What is a spin wheel?
A spin wheel is a random picker you can watch. Each entry you add becomes one slice of the wheel. When you spin, the wheel turns, slows down, and stops on one slice. That slice is your result.
It does the same job as drawing a name from a hat or rolling a die, but it works with any list you like. Names, chores, dinner ideas, prizes, questions: if you can write it on a line, you can put it on the wheel. Because everyone can see the wheel spin, the result feels open and easy to accept.
How to use Wheelspinly in 3 steps
You do not need an account or a download. The wheel is ready as soon as the page loads.
- Add your entries. Type or paste them into the box, one per line. The wheel redraws as you type.
- Spin. Click the wheel or press the Spin button and watch it slow down.
- Use the result. Keep the winner, or remove it and spin again to draw the next one. Every spin is saved in the results history.
How the randomness works
When you press Spin, Wheelspinly asks your browser for a random number with crypto.getRandomValues, the same source browsers use for security tasks. That number picks the winning entry right away, before any animation starts.
The spinning you see is only for show. The wheel is told where to stop, so the speed of your click, the length of the spin, and the screen size have no effect on who wins. Each entry gets an equal share of the outcomes.
Want one option to come up more often? Add it twice. Two lines with the same text means two slices and twice the chance.
Popular ways to use the wheel
- Classroom: call on a student, pick a group leader, or choose the next topic with the student picker wheel.
- Giveaways: draw a winner from a list of entrants on a live call or stream.
- Decisions: settle dinner, a movie, or a weekend plan when nobody wants to choose.
- Party games: run truth or dare, charades, or a forfeit round from a list of prompts.
- Streams and meetings: pick a viewer, a question, or who presents first, in front of everyone.
Features
- Edit entries in a simple text box, one per line
- Shuffle or sort the list with one click
- Remove the winner after each spin to draw without repeats
- Results history for the current session
- Color themes, sound on or off, and full-screen mode
- Save wheels in this browser and share any wheel by link
- No sign-up, works in any modern browser on phone or desktop
Your entries stay private
Your list is never uploaded. The wheel runs in your browser, and saved wheels are stored in your browser only. If you clear your browser data, they are gone.
When you share a wheel, the list is packed into the link itself. Anyone who opens that link sees the same entries. Keep that in mind before you post a link that holds full names or other personal details.
Tips for a fair giveaway
A wheel is fair by design, but people trust a draw more when they can see how it was run. A few habits help.
- Close entries before the draw and say when they closed.
- Check the list for duplicates so each person has one slice, unless your rules say otherwise.
- Spin live on a call or stream, or record your screen.
- Post the full entry list or a share link so people can check they were on it.
- For several prizes, use remove-winner so nobody wins twice. See the raffle wheel for a ready setup.