Pretty Random vs Random Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pretty Random
Easily generate random numbers with a simple shake of your phone. This app is perfect for various uses, from board games and classroom selections to raffles and game streaming.
- Shake to generate numbers
- Random number generation
- Board game companion
- Classroom selection tool
- Raffle generator
- Game streaming aid
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A simple, beautiful random number generator. Just shake your phone and watch the numbers change! A fun use for Pretty Random is .. ⁃ board game ⁃ Random selection, even in the classroom :) ⁃ Game streaming - Raffling - Wordle choices ⁃ and many more * Please let us know of the many fun ways you use Pretty Random!
Random Balls
Generate sequences of random numbers using a physics-based simulation. Shake your device to let virtual balls collide and determine your random results. Offers multiple ball machines for diverse random data generation.
- Physics-based ball simulation
- Accelerometer-driven collisions
- Multiple unique ball machines
- Generate up to 20 balls per machine
- Group up to 10 machines
- High-quality randomness
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With this app, you can create sequences of random numbers by yourself. Great to use when you need to generate random numbers. Basically, each ball is bouncing around, collide with other balls and walls along the way, and finally some of the balls will reach 'target points' and they will serve as your result balls. There're a bunch of different physics-based ball machines in this app, they use accelerometer datas from your device to simulate real world movements and collisions. Each ball machine is well designed with the thought of adding real world random data into the system. With all of these, they gives you ball combinations, that are high quality in terms of randomness. Shake and rotate your phone, let those balls collide and mix, put the phone up-right and you will have sequence of random balls. Each ball machines are slightly different to operate. # Each ball machine can generate up to 20 random balls in up to 100 balls. # You can group as many as 10 ball machines together # The final results are only for your references.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Random Balls at none against Pretty Random's shown. Random Balls also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). 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. Pretty Random sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Random Balls sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Random Balls holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 306 and 210 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Pretty Random's written reviews are positive against 79% of Random Balls's.
Pretty Random ships an update monthly, Random Balls every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pretty Random | Random Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (306 ratings) | 4.5 (210 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 79.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 306 — better | 210 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | steven burnett | 乃君 黄 |
Customer experience
Pretty Random
Random Balls
Bugs and requests
Pretty Random
Reported bugs
3 issues- Numbers sometimes outside of specified range
- Shake to randomize not always working as expected
- Ads reappearing after purchasing ad removal
Requested features
4 requests- Option to remember last used min/max values
- Ability to generate multiple random numbers at once
- Non-repeating number generation mode
- Support for negative numbers and decimal values
Random Balls
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pretty Random
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Ten new gradients$0.99
- Black Lives Matters Background$0.99
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- Five new fonts$0.99
- Premium Bundle$1.99
Random Balls
- Support developer$3.99
- Unlock all balls$4.99
Questions
Is Pretty Random free?
Is Random Balls free?
Which has better reviews, Pretty Random or Random Balls?
Do Pretty Random or Random Balls have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pretty Random or Random Balls?
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