doesn't show up in the envelope or in the chat; in the chat, that person appears as "Your Secret Santa". Stick with the name in the envelope: tap "See {name}'s list" and see what that person asked for.

No. The person organizing opens their own envelope like any other participant and sees only who they drew; the organizer does not see the pairs before the reveal. If you're the organizer, do what the others do: tap "See who I got" and get going on your gift.

Not in the envelope or the chat: the person who drew you shows up as "Your Secret Santa". The screen "Who drew you?", under "More in this group" › "Mystery", unlocks hints. After the reveal, the "Gift Ranking" lists who gave and who received, if that game is turned on. Until then, collect the hints in "Mystery".

It happens, and the screen already tells you: "We'll let you know when the list changes." "Ask for a clue (anonymous)" opens the group's Hints. "Send an anonymous message", in the list menu or in the envelope, opens the chat with that person, with quick messages ready to go. Start with the anonymous message.

In the group, the "{name}'s participation" section has "See who they drew" and "Hand the phone to {name}". That opens the "{name}'s turn" screen: you hand over the phone and your kid presses and holds "Hold to see" until the name shows up. Open the group, find "{name}'s participation" and hand over the phone.

The envelope lives in the app: "Open in the app" takes you to the download page. Without installing anything, tap "Shop for the person I drew": the Store opens with "You drew", the person's name, their list and gift suggestions. That link is good for 72 hours; if it expires, tap the button again and you get a new one.

It depends where the person is: with the chat open they see it at once; with the app closed, nothing alerts them, and the reply comes when they're back. On your end, if the header says "Offline", the message waits in a banner: "Message not sent. It will go out as soon as you're back online." To hurry it, tap "Try now".

No. An anonymous chat message doesn't show up as a notification on your phone. With the app open on another screen, the "Chats" bubble at the top and the group card get a new-message dot. After the draw, open the app every so often and tap "Chats".

Not in the chat. In "Chat with who drew you" the person shows up as "Your Secret Santa", no name, no photo, even after the reveal. In a group of 2 each one knows who drew them, and with 3 you can work it out; outside the app, nothing stops someone from telling. Reply there and save the mystery for the get-together.

No. A message goes through the anonymous chat, one-on-one: you and the person you drew, or you and the person who drew you. A hint goes to the whole group's "Hints" board (some screens say clue). To talk to one person, tap "Anonymous chat"; to put a hint out, go to "More in this group" › "Hints" › "Leave a hint".

The chat makes you wait between messages: right now it's 30 seconds, and if you try sooner the app tells you how many seconds are left. The quick messages skip text moderation but follow the same wait. Put everything you want to say into one message and send it at once.

Press and hold the message you received and pick "Report message" or "Block Your Secret Santa" (in the other chat, "Block" plus the name). The report goes to the team with the message attached; blocking cuts off that chat. You can undo it under Profile › "Blocked people". If it's serious, do both: report and block.

Not the chat. Before the draw, tapping "Anonymous chat" only shows "The anonymous chat opens after the draw." Hints, though, are already open: any approved participant can leave one under "More in this group" › "Hints" and the whole group reads it. To warm up the crew, tap "Leave a hint" and drop one about yourself.

No. The Store is a shortcut, and the gift can come from wherever you like. The list of the person you drew shows what they asked for, and one tap on an item with a link opens the store. Open the group and tap "See who I got".

No, on both counts. The Store gathers products from partner stores, and the app neither sells nor takes payment. It may earn a commission, and your payment details don't go through the app. Tap "Buy a gift for {name}": the app says "You'll finish checking out at {store}." and opens the partner store, where you pay.

Not always. The price shown in the Store is what the partner store reported at the last check, and the one that counts is the price at checkout. If the same product has more than one offer, the "Compare offers" section lists each store and marks the "Best price". Before paying, check the amount at the partner store.

Today the Store shows products from Brazilian stores, priced in reais, whatever country your account is in. Is the person you drew in Brazil? The Store works just the same. If the whole crew is abroad, use the wishlist and the anonymous chat to settle on the gift, and buy wherever works best for you.

Once you've drawn someone, every product you open says "Fits the group budget" or "{x} over the group budget". In search, "Filters" has "Max price". Open the product and check the tag before tapping "Buy a gift for {name}".

It does. At play.oamigosecreto.app, a group with names drawn has the "Shop for the person I drew" button: it opens the Store in another tab, already with the name of the person you drew. The link is good for 72 hours; if it expires, just tap again. Open the group in the browser and tap "Shop for the person I drew".

It's the mission of the day, inside the "30 Magic Days" journey. The app creates the doors at the draw: from 3 to 30, each one opening at 9 a.m. Brasília time. Tomorrow's doesn't open early, and the journey only exists in the app: it doesn't show up in the browser. Open the group and tap "Open today's mission".

It's the day's overview of your groups after the draw. It shows each group's journey day and today's mission, with the "Open" button. There's also the Circle, which counts how many have a wishlist without saying who, and the countdown to the get-together (or the reveal time, if set). Tap "Today" in the bottom bar.

No. The doors, the Chest, the Mystery and the games are on in a new group, but skipping a day has no penalty: the Flame and the Circle never say who played and who skipped. The Secret Santa carries on, with wishlist, chat and envelope. If you prefer, open the group just for your list and the list of who you got.

It's the group's streak of active days: one person acting that day is enough to light it. Before the draw there's the pre-draw Flame, only in groups with 3 or more accounts; at the draw the streak goes back to zero and the record stays. To keep it lit, do today's mission; if you can't, anyone in the group will do.

No. The "Mystery" drops ambiguous clues about who drew you. "Detective Mode" is the guessing door: you record who you think drew you, and "Your guess stays secret until the reveal." To make your guess, wait for the "Detective Mode" door to show up in the journey.

By completing seasons: each group of yours that reaches the reveal counts as one. The ladder is Olheiro (0 seasons), Decifrador (1), Estrategista (3) and Lenda (6), shown in Portuguese even in English. "Mission Points" are a separate count: every 100 points you go up a level. See "Home" › "How it works".

The journey grows along with it: the app creates new doors up to the new date, one a day. After the draw, the get-together date can only be extended, never shortened, and the draw date is locked. Only the organizer can do it: open "More options" › "Edit" and change "Event Date", the form's name for the get-together.

No, and the message ("Reveal scheduled. We'll let everyone know.") promises more than happens. Scheduling only saves the date and time; the organizer is still the one who reveals, through the "Reveal now" link in "The reveal is today". Agree on a time on WhatsApp and tap the link before the countdown hits zero.

That's how it works: at zero, the Room sends you back to the group, which stays "Drawn" until the organizer reveals. Once the time has passed, the "Reveal now" link disappears and the "Set the reveal time" card comes back. If you're the organizer, set it again, at least 5 minutes ahead, and tap the "Reveal now" link.

It's fine: 2 days after the get-together the app closes the cycle on its own, with no notification, and the group is "Revealed". The first sign is the notification "Your group's recap is ready". If you're the organizer and can't wait, open the group: "Party day is here" shows "Reveal now", then "Reveal all pairs".

There's no screen with every pair: the crew finds out who got whom at the swap. The "Gift Ranking" shows "Gift from {name}", as long as the game is turned on. The chat with the person who drew you stays "Your Secret Santa". Open "More in this group" › "Fun" › "Gift Ranking" and vote.

Yes, if you're the organizer, and there's no undo. The one time it's off the table is during a Democratic Draw vote. Set the reveal time for today in "Set the reveal time", at least 5 minutes ahead, and tap the "Reveal now" link in the step "The reveal is today": it opens the Draw screen with "Reveal all pairs".

After the group is marked "Revealed", whether the organizer revealed or the app closed it on its own. The app builds the slides in the background and lets you know with "Your group's recap is ready"; there's no guaranteed time. If the notification doesn't come, open the group and tap "Watch the recap" now and then.

Yes, and not just the owner: anyone who took part can run it again, once each, after the recap is ready. In "Your memories", open the chapter and tap "RUN THIS GROUP AGAIN". Anyone from the group sees the "Invited" badge and gets in without approval; the app sends no notification. Send the new group's link on WhatsApp.

A message in the anonymous chat sends no notification: it gets flagged on the "Chats" bubble. In the app, under Profile › Preferences › "Notifications", "Receive notifications" has to be on and not showing "Waiting for your permission". If you see "Notifications blocked in system settings", tap "Open Settings".

The draw, the vote, the reveal, requests and approvals in the group, the list of who you got, hints, the day's door, the recap and team messages. Nudges about the group sit behind the "Group activity" switch; news, behind "Promos and news". Turn off what you don't want under Profile › Preferences › "Notifications".

Today, sign-in is Google or Apple only, and the account email is the one you signed in with: under Profile › Account, the "Email" field has a padlock and can't be changed. Changing your Google or Apple email doesn't change the one in the app. If you still need to, write to the team under Profile › Help › "Talk to us".

You can block in "People" (their menu › "Block") or by long-pressing a message in the anonymous chat, without knowing who it is. The person isn't notified. Their chat and Surprise Chest messages go quiet; hints and shared items keep showing up. To undo it: Profile › Preferences › "Blocked people" › "Unblock".

In the app, Profile › Help › "Talk to us" is a chat with real people; the reply lands in the same conversation. Before the first reply you can send up to 3 messages in a row; after that, one at a time. A link, a Pix key or an @ before that reply may get flagged as spam. Give the group's name and say what happened.

No: your groups stay in your account. On the new phone, install the app and sign in with the same Google or Apple account. If the old account was email and password, sign in with Google or Apple on that same email: the app merges the two on its own. All the new phone asks again is notification permission; just say yes.

Under Profile › Help, tap "Download my data": the app generates a JSON copy and opens the share sheet so you can save it wherever you like. Downloading deletes nothing; deleting the account is a different button, "Delete Account", in the same section. The copy is good for 24 hours; once that's past, generate another.

No. At play.oamigosecreto.app you join by invite, create the group, bring the crew in, approve whoever asked, build your wishlist, draw names and vote. If you got an invite, tap the link: on your phone, the big button says "Join now, no download needed". Without an invite, open play.oamigosecreto.app and sign in.

The app is where you find the anonymous chat and the hints, My family, the photo album, the Waiting Room, the 30 Magic Days doors and the group games. The envelope is in the app too, but "Shop for the person I drew" opens the Store with the person you drew. Install it from the App Store or Google Play.

Yes, in the browser: play.oamigosecreto.app opens on a computer with the same account and the same groups, and an invite opened there shows the "Join in the browser" button. The app itself is only for iPhone and Android. Open play.oamigosecreto.app and sign in with your Google or Apple account.

That's what the site's name draw is for, at oamigosecreto.app/sorteador, no sign-up. The phone goes from hand to hand and each person taps their own name. Whoever is holding the phone can peek; if even you shouldn't know who drew whom, create a group instead. Open the name draw, paste the names and tap "Draw names".

On iPhone, from the App Store; on Android, from Google Play. The page oamigosecreto.app/baixar shows "Download for iPhone", "Download for Android" and "Open in the browser (no install)" and, if you came from an invite, keeps the code in view. If the app opens with "Update required", update it in the store and go on.

You don't lose a thing. The account is the same, Google or Apple, and your groups, your wishlist and everything you've done live in that account, not on the device. Install it, sign in with the same Google or Apple account and the group is already there, now with the envelope, chat, hints and phone notifications.

On your phone, no: the browser doesn't send any. What you get is an email when someone joins or the draw is scheduled. To turn it on, go to Profile, find the "Emails" card and check "Activity in your groups". To hear when the draw runs or you're approved, install the app and turn on "Notifications" in Profile.