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Wheel of Names is a great, well-known spinner — but free users' wheels aren't saved unless you sign in with a Google account, and the page carries ads. RandomPicker's Random Wheel spins custom name wheels just as smoothly, keeps your wheels and history saved privately in your own browser (no login, no cloud upload), and bundles a coin, dice, team generator, and number picker on the same site.
If you want a clean, ad-light name spinner that remembers your lists without making you create an account, RandomPicker is the simpler choice. Wheel of Names still wins if you specifically want Google-synced wheels shared across devices and teammates.
| Feature | RandomPicker | Wheel of Names |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free forever | Free (with ads) |
| Account required | Never | Needed to save wheels |
| Saves your lists | Yes — privately in your browser | Only when signed in |
| Randomness | Cryptographic (Web Crypto API) | Standard random |
| Ads above the fold | None | Yes |
| Data privacy | Nothing leaves your device | Wheels stored in the cloud |
| Other tools included | Coin, dice, teams, numbers, picker | Wheel only |
| Cross-device sync | No (local only) | Yes, via Google account |
Add names, spin, pick a winner. Your wheels and result history are saved locally in your browser the moment you use them — there is no sign-up wall and nothing is uploaded to a server.
Every spin is driven by the browser's Web Cryptography API (window.crypto.getRandomValues), the same standard used for secure keys — not the basic Math.random() many spinners rely on.
The same site flips coins, rolls dice, splits teams, picks students, and generates numbers — so you don't need a different tab for every random task.
Wheel of Names is the better pick if you want your wheels synced to a Google account and shared across multiple devices or with colleagues. RandomPicker keeps everything local for privacy, which means your lists live on the device you created them on.