About
A small tool for a small decision
WheelBloom is an independent, ad-supported wheel of names. It exists because picking a name should take five seconds, not five clicks through a sign-up flow.
Why another name picker?
The category is not short of options. Most of them are heavier than the job requires: account prompts, cookie walls above the tool, app install banners, and animations that run on a different clock than the result. We wanted the opposite.
WheelBloom loads as a static page, puts the wheel first, and keeps the entry list visible. The random draw uses the browser's cryptographic generator. The settings are three switches, not a dashboard. If you need a list saved for next time, it stays on your device.
What we believe
- Fairness should be visible. The full entry list and the draw result are always on screen.
- Tools should be fast. No account, no database round trip, no blocking modal before the first spin.
- Free should mean free. The wheel and the embed are not a trial. Ads, when present, sit below the tool.
- Privacy is a feature. Your list is not uploaded and the share link carries the data in the URL.
How it is funded
The site is supported by advertising placed below the tool and by optional sponsorships. The embeddable widget is ad-free. We do not sell user lists, because we never receive them.
If you run a classroom, a community group, or a small stream, the free version is for you. If you need a custom deployment or a branded version, get in touch.
Built in the open
The stack is deliberately boring: Astro, Preact for the wheel island, and Cloudflare for static hosting. The source is small enough to audit, and the behaviour is documented on the how it works page.