People who search for Tonnel gifts usually already think in TON: a market, a premarket, maybe a loan so they don’t have to sell. Gifters starts a step earlier, with a free collection you can play with before you ever touch a wallet.

Which is better, Gifters or Tonnel?

It depends on whether you need real gifts and TON, or a free game. Tonnel is the better choice if you buy and sell real Telegram gifts on TON, want access to a premarket, or would rather borrow against a gift than sell it. Gifters is the better choice if you want virtual copies of every collection, a shelf that mines Giftcoin and daily leagues, with no wallet and no deposit. Tonnel is a TON app with a gift market; Gifters is a collection game.

What each app is

Tonnel is, first of all, a TON privacy protocol: its verified bot calls itself the “#1 Zero-Knowledge Privacy Protocol on TON”. The same app hosts Tonnel Market, where people buy and sell real Telegram gifts with TON. It’s built for people already comfortable with TON and on-chain assets.

Gifters is a free Telegram game where you collect virtual gifts, and your collection mines Giftcoin. You unwrap a free first gift, place gifts on your shelf, and they earn Giftcoin every hour, even while you’re away.

Gifters has no wallet and no TON balance. Its gifts are virtual copies: they can’t be listed on Tonnel, borrowed against or withdrawn.

One note on sources: when we tried to open Tonnel’s market in October 2026, the site blocked us, so we couldn’t look around as a player. Everything here about Tonnel comes from its bot, its channel and its FindMini listing.

Gifters vs Tonnel at a glance

As of October 2026.

Gifters Tonnel
What you trade Virtual copies of every Telegram gift collection Real Telegram gifts
What you pay with Optional Telegram Stars; Giftcoin is never sold TON
Free to start Yes: first gift, daily box, streak, tasks Not observed (the market blocked us)
Real gifts out No, nothing leaves the game Real gifts and TON
Beyond buy and sell Shelf mining, leagues, squads, auctions, crafting, swaps Premarket with seller collateral, loans against gifts, relayer rewards

What Tonnel does well

Tonnel goes further than a plain listings page. As of October 2026, its channel describes Tonnel Premarket, where sellers post collateral, and Tonnel Loan, peer-to-peer loans against gifts for when you “need TON urgently but you don’t want to sell your gifts”. For a collector holding real gifts, borrowing against them instead of selling is a genuinely different option.

FindMini also lists Tonnel under DeFi and staking as well as gifts: it supports TON, jettons and NFTs, and holders of its Relayer NFTs can receive relayer rewards. FindMini listed 147.6K users for it on 26 October 2026. We couldn’t confirm market fees or deposit steps from official sources, so check the app before you trade.

What’s different about Gifters

Gifters is a different kind of product. There’s no wallet to connect, no collateral and nothing to borrow. You collect virtual gifts, put them on your shelf, and they mine Giftcoin into a pouch you come back to claim. Gifts that share a collection, a backdrop or a theme earn more together, and the daily leagues rank the worth of your collection.

The whole loop works with no deposit: a free first gift, a free daily box, a daily streak and tasks. Gifters does sell optional boxes and conveniences for Telegram Stars, but you don’t need them to play, and nothing you unwrap can be cashed out as real gifts, Stars, TON or money.

Because the game has virtual copies of every collection, it’s also a free place to learn traits and trading. You can read a gift’s model, backdrop, symbol and serial, then try listings, auctions, offers and swaps with Giftcoin. If you’ve used Portals, the Gifters market will feel familiar; Gifters isn’t affiliated with Portals or Tonnel.

Who should choose which

Choose Tonnel when the gift is real and TON is the point. You want to buy or sell on Tonnel Market, get into the premarket, or keep a gift by borrowing against it. Read the app’s current terms before you post a gift or collateral.

Choose Gifters when you want to collect without a wallet, learn the collections at zero cost, and build a shelf that keeps mining while you’re away. Some people will stay with the free game; others will use it to learn before buying real gifts on a market. Either way, nothing moves between the two apps.

If you’re weighing virtual against on-chain gifts more broadly, our Fragment and Getgems comparison covers the other big TON markets. To see what Gifters is like from the first tap, start with what Gifters is.

Questions players ask

Is Tonnel a gift market or a privacy app?

Both, as of October 2026. Its verified bot describes a zero-knowledge privacy protocol on TON, and the same app hosts Tonnel Market, where people buy and sell Telegram gifts.

Can I borrow against a Telegram gift on Tonnel?

Tonnel's channel describes Tonnel Loan: peer-to-peer loans against gifts, for when you need TON but don't want to sell. Check the app for current terms. Gifters has nothing like it, because its gifts are virtual.

Do I need TON or a wallet to play Gifters?

No. Gifters runs inside Telegram with virtual gifts and Giftcoin, and there's no wallet to connect. Optional purchases use Telegram Stars, and Giftcoin is never sold or cashed out.

Can I move a Gifters gift to Tonnel?

No. Gifters gifts are virtual copies of Telegram gift collections. They can't be withdrawn as real gifts or listed on any outside market, and real gifts can't be deposited into Gifters.