About Pickster
Pickster is a simple little app to help you pick names randomly from a collection - just like drawing names out of a hat, but with less paper... and hats. New in version 2.5: . New screen-shot friendly winner page! Now...
Pickster is a simple little app to help you pick names randomly from a collection - just like drawing names out of a hat, but with less paper... and hats. New in version 2.5: . New screen-shot friendly winner page! Now you can show everyone the result of the drawing with some fanfare, and without displaying everyone else's name in the list. Switch it on per list in the Settings page Other Features: . Easily increment the number of entries for each name just by tapping on it . Chose how many unique names are picked . Auto-alphabetize the names list, or do your own custom ordering . Handy swipe actions to copy a list, and clear or delete an entry . Choose from two drawing modes: . Natural Drawing Mode (default). When a name is picked, remove one of its entries from the hat . Original Drawing Mode. When a name is picked, its number of entries stays the same . Multiple Lists - Enable this feature through a one time in-app purchase and you'll be able to create as many lists as you want . Paste in text as a new list! Copy names to your phone's clipboard with commas, tabs, or newline characters separating each name. Tap the Add button, name the list, and tap the Paste button to import all the copied names into the list. Each name will receive 1 entry. . Make copies of existing lists just by swiping to the left and tapping the Copy button . Quick Add Widget makes entering names fast and easy. It automatically checks for duplicate names in the list as you type . iPad support . Still ad-free as always! Need more help? Visit our How To guides at https://picksterapp.weebly.com/help.html
Version History Fix for intermittent crash 2.5.6 11/23/2020 Fix for crash when the device memory is low 2.5.5 11/15/2020 - Fix for issue when pasting in a list after one was just copied - New link to How To help section on the Settings tab - Better descriptions for what each setting does - On the names list page, tapping the Add button a second time now saves any entered name 2.5.4 10/20/2020 Small bug fixes and updates 2.5.3 04/29/2020 Small UI tweaks and bug fixes 2.5.2 04/02/2020 Move up a folder 2.5.1 04/02/2020 New screen-shot friendly winner page! Now you can show everyone the result of the drawing with some fanfare, and without displaying everyone else's name in the list. Switch it on per list in the Settings page 2.5.0 11/26/2019 Now you can paste in text as a list! Copy names to your clipboard with spaces, tabs, or newline characters separating the names and simply paste in the text as a new list. Each name will receive 1 entry. Multi-list in-app purchase is required to unlock this feature. 2.4.1 03/02/2019 Fix for crash when entered list name is 300+ characters long. Better date formatting for last picked date. 2.4 10/15/2018 We made some upgrades to the “Reset All Entries to Zero” button to allow you to reset the number of entries for each item in your list to 1, 2, or any number you want! Find it on the Settings tab. 2.3 09/12/2018 Fix for crash when reordering entries while still entering them 2.2 09/07/2018 • We're pleased to announce that we've added the #1 user-requested feature, Multiple Lists! Enable this feature through a one time in-app purchase and you'll be able to create as many lists as you want, as well as make copies of existing lists just by swiping to the left. • Quick Add Widget makes entering names fast and easy. It even automatically checks for duplicate names in the list as you type! You'll find it at the top of the Names List page. • iPad support! • Each list now displays how many items it contains and when the last time it wasn’t picked from 2.1 08/29/2018 • We're pleased to announce that we've added the #1 user-requested feature, Multiple Lists! Enable this feature through a one time in-app purchase and you'll be able to create as many lists as you want, as well as make copies of existing lists by swiping to the left. • Quick Add Widget makes entering names fast and easy. It even automatically checks for duplicate names in the list as you type! You'll find it at the top of the Names List page. • Each list now displays how many items it contains and when the last time it was picked from 2.0 08/21/2018 Bug fixes 1.6 06/29/2018 Updates in preparation for something BIG! 1.5 05/13/2018 • Good news! We've added one of the top user-requested features: the ability to delete all names in the list and start over from scratch. We present: "Nuke all names". Find it on the Settings page. • We've slightly changed the way the app draws names and we've dubbed it "Natural Drawing Mode". It's named that because it more closely follows how names are naturally drawn out of a hat, in the real world. When a name is picked, one of its entries will be removed from the hat. Please note that this option is turned on by default now, but you can always turn it off on the Settings page and use the old drawing mode, now called "Original Drawing Mode". • We've also made some updates to take advantage of all the extra pixels on the beautiful iPhone X Thanks for using Pickster! 1.4 11/22/2017 Fix for bug related to commas in the names New names now default to 1 entry New option to submit app feedback 1.3 12/22/2016 1.0 11/30/2015
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Pickster since it was posted on our website on 2016-11-06 23:56:56.
The latest version is 2.5.6 and it was updated on 2026-07-01 14:54:45. See below the changes in each version.
Pickster version 2.5.6
Updated At: 2026-07-01
Changes: Version History Fix for intermittent crash 2.5.6 11/23/2020 Fix for crash when the device memory is low 2.5.5 11/15/2020 - Fix for issue when pasting in a list after one was just copied
- New link to How To help section on the Settings tab
- Better descriptions for what each setting does
- On the names list page, tapping the Add button a second time now saves any entered name 2.5.4 10/20/2020 Small bug fixes and updates 2.5.3 04/29/2020 Small UI tweaks and bug fixes 2.5.2 04/02/2020 Move up a folder 2.5.1 04/02/2020 New screen-shot friendly winner page! Now you can show everyone the result of the drawing with some fanfare, and without displaying everyone else's name in the list. Switch it on per list in the Settings page 2.5.0 11/26/2019 Now you can paste in text as a list! Copy names to your clipboard with spaces, tabs, or newline characters separating the names and simply paste in the text as a new list. Each name will receive 1 entry. Multi-list in-app purchase is required to unlock this feature. 2.4.1 03/02/2019 Fix for crash when entered list name is 300+ characters long. Better date formatting for last picked date. 2.4 10/15/2018 We made some upgrades to the “Reset All Entries to Zero” button to allow you to reset the number of entries for each item in your list to 1, 2, or any number you want! Find it on the Settings tab. 2.3 09/12/2018 Fix for crash when reordering entries while still entering them 2.2 09/07/2018 • We're pleased to announce that we've added the #1 user-requested feature, Multiple Lists! Enable this feature through a one time in-app purchase and you'll be able to create as many lists as you want, as well as make copies of existing lists just by swiping to the left.
• Quick Add Widget makes entering names fast and easy. It even automatically checks for duplicate names in the list as you type! You'll find it at the top of the Names List page.
• iPad support!
• Each list now displays how many items it contains and when the last time it wasn’t picked from 2.1 08/29/2018 • We're pleased to announce that we've added the #1 user-requested feature, Multiple Lists! Enable this feature through a one time in-app purchase and you'll be able to create as many lists as you want, as well as make copies of existing lists by swiping to the left.
• Quick Add Widget makes entering names fast and easy. It even automatically checks for duplicate names in the list as you type! You'll find it at the top of the Names List page.
• Each list now displays how many items it contains and when the last time it was picked from 2.0 08/21/2018 Bug fixes 1.6 06/29/2018 Updates in preparation for something BIG! 1.5 05/13/2018 • Good news! We've added one of the top user-requested features: the ability to delete all names in the list and start over from scratch. We present: "Nuke all names". Find it on the Settings page.
• We've slightly changed the way the app draws names and we've dubbed it "Natural Drawing Mode". It's named that because it more closely follows how names are naturally drawn out of a hat, in the real world. When a name is picked, one of its entries will be removed from the hat. Please note that this option is turned on by default now, but you can always turn it off on the Settings page and use the old drawing mode, now called "Original Drawing Mode".
• We've also made some updates to take advantage of all the extra pixels on the beautiful iPhone X
Thanks for using Pickster! 1.4 11/22/2017 Fix for bug related to commas in the names
New names now default to 1 entry
New option to submit app feedback 1.3 12/22/2016 1.0 11/30/2015
Pickster version 2.5.6
Updated At: 2020-11-23
Changes: Nov 23, 2020 Version 2.5.6
Fix for intermittent crash
Pickster version 2.5.6
Updated At: 2020-11-23
Changes: Fix for intermittent crash
Pickster version 2.5.5
Updated At: 2020-11-15
Changes: Nov 15, 2020 Version 2.5.5
Fix for crash when the device memory is low
Pickster version 2.5.4
Updated At: 2020-10-20
Changes: Oct 20, 2020 Version 2.5.4
- Fix for issue when pasting in a list after one was just copied
- New link to How To help section on the Settings tab
- Better descriptions for what each setting does
- On the names list page, tapping the Add button a second time now saves any entered name
Pickster version 2.5.4
Updated At: 2020-10-20
Changes: 20 Oct 2020 Version 2.5.4
- Fix for issue when pasting in a list after one was just copied
- New link to How To help section on the Settings tab
- Better descriptions for what each setting does
- On the names list page, tapping the Add button a second time now saves any entered name
Pickster version 2.5.3
Updated At: 2020-04-29
Changes: Apr 29, 2020 Version 2.5.3
Small bug fixes and updates
Pickster version 2.5.2
Updated At: 2020-04-02
Changes: Apr 2, 2020 Version 2.5.2
Small UI tweaks and bug fixes
Pickster version 2.5.0
Updated At: 2019-11-26
Changes: Nov 26, 2019 Version 2.5.0
New screen-shot friendly winner page! Now you can show everyone the result of the drawing with some fanfare, and without displaying everyone else's name in the list. Switch it on per list in the Settings page
Pickster version 1.0
Updated At: 2015-11-30
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