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About spin2choose

Built and maintained by blitzn · 2024–present

spin2choose is a free, browser-based random wheel picker — designed for teachers calling on students fairly, streamers running giveaways live on camera, coaches splitting kids into teams, and anyone who's ever stared at a takeout menu unable to commit. It runs entirely in your browser, stores nothing on a server, and is free to use without a login.

Why a new wheel picker existed in the first place

The category is crowded. There are dozens of free wheel-spin tools, most of which were written between 2014 and 2018 and have been coasting on traffic ever since. So the honest answer to "why build another one?" is that almost all of them share three problems I kept running into:

spin2choose started as a weekend rebuild for personal use, kept growing because the underlying tech (cryptographically secure randomness, the Canvas API for rendering, the Web Audio API for sound) made it possible to ship a tool that felt like a finished product rather than a 2010-era widget. It's been in active use and development since 2024.

The principles

Three rules shape every decision about what to build (and what to refuse to build):

1. Privacy by default, not as a feature toggle

Your wheels never leave your device. Every entry, every winner, every saved roster lives in your browser's localStorage. There is no user database, no email collection, no "create an account to save your wheel" flow. If you clear your browser data, your wheels are gone — and that is the entire data architecture. This is also why we can host the tool for free without monetizing user behavior.

2. Cryptographic randomness, not Math.random()

Every winner is picked using window.crypto.getRandomValues(), the browser's cryptographically secure random source. This matters more than it sounds: a Twitch streamer drawing a $100 prize, a teacher trying to avoid favoritism, and a youth coach picking team captains all depend on the wheel being demonstrably fair. With crypto.getRandomValues(), we can say with confidence that no one — including us — can predict or influence the result.

3. No sign-up, no nag, no dark patterns

You should be able to land on the page, type four names, and pick one in under ten seconds. No modal interrupting you. No "save your wheel — sign up free!" upsell. No tracking pixel that follows you around the web. The tool is supported by Google AdSense ads in the page margins, and that is the entire business model. There is no premium tier and no plan to introduce one.

What's under the hood

For the technically curious: spin2choose is a vanilla JavaScript application. No React, no Vue, no framework runtime — just modern ES modules, the Canvas API for the wheel, the Web Audio API for the tick and win sounds, and the Web Animations API for the confetti. The whole bundle ships well under what a typical "Hello World" framework starter weighs, which is part of why the page loads quickly even on a phone with a weak connection.

Get in touch

Questions, bug reports, feature ideas, or partnership inquiries all go to the same place: hello@spin2choose.com. Real human reads it. Response time is usually under a few business days. There's also a dedicated contact page with more detail on what kinds of messages are welcome.

spin2choose is an independent project — not affiliated with Google, Twitch, YouTube, any school district, or any sports league. Trademarks and team names referenced in the Explore templates are property of their respective owners and are used for identification only.