Wheel of Item โ Free Random Decision Wheel & Name Picker
Make any decision in seconds with a customizable spinning wheel. Add your options, weight your favorites, hit SPIN, and let probability pick for you. Free, no sign-up, works in English, ๆฅๆฌ่ช, and เธ เธฒเธฉเธฒเนเธเธข.
What is Wheel of Item?
Wheel of Item is a free, browser-based decision wheel that helps you make fair random picks from any list you create. You can use it to settle everyday questions like "what should we eat tonight?", run a transparent giveaway draw on a livestream, randomize a workout circuit, pick a name from your class roster, draft a fantasy team, or build a quick truth-or-dare wheel for a party. The tool works entirely in your browser by default: your draft wheel stays on your device, share links encode only the wheel you choose to share, and there is no account wall before someone can spin. I test the common classroom, giveaway, food, and streamer flows on desktop and mobile so the page remains useful as a tool, not just an article around a spinner.
The wheel is fully customizable. You decide what goes on the slices, how big each slice is (weighted probability), what the wheel looks like (six themes built in โ Sakura, Mint, Lavender, Midnight, Peach, Obsidian), and what language the interface speaks. When you find a setup you love, share it as a URL: every item, weight, theme, and option is encoded into the link itself, so the friend on the other end opens the page and sees the exact same wheel ready to spin.
If you've ever used a random name picker, an online roulette spinner, or a "wheel of names" generator, the core idea will feel familiar. Wheel of Item is tuned around the small details that make a public spin feel credible: visible probabilities, remove-on-win for no-repeat rounds, share links that reproduce the same wheel, and a separate streamer-friendly gachapon mode for OBS-style overlays.
How to use the wheel in four steps
- Add your options. Type each option on its own line in the prize-list editor, or paste a column copied from Google Sheets, a notes app, or a chat message. Blank lines are ignored. Emojis and any Unicode characters work.
- Adjust weights (optional). Switch to Weight mode if you want some items picked more often. Higher weight = bigger slice. Set "Pizza" to weight 3 and "Salad" to weight 1, and pizza becomes three times as likely as salad.
- Spin. Click the big SPIN button. The wheel rotates with momentum, slows down naturally, and stops on a winning slice. The result is displayed and added to the history panel below.
- Share or repeat. Tap the share button to copy a URL that encodes your full wheel. Send it to a friend, embed it in a stream description, or save it as a bookmark. Spin again whenever you like โ every spin is independent.
For a more in-depth walkthrough โ including the math behind weights, the remove-on-win mode for giveaways, and tips for very long lists โ see the full user guide.
Popular use cases for a random decision wheel
What should we eat?
The classic. List the restaurants you actually like, weight the ones you're craving, and let the wheel break the tie before the conversation goes another 20 minutes.
Giveaway draws
Paste the list of entrants, turn on remove-on-win, and spin once per prize. Record the screen for transparency, or share the wheel URL before the draw so viewers can audit the entrant list.
Random Pokรฉmon / character pick
Add all 151 originals or every playable character in your favorite game, then spin to start a Nuzlocke run, a daily challenge, or a tournament team draft.
Book-club next read
Everyone nominates one book, the wheel picks one. Save the URL so the next time someone disputes the result, the wheel can be replayed exactly.
Movie & show picker
Each person adds two films. Spin once. No more 40-minute Netflix arguments.
Classroom helper
Build a wheel of student names for fair cold-call questions, or a wheel of vocab words for spelling practice. The "show %" toggle keeps things visibly fair.
Workout randomizer
List 12 exercises and spin five times for a random circuit. Weight the muscle group you're focusing on this month a little higher.
Bias / favorite picker
For K-pop, anime, F1, sports, anywhere you can't choose between members. Spin three times this week and let the most-frequent name be your temporary bias.
Truth or dare & party games
One wheel of truths, one of dares. Spin a meta-wheel to pick the category, then spin the chosen list. Share URLs let everyone keep playing from their phones.
Looking for more ideas? The examples page walks through 10 ready-to-use wheel setups with weighting tips and step-by-step instructions for each.
Pre-built wheels for common questions
Jump straight to a wheel pre-loaded with sensible defaults for the most common "I need to decide" situations:
- ๐ฝ What should I eat? โ ten meal categories ready to spin.
- โ๏ธ Yes / No wheel โ binary decisions with optional weighting.
- ๐ฏ Random name picker โ for cold-call, giveaways, draws.
- โฝ Random team picker โ split a group into balanced teams.
- ๐ฒ Random number wheel โ visual alternative to a number generator.
- โก Penalty game wheel โ for streamers and party games.
Why choose Wheel of Item?
There are a lot of random pickers on the web. Wheel of Item is built around a small number of opinions about what makes one actually useful:
- No sign-up, no friction. Open the page, type your list, spin. There's no account, no email verification, and no "sign in to save your wheel" wall.
- True weighted probability. Many wheels are visual-only โ bigger slices look bigger but the spin is uniform. Wheel of Item uses real probability math, and you can toggle on-wheel percentages so everyone can verify fairness.
- Multi-language UI. Built-in English, Japanese, and Thai with one-click switching. Your wheel items themselves can be in any language or emoji โ Unicode just works.
- Shareable as a link. The wheel encodes itself into the URL. Send the link and the recipient sees the same wheel โ no upload, no account, no copy-paste of items.
- Privacy-respecting. Your wheels live in your browser's local storage. We do not run an account system, do not save wheel contents on our servers, and do not sell data. Display advertising via Google AdSense is the only revenue source โ see the Privacy Policy for details.
- Designed for streamers. A Gachapon mode and OBS-friendly browser-source options exist for content creators who want a random-pull animation overlaid on a live stream.
Features at a glance
- Weighted slots โ assign any positive number as a weight. The wheel slice and the on-wheel percentage update live as you type.
- Remove-on-win mode โ auto-clear the winning slice for "no repeats" draws (brackets, giveaways, secret-santa-style ordering).
- Shareable URLs โ paste the link anywhere; no server stores your wheel.
- Six themes โ Sakura, Mint, Lavender, Midnight, Peach, Obsidian. Themes are cosmetic only and never affect the spin.
- History panel โ see your last spins at a glance and clear with one click.
- Save as HTML โ export a single-file copy of a wheel you can email or store offline.
- Hide UI for OBS โ strip the interface to just the wheel for use as a browser source on a live stream.
- Adjustable font size โ handy when you've added 30+ items and labels get cramped.
- Show / hide percentage โ toggle visible probability on each slice, useful for transparent draws.
- Gachapon companion mode โ a separate gacha-style capsule pull with five rarity tiers, suspense build-up, and tier-scaled effects.
Tips for getting more out of your wheel
- Keep most wheels under ~30 items. Past that, slice labels become hard to read. For very long lists, split into a category wheel and a per-category sub-wheel.
- Use emoji prefixes for instant visual recognition: ๐ Pizza, ๐ Burger, ๐ฃ Sushi reads faster than plain text and looks great on a stream.
- Save the URL the moment you've built a wheel you'll reuse. Local storage can be wiped by browser cleanups, but a URL is forever (and easy to bookmark).
- Turn on "show %" when fairness matters โ giveaways, classroom calls, official-feeling draws. It's the easiest transparency win.
- Combine wheels for richer flows. Wheel 1 picks "Italian / Thai / Japanese", Wheel 2 picks the actual restaurant inside the chosen category. Three small wheels often beat one giant one.
- For livestream giveaways, share the URL before the draw. Viewers can open it on their phones and verify the entrant list. Then run remove-on-win on your screen and the whole thing audits cleanly.
Multi-language support
The interface is available in four languages. Switch using the language buttons at the top right of the page; your preference is saved for next time. Wheel item text itself is rendered exactly as you type, so you can mix languages, scripts, and emoji within the same wheel.
Frequently asked questions
Is Wheel of Item free to use?
Yes โ the wheel, gachapon mode, sharing, the 6 base themes, weighting, no-repeat mode, image-per-slice, and donation triggers for streamers are all free with no time limit. There is an optional Pro tier ($1/mo via Patreon) if you want the extras โ Pro-only themes (Aurora, Galaxy, Rose Gold, Sunset), unlimited saved wheels with tags, no ads, a 1,000/month streamer TTS quota, and the Tarot Celtic Cross spread. The free tier is supported by display advertising via Google AdSense.
Do I need to create an account?
No account is required to use the wheel. Your wheel configuration is saved automatically in your browser's local storage. If you want to share a wheel with someone else, the share-as-URL feature encodes the whole wheel into a link โ no account, no upload.
Is the spin actually random?
Yes. The spin uses the browser's built-in pseudo-random number generator (the same one your password manager and most web games rely on). Each spin is independent of the last, and the result strictly follows the weights you set. There is no hidden bias toward "more interesting" outcomes.
How does weighting work?
Each item has a weight (default 1). The probability of an item being picked equals its weight divided by the sum of all weights. So if you have five items at weight 1, each has a 1-in-5 chance (20%). Bump one item to weight 4 and the total weight becomes 8 โ that item is now 4/8 = 50% likely, and the other four drop to 1/8 = 12.5% each.
Can I share my wheel with friends?
Yes. Click the "Share this Wheel" button to generate a URL. The URL contains your entire wheel โ items, weights, theme, and settings โ encoded in the link. Anyone who opens it sees the same wheel ready to spin. Nothing is uploaded to a server; the URL itself is the wheel.
Where is my wheel saved?
In your browser's local storage on the current device. That means your wheels persist between visits as long as you don't clear site data, but they are not synced across devices. To carry a wheel to another device, share it as a URL and open the link there.
Will my data be shared with anyone?
The wheel data you enter never leaves your device unless you choose to share via URL. The site uses Google AdSense for advertising and may use Google Analytics for aggregate traffic stats; both may set cookies. We do not sell personal information. See the Privacy Policy for the full breakdown.
Can I use Wheel of Item for a giveaway draw?
Yes โ this is one of the most common uses. Paste the list of entrants, switch on remove-on-win, and spin once for each prize. The winning entry disappears between spins, ensuring no one wins twice. For transparency, share the wheel URL before the draw so viewers can verify the entrant list is unchanged, and turn on the "show %" toggle so percentages are visible on screen.
Does the wheel work on mobile phones?
Yes. The site is fully responsive and works on phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops, in both portrait and landscape. The wheel resizes itself to fit the screen, and the spin animation is GPU-accelerated for smoothness on modest hardware.
Can I embed the wheel in OBS for live streaming?
Yes. Drop the page URL into an OBS Browser Source and use the "Hide UI" toggle (or the OBS-mode URL parameters described on the Gachapon page) to strip everything except the wheel itself. This way the wheel appears over your stream scene with no buttons or panels visible to your viewers.
How many items can I add to one wheel?
There is no hard limit, but readability suffers past around 30 items. For very long lists (50+) consider splitting into multiple smaller wheels โ a category wheel feeding into a sub-wheel โ or use the font-size slider to shrink labels. Truly massive lists (hundreds of items) work but the slice labels become hard to read.
What languages does Wheel of Item support?
The interface is translated into English, Japanese (ๆฅๆฌ่ช), and Thai (เธ เธฒเธฉเธฒเนเธเธข). Switch with the language buttons at the top of the page. Wheel item text can be in any language, script, or mix of scripts including emoji โ Unicode is fully supported.
What's the difference between the Wheel and the Gachapon mode?
The Wheel is a continuous random pick: every item has a probability and one is chosen each spin. Gachapon Mode is a tiered random pull more like a gacha machine โ five rarity tiers (White, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Rainbow) with separate prize lists per tier and a 10-second suspense build-up before the reveal. Wheel is best for everyday picks and giveaways; Gachapon is best for stream entertainment and tiered reward drops.
Will Wheel of Item add new features?
Yes, slowly and carefully. The project is maintained by a small independent team. Features that help users decide faster get added; features that add clutter usually don't. If there's something you'd like to see, write in via the contact page โ feature requests with concrete use cases are read and considered.
Privacy & data, in one paragraph
Wheel of Item stores your wheel configurations in your browser's local storage. Nothing leaves your device unless you click "Share" โ which encodes the wheel into a URL you control. The site uses Google AdSense for advertising and may use cookies for analytics. We do not run a user account system, and we do not sell personal information. The full policy lives on the Privacy Policy page, and contact details for data requests are on the contact page.
About the project
Wheel of Item is built and maintained by a small independent team that simply wanted a decision wheel that gets out of the way. It's not VC-funded, it's not chasing growth metrics, and it's not selling your data. The site is funded by Google AdSense โ that's it. If you'd like to support the project, the easiest way is to not block ads on this site. Read more on the About page, or send a note via the contact page.