A Wheel of Names alternative for classroom wheels
Use this page to choose between douni.one and Wheel of Names. The two sites are independent. douni.one facts below come from this site’s tools. Wheel of Names facts are only what its public homepage described on 12 November 2026.
Spin a wheelChoose for the task in front of you
Wheel of Names is the better fit when you need weighted segments, custom visuals or sound, cloud save, several wheels on one page, a spreadsheet import, or the streaming controls its homepage describes. Open douni.one when you want a number or letter wheel, a coin, dice, teams, or a list that stays in the link fragment and is not stored on a server.
Feature comparison
| What to check | douni.one | Wheel of Names |
|---|---|---|
| Opening a ready-made wheel | Separate pages for a custom list, numbers, letters, yes/no, meals, names, a coin and dice. | The checked homepage presents one wheel you fill yourself, used as a name picker and decision maker. |
| How many entries | A wheel holds 2–100 lines, up to 200 characters each. Lucky-grid mode holds 2–8. The name list is separate and is not a wheel. | The homepage describes large lists and import from Google Sheets. No maximum was published there. |
| Making one option more likely | Write it on more than one line. Each line is a visible slice with an equal chance. There is no weight field. | The homepage describes weights that change the size of a segment. |
| After a result | Optional remove-winner, shuffle, A–Z sort, and a results list for the visit. A coin can run up to 1,000 flips. Dice keep the last 30 rolls until reload. | The homepage describes removing a winner so it is not picked again. |
| Sharing | Copy a link. Entries are stored in the URL fragment after #, which the browser does not send to the server. A very long list may not fit; the encoded share stops at 6,000 characters. | The homepage describes generating a short link. |
| Saving | The wheel you edit stays in this browser’s local storage. A shared wheel is not written over that list until you edit it. Name lists are not saved. | The homepage describes saving wheels in the cloud or locally on the device. |
| Look, sound and layout | Fixed colors, a spin animation, and an instant result when the system asks for reduced motion. No custom colors, logos, backgrounds or sound library. One wheel on the page. | The homepage describes custom colors, sounds, spin time, a center logo, backgrounds, an image gallery and more than one wheel on a page. |
| Account and price | No account. The tools are free to use. The site shows advertising and does not offer a control that hides ads for the session. | The homepage says the features it lists are free, without a paywall, and that ads can be closed for the session. |
| Randomness | The winner is chosen with crypto.getRandomValues before the animation, using rejection sampling. Not certified for a legal or paid draw. | The homepage says results use crypto.getRandomValues inside a physics simulation. That statement was not re-tested here. |
What was checked
On 12 November 2026 the public Wheel of Names homepage presented one customizable wheel for names, raffles and decisions. It described custom colors, sounds and spin time, weighted segments, short share links, saving in the cloud or on the device, more than one wheel on a page, image upload and an image gallery, a sound library, Google Sheets import, a localized interface, and a browser source for streaming software. It also said the listed features are free, without a paywall, and that ads can be closed for the session. Those points can change when the site is updated.
This is not a speed, fairness or popularity ranking. The homepage did not publish a maximum list length, so none is stated here. A feature absent from that homepage is not described as missing from the product.
Open a douni.one wheel
- All random wheels
- Spin a custom list
- Number wheel, 1–100 or a custom range
- Letter wheel, six alphabets
- Draw names or make teams
- Flip a coin, once or up to 1,000 times
Input handling
On douni.one, a wheel’s share link keeps entries in the URL fragment, and the list you edit is stored in this browser. The name picker keeps its list only in the page. This does not mean the website makes no other requests: advertising, analytics and loading the page still use the network.
Questions
Is douni.one affiliated with Wheel of Names?
No. The sites are independent. This page compares tools a visitor can open, using the Wheel of Names homepage as it stood on 12 November 2026.
Does douni.one upload my class list?
A share link puts the entries after #, and the browser does not send that fragment to the server. The name picker does not save the list. Advertising and analytics are separate requests.
Can I set a percentage weight on one slice?
Not as a number. Duplicate the line. Two identical lines are two slices, so that option is twice as likely, and the extra slice is visible.
Which douni.one page should I open first?
Spin the wheel for a list you type. The number wheel for 1–100. The letter wheel for an alphabet. The name picker for several winners or teams. The coin flip for heads or tails.