Comparison

Shuffly vs ZoneLink

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

Head to head
About

Shuffly

This app helps ensure fairness in group activities by intelligently selecting participants for turns, teams, or roles. It remembers past selections to balance outcomes over time, preventing repetition and ensuring everyone gets a fair chance.

Highlights
  • Intelligent turn selection
  • Balanced team creation
  • Secret role distribution
  • Match day player tracking
  • Offline functionality
  • Group history and stats
Features
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Random forgets. Shuffly remembers. Pick who goes first, split the teams, deal the secret roles. Shuffly keeps track of who went first last time, who got paired together and who sat out, and weights the next result so it evens out. Same squad, same class, same crew every week, and nobody can say it was rigged. One phone, passed around. Works offline, no account. FOR THE SQUAD Even teams for training, a batting order that rotates, a turn in goal for everyone. Match Day tracks every player's minutes during the game, plans the subs before kickoff and adds the minutes up over the season, so equal playing time is something you can show, not just promise. Football, futsal, handball, hockey and basketball. FOR THE CLASS Pick who answers next without landing on the same hand twice. New project groups and reading partners in seconds, and the same two don't end up together every week. FOR THE TABLE Who goes first, who's on whose team, who's the werewolf. Deal secret roles from one phone, roll the dice, and keep score once the game is on. WHY IT REMEMBERS True randomness has no memory. That's why the same kid ends up first three weeks running. Shuffly keeps a history for each group and weights the next pick, pair or team against it, so things spread out over a season instead of repeating by chance. Want a hard rule rather than a nudge? Lucky Pick has a No-repeat toggle that rules the last winner out entirely. WHAT'S INSIDE Pick someone • Finger Pick. Everyone holds a finger on the screen and the countdown picks one. No names, nothing to set up. • Lucky Pick. One winner from your group, or several. Recent winners get weighted down. Split the room • Team Builder. Balanced teams in one tap, each in its own colour. Drag a name to swap it. • Pair Up. Random partners. Odd number? Make a trio or let someone sit out. • Shuffle Line. Batting orders, presentation slots, turn rotations, as a list or a stadium seating chart. Deal the roles • Role Dealer. Secret roles from one phone passed around. Presets for Werewolf, Mafia and others scale to your group size, and you can save your own sets. Run the match • Match Day. Lineups weighted by who has played least, a live clock, subs with one drag, and a Lock Screen view with the score and the next sub. Play and score • Dice. d4 through d20 plus percentile, mixed sizes in one tray. • Darts. X01, Cricket and Around the Clock, with checkout suggestions and bust rules handled. • Minigolf. One shared scorecard and a live leader crown. • Chess Clock. Two to eight players, tap zones big enough for a phone lying flat. GROUPS Save the class, the football gang and the board game crew as separate groups and switch in a tap. Toggle someone off and they sit out until you switch them back on. Each group keeps its own history and stats. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Groups, names, results and scores stay on your device. Anonymous usage analytics are opt-in. The app asks once, and Settings lets you turn it off or delete what's been collected. Names, groups and results are never sent anywhere. Light and dark themes, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout. PRICING Free to download, with 20 sessions you can spend on any mode. No timer, no expiry date. Dice and Finger Pick don't use one up. If the app earns its place, Shuffly Pro removes the session limit for a one-time purchase. No subscription, no ads, Family Sharing included, and modes we add later come with it.

About

ZoneLink

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The visual, sleep-aware time-zone planner that follows your travels — free to use, no ads. ZoneLink shows every zone you care about on one scrubbable ribbon — colored by sleep, work, and awake-but-off-hours — so you can tell at a glance whether a time works for everyone, without doing the math yourself. FREE, FOREVER • Live scrubbable time-zone slider — up to 5 zones • Sleep / work / awake banding, automatic DST alerts • Ranked "best times to meet" — no more scrubbing to find a window • One-tap shareable overlap card, so the invite does the explaining for you • Jet lag tracking on your own zone — auto-detect or manual, no location data used • Biometric app lock (fingerprint or Face ID) — keep your boards private, works offline • No ads, ever ZONELINK PRO • Unlimited zones on your workbench • Unlimited saved Favorites in History — keep every group you coordinate with, color-coded and renamed your way • One-time Lifetime purchase or an Annual plan — your choice, no forced subscription New accounts also get 14 days of full Pro access (plus a 2-day grace period) to try everything unlimited before deciding. Built for remote teams, freelancers with international clients, long-distance relationships, and frequent travelers who are tired of doing time-zone math in their head. Subscriptions (Annual plan) auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://privacy.headfirstservices.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Shuffly4 screens
ZoneLink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ZoneLink at none against Shuffly's 2. ZoneLink also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shuffly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ZoneLink asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shuffly versus ZoneLink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShufflyZoneLink
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBjørn Quentin KvammeGregory Taylor

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shuffly

One-time2
  • 50 Sessions$2.99
  • Shuffly Pro$6.99
None

ZoneLink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shuffly free?
Shuffly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZoneLink free?
ZoneLink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shuffly or ZoneLink have ads?
Neither Shuffly nor ZoneLink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shuffly or ZoneLink?
Shuffly ships an update every 4 days, and ZoneLink every 4 days. Most recently, Shuffly was updated on October 31, 2026 and ZoneLink on October 29, 2026.

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