Most people have at least three different tabs bookmarked for random picks: one for a name wheel, one for a team splitter, maybe a spreadsheet hack for prize draws. It works, sort of, but it’s messy. SpinKit is a free browser-based tool that pulls all of that into one place: spin wheels, slot reels, Spin Sheets, a team picker, and live rooms where a whole group can watch the result land together.
Built and maintained by a solo developer in the UK, SpinKit takes a clear position on fairness. Every spin uses the browser’s cryptographic random generator, the same class of randomness used for secure connections, rather than a basic formula that could theoretically be predicted. The result happens in the open, on screen, where everyone watching can see it. That transparency is the whole point.
No account is needed to get started. Everything works offline once loaded, your lists live on your own device by default, and there’s no paywall on any of the core tools. If you want cloud sync and short share links, a free account adds those. That’s the whole pitch: fast, fair, and genuinely free.
Key Features of SpinKit
Spin Wheels for Names, Raffles, and Decisions
The wheel is the core tool, and it’s well thought out. Paste a list of names, tap spin, and a winner comes up. You can weight entries so someone with five raffle tickets gets five times the slice, remove winners after each spin so nobody gets drawn twice, or run raffle mode to draw several winners in one session. The wheel saves automatically and works fullscreen for classrooms and projectors.
Slot Reels for Random Combinations
Sometimes you need more than one pick at once. The slots tool runs multiple independent reels, each with its own list, and spins them together to produce a random combination. Think meal builder (protein, side, sauce), story prompts, or challenge generators for streams. Each reel is customisable, and there are built-in presets covering everything from dinner ideas to F1 drivers to party games.
Spin Sheets for Row-Based Draws
This is the feature that stands out for anyone doing structured giveaways or data-driven draws. Upload a CSV or Excel file, including exports from Google Sheets, and SpinKit draws whole rows at random. So if your spreadsheet has a name, an entry method, and a ticket number all in one row, the draw surfaces all three at once. No manual cross-referencing after the spin.
Team Picker for Balanced Group Splits
Paste a list of names, set the number of teams, and SpinKit splits them into balanced groups at random. It’s the tool for workshop facilitators, PE teachers, and anyone who has spent ten minutes watching adults awkwardly pick sides. The result is editable, so if one split produces an obvious problem you can nudge it.
Live Rooms for Group Spins
Open a live room, share the code, and everyone in the group watches the same spin happen in real time, with chat and shared control. No account needed to join as a guest. This makes SpinKit usable for remote classrooms, online streams, and distributed team sessions where the whole point is that the result is witnessed collectively.
A Tuesday Morning in a Year 8 Classroom
Rachel teaches secondary school English in Bristol. At 9:15 on a Tuesday morning, she was mid-lesson on persuasive writing and needed to cold-call students for answers without the usual suspects dominating. She’d been using a basic name picker app that required rebuilding the list every session, which ate into lesson time.
She opened SpinKit’s wheel tool, pasted her class register from her gradebook, and saved it as a named wheel. The whole setup took under two minutes. From that point, she spun at the start of each question round. The wheel went fullscreen on her classroom display, students could see it spin and land on a name, and the draw was visibly out of her hands.
She used the “remove winner” setting so every student got one turn before anyone repeated. By the end of the 50-minute lesson, she had heard from students who hadn’t volunteered once in the previous three weeks. One of them gave the best answer of the session. The wheel saved to her device, ready for next lesson without any rebuilding.
That’s the practical value: a few seconds of setup, then a tool that holds its state and works every day without friction.
How SpinKit Actually Works
Step 1: Pick Your Tool
From the home menu, choose between the wheel, slots, Spin Sheet, or team picker. Each tool opens directly, no onboarding screens.
Step 2: Add Your Entries
Paste a list, type entries one by one, import a CSV or Excel file, or load one of the built-in presets. The Spin Sheet tool accepts uploaded spreadsheets directly.
Step 3: Configure and Spin
Adjust settings like remove-after-spin, weighting, or team count. Then spin. The result is shown on screen immediately, with a spin history stored for reference.
Step 4: Share or Go Live
Share a link for others to load the same wheel, or open a live room so a group watches the spin happen together. Short links require a free account; longer local links work without one.
Who Should Try SpinKit
Teachers, streamers, event organisers, workshop facilitators, and anyone who finds themselves rebuilding the same random picker week after week will get the most out of it. The fact that every core tool is free and works without an account removes the usual barrier to just opening it and getting on with the task. Head to spinkit.org and you can have a working wheel in under a minute, no sign-up required.
