Comparison

Pickster vs Name Picker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Read full description

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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Randomly pick from lists
  • Supports names, numbers, and custom items
  • Simple and elegant design
  • Quick decision-making
  • History tracking
  • Multiple picking modes
  • Tag filtering
Features
Read full description

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/

Screenshots

Pickster4 screens
Name Picker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Name Picker at 4.6 against Pickster's 3.3. Name Picker also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 44%). Pickster's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pickster 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Name Picker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 120 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Pickster's written reviews are positive against 78% of Name Picker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pickster ships an update every 2 months, Name Picker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pickster versus Name Picker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicksterName Picker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (64 ratings)4.6 (120 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews78.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64120 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom SoderlingKarawita Arachchige Dilanthika Eshani Kumari Karawita

Customer experience

Pickster

All ratings62 ratings
Positive56.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative40.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative56.3%

Name Picker

All ratings114 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Pickster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

1 purchases

Pickster

One-time1
  • Multi-List Feature$2.99
3 purchases

Name Picker

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Plan3 Days trial$2.997 Days
One-time2
  • Premium$1.99
  • Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Pickster free?
Pickster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Name Picker free?
Name Picker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pickster or Name Picker?
Name Picker is rated higher. Pickster averages 3.3 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Name Picker averages 4.6 from 120 ratings.
Do Pickster or Name Picker have ads?
Neither Pickster nor Name Picker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pickster or Name Picker?
Pickster ships an update every 2 months, and Name Picker every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pickster was updated on November 2, 2026 and Name Picker on November 11, 2026.

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