Wheel Spinner
Type one option per line, hit spin, and let the wheel decide — lunch, chores, or who goes first. Your list is remembered locally.
How to Use
- Type your options in the box, one per line — you need at least two.
- Press Spin! and the wheel turns for a few seconds before landing on a result.
- The winning option appears in bold next to the wheel — spin again for a new draw; every spin is independent.
- Your list is saved in your browser automatically, so tomorrow's lunch vote starts where today's ended.
Features
- One option per line — edit the list anytime
- Uniform odds: every option has exactly the same chance
- Options remembered locally between visits
- Retro four-color wheel with a satisfying 3-second spin
- Runs as a Win98-style desktop window on BytePlay
- Free, no signup
About This Tool
The hardest decision of the office day is rarely in a spreadsheet — it's "where do we eat?", asked at 11:45 to a group of people who all answer "anything works". A wheel spinner ends that standoff in three seconds. Type the candidates one per line — ramen, salad, the dumpling place — press spin, and the wheel turns, slows and lands on an answer nobody has to take responsibility for. That last part is the real magic: the wheel isn't a better decision-maker than you, it's a neutral one, and groups accept a random verdict far more gracefully than one person's veto. Lunch is the classic use, but any small office lottery works the same way: who presents first in the demo, who takes the Friday deploy, who gets the last meeting room, which team name survives, gift-exchange draws, icebreaker picks. Anything with two or more options fits, because that's the only rule — the spin button stays disabled until your list has at least two lines. On fairness: each spin picks a slice using the browser's built-in random number generator with a uniform distribution, so every option gets exactly the same probability regardless of where it sits on the wheel or how the last spin ended. Spins are independent — landing on sushi twice in a row is luck, not memory. That also earns an honest disclaimer: this randomness is perfectly fine for lunches and turn-taking, but it's entertainment-grade, not audit-grade, so don't settle anything with real stakes on it. Your option list is saved automatically in your browser (and only there), which means tomorrow's 11:45 crisis starts pre-loaded with today's restaurants. And because the wheel lives on BytePlay's Windows 98-style desktop, you can keep it as a little window between games — a four-color retro wheel that turns group indecision into a three-second show. No account, nothing to install: type, spin, eat.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is the wheel spinner truly random?
- Each spin uses the browser's built-in random number generator with a uniform distribution, so every option has exactly the same chance and spins are independent of each other. That's perfectly fair for lunches and turn-taking, though it's entertainment-grade randomness — don't use it for anything with real stakes.
- How do I use it to decide what to eat for lunch?
- Type your candidate restaurants or dishes one per line, then press Spin. The wheel lands on one and shows it in bold next to the wheel. Your list is saved automatically, so from the second day on the daily lunch draw takes about five seconds.
- Can I save my list of options?
- It saves itself. Every edit is stored in your browser's localStorage as you type, and the list is restored the next time you open the tool. It stays on your device only — nothing is synced or uploaded.
- How many options can I add?
- One per line, minimum two — the spin button stays disabled with fewer. There's no hard upper limit, but slices get thinner as the list grows, so the wheel reads best with up to a dozen or two options.
