Randomizer vs Name Picker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Randomizer
Easily randomize any list of items or numbers with instant results. Offers advanced features like speech output, slideshows, and sharing. Supports iCloud sync and extensive import options.
- Randomize lists of items or numbers
- Save and manage multiple lists (Pro)
- iCloud sync across devices (Pro)
- Share results via share sheet or drag and drop
- App Intents & Shortcuts integration
- Import lists via CSV, pipe, or new line delimited
- Text-to-speech output
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Randomizer allows you to take any list of options or numbers and get an instant random result. With advanced features available for speech, slideshows, sessions, sharing and more. Features: • Save Lists - Store multiple lists and quickly choose which to randomize (Pro Only) • iCloud Sync - Sync all your lists across multiple devices including Mac (Pro Only) • Share - Show your friends any result, list or all of your lists using the share sheet or drag and drop • App Intents & Shortcuts - Use Shortcuts to Randomize Lists • Import - Extensive import options using CSV, comma, pipe or new line delimited lists (Pro Only) • Advanced Settings - Randomize the entire list, speak the result, cycle through automatically with a time interval and many more features. (Pro Only) • Full iOS Support - Dark Mode, Split Screen, Widgets, Keyboard Shortcuts, VoiceOver and much more • Privacy - No data is ever stored outside of your device and with no tracking or analytics • Pay Once - No ads or subscriptions, just regular free updates with Randomizer Pro Also available as a separate download for Mac.
Name Picker
Easily make random decisions with this app. Input lists of names, numbers, or any items and get a quick, randomized selection with a single tap. Perfect for resolving everyday choices, big or small.
- Randomly pick from lists
- Supports names, numbers, and custom items
- Simple and elegant design
- Quick decision-making
- History tracking
- Multiple picking modes
- Tag filtering
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This choice maker app allows you to insert many things to pick from you could have names, numbers or anything of sort and you can randomly pick from them. This list randomize allows you to make choices easily with a tap of a button. You can use this app to decide things in your life like where you are going to eat out tonight. For all tiny or big decisions you can use it to randomly make a choice. Features - Simple to use - Elegant design - Make choices for you quickly - Track history - Multiple modes for picking randomly - Tag filtering system A random list picker for all your random picking needs. Note: This is a pseudorandom picker * 1-week Subscription (2.99 USD) For other currencies, the price corresponds to the same price tier on the App Store Pricing Matrix. * Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase. * Subscriptions will automatically renew and payment will be charged to your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. The cost of the renewal depends on your Subscription Plan. Our standard Subscription Plans are: Terms and Conditions: https://appinfodirectory.wordpress.com/terms-and-conditions-4/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Randomizer at free against Name Picker's free with in-app purchases. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Randomizer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Name Picker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Randomizer against 4.6 for Name Picker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 273 and 120 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Randomizer's written reviews are positive against 78% of Name Picker's.
Randomizer ships an update every 5 weeks, Name Picker every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Randomizer | Name Picker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (273 ratings) — better | 4.6 (120 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better | 78.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 273 — better | 120 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rob Sammons | Karawita Arachchige Dilanthika Eshani Kumari Karawita |
Customer experience
Randomizer
Name Picker
User reviews
Randomizer
From 273 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
- 🚀 Fast and responsive performance
- 💾 Ability to save and manage multiple lists
- 🎨 Customizable color options
- 📥 Import/export functionality (CSV, Excel)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Items randomly disappear from lists
- 🐛 Poor randomization algorithm (repeats items too frequently)
- ❌ No auto-save functionality
- ❌ Difficult list management and navigation
- ❌ Limited editing capabilities for list items
Name Picker
From 120 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 💡 Great for decision making
- 🚀 Efficient randomizer
- ✨ Premium features are valuable
- 💰 One-time purchase for premium
Room to improve
- 🐛 Long choices get truncated
- 🐛 Formatting issues with apostrophes
- 🐛 App glitches
- 🐛 Items pulled from history
- 🐛 Duplicate items in a session
Bugs and requests
Randomizer
Reported bugs
10 issues- Items disappear from lists without explanation
- Poor randomization algorithm repeats items excessively
- Text clears when attempting to correct spelling mid-entry
- Lists not auto-saving when switching apps
- iPad modal window doesn't cover full screen
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- Duplicate lists created after randomizing
- iOS 15 compatibility issues (now fixed)
- Second item missing from two-item lists
- Randomization bias toward recently added items
- List items truncated in edit view making them hard to identify
Requested features
21 requests- Keyword search within lists
- Ignore 'the' article in alphabetical ordering
- Quick save button for edits without overwriting
- Combine and randomize multiple lists simultaneously
- Default to 'Your Lists' screen on app launch
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- Randomization sessions (pick each item once before repeating)
- Multiple results from single randomize action
- Smaller font size options when creating lists
- Add images to list items
- Quick jump between lists
- Apple Watch support
- Handsfree/voice-activated mode for training
- Find/search feature for large lists
- Duplicate item detection
- Export list option (missing in recent update)
- Ability to name and organize lists in folders
- Reorder items within lists
- View randomized list layout all at once
- Larger, more obvious randomize button
- Chart/analytics of randomization results
- Undo/back button for chained selections
Name Picker
Reported bugs
9 issues- Longer choices get truncated
- Formatting issues with apostrophes
- App is glitchy
- Choices get cut out if over a certain amount of letters
- Pulls up items that are deleted from main list and are located in history
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- Pulls up the same item multiple times in the same “session”
- Unable to sort
- Choices get cut out if it goes over a certain amount of letters
- Limited number of characters shown for longer items
Requested features
31 requests- Add back "items remaining" counter in unique mode
- Option to show "items remaining"
- Alphabetize lists
- Ability to copy/paste picks
- Share information on other devices
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- Photo to text functionality
- Flashcard functionality
- Explain benefits of premium purchase
- Ability to rearrange lists
- Data on an account for cross-device access
- Search within a list
- Delete entries easily from a list
- Automatically delete from a list when picked
- Search function to find entry to delete
- Re-arrange lists in the Choice Maker
- Drag and drop lists
- Toggle on/off items in a list
- Metadata tagging for filtering attributes
- Sort lists alphabetically vs. chronologically
- Search lists for a specific entry
- Full text display for longer items
- Change order of lists
- Favorite lists to remain at the top
- Enter more than a one-liner
- Move lists around in the menu
- Group lists together or sort them
- List name to separate items picked from multiple lists
- Rearrange list items
- Edit lists to add/remove options
- Allow more than 20 items in free version
- Full text display for longer sentences
In-app purchases
Randomizer
- Randomizer Pro$1.99
Name Picker
- Weekly Plan3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium$1.99
- Lifetime$14.99
Questions
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