Eventlink vs Random Picker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eventlink
Stay informed about school activities like sports, clubs, and arts. Receive real-time updates, cancellations, and summaries directly from your school. Organize your schedule and never miss an important event.
- Real-time event updates
- Customizable calendar following
- Daily summaries and alerts
- Event scheduling and management
- Communication tools for teams
- Official assignment tracking
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Eventlink® keeps you in the loop with everything happening at your school: sports, clubs, fine arts, and more. With the Eventlink® app, you can create an account, follow only the calendars you care about, and get real-time updates. It's all organized in one app, intentionally built for your needs. For the Parents: Stay Connected Your kids enjoy sports, clubs, theater and band, but keeping up with them is challenging. Avoid missed games, last-minute surprises, or searching for updates. Eventlink® sends daily summaries, real-time changes, cancellations, weather alerts and more, directly from your school's administration. For the Students: Stay Organized Never miss a game, practice, or performance. The Eventlink® app gives you the latest information for all of the events and activities you choose to follow from your school or university, or any other school registered with Eventlink®. Stay up-to-date in one personalized calendar. For the School Staff: Simplify the Day-to-Day Manage your responsibilities from anywhere. Use the app to schedule games and events, cancel activities, post announcements, pay officials, and more. The tools you use on the web are now just as easy to access on your phone. For the Coaches: Keep Your Team on Track Manage team schedules, send quick updates, and stay connected with players and parents. Whether you're on the field or on the go, Eventlink® helps keep everything running smoothly. For the Officials: Keep Everything in One Spot View assignments, manage your availability, track your travel details, and update your payment and tax info right from the app. Eventlink® helps you stay ready and up to date.
Random Picker
This tool helps make random selections quickly and fairly. It features a spinning wheel for picking names, a group maker to split lists, and a matching function to pair items from two lists. Ideal for classrooms, meetings, and events.
- Spinning wheel for random selection
- Match names with outcomes
- Randomly split lists into balanced groups
- Save and export group sets
- Import class rosters
- iCloud sync across devices
- VoiceOver and Dark Mode support
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Spin the wheel. Pick a name. Make groups. Pair names with outcomes. Name Wheel makes random selection fast, fair, and fun — for classrooms, team meetings, giveaways, parties, chore nights, and anywhere you need to choose randomly. SPIN THE WHEEL - Colorful spinning wheel with smooth, satisfying animations - Multiple color themes - Arc mode for big lists — names stay readable even with 60+ entries - Remove After Selection: picked names drop off until you reset - Sound effects with every spin MATCH — NEW IN 3.0 Pair every name with a random outcome from a second list. Perfect for: - Assigning prizes in a class raffle (name → prize) - Handing out chores or tasks (person → chore) - Building random pairings for games, icebreakers, or team exercises Set "Remove after spin" to Names, Outcomes, or Both — and every spin deals a unique, non-repeating pair until everyone is matched. GROUP MAKER Randomly split any list into balanced groups in seconds. - Split by number of groups or by group size (new in 3.0) - "At most / at least" control gives you exact group-size guarantees - Save group sets to revisit later - Export as PDF (color-coded), CSV, or plain text FOR TEACHERS - Call on students without bias — spin instead of scanning the room - Import class rosters from a spreadsheet or paste from any CSV - Up to 120 names per list; create a separate list for every class period - Remove After Selection tracks who has and hasn't been picked - Group Maker splits a class into project teams in one tap FOR TEAMS & EVENTS - Pick who presents at standup — no more awkward volunteers - Run a raffle or giveaway with a dramatic on-screen spin - Assign tasks, roles, or seating randomly and transparently - Great for icebreakers, party games, and decision-making YOUR LISTS, EVERYWHERE iCloud sync keeps your name lists, group sets, and settings in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac automatically. Set up once — use on every device. BUILT FOR EVERYONE - Full VoiceOver support - Reduce Motion: wheel snaps to result without spinning - Dark mode - Available in English, Danish, French, German, and Spanish - Keyboard shortcuts on Mac Name Wheel is a native app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Random Picker at 5.0 against Eventlink's 3.0. Eventlink's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Random Picker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eventlink has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Eventlink ships an update every 2 months, Random Picker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eventlink | Random Picker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | School Datebooks Inc | Julius Bjerrekaer |
Customer experience
Eventlink
Random Picker
In-app purchases
Eventlink
No in-app purchases
Random Picker
No in-app purchases









