Comparison

Randomize List vs Astral8

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

Head to head
About

Randomize List

This tool helps you quickly randomize any list of items or names. It's perfect for deciding on draft orders, assigning tasks, or picking who pays the bill. Easily add, edit, and delete entries, and track how many times you've randomized.

Highlights
  • Add names multiple times
  • Swipe to delete entries
  • Tap to edit list items
  • Randomize counter
  • Disable editing during randomization
Features
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Randomize List is a simple and easy to use list randomizer. Just add a few names or items and just tap Randomize. You can randomize the list as many times as you want with a randomize counter to tell you how many times the list has been randomized. Randomize List can be useful in cases such as determining a fantasy sports draft order or top person gets to pay the dinner bill. Key Features: • Add names multiple times • Swipe to delete • Tap to edit list • Display number of the times the list has been randomized • Disable edit and delete names while list is being randomized

About

Astral8

This platform streamlines emergency services management for fire departments and first responders. It helps reduce paperwork, enhance operational awareness, and centralize critical information for improved daily operations and readiness.

Highlights
  • Apparatus and equipment management
  • Automated check completion
  • Issue and maintenance tracking
  • Personnel and training records
  • Occupancy and inspection management
  • Daily task assignment
  • Mobile operational information access
Features
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Astral8 is a modern emergency services management platform built for fire departments, first responders, and public safety teams. Designed with real fire department workflows in mind, Astral8 helps departments reduce paperwork, improve operational awareness, and keep critical information organized in one connected system. From apparatus and equipment checks to daily tasks, inspections, personnel records, incident information, and department readiness, Astral8 gives teams a clearer way to manage everyday operations — whether at the station, in the field, or on the move. Astral8 is built to support fire departments of all sizes, from volunteer departments to career agencies, with tools that help crews stay informed, accountable, and ready. Key Features: • Manage apparatus, equipment, and station assets • Complete daily, weekly, monthly, and annual checks • Track issues, maintenance, services, and readiness • Organize personnel, certifications, and training information • Manage occupancies, inspections, permits, and related documents • Assign and complete daily station tasks • Access important operational information from mobile devices • Improve visibility for chiefs, administrators, officers, and firefighters • Reduce duplicate work and paper-based processes Astral8 is not designed to replace dispatch, emergency judgment, or official public safety procedures. It is built to support departments with better information, cleaner workflows, and improved operational clarity. Less paperwork. More readiness. One platform built around the way fire departments actually work.

Screenshots

Randomize List4 screens
Astral84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Astral8 at 100% against Randomize List's 57%. Astral8 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Randomize List's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Astral8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Randomize List has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Randomize List's written reviews are positive against 100% of Astral8's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Randomize List ships an update every 4 months, Astral8 fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Randomize List versus Astral8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRandomize ListAstral8
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael JoeAstral8, Inc.

Customer experience

Randomize List

All ratings22 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

Astral8

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Randomize List

No in-app purchases

None

Astral8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Randomize List free?
Randomize List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Astral8 free?
Astral8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Randomize List or Astral8?
Astral8 is rated higher. Randomize List averages 3.9 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Astral8 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Randomize List or Astral8 have ads?
Neither Randomize List nor Astral8 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Randomize List or Astral8?
Randomize List ships an update every 4 months, and Astral8 fortnightly. Most recently, Randomize List was updated on October 24, 2026 and Astral8 on October 24, 2026.

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