Comparison

Whosnext vs Pickster

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

Head to head
About

Whosnext

This app helps you make random decisions between friends or groups. Easily create questions, add participants, and spin a virtual wheel or shake your device to get a fair result. It offers features like fair mode, sharing, and history to streamline group choices.

Highlights
  • Fair draw mode
  • Share questions and results
  • Realistic spinning wheel
  • Shake to draw
  • Add contacts from address book
  • Dark mode
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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Possibilities are only limited by your imagination: ► Who does the dishes? ► Who chooses the TV program? ► Who drives (doesn't drink)? ► What do we eat tonight? ► Who sings a song? ► Where will we go tonight? ► Who offers a drink? ► Who disguises himself as rabbit? ► What game do we play tonight? ► Who puts the trash out? Not to waste anything, this application could not be easier to use: ► You create a question, as an exemple: "Who does the dishes?" ► Next, you add the nominees (possibly from your address book) ► And that's it: you just have to start the draw! Simple, isn't it! Several features make this application more than a basic lottery application: ► Fair mode so that all participants are drawn once (so that no one will escape wash dishes for example) ► Share a question so your friends receive a notification for each draw. ► A wheel with realistic behavior: you'll feel like you are turning a real wheel! Spin it quickly to start a draw. ► Shake to start a draw. ► Add people from your address book to save time: prevents boring and repetitive keystrokes. ► Choose the duration to manage suspense! ► Copy question: those who does the dishes are also those who lay the table? No problem, with one slide gesture you can make a new drawing with the same people! ► Share last result ► Make a full ordered draw instantly with all question's items (for instance, to determine in one time an order of passage). ► Toggle an item on or off to avoid drawing someone who is unavailable at this very moment. ► Dark mode. ► Device accessibility options are taken into account. ► History of already drawn items. ► iCloud synchronization to always have your questions up to date on all your devices.

About

Pickster

This app simplifies random name selection, mimicking a "draw from a hat" experience digitally. It offers customizable drawing modes, easy list management, and a new winner page for sharing results with fanfare. Supports multiple lists via a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Random name selection
  • Customizable drawing modes
  • Screenshot-friendly winner page
  • Multiple list creation (in-app purchase)
  • Paste text to create lists
  • Quick Add Widget
  • Auto-alphabetize or custom ordering
Features
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Pickster is a simple little app to help you pick names randomly from a collection - just like drawing names out of a hat, but with less paper... and hats. New in version 2.5: • New screen-shot friendly winner page! Now you can show everyone the result of the drawing with some fanfare, and without displaying everyone else's name in the list. Switch it on per list in the Settings page Other Features: • Easily increment the number of entries for each name just by tapping on it • Chose how many unique names are picked • Auto-alphabetize the names list, or do your own custom ordering • Handy swipe actions to copy a list, and clear or delete an entry • Choose from two drawing modes: • Natural Drawing Mode (default). When a name is picked, remove one of its entries from the hat • Original Drawing Mode. When a name is picked, its number of entries stays the same • Multiple Lists - Enable this feature through a one time in-app purchase and you'll be able to create as many lists as you want • Paste in text as a new list! Copy names to your phone's clipboard with commas, tabs, or newline characters separating each name. Tap the Add button, name the list, and tap the Paste button to import all the copied names into the list. Each name will receive 1 entry. • Make copies of existing lists just by swiping to the left and tapping the Copy button • Quick Add Widget makes entering names fast and easy. It automatically checks for duplicate names in the list as you type • iPad support • Still ad-free as always! Need more help? Visit our How To guides at https://picksterapp.weebly.com/help.html

Screenshots

Whosnext4 screens
Pickster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Whosnext at 90% against Pickster's 44%. Whosnext also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Pickster's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Whosnext sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pickster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Whosnext holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 277 and 64 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Whosnext's written reviews are positive against 44% of Pickster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whosnext ships an update fortnightly, Pickster every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Whosnext versus Pickster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhosnextPickster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (277 ratings) — better3.3 (64 ratings)
Positive reviews90.1% of reviews — better43.8% of reviews
Number of ratings277 — better64
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppSonicTom Soderling

Customer experience

Whosnext

All ratings273 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive90.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative4.5%

Pickster

All ratings62 ratings
Positive56.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative40.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative56.3%

Bugs and requests

Whosnext

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Disabling students in the rotation
  • Kicking users out of the rotation

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to remove selected names from the list
  • Customizable spinner/wheel design
  • Background music or sound effects
  • Apple Watch support

Pickster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Whosnext

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Pro User$2.99
1 purchases

Pickster

One-time1
  • Multi-List Feature$2.99

Questions

Is Whosnext free?
Whosnext is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pickster free?
Pickster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Whosnext or Pickster?
Whosnext is rated higher. Whosnext averages 4.8 out of 5 from 277 ratings, while Pickster averages 3.3 from 64 ratings.
Do Whosnext or Pickster have ads?
Whosnext shows ads; Pickster does not.
Which is updated more often, Whosnext or Pickster?
Whosnext ships an update fortnightly, and Pickster every 2 months. Most recently, Whosnext was updated on November 10, 2026 and Pickster on November 2, 2026.

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