Card Picker vs Pickster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Card Picker
Easily select a random playing card from a standard 52-card deck. Ideal for making decisions, assigning tasks, or facilitating card-based games. Customize the card back and deck background for a personalized experience.
- Random card selection
- View opened cards
- Customizable card back
- Deck background options
- Sound on/off toggle
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A very simple application that allows you to pick a random playing card from a set of 52 playing cards. It's useful to decide who has to do an unpopular job or for games which involve picking a playing card. I hope you'll have more fun with it! Features: - Show the list of opened playing card. - Change card back. - Deck background. - Turn on/off sound. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please send email to thitruongvo@gmail.com. Thanks!
Pickster
This app simplifies random name selection, mimicking a "draw from a hat" experience digitally. It offers customizable drawing modes, easy list management, and a new winner page for sharing results with fanfare. Supports multiple lists via a one-time purchase.
- Random name selection
- Customizable drawing modes
- Screenshot-friendly winner page
- Multiple list creation (in-app purchase)
- Paste text to create lists
- Quick Add Widget
- Auto-alphabetize or custom ordering
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Pickster is a simple little app to help you pick names randomly from a collection - just like drawing names out of a hat, but with less paper... and hats. New in version 2.5: • New screen-shot friendly winner page! Now you can show everyone the result of the drawing with some fanfare, and without displaying everyone else's name in the list. Switch it on per list in the Settings page Other Features: • Easily increment the number of entries for each name just by tapping on it • Chose how many unique names are picked • Auto-alphabetize the names list, or do your own custom ordering • Handy swipe actions to copy a list, and clear or delete an entry • Choose from two drawing modes: • Natural Drawing Mode (default). When a name is picked, remove one of its entries from the hat • Original Drawing Mode. When a name is picked, its number of entries stays the same • Multiple Lists - Enable this feature through a one time in-app purchase and you'll be able to create as many lists as you want • Paste in text as a new list! Copy names to your phone's clipboard with commas, tabs, or newline characters separating each name. Tap the Add button, name the list, and tap the Paste button to import all the copied names into the list. Each name will receive 1 entry. • Make copies of existing lists just by swiping to the left and tapping the Copy button • Quick Add Widget makes entering names fast and easy. It automatically checks for duplicate names in the list as you type • iPad support • Still ad-free as always! Need more help? Visit our How To guides at https://picksterapp.weebly.com/help.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Card Picker at 4.3 against Pickster's 3.3. Card Picker also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (60% vs 44%). Pickster's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (62 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Card Picker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pickster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Card Picker holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pickster has 62 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Card Picker's written reviews are positive against 44% of Pickster's.
Card Picker ships an update every 6 months, Pickster every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Card Picker | Pickster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better | 3.3 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 43.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thi Vo | Tom Soderling |
Customer experience
Card Picker
Pickster
In-app purchases
Card Picker
- Premium Version$0.99
Pickster
- Multi-List Feature$2.99
