Spin Wheel vs NameWheel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spin Wheel
Easily create custom spinner wheels for any decision, from classroom name picking to choosing dinner. This offline app offers realistic physics, haptic feedback, and a confetti winner reveal for a fun and engaging experience.
- Create custom spinner wheels
- Offline functionality
- Realistic spin physics
- Haptic feedback
- Confetti winner animation
- Raffle mode with winner removal
- Preset wheels (Yes/No, Dinner, Truth or Dare)
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Spin Wheel: Random Name Picker Can't decide? Make a decision wheel, add your choices and spin. Pick a name, choose dinner, share chores or settle the next turn in a game. Start with a ready-made wheel or paste your own list. This wheel spinner and random name picker keeps everyday choices quick and helps hosts organize a whole session. MAKE IT YOUR WHEEL Create a wheel with 2 to 60 entries. Type names, numbers or activities, or paste one entry per line. Colors are assigned automatically. Edit a saved wheel without rebuilding its list, then return directly to the wheel you last used. Ready-made choices include Yes or No, dinner, Truth or Dare and chores. Tap the spin button or flick the wheel. Watch it slow down and reveal the chosen entry, with sound, haptics and recent results. Sound and reduced-motion settings let you choose a quieter experience. PERSONAL: MORE ROOM FOR YOUR CHOICES Personal adds unlimited spins and saved wheels. Keep everyday wheels as favorites, duplicate a useful setup and add your own colors and photos. Set entry weights when choices should have different chances: a weight of 2 has twice the chance of a weight of 1, and the wedge shows its share. Remove-winner mode keeps chosen entries out between spins until you reset the round. Close the app and return later without losing that progress. Saved weights keep their intended chances when you reopen a wheel. HOST: REUSABLE PEOPLE AND SAVED SESSIONS Host includes Personal and tools for classes, teams and local prize draws. Paste names or choose a CSV file to build a reusable roster of up to 1,000 participants. Check the import before saving. If names repeat, choose whether they represent separate people or should be combined. Reuse the roster next time instead of typing it again. In a classroom session, mark absences and draw from those present. Each person gets a turn before the next round. Undo the last draw when needed. Create balanced teams or random pairs; with an odd number of people, one person remains on their own. Saved groups stay with the session. For a raffle or giveaway, arrange prizes in order, set quantities and choose who may win again: once per person, once per prize type or on every draw. The app saves each result before the wheel spins. Resume after closing the app, edit future prize details and keep the original names in past results. A CLEAR DISPLAY FOR THE ROOM Use presentation mode for a larger winner display with your logo, accent color and chosen sound. Save a presentation setup for another class or event. All participants and controls stay on the host's device; this is a local session with no audience sign-up or remote voting. RESULTS YOU CAN KEEP Review names, prizes, rounds and dates. Export participant lists, results and groups as CSV. Host also includes printable reports with a PDF option. Export a portable backup of wheels, rosters, sessions, pictures and results, then restore it on another device. Keep all numbered files together when a large backup has several parts. CHOOSE THE ACCESS THAT FITS Free includes one saved wheel and 3 spins per day. Personal is a lifetime purchase. Host is available monthly, yearly or as a lifetime purchase, with no free trial. Original lifetime purchases include the full offline expansion. Buying a lifetime tier does not automatically cancel an existing subscription or provide a credit. Saved records remain readable and recoverable if paid access ends. Your lists, pictures and results stay on your device. No account or cloud sync is required. Purchases and restoring store purchases need a connection. Back up your data before changing devices or erasing local storage. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://kanac.github.io/syanac-legal/
NameWheel
This app simulates a spinning wheel for random selection, offering various modes and customization options. It's designed for classrooms, teams, and events, providing fair and verifiable results.
- Realistic spinning wheel simulation
- Multiple selection modes (Normal, Eliminate, Teams, Bracket)
- Customizable themes, sounds, and haptics
- AI-powered list generation
- Certified draws with public proof pages
- Support for up to 300 names
- Present mode for large displays
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NameWheel is a random name picker that feels like a real wheel. Flick it with your finger, hear every click, and watch Tick the pointer bounce as the winner lands. Made for classrooms, teams, game night, giveaways and streams. FREE • Spin with a flick or a tap • Normal and Eliminate modes • Up to 50 names on a wheel, one saved wheel • Try every mode, theme, sound and effect; the Full version is asked for when you spin • 3 themes, sounds, haptics and confetti • Ready lists: yes or no, truth or dare, days, months, numbers, dinner ideas • Share the names, or save the wheel as a picture • AI Fill writes 3 lists for you (free account) • One certified draw with a public proof page (free account) FULL VERSION, ONE PAYMENT • Teams, Tally, Bracket and Prizes modes • Up to 300 names on a wheel, as many saved wheels as you like • Photos next to names and your logo in the middle, kept on your phone • Teams you can edit: move names, rename, lock a team • No repeats, Mystery wheel, Auto spin and weighted entries • Seven wheels made of different things: glass, paper, carnival stripes with bulbs, marble, candy, black glass and wood • 19 sounds and 11 winner effects with real physics • Present mode on iPad, for the whole room • Export the winners as text or a spreadsheet • AI Fill: 10 lists in any 30 days NAMEWHEEL PRO, MONTHLY OR YEARLY • Your wheels on every device and on namewheel.org • Share a link that opens your wheel for anyone • AI Fill as much as you need • 20 certified draws a day • Everything in the Full version while PRO is on FAIR BY DESIGN Every spin picks the winner with the phone's secure random source before the wheel moves, then the wheel turns to that name. A certified draw goes further: the result is sealed on our server before the spin, and anyone can check it afterwards on a public proof page. ON IPAD Two panes in landscape, Split View, a hardware keyboard (Space spins) and Present mode for a projector. Prices in the United States: Full version $4.99, one payment. PRO $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year. Prices differ by country. PRO renews automatically until you cancel in Settings, then your Apple Account, then Subscriptions, at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Terms of Use: https://namewheel.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://namewheel.org/privacy NameWheel is made by Outline Technologies LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NameWheel at 5.0 against Spin Wheel's 3.8. Spin Wheel's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spin Wheel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NameWheel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NameWheel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Spin Wheel | NameWheel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Anthony Chui | Outline Technologies LLC |
In-app purchases
Spin Wheel
- Go Pro (Lifetime)$4.99
NameWheel
- PRO Monthly$9.991 Month
- PRO Yearly$49.991 Year
- Full version$4.99
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