Free random name picker wheel. Add names, spin, and pick a fair winner for giveaways, classrooms, and meetings. No sign-up required.
The free random wheel spinner
SpinKit’s wheel is a free random name picker and decision wheel. Type or paste a list, give it a spin, and one entry is chosen at random — visibly, in front of everyone, so the result is easy to trust. It works for names, raffles, prizes, teams, chores and any “let’s just pick one” moment, with no account or sign-up needed, and it runs entirely in your browser so your lists never leave your device.
How to use the wheel
Add your entries one per line — names, options, prizes, whatever you’re choosing between. You can paste a whole list straight from a spreadsheet, a chat or a document, and every line becomes its own slice. Spin the wheel (tap the centre, or flick it on a touchscreen) and it slows to a stop on a single winner.
After a spin you can remove the winner with one tap, so you can keep drawing until everyone has had a turn without anyone coming up twice. To make some entries more likely than others — say, more raffle tickets or a bigger prize allocation — give them a heavier weight; the larger slice plainly shows the higher chance, which keeps the weighting honest and visible to the whole room.
Every wheel is saved on your own device by default, so your lists are still there next time you open SpinKit. Sign in only if you want cloud saves across devices, share links, or a live room where remote viewers watch the same spin in real time.
What people use the wheel for
Teachers use it as a classroom name picker for fair cold-calling and choosing who answers next; streamers and creators draw giveaway winners on camera; and managers spin to decide who presents first or which idea to run with. Families reach for it to settle what to watch, where to eat, or whose turn it is to do the washing up.
It’s equally at home as a raffle and prize-draw tool, a “what should I do today” decision wheel, a yes/no tie-breaker, a random number generator, and a way to shuffle the order people go in. Because the spin happens out in the open, the outcome feels fair rather than decided quietly behind a screen — which is exactly why a visible wheel beats a silent random function for group decisions.
Tips for a better spin
Keep entries short so each slice is easy to read at a glance — long names get cramped once you pass a dozen or so. For a class or a big raffle, turn on fullscreen and cast it to a projector or share your screen so everyone sees the same result land.
Use weights instead of duplicating a name ten times: one entry weighted ×10 is far tidier than ten identical slices, and it makes the odds obvious. When you’re drawing multiple winners, remove each winner as it’s picked so the remaining odds stay fair and nobody wins twice by accident. Save your common lists (your class register, your team, your prize pool) so you’re never retyping them.
Is the wheel actually random?
Yes. Each spin uses your browser’s cryptographically secure random generator and corrects for the small biases that can creep into naive code, so every enabled entry gets exactly the chance it’s supposed to. The visual landing position is decided by that draw, not the other way round. A repeat is just luck, not a fault — and if you remove winners as you go, repeats can’t happen at all. We explain the maths in plain English in our guide on whether online wheels are fair.
More than a name picker
The wheel is the quick way in, but it’s part of a full randomiser studio. Make it fullscreen for a projector, classroom or stream so the whole room watches the same result land. Recolour slices to match a brand or a team, mute the sound for a quiet office, and turn on confetti when you want a winning moment to feel like one.
When you sign in — still free — you can save wheels to the cloud and reach them from any device, publish a wheel as a shareable template with a short code, and open a live room where remote viewers watch your spin update in real time. It’s the difference between a throwaway single-use spinner and a set of tools you build a routine around.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the random wheel free?
- Yes — the wheel is completely free, with no sign-up required and no limit on the number of entries. The optional free account adds cloud saves, published templates and named profile features; live rooms can also be hosted or joined as a guest.
- Can I use it to pick a name from a list?
- Absolutely. Paste your names, spin, and optionally remove each winner to draw until everyone has been picked. It’s designed to be a fair random name picker for classrooms, giveaways and meetings.
- How many names or entries can I add?
- As many as you like. The wheel stays readable with big lists, and you can weight entries so some are more likely than others without cluttering the wheel with duplicates.
- Can other people watch my spin live?
- Yes. Open a live room and share the code or link; signed-out users get a guest name automatically, and remote viewers see the same wheel spin in sync — ideal for online classes, streams and remote teams.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. Your wheels are stored on your device and spin without a connection, so it keeps working on flaky school or venue Wi-Fi. The desktop app is completely ad-free.
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