Can I weight options so we eat my favourite more often?

Yes. In weighted mode, set higher numbers for the options you'd prefer. The result still feels random — over many spins, the favoured options just come up more.

Can I share my dinner wheel with my partner?

Yes. Click Share on the wheel page and you'll get a copyable link that opens the same wheel on their device.

Does Spinly remember my last wheel?

Yes. The wheel you were last using is auto-saved to your browser, so when you come back it's still there. Use Save if you want to keep multiple named wheels.

Can I plan a whole week of dinners?

Yes — sequence mode is perfect for this. Set seven dinners in the order you want, and the wheel reveals one per spin while still looking spontaneous.

Use a wheel to decide what's for dinner

Q: What if we don't like the result?

The whole point is that you agree to the outcome before the spin. If you're going to re-spin every time you don't like the answer, you're not really using a decision tool. Agree up front: one spin, that's dinner.

The "what should we have for dinner?" loop is one of the most reliable sources of low-grade relationship friction. Everyone has a vague preference, nobody wants to lock it in, and the person who suggests something concrete becomes responsible for the outcome. By the time someone gives in, half an hour has gone and everyone's grumpy.

A spinning wheel cuts through it. You agree to abide by the result before the spin, so the decision is made by the wheel, not by either of you. Whoever loses doesn't get to be annoyed at the other person — they were the one who agreed to spin.

Quick setup

Open the wheel.
Type 4–8 options, one per line. Restaurants nearby, takeaway places, or recipes you can make from what's already in the fridge.
Hit spin.
Go eat.

Good options to include

The wheel works best when every option on it is genuinely acceptable to everyone involved. If "salad" is on there as a joke that nobody actually wants to eat, you'll be re-spinning and the point is lost. Be honest about what you'd be fine with.

Some common starting points:

The three or four cuisines you order from most
"Cook something with the chicken in the fridge" as a wildcard
"Cereal" as the dignified surrender option
A "go to the shop and pick something" option for nights when you can't face deciding at all

Using weighted mode for family meals

If you live with someone who eats less variety than you do — a partner who's bored of Thai, a kid going through a phase — weighted mode is your friend. Put every option on the wheel, but give the ones the picky eater will tolerate a higher weight. The result still feels random, but the odds quietly favour meals everyone can eat.

For example: pizza weight 3, pasta weight 3, sushi weight 1, Thai weight 1. Pizza and pasta each come up about 38% of the time, sushi and Thai each about 12%. You haven't banned the less-liked options — they're still possible — you've just made nights of complaint less common.

Sequence mode for meal prep weeks

If you cook in batches and want a planned but slightly surprising week, set up a sequence of seven meals. The wheel spins like normal, but each spin advances through your plan. It's a fun way to "reveal" tomorrow night's dinner without doing the boring "Monday: chili, Tuesday: pasta" pinned-to-the-fridge thing.

Common questions

What if we don't like the result?

The first rule of using a decision wheel is that you have to actually accept the result. If you and the people around you are going to re-spin every time you don't like the answer, you're not using a decision tool — you're just adding theatre to the existing argument. Agree up front: one spin, that's dinner.

How many options should I put on?

Three to eight is the sweet spot. Fewer than three and you might as well just talk it through. More than ten and the wheel becomes hard to read, and you start including options that aren't really on the table.