Yes or No Generator

What is a yes or no generator?

A yes or no generator is a digital way to settle a simple question with a fair, random answer. It does the same job as tossing a coin or plucking daisy petals, but quicker. You think of a question that can be answered with yes or no, press the button, and get an answer with exactly even odds. Turn on Maybe and you get a three-way answer instead.

How it works

1. Type your question in the box, or just think of it. Typing it is optional and only shows it back to you next to the answer.
2. Press Ask, or press Enter in the question box.
3. The answer appears at once: Yes in green, No in red, or Maybe if you turned it on.
4. The tally underneath counts every answer, so you can play “best of three” or “first to five”.

Fullscreen: press Fullscreen at the top of the tool to show the answer and the Ask button large, for a classroom projector, a party on the TV or a live stream. Press Esc to go back. With 🎨 Colors & effects you can set your own background and button colors (or a green screen for streaming) and choose whether the result is shown big with fireworks.

Each answer is drawn from your browser's cryptographically secure random number generator. Yes and No each have a 50% chance, or one third each with Maybe turned on. Every press is independent: three No answers in a row do not make a Yes any more likely next time. Your question never leaves your device.

When to use a yes or no picker

• Small daily choices: Should I go to the gym today? Order takeaway? Watch one more episode? When both answers are fine, a random answer saves you from overthinking.
• Breaking a tie: When two people disagree on a yes or no question, a neutral random answer is quick and fair.
• Games and parties: Use it as a “magic 8-ball” for silly questions, for truth-or-dare style games, or to decide whether a forfeit has to be done.
• Classroom warm-ups: Ask the class to guess the answer before pressing the button, a simple way to talk about chance and probability with younger students.
• Writing and role-play: Writers and game masters use random yes or no answers (“Is the door locked?”) to move a story along in a way nobody planned.

A useful trick: listen to your reaction

A random answer can do more than decide for you. Ask your question, press the button, and notice how you feel about the answer. If you feel relieved, that was the answer you wanted. If you feel disappointed and want to ask again, the opposite answer is probably the right one for you. This is an old coin-toss trick, and it works just as well here.

For important decisions about health, money or relationships, do not leave it to chance. Use the generator to find out how you feel, then decide properly.

More than two options?

When you have three or more choices, put them on the random choice wheel. For a classic 50/50 with a bit of drama, try the animated coin flip.