Free tool
Draw names, fairly
The Haevn teamLast checked
Draw names is a free name picker for Secret Santa, gift swaps, teams, chore rotas and turn order. Secret Santa, who cooks Sunday, the chore rota or teams for the garden game. Add names, get a fair draw. Free, nothing to sign up for.
Questions
- Is it really free?
- Yes. There is no payment, no trial and no sign-up. Pick one, teams, rotas and turn order run in your browser, and nothing you type for them is sent to Haevn. Secret Santa and gift swaps save the group name, the names, their households, the budget, the date and any wish list lines so each person's link works, and delete them 60 days after the swap date, or 90 days after you make the group if there is no date.
- Is the draw fair?
- Yes. Every draw uses your device's secure random number generator, the same kind used for passwords. Each pick discards any random number that would favour one name, so every name has the same chance. Teams and turn order come from a full shuffle of the list, and a rota shares the jobs out as evenly as the numbers allow.
- Can we do a gift swap that isn't Christmas?
- Yes. Choose Gift swap and pick Eid, Diwali, a birthday or your own occasion.