Randomize List vs Astral8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Add names multiple times
- Swipe to delete entries
- Tap to edit list items
- Randomize counter
- Disable editing during randomization
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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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
Randomize List ships an update every 4 months, Astral8 fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Randomize List | Astral8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Joe | Astral8, Inc. |
Customer experience
Randomize List
Astral8
In-app purchases
Randomize List
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









