1.29
2023-05-16
* Auto Spin feature now available. You can use it when you want to spin the wheel multiple times in a row. For example, given wheel with names of exercises, you can setup automatic spinning every 60 seconds until all names rolled out. You can find this feature by following "Settings" > "Auto Spin".
* Added feature to generate sequential list. For example: if you want to fill the wheel with numbers from 1 to 20 - instead of entering 20 entries manually you can use "Numeric" sequence in "List Builder". You can find "List Builder" while editing wheel names (bottom of the list).
* Few minor fixes
1.28
2023-01-13
* Fixed voice-over feature for iOS 16+
1.27
2022-10-08
* Cloud Backup feature is introduced today. It allows you to transfer all your wheels from one device to another. Best news is that this feature also works for wheels with photo attachements (unlike sharing the wheel feature). You can start using cloud backup by following: "Settings" > "Other Settings" > "Cloud Backup" > "Create Backup". Then, on other device you can choose to "Restore from backup", provide restoration code and password, and all wheels will be transfered
* Now you can build your custom colors palette easily by importing a list of hex colors. To do this follow: "Settings" > "Other Settings" > "Custom Colors Palette" > "Import". Paste cilst of colors separated with a new lines and tap "Add"
* Other minor adjustments & bug fixes
1.26
2022-08-27
* Now you can enter HEX color code while picking color. Build better wheels with better precision :)
* Custom wheel pointers can now be added. It is suitable when you want to achieve branded look for a wheel. Or themed for some game. To create pointer follow: "Wheel Customization" > "Wheel Pointer" > "Create". Custom pointers are only applied for circle wheels (not for barrel wheels yet)
* List import can now detect duplicate entries and will ask if you want to remove them
* If you are using DDW on your Mac OS, there is no way to download shared wheel (links just open web version of app). Not anymore! Now you can enter wheel code manually in "Settings" > "Other Settings" > "Import Wheel via Code" - paste last 4 characters of wheel link and press "Download". That will cause the same effect as opening link on the iOS device
* "+" button added to main screen, since many people couldn't find a way to create a wheel from scratch. Now you can start making your wheel in one tap :)
* other minor adjustments, as always thanks for using DDW!
1.25
2022-06-15
* now you can select a different pointer for circle wheel. This option is available if you follow "Wheel Edit" > "Customize" > "Wheel Pointer". Next update there will be option to add your own custom pointers. Thanks to Andrew from 57 main for this feature request!
* few templates updated
* few issues fixed
1.24b
2021-10-02
- fixed visual bug with non-repeating mode: disabled segments were displayed as active
- history section now saves & display date and time of a snapshot (only for new spins)
- hot fixed UI appearance for iOS 15
- improved barrel wheel performance (especially for big lists 10k+)
1.24
2021-09-28
- hot fixed UI appearance for iOS 15
- history section now saves & display date and time of a snapshot (only for new spins)
- improved barrel wheel performance (especially for big lists 10k+)
1.23
2021-02-08
- Wheel statistics section added to Settings. Now you can see a short overview of spins results in a table. Also, you can export results as CSV. You can find wheel statistics by following Settings -> Wheel stats
- Simulate Spins feature added. You can choose a simulation number (up to 10 million) and see in a fast pace, results of consecutive spins without actually spinning the wheel (and animations). It is useful for math/probability research and shows you how "randomness" really works. Fill free to play with it. You can find it as well on the Wheel stats screen
- Now "Duplicate" button available for any wheel on the edit screen (previously was only available for downloaded wheels). That way, you can easily make a copy of your complex wheel to adjust it slightly. Or you can use it if you want to have a "backup"
- Voice-over results now turned off by default, but you can enable it back in "Settings" -> "Sound settings" if you want. This feature is a little bit annoying for people, and it is not obvious how to turn it off when you first open the app
- Finally: Presentation mode added. It allows you to restrict some functionality of the main screen, for example, the ability to edit the wheel. It is useful if you want to use Daily Decision Wheel on a Public event, where any person can interact with the app (and possibly change wheel parameters)
Thank you all for your feedback!
If you have a little time, please rate the app and write a review :)
1.22
2021-01-26
- Added new settings section: Sound settings. There you can adjust gain separately from system volume level
- You can now choose different "click" sound or turn it off, and remain final sound online. Also few new final sounds added
- New type of sound added: "Spin sound". It plays in loop while wheel is spinning, my favorite is "Congo groove", by default it is turned off, so you won't see any changes until turning it on
- Added feature to voice-over results. It is enabled by default for now, but you can turn it off in Sound Settings section
- Also, new section in settings is "Share result settings", there you can choose result aspect ratio square/full screen, +you can make background on resulting snapshot transparent - it allows to use this snapshot with your own background (for example in instagram stories)
- You can now choose to have share result button not popping up after each spin. Some users were annoyed by this interaction, so now you can turn it off if you want
- UX improvements: settings related to "History" screen is now moved to History screen itself. To make it more obvious
- Same applies to "Hide templates" option, now you can hide wheel templates in the wheels list itself. So, if you don't like to see built-in wheels, just tap a button and they will go away
- And finally Privacy: global results history removed from the app. Many users complained about this controversial feature, so I decided to finally delete it from the app. I think it is good and healthy for the DDW future.
Hope you will like these changes! And if so, please tell me in the review, or at least give it a 5 star :) It helps really much! And if you want to support this project, please review "Support Project" section in settings
Thank you all for using DDW!
Next update will have some interesting features for public events and class rooms. Called "Presentation Mode"
1.21
2020-12-01
- Performance of Barrel Wheel improved; It is now supporting much more entries (tested up to 20000)
- Maximum entries for Circle Wheel now set to 360, it is not very useful when segment width is less than 1 degree. I decided to add this restriction to prevent crashes;
- Default colors palette changed to improve display on big lists (this is only applied for newly created lists)
- Added "Tennis Ball" final effect
- Adjusted appearance of "Stars" final effect (it is more dynamic now)
- Background colors now a little brighter (&less dirty)
- "Food Wheel" template Added - helps to choose what to eat tonight (you can easily add/remove your own names)
- "Show to watch?" template Added - helps to choose what to watch tonight (you can easily add/remove your own names)
1.20
2020-11-07
- New background style added: "Sky". It is dynamic and fun. Few clouds will float around while wheel is spinning. Try it out and let me know what you think! To choose new background style go to "Edit" wheel -> "Customize" -> "Background style" -> Pick "Sky". Also sky is now default background for "Pick a weekday" template, so you can see how it looks like. This is a new experimental functionality, probably I will add more dynamic backgrounds to the app in the future (if this one will have many good reviews)
- "Music" final effect added. It is a bunch of colorful notes floating from the wheel. Hope musicians will like it :)
- "Balloon" final effect added. A lot of "helium" balloons will float up to the top; Best use for this final effect is to generate birthday cards or when you choose winner
Reminder: You can change final effect by tapping "Settings" button on the main screen and you will see "Change final effect" option
If you like these changes, please give it a 5* rating or a review! If you want to support the app, follow "Support Project" section on "Settings" menu
- Text size of answer (on result snapshot) will now be scaled down if it is overlapping with the wheel (answer is way too long)
- Spin duration setting now added to "Wheel Quick Customization" section on "Settings" popup, it is now very easy to change wheel spin duration in just 2 taps (requested feature)
- Restore purchases option now also added on "Settings" popup at the very bottom, to make it easier to find
- Shuffle button now will be displayed on the main screen if you have choosen "Don't ask me again" on confirmation popup (probably that means you will use it a lot). You can remove it from main screen by long-pressing on shuffle button (requested feature)
- Other minor fixes
Thanks for using DDW!
1.19
2020-10-29
- Main screen UI reworked. Now it is more obvious and simple. Some buttons (all wheels, app settings, shuffle) were moved to a new popup menu called "Settings". Number of icons on the main screen went down to 3 (from 8), it is much better for new users. Hope you will like new clear look too!
- "Playoff" mode renamed to more obvious "Non-repeating" mode. You can notice that "Playoff" button (also known as "What is this icon for?") disappeared from main screen. Motivation for this change is simple: you probably don't need to switch it on/off very often. However, if you do enable "Non-repeating" mode - icon will show up again, and you can clearly see that this mode is actually enabled (and can disable it with one tap if needed).
- Wheel size slightly increased for iPad portrait mode (almost to the size before landscape support update)
If you like this app and want to support it, please review new section at "Settings" -> "Support Project". You can find some additional benefits there especially if you share your wheels/results with other people!
Next update will introduce more entertainment features: new effects and wheel styles. You can speed it up with 5 stars :)
1.18
2020-10-17
● New wheel type added with this update! Called "Circle Barrel. Main purpose for this wheel is to make possible to display every name on the wheel even for 200+ wheel items (this is especially good for raffle/prize wheels). But you can use it with any number of segments, it looks pretty good and fresh, check it out with your best wheels! To change wheel type go to Edit wheel -> Customize -> Select "Circle Barrel" option
● Now subsequent tap on "SPIN" button will accelerate wheel speed. Try it out, just tap the button 2-4 times in a row (requested feature)
● Removed restriction on number of wheel segments (was 200), now you can add more than 200 items without using import feature. Warning! Bigger number of wheel segments will slow down drawing performance (especially if you have hundreds of images on wheel) and you may see delay on initial draw of the wheel. Tested up to 600 segments, works fine.
● Quick switch menu now will not include default templates if you have "Hide templates" option turned on. As it supposed to be
● Minor improvements/bug fixes
Let me know how do you like new wheel appearance (Circle Barrel)! And what to add with next update
Leave a review or just rate the app, it helps very much.
1.17
2020-10-10
- landscape orientation support for iPad (+other UI improvements for iPad), especially useful with iPad keyboard while editing list
- result sharing image now more consistent across different devices (with different screen sizes), fonts correctly scale as well as wheel correctly positioned, you may find biggest difference on iPad devices (much bigger labels and wheel)
- bug fixes & other small improvements
- there will be some cool changes soon, stay tuned!
Leave a comment if you like idea of landscape orientation support for iPhone in future updates (or at least give a rating)
1.16
2020-09-19
- fixed photo layout on the wheel (was screwed with last update)
It's been two years since first version of the app release. I'd like to say thank you all for using and helping to improve Daily Decision Wheel. Many people liked the app but disliked multiple in-app purchases, so I decided to change monetization system for 2 years anniversary. Now default templates are unlocked for all without purchase, also you can now create unlimited lists without purchase. The only remaining purchase in the app is to remove ads. All who previously made any purchase will have no ads now. If this experiment goes well it will be permanent. Hope you will like these changes and give a rating to app.
Also, I decided to update App icon. It's now more colourful, positive looking and have "spinning feeling". Please tell me what you think about new app icon via review or email to
[email protected]
There will be more design changes in future updates!
I have plans to localize the app to various languages.
If you want to help localize it to your language please leave me an email to
[email protected]
1.15
2020-09-16
- improved photo layout on the wheel
- bug fixes
It's been two years since first version of the app release. I'd like to say thank you all for using and helping to improve Daily Decision Wheel. Many people liked the app but disliked multiple in-app purchases, so I decided to change monetization system for 2 years anniversary. Now default templates are unlocked for all without purchase, also you can now create unlimited lists without purchase. The only remaining purchase in the app is to remove ads. All who previously made any purchase will have no ads now. If this experiment goes well it will be permanent. Hope you will like these changes and give a rating to app.
Also, I decided to update App icon. It's now more colourful, positive looking and have "spinning feeling". Please tell me what you think about new app icon via review or email to
[email protected]
There will be more design changes in future updates!
I have plans to localize the app to various languages.
If you want to help localize it to your language please leave me an email to
[email protected]
1.14
2020-08-31
With last few updates we've added a lot of wheel customization options such as text size/font/final effect and others. And with this much customization available you probably want to share your best wheels with friends or family. This feature was requested by teachers mostly, but not only
- Now you can share your wheel with other people (if they have iOS device) by sending them link. It will open DDW app and install your wheel. Also, after sharing the wheel you can edit it and all who have your wheel installed will receive updates! You can choose different access/edit modes. To see all available options start editing your wheel and tap "Share this wheel" button. There is one limitation: right now wheels with photos can't be shared. Will be added in the following updates.
I know, it sounds not so big, but actually it was pretty hard to do,
please take some time to rate the app, it helps a lot!
- Also you can use "share wheel" feature to "backup" your wheels or to transfer to your other device, for example from your iPhone to iPad. You can protect it with password so that only you can see wheel content
- "Shared" wheel will have a special icon on "All Wheels" screen
- New section added on "All Wheels" screen, called "Downloaded Lists"
- Other minor fixes and improvements
1.13
2020-08-25
- Many people asked: new wheel customization option "Background style" added with this update. Currently available 2 options: Static color and Dynamic color. Dynamic color is same mode as it was before. With static color background will not change color while spinning, only on spin end. This is now default behaviour for all wheels except default templates where color harmony accomplished. If you want return back color blinking while spinning for your wheel, go to Edit wheel -> Customization -> Background style and Choose "Dynamic color". There will be more background style options in future updates. Stay tuned and suggest your ideas!
- Stability improvement
Last update:
- once you made any in-app purchase, you will no longer have app icon watermark overlay while sharing your result
- added more effects on spin finish: fire, lightning, trollface and more. Check it out on Wheel Edit -> Customization -> Final Effect. It's awesome and fun!
- reworked share image to fit in square (for social media) and include effects you choose for the wheel. No more texts & link addition, you share just image. Now sharing result is much more appealing and cool looking
- added short help on how to use app that appears on app launch. Don't worry it will only show once
1.12
2020-08-22
- once you made any in-app purchase, you will no longer have app icon watermark overlay while sharing your result
- stability improvement; fixed iOS 10 crash
Last update:
- added more effects on spin finish: fire, lightning, trollface and more. Check it out on Wheel Edit -> Customization -> Final Effect. It's awesome and fun!
- reworked share image to fit in square (for social media) and include effects you choose for the wheel. No more texts & link addition, you share just image. Now sharing result is much more appealing and cool looking
- added short help on how to use app that appears on app launch. Don't worry it will only show once
1.11
2020-08-15
- added more effects on spin finish: fire, lightning, trollface and more. Check it out on Wheel Edit -> Customization -> Final Effect. It's awesome and fun!
- reworked share image to fit in square (for social media) and include effects you choose for the wheel. No more texts & link addition, you share just image. Now sharing result is much more appealing and cool looking
- added short help on how to use app that appears on app launch. Don't worry it will only show once
Rate the app if you like these changes and want to see more fun effects! Write your effect ideas in a review
- Fixed issue with "black" colours on default templates. If you still have black colors on your custom wheels after this update, the only way to fix it is to reassign colours again. Sincerely sorry for this issue
- Other minor fixes
1.10
2020-08-11
- Font customization, now you can choose the font you like for wheel text. It is very powerful option to adjust mood of the wheel. Check it out on “Customization” screen while editing wheel
- Color picker screen reworked, now you will see wheel segment preview while picking color, also app will remember last used colors, so you can take it again from the palette easily
- Wheel flat style. New customization option for the wheel. “Flat” wheels will appear without black borders and color gradients (just using solid color fill). New fresh look, check it out
- Shuffle wheel feature. There is a new button on the main screen (top-left side of the wheel), that will shuffle wheel segments, so you can be sure that no internal rigged algorithm forces outcome of the spin (this doesn’t mean that rigged algorithm exists, but some people have conspicuous thoughts about it). After shuffling all wheel segments will be placed in random order.
!!!Be aware!!! Shuffle is not reversible, if you have lovely color harmony setup you probably don’t want to use shuffle feature
Please, rate the app if you like these changes and want to see more wheel customization options in future updates!
More changes:
- Fixed "empty" colours on existing wheels after last update, if you didn't edited broken wheels, they will be restored automatically. If they not restored - the only way to fix them is to set colours back manually. Sorry for the issue, this was a big internal change
- Fix cancelling photo picker (previously was not dismissed until photo picked)
- Performance improvements
- Other minor fixes
1.9.9
2020-08-09
- Font customization, now you can choose the font you like for wheel text. It is very powerful option to adjust mood of the wheel. Check it out on “Customization” screen while editing wheel
- Color picker screen reworked, now you will see wheel segment preview while picking color, also app will remember last used colors, so you can take it again from the palette easily
- Wheel flat style. New customization option for the wheel. “Flat” wheels will appear without black borders and color gradients (just using solid color fill). New fresh look, check it out
- Shuffle wheel feature. There is a new button on the main screen (top-left side of the wheel), that will shuffle wheel segments, so you can be sure that no internal rigged algorithm forces outcome of the spin (this doesn’t mean that rigged algorithm exists, but some people have conspicuous thoughts about it). After shuffling all wheel segments will be placed in random order.
!!!Be aware!!! Shuffle is not reversible, if you have lovely color harmony setup you probably don’t want to use shuffle feature
Please, rate the app if you like these changes and want to see more wheel customization options in future updates!
More changes:
- Fix cancelling photo picker (previously was not dismissed until photo picked)
- Performance improvements
- Other minor fixes
1.9.8b
2020-08-01
Long time requested feature:
- Now you can customize each wheel separately, so you can setup for example spin duration individually for each wheel (previously all wheels had same settings)! You can edit settings for the wheel by tapping “Customize” button, while editing wheel
- Also, now you can adjust text size on wheel to make it bigger or smaller (for each wheel separately)
- Because of this all wheel settings were removed from settings screen, except enable/disable touches, enable/disable sound and shake to spin - these are considered as user preferences, not wheels
- Now you can create and manage up to 4 custom wheels for free (up from 3)
Please, spend some time to review the app if you like these changes
- Spin algorithm changed to fix "infinite" spinning issue appeared for some users, and make spinning process more pleasing, especially for "very long" spin duration. Check it out, hope you’ll like it!
- Spin performance improved, small glitches fixed (frame rate drops)
- Slightly reduced wheel size for iPad (for better UX, more space for rolled option name/image)
- Fixed few typos and other minor changes
1.9.8b: Fixed crash related to new wheel customization feature
More to come, stay tuned!
Leave a comment if you have ideas/suggestions
1.9.8
2020-07-30
Long time requested feature:
- Now you can customize each wheel separately, so you can setup for example spin duration individually for each wheel (previously all wheels had same settings)! You can edit settings for the wheel by tapping “Customize” button, while editing wheel
- Also, now you can adjust text size on wheel to make it bigger or smaller (for each wheel separately)
- Because of this all wheel settings were removed from settings screen, except enable/disable touches, enable/disable sound and shake to spin - these are considered as user preferences, not wheels
- Now you can create and manage up to 4 custom wheels for free (up from 3)
Please, spend some time to review the app if you like these changes
- Spin algorithm changed to fix "infinite" spinning issue appeared for some users, and make spinning process more pleasing, especially for "very long" spin duration. Check it out, hope you’ll like it!
- Spin performance improved, small glitches fixed (frame rate drops)
- Slightly reduced wheel size for iPad (for better UX, more space for rolled option name/image)
- Fixed few typos and other minor changes
More to come, stay tuned!
Leave a comment if you have ideas/suggestions
1.9.7
2020-07-23
** Hotfix for iOS 10, major crash resolved. 1.9.6 updates:
- Added "reset" button when one or more wheel segments are disabled
- Added edit wheel button on the main screen, now you can edit active wheel in one tap (including default templates which will be copied before editing)
- All changes to wheel now will be auto-saved (no more need to tap "save" button). As a draw back you can no more cancel your editing
- Increased maximum wheel segments count up to 100 (from 99)
- Now you will see thiner border for wheels with 15+ segments
- Added new list "Percentage 1%...100%" (free)
- Fixed wheel's centre displacement issue for gestures control
- Many other minor changes