Elf Unhinged
The elf who needs a lawyer
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
Forgot the elf? Pick an excuse and watch him explain it on video. Santa phones in too. Five 24-night stories, easy steps, printable props. One payment, no subscription.
It's 10pm. The kids are finally asleep. And you've just remembered the elf.
Elf Unhinged is the December helper for tired parents with a sense of humour. One cheeky elf, wilder ideas than you've seen, and almost everything set up in two minutes. Open it, see tonight's move, go to bed.
FORGOT TO MOVE HIM? PICK HIS EXCUSE
Sixteen excuses, and the elf explains each one himself, on video. A lawyer who is a hamster. A seagull taxi. A moonwalk waiver. Watch them, pick your favourite and you get the line to say, an official North Pole notice, a "set the scene" checklist that takes two minutes, and the props to print. Everything for the morning you forgot, in one place.
SANTA PHONES IN TOO
Santa has excuses of his own. Pick one of six (the Brussels sprout sit-in is a favourite) and he explains, in his own voice, why the elf stayed put. Each comes with a tip for setting the scene.
A CALL FROM SANTA, ABOUT YOUR CHILD
Enter your child's name, which list they're on and why. Choose when the phone rings: in a few minutes, at a set time, or Christmas Eve at 6:30pm. Santa says their name, reads out your elf's report and writes your note in his book. A Nice List certificate follows a nice call. Try it first with "Test the call now". It never records your child, and nothing leaves your phone.
FIVE STORIES, 24 NIGHTS EACH
The Great Elf Crime Spree. The Case of the Missing Naughty List. The Great North Pole Post Office Heist. The Elf Gets a Job. Santa's Sick Day. Pick one and the whole month is planned: tap any night to read what happens, so there are no surprises. Props to print for every night. The supplies list changes with your story.
PICK YOUR ELF
Kid Chaos, Unhinged, or a bit of both. Kid Chaos is the one the children will scream about: undies on the tree, bum prints in the butter, stuck in the cereal. Unhinged is an elf making decisions that need a lawyer.
132 WILD MOVES
Each with its own picture. Choose tonight's, search, or let the app pick. No repeats.
PRINT THE EVIDENCE
Police tape, wanted posters, mugshots, exhibit tags, notices, tiny signs and notes. Pick the night, print one page, cut along the dotted lines. Name spaces are left blank for you to handwrite.
THE EMERGENCY BUTTON
Someone touched him. They caught you. You lost him. You're away. The set-up went wrong. Pick what happened and you get a line to say, an official notice and a rescue plan. A touched elf gets a first-aid kit, not a meltdown.
HE SAW WHAT YOU DID
Type one thing your kids did today. The elf writes a note about it, in his own voice. Lovely, cheeky or brave. See an example letter before you write one.
THE BIG FINISH
On Christmas Eve the elf says goodbye on video, the confetti falls and you get a Certificate of Christmas Magic to print, write your name on and stick on the fridge. Every parent deserves one.
TWO PARENTS, ONE ELF
Share the season with a code. Both phones show the same idea and whether he's already been moved. No accounts, no email addresses.
THE SHOPPING LIST
See what the next six nights need, or the whole season.
THE ELF UNHINGED CALENDAR (OPTIONAL EXTRA)
Twenty-four doors, one a day from 1 December. Behind each the elf tells the story himself on video, then there's a game for the kids and a badge to win. Needs an internet connection.
WHAT IT COSTS
The emergency button and your first three ideas are free. One payment unlocks everything else. It is not a subscription and it never renews. New stories for next Christmas are an optional one-off purchase, so you pay once, if and when you choose. The Elf Unhinged Calendar is a separate, optional one-off purchase. No ads, nothing to sign in to, and no watermarks on anything your kids see.
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
Everything stays on your phone unless you share with another parent or open the optional Calendar. No tracking, no analytics and no microphone.
Made by Wild Hearts Publishing Pty Ltd (ABN 34 695 911 025). Elf Unhinged is an independent app for parents.
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Excuses, on video. Pick one and the elf explains why he didn't move, with a two-minute checklist so you can set the scene.
Santa phones in with six funny excuses, and a call that reads out your elf's report, at a time you choose.
Five 24-night stories you can read up front, so there are no surprises, including a detective story and a post office heist.
A Christmas Eve finish with confetti and a Certificate of Christmas Magic for you.
Letters from the elf now show an example before you write one.
Supplies change with the story you pick.
Santa can call more than one child, and you can have up to four elves in the house.
New "Tired tonight" and rest nights.
Share any printable as a picture.
Restore purchases and a support link in Settings.
The developer, Wild Hearts Publishing, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Wild Hearts Publishing PTY LTD
- Size
- 189.3 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Simulated Gambling
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Reserve next Christmas $5.99
- Elf Unhinged Calendar $3.99
- Unlock Elf Unhinged $5.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Wild Hearts Publishing Pty Ltd
