Yes or No Picker

How to use the yes or no picker

1. Type your question in Your question (optional), for example “Should I order pizza tonight?”. The question is not needed to get an answer, but it is shown above the result and saved in the history, which helps when you ask several things in a row.
2. Choose the Mode: - Single answer: one draw, one answer. - Best of 3 (first to 2): answers are drawn until one of them wins twice. - Best of 5 (first to 3): answers are drawn until one of them wins three times.
3. Tick Include “Maybe” if you want a third possible answer.
4. Press Ask (or Enter, or click the ball). The ball shakes, then shows the answer in green for Yes, red for No or amber for Maybe. In a best-of mode, each round appears one after the other as a small badge, followed by the final answer and the score.

The counters under the ball add up your Yes, No and Maybe answers and the number of Decisions made. The History (newest first) keeps each question with its answer; Copy copies it and Clear history empties it. Untick Animation to get answers instantly; the animation is also skipped when your device is set to reduce motion.

How the answer is chosen

Each answer comes from your browser’s cryptographic random number generator (the Web Crypto API) with unbiased sampling. With two answers, Yes and No each have exactly a 50% chance; with Maybe included, each of the three answers has a one-in-three chance. Draws are independent: the tool does not remember previous answers and does not look at your question. The answer is fixed as soon as you press Ask; the shaking ball is just for fun. Nothing leaves your device.

Why use best of 3 or best of 5?

A single draw can feel too abrupt for a decision that matters a little. A short series adds suspense and makes the result feel more earned, like a tie-break in sport. It does not change the odds: without “Maybe”, Yes and No still each win a best-of series exactly half the time.

With Maybe included, the three answers compete on equal terms, and the first to reach the target wins. Because the wins are shared three ways, a best of 3 can occasionally need more than three rounds (for example Yes, No, Maybe, then No). The badges show every round, so you always see how the series went.

When a random answer helps

A random yes or no is a good way to break a tie when both options are genuinely fine: which film to watch, whether to go for a run now or later, whether to try the new restaurant. Psychologists also suggest a trick: when the answer appears, notice your reaction. If you feel relieved or disappointed, you have learned what you actually wanted, and you are free to follow that instead.

For choices between more than two options, a wheel or a name picker is a better fit. For important decisions about health, money or safety, use your own judgment rather than chance.