Yes or No Wheel
A coin flip you can see coming: two equal segments, one cryptographically fair draw. When a binary answer feels too brutal, one toggle adds a Maybe segment and makes it an honest 1-in-3.
Spin: Yes or No
Two segments, each exactly 50%. The answer is drawn before the wheel starts moving.
Why spin a wheel instead of flipping a coin?
A physical coin flip is fine — when you have a coin, a hard surface, and no argument about whether the catch counted. The wheel removes the logistics and the disputes: the draw is a single uniform pick between two outcomes, the result is announced in text (no squinting at a rolling coin), and the spin history below the wheel keeps a record of the session — useful when "best of five" gets invoked, as it always does.
A decision tool, used honestly
Randomness is genuinely the right tool when options are close enough that deliberation has stopped adding information — where to get coffee, who calls the restaurant, which of two near-identical plans to try first. It is the wrong tool for anything with real stakes. The useful middle ground is the gut check: commit to obeying the wheel, spin it, and pay attention to your reaction. Relief and disappointment are data no pro/con list gives you.
Related wheels
For the same two-outcome draw in different clothes, try the Coin Flip Wheel. Deciding whether to leave the house is what the Go or Stay Wheel is framed for, and invitations get the Accept or Decline Wheel.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Yes/No wheel really 50/50?
Yes, exactly. The winner is drawn with rejection sampling over crypto.getRandomValues before the animation starts, so with two segments each outcome has probability exactly 1/2 — not approximately, and not influenced by where the wheel "was" when you pressed Spin.
What does the Maybe toggle do?
It swaps the list from Yes/No to Yes/No/Maybe. With three segments, each outcome is exactly 1 in 3. Use it when a forced binary answer would be dishonest — sometimes the truthful result of a coin flip is "you are not ready to decide".
Can I weight it toward Yes?
Not with sliders — but the list is editable, so you can add "Yes" twice and "No" once for a transparent 2-in-3 bias. The wheel shows every segment, so the bias is visible to anyone watching, which is more honest than a hidden weight.
Should I actually decide things this way?
The classic trick: spin, and notice how you feel while it slows down. If you catch yourself rooting for one answer, that is your real answer — the wheel just surfaced it. For consequential decisions, treat the spin as a prompt, not a verdict.
For fun and tie-breaks: the wheel decides fairly, but it cannot know your situation — do not delegate consequential decisions to it. Everything runs locally in your browser; see the methodology page for how the draw works.