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The Yes or No Wheel answers any yes-or-no question with a spin. It has two slices, Yes and No, and each one has exactly a 50% chance of winning. Think of it as a coin flip you can watch, share and repeat, with a few extras a coin cannot do.
You can add Maybe as a third answer, spin several times and take the majority, or rename the slices to any pair of choices. It is free, needs no sign-up and works on phones and computers.
What is a yes or no wheel?
A yes or no wheel is a random decision maker for questions with two possible answers. You ask the question, spin, and the slice under the pointer is your answer.
People use it when both options seem equally good, when they are stuck overthinking, or when a group needs a neutral way to settle something. It is also a simple party game: ask a question, spin, and live with the answer.
How to use the Yes or No Wheel
Pick your answers, pick how many spins decide the result, then spin.
Answers
Choose Yes / No for a two-way split, or Yes / No / Maybe to add a third outcome. Yes, No and Maybe each keep their own colour on the wheel, so the result is easy to read from across a room.
Spins per decision
Choose 1 spin, Best of 3 or Best of 5. With best of 3 or 5, the wheel spins several times in a row, shows each spin's result as it goes, then announces the answer that won most often together with the tally, such as Yes: 2 · No: 1.
Spin
Click the wheel, press SPIN or use Ctrl + Enter. The result window lets you Spin again, Copy the answer or share it to WhatsApp, X or Facebook.
Is the yes or no wheel really 50/50?
Yes. With two answers, Yes and No each have exactly a 50% chance on every spin. With Maybe added, each of the three answers has a one in three chance, about 33.3%.
The answer is drawn with the browser's cryptographic random number generator before the animation starts, and the wheel then turns to land inside that slice. Past spins have no effect on the next one. Getting No three times in a row is not a sign that Yes is due; each spin is a fresh 50/50.
If you want a loaded wheel on purpose, turn on Weights in Settings and write 2.Yes. Yes then has two thirds of the chance. Leave Weights off for a fair answer.
Single spin vs best of 3 vs best of 5
Best of 3 and best of 5 do not change the probability; Yes and No still have an equal overall chance. What they change is how it feels.
- 1 spin is quick and final. Good for small, low-stakes calls.
- Best of 3 adds a little suspense and protects against the feeling that one spin was a fluke.
- Best of 5 is the most dramatic and works well for party games or a decision you want to watch unfold.
With only Yes and No, an odd number of spins always gives a clear winner, so best of 3 and best of 5 can never tie. With Maybe added, a split such as one of each is possible, so check the tally shown in the result.
In best of 3 and best of 5 each spin is shortened, so a full round takes about as long as one or two normal spins at your chosen Spin length (1 to 15 seconds).
Change the answers to any two choices
The entries are fully editable, so the wheel works for any either-or question, not just yes or no.
- Go / Stay
- Now / Later
- Text / Don't text
- Left / Right
- Heads / Tails
Type your own pair in the Entries box, one per line. Switching the Answers menu again restores the standard Yes and No slices, and Reset puts everything back to default. Save wheel keeps your custom version under My saved wheels.
Ways to use a yes or no spinner
Most people use it for everyday choices where either answer is fine.
- Personal decisions: order takeaway, go to the gym, buy it now or wait.
- Party games: yes-or-no dares, would-you-rather follow-ups, and fortune-teller questions.
- Classrooms: a quick true-or-false game or deciding whether the class gets a bonus question.
- Tie-breakers: when a group vote is split, let the wheel decide.
- Streams and video calls: put it in full screen and let the audience watch the answer land.
For questions with more than three answers, use the Picker Wheel and type in all your options instead.
Using the result well
A random answer is most useful as a nudge, not an order. A popular trick is to notice how you feel when the wheel lands: if you are relieved, that was your real answer; if you are disappointed, you wanted the other one.
Keep it for choices where both outcomes are acceptable. For anything serious, such as health, money or safety, make the decision yourself and use the wheel only for fun.
Results, sharing and privacy
Every answer is logged in the Results tab with the time, and Copy results copies the whole list. Switch to Accumulation mode in Settings to keep a running Yes vs No leaderboard across many questions.
The share icon copies a link that opens this exact wheel, including custom answers, and the embed icon gives you code to place the wheel on your own site. Nothing is uploaded: your settings and history are stored only in your browser.