Name Picker vs Random Things Generator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Randomly pick from lists
- Supports names, numbers, and custom items
- Simple and elegant design
- Quick decision-making
- History tracking
- Multiple picking modes
- Tag filtering
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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/
Random Things Generator
Easily generate random numbers, cards, colors, dice rolls, and more. Create custom lists for unique generation needs. Features a clean interface and syncs across Apple devices.
- Number Generator
- Card Generator
- Coin Flipper
- Color Generator
- Dice Roller
- Custom List Generator
- Clean UI
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This app is great if you want to generate random things. Here's some of the generators included: • Number Generator • Card Generator • Coin Flipper • Color Generator • Dice Roller You can also create your own lists of things to generate. Core Features • Clean UI • Features loads of useful generators • Automatically synced with all your Apple devices • No Ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Random Things Generator at none against Name Picker's 3. Random Things Generator also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (92% vs 78%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Name Picker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Random Things Generator asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Name Picker against 4.7 for Random Things Generator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 120 and 61 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Name Picker's written reviews are positive against 92% of Random Things Generator's.
Name Picker ships an update every 6 weeks, Random Things Generator fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Name Picker | Random Things Generator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (120 ratings) | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karawita Arachchige Dilanthika Eshani Kumari Karawita | Michael Horowitz |
Customer experience
Name Picker
Random Things Generator
Bugs and 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
Random Things Generator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Name Picker
- Weekly Plan3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium$1.99
- Lifetime$14.99
Random Things Generator
No in-app purchases
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