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Names in a Hat
Pull random names from a hat
⭐️4.6 / 5
Rating
🙌120
Ratings
📼2 vids & 4 scs
Content
📦w/o updates
Updates frequency
🗣❌ unsupported
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- Versions
- Price History
- Description
- FAQ
All Versions of Names in a Hat
4.9
December 21, 2020
* Fixed a bug with the History (thank you Alex M for raising the issue)
More4.8
August 3, 2020
* You can now delete previous draws in Histories (thank you for the suggestion Sean A.)
More4.7
April 5, 2020
• We added auto-save functionality so the lists automatically save as you add and delete names from lists. Thank you to Drew S. for the suggestion.
More4.6
December 22, 2019
This update is for all the teachers out there. You can now mark people on your list as absent without having to delete them. Tap on the name or the checkmark to disable that name in your hat temporarily. Tap again to add them back in.
More4.5
December 19, 2019
* Quick Teams—If you want to divide a hat full of names into groups, and you don't care what you call those groups, you can tap the "Quick Teams" button to generate as many teams as you need (e.g., Team 1, Team 2, etc.).
* The "Your Sets of Teams" view has been renamed to "Your Leagues."
* Bugfix—fixed an issue when a user attempts to save a duplicated hat/league name more than once.
More4.4
December 13, 2019
* You can now configure the randomization method when drawing names in Infinity Draw (tap the "Configure" button)
* Added some spiffy animations to the drawing screen
* Fixed a bug where the full results would show in Secret Santa when you exported the list while the drawing was still in progress
* Minor style tweaks to the results screen
More4.3
December 5, 2019
* Minor styling tweaks for Secret Santa results
* The flows for accessing the results are more consistent
More4.2
December 4, 2019
* Improved randomization for Infinity Draw
* Help is now embedded inside the app
* Added date and time to History
* Various UI tweaks and enhancements
More4.1
October 16, 2019
Two minor bug fixes:
* When drawing names in Secret Santa mode and you click the “Selected X of Y” button, you’ll no longer see picks that haven’t happened yet.
* The “Select X of Y” text is updated when you click the “Finish” button to quickly pick all the names.
More4.0
October 10, 2019
Native iPad Support!
Price History of Names in a Hat
Description of Names in a Hat
Have you ever needed to randomly pick names out of a hat and not have the necessary materials to do so? I've heard the scenario all too many times. You have the names, but what about a hat? There's not a fedora in sight. Your sleepless nights are about to end!
Introducing the "Names in a Hat" application - just the tool you need to pick random names out of a hat.
Features:
* Save multiple lists of names and teams.
* Tap to pull a name out of the hat.
* Standard Draw - quickly draw a random order.
* Team Draw - divide the names into teams.
* Secret Santa - randomly assign people as gift givers and gift receivers.
* Infinity Draw - continually draw from the same hat.
* History - view your recent drawings.
* Share your results in your favorite apps.
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Names in a Hat: FAQ
Yes, Names in a Hat is compatible with the iPad.
Thomas Peters released the Names in a Hat app.
Your iOS device must be running iOS 11.0 or above.
Users love Names in a Hat, as evidenced by its outstanding rating of 4.6 out of 5.
The App Genre Of Names In A Hat Is Utilities.
The latest Names in a Hat version released is 4.9.
Names in a Hat’s latest update was rolled out on July 1, 2024.
The app was launched on February 5, 2023.
Family-friendly content, no mature themes or violence.
The Names in a Hat app is now available in English.
Unfortunately, Names in a Hat is not on Apple Arcade.
Unfortunately, in-app purchases are not available within Names in a Hat.
Unfortunately, Names in a Hat is not optimized for use with Apple Vision Pro.