Comparison

Pickster vs Random Name & Team 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

Random Name & Team Picker

Effortlessly select random names for various scenarios like choosing a movie, restaurant, or splitting bills. It also helps in randomly forming teams for games or organizing Secret Santa gift exchanges. Simply input names and let the app handle the random selection process.

Highlights
  • Random name selection
  • Team formation
  • Secret Santa organizer
  • Bill splitting helper
  • Movie/restaurant chooser
Features
Read full description

Do you want an easy way to choose who’s for example picking the movie for tonight, choosing the restaurant or paying the dinner bill? Maybe it’s game night and you need teams picked out randomly?  You need to pick out a random number or create a Secret Santa game? If that’s so then Random Name & Team Picker is the perfect app for you! Start with writing everyone’s name and let our program do the rest. Simple, fast and effective.

Screenshots

Pickster4 screens
Random Name & Team Picker1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Random Name & Team Picker at 4.8 against Pickster's 3.3. Random Name & Team Picker also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Pickster's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Random Name & Team Picker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Random Name & Team Picker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pickster has 64 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pickster ships an update every 2 months, Random Name & Team Picker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pickster versus Random Name & Team Picker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicksterRandom Name & Team Picker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (64 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings64 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom SoderlingCarl Emil Olle Skoglund

Customer experience

Pickster

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

Random Name & Team Picker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pickster

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

Random Name & Team Picker

One-time3
  • Random number$0.49
  • Secret Santa View$0.99
  • Pro Version$1.99

Questions

Is Pickster free?
Pickster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Random Name & Team Picker free?
Random Name & Team Picker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pickster or Random Name & Team Picker?
Random Name & Team Picker is rated higher. Pickster averages 3.3 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Random Name & Team Picker averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Pickster or Random Name & Team Picker have ads?
Neither Pickster nor Random Name & Team Picker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pickster or Random Name & Team Picker?
Pickster ships an update every 2 months, and Random Name & Team Picker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pickster was updated on October 21, 2026 and Random Name & Team Picker on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons