YES OR NO WHEEL
Can't make a decision? Spin the wheel for a random yes or no answer. Use it for quick choices, tiebreakers, prompts, games, and settling low-stakes debates.
Press Space outside a form field, or use the spin button.
Ready to spin.
Mode
Four wheels in one
Switch mode above the wheel. Every mode gives each outcome an identical slice, so the odds below are the real odds.
Yes / No
50% each- YES
- NO
A straight coin-flip answer. Two equal halves, nothing hidden in a third slice.
Yes / No / Maybe
33.3% each- YES
- NO
- MAYBE
When "not yet" is a legitimate answer. Useful for prompts and games where a deferral keeps things moving.
True / False
50% each- TRUE
- FALSE
Quiz rounds, revision games, and two-sides debates where yes and no read oddly.
Heads / Tails
50% each- HEADS
- TAILS
A visible coin flip when no coin is to hand — who goes first, which side, who pays.
What a yes or no wheel is good for
A yes/no spinner is not really a decision tool. It is a tie-breaker for choices where you have already worked out that both options are acceptable and the cost of deliberating further is higher than the cost of being wrong. Which café, which order to present in, whether to take the long walk home — the wheel is doing you a favour by ending the loop.
It stops being useful the moment one outcome is materially worse than the other. If you find yourself spinning again because you did not like the answer, that is useful information: you already have a preference, and the honest move is to act on it rather than to keep spinning until the wheel agrees with you.
For anything involving money, health, safety, legal obligations, or another person's wellbeing, do not use a spinner. There is no randomness good enough to make that a reasonable way to decide. How random selection works sets out exactly what this wheel does and does not guarantee.
When two options are not enough
Three or more choices
A yes/no wheel forces a false binary. Paste the real list into the random wheel generator and let every option have a slice.
Unequal chances
If yes should be likelier than no, use the custom wheel, which shows each option's percentage as you change its weight.
Picking a person
To choose who does something rather than whether it happens, the random name picker handles rosters and no-repeat mode.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the yes or no wheel actually random?
Yes. The result is drawn from the browser Web Crypto API with rejection sampling, which removes the slight bias a plain remainder calculation would introduce. In yes/no mode each answer is exactly 50%, and the winner is selected before the wheel starts turning.
Is the wheel weighted towards yes?
No. Both segments are the same size and carry the same chance. Some yes/no spinners quietly bias the result to feel more encouraging; this one does not, which is why the spin can and will say no several times in a row.
Why did I get the same answer five times in a row?
Because each spin is independent. Five identical answers in a row happens roughly once in every sixteen sets of five spins, so it is common rather than broken. A wheel that never repeated itself would not be random.
When should I use a yes or no spinner?
Use it for low-stakes choices, tiebreakers, games, writing prompts, classroom questions, and any moment where the decision matters less than getting on with it. Do not use it for anything with money, safety, health, or someone else’s wellbeing attached.
What modes are included?
Yes/no, yes/no/maybe, true/false, and heads/tails. Each mode keeps its own session tally so you can see how the answers have fallen so far.
Can I add my own two options instead?
Yes. The custom wheel builder takes any two labels, and it also supports weights if you deliberately want one answer to be more likely than the other.
Does the wheel remember my answers?
It keeps a tally for the current visit so you can see the split, and it is cleared when you close the tab. Nothing is sent to a server.