What is a decision wheel?

A decision wheel is a randomised spinner where each slice represents one of your options. You spin, the wheel decelerates and stops, and the slice under the pointer is the chosen option. It's a tool for committing to a pick when deliberation has stopped being productive.

Should I use a decision wheel for important decisions?

No. Decision wheels are designed for low-stakes ties — what to eat, what movie to watch, who buys lunch. For anything that materially affects your life or other people's lives (job offers, medical choices, big purchases), use real reasoning, not randomness. The wheel's value is in stopping unproductive deliberation about choices that genuinely don't matter very much.

Can I make some options more likely than others?

Yes. Use the Name*N syntax: 'Pizza*3' gives Pizza three slices (3× the odds of a single-slice option). Use this when one option is your soft preference but you still want the freedom of randomness — bias the wheel 60/40 instead of 50/50.

How is this different from flipping a coin?

Mechanically, a two-option decision wheel is equivalent to a coin flip. The wheel adds three things: (1) it scales beyond two options without nesting flips; (2) the visible spin builds suspense; (3) you can label the slices, so 'Yes/No' becomes 'Pizza/Sushi/Thai/Indian'. The randomness source is also stronger — we use crypto.getRandomValues() rather than the (predictable) Math.random().

Can I save decision wheels for next time?

Yes. Wheels are saved automatically to your browser's localStorage. Click '+' in the toolbar to create a new wheel, name it ('Restaurants', 'Workouts', 'Movies'), and switch between them anytime. All entries, weights, colors, and history persist between visits.

Is the decision random or rigged?

Genuinely random. The site uses crypto.getRandomValues() — the browser's cryptographically secure RNG — for every spin. The visible animation is cosmetic; the result is decided from operating-system-level entropy (hardware timings, mouse jitter, network noise) before the wheel even starts moving. There's no way to bias it without your input (i.e. weights you set yourself).

Decision Wheel — Random Decision Maker

Stuck between two, three, or twelve options? A decision wheel takes the choices you can't decide between, divides the wheel into equal slices (one per option), and spins to a winner — fair, visible, and instantly final. Use it for restaurants, movies, weekend plans, weight-loss meal choices, or any low-stakes pick where you just want the ping-pong in your head to stop.

Built for indecisive humans, couples mid-restaurant-debate, friend groups picking activities, and anyone who has ever spent more time deciding than doing.

Open the wheel →

Sample entries — Where to eat

Pizza
Sushi
Thai
Tacos
Indian
Burgers

Copy these into the Entries tab on the main wheel.

Why use this wheel

Add 2 to 100+ options — the wheel scales automatically
Weight options to nudge the odds (Pizza*3 vs Tacos*1)
Save multiple decision wheels for recurring choices
Share a wheel via link so others can spin too
Confetti and TTS when the winner lands
Works offline — no signup, no tracking, no ads

Common uses

Restaurant roulette. Add the candidates, spin, and commit. Faster than a 30-minute group chat about where to eat.
Weekend plans. Movie / hike / board games / nap — let the wheel pick. Save the list to reuse next weekend.
Workout choice. Run, lift, yoga, rest — spin once and move on. Weight 'rest' lower if you want to bias toward exercise.
Order of operations. Got 5 chores and zero motivation? Spin, do that one, spin again. Gamifies a Saturday.
Couples' tiebreakers. Movie A or movie B? Eat in or out? Add both options and let the wheel call it.
Brainstorm prioritisation. Spin to pick which idea to prototype first when the team can't agree.

Why a decision wheel works

Most stuck decisions aren't actually about the options — they're about the cost of committing. The two restaurants are roughly equivalent in expected value; what's hard is closing the door on the alternative. A decision wheel externalises the close: the universe (or really, your operating system's entropy pool) picks for you, so you don't have to feel responsible for the rejected option. This is psychologically silly but practically liberating.

Behavioural economists call this 'analysis paralysis' or 'choice overload'. The interesting research finding is that the time spent deliberating doesn't usually improve the decision — past a few seconds of consideration, you're not gathering information, you're just looping. A wheel breaks the loop.

Tips for getting useful results from a decision wheel

Pre-commit to honour the result. The wheel only works if you decide before spinning that you'll abide by the answer. If you spin and then keep going 'best of three' until you get the answer you wanted, you've leaked your real preference — at which point you should just pick the option you preferred and skip the wheel.

Use weights to encode mild preferences. If pizza is a 2-and-tacos-is-a-1 night, set 'Pizza*2' and let the wheel reflect that. This is more honest than equal slices when you genuinely lean one way.

Limit the option set to 3–5 choices. Wheels with 50 entries become hard to read, the wheel-physics get noisy, and the 'this option is too obscure to live with' rejection rate goes up. Pre-filter before adding to the wheel.

Decision wheel patterns and templates

Common decision-wheel patterns: 'Pick from 3 restaurants', 'Pick a workout type', 'Pick a chore to do first', 'Pick a presentation topic', 'Pick a color scheme'. The classroom version of this is 'Pick a topic for today's exit ticket'. The team version is 'Pick the next backlog item'. The household version is 'Whose turn is it to take the bins out'.

For repeat use, save the wheel and reuse it — a Restaurants wheel updated once a month is more useful than re-typing the same list every week.

How to use decision wheel — random decision maker

List the options you're stuck between. Type one option per line in the Entries panel. Two is fine; ten is fine.
Optional: weight your soft preference. Add 'Option*N' to give an option more slices and slightly higher odds.
Spin. Click the wheel or press Space. Pre-commit to honouring the result.
Move on. Don't best-of-three. The wheel only works if you actually do what it says.

Frequently asked questions

What is a decision wheel?: A decision wheel is a randomised spinner where each slice represents one of your options. You spin, the wheel decelerates and stops, and the slice under the pointer is the chosen option. It's a tool for committing to a pick when deliberation has stopped being productive.
Should I use a decision wheel for important decisions?: No. Decision wheels are designed for low-stakes ties — what to eat, what movie to watch, who buys lunch. For anything that materially affects your life or other people's lives (job offers, medical choices, big purchases), use real reasoning, not randomness. The wheel's value is in stopping unproductive deliberation about choices that genuinely don't matter very much.
Can I make some options more likely than others?: Yes. Use the Name*N syntax: 'Pizza*3' gives Pizza three slices (3× the odds of a single-slice option). Use this when one option is your soft preference but you still want the freedom of randomness — bias the wheel 60/40 instead of 50/50.
How is this different from flipping a coin?: Mechanically, a two-option decision wheel is equivalent to a coin flip. The wheel adds three things: (1) it scales beyond two options without nesting flips; (2) the visible spin builds suspense; (3) you can label the slices, so 'Yes/No' becomes 'Pizza/Sushi/Thai/Indian'. The randomness source is also stronger — we use crypto.getRandomValues() rather than the (predictable) Math.random().
Can I save decision wheels for next time?: Yes. Wheels are saved automatically to your browser's localStorage. Click '+' in the toolbar to create a new wheel, name it ('Restaurants', 'Workouts', 'Movies'), and switch between them anytime. All entries, weights, colors, and history persist between visits.
Is the decision random or rigged?: Genuinely random. The site uses crypto.getRandomValues() — the browser's cryptographically secure RNG — for every spin. The visible animation is cosmetic; the result is decided from operating-system-level entropy (hardware timings, mouse jitter, network noise) before the wheel even starts moving. There's no way to bias it without your input (i.e. weights you set yourself).

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