ListShuffler vs gengen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ListShuffler
Organize any kind of list and let chance pick an item. Create categories for movies, restaurants, or tasks, then shuffle for a random selection. Features weighted items, templates, and iCloud sharing for collaboration.
- Create and organize lists
- Random item selection
- Weighted item options
- List templates
- iCloud sharing
- Cross-device sync
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ListShuffler turns your endless lists into a single pick — never argue about what to do next again. **THE PROBLEM** "What's for dinner?" Twenty minutes pass. Same question every Friday. Restaurants to try, movies to watch, chores to split — decisions pile up and no one picks. **WHY A COIN FLIP ISN'T ENOUGH** A coin handles two options. A random number generator forgets your list the moment you close it. You re-type the same names week after week, and weighing favorites is impossible. **THE SOLUTION** ListShuffler remembers your lists. Make a category for anything — restaurants, names, tasks, dares — and tap shuffle to get one pick. Weight items so favorites come up more, save templates for recurring decisions, and share lists over iCloud so friends and family pick together. Everything syncs across iPhone and iPad. Simple. Fair. Decision made.
gengen
This app simplifies the naming process with a fun and surprising name generator. It helps overcome creative blocks by offering hilarious and unexpected suggestions, making naming enjoyable.
- Name generation
- Creative process aid
- Hilarious suggestions
- Surprising results
- Fun naming experience
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Naming things is hard! Gengen is a delightful name generator that makes the naming process fun - amuse your friends and especially yourself with hilarious and surprising names so you can move your creative process along.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: gengen at 5.0 against ListShuffler's 3.8. gengen also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). ListShuffler's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
gengen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ListShuffler has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
ListShuffler ships an update every 2 months, gengen every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ListShuffler | gengen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Seung-Un Ham | Alex Sadao Blackstock |
Customer experience
ListShuffler
gengen
In-app purchases
ListShuffler
No in-app purchases
gengen
No in-app purchases
