Name the decision
Type what you are deciding and press Start. In Frame, write why it matters, set a date to decide by, say how easy it is to undo and how much is at stake, and list the options, even "do nothing".
Decision MakerFree Decision Maker
Weigh your options with a decision matrix that tells you how sure to be, list pros and cons, compare them two at a time, check your gut with a spin or a coin, then record the decision and review it later, with nothing you type uploaded.
What are you deciding?
Frame the choice, weigh it from several angles, decide, then come back and see how it went. Your decisions stay in this browser on your device.
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Your decisions
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Your decision
The choice
How easy is it to undo?
How much is at stake?
Options
List everything you are choosing between. Two is a minimum; three to six works best. Drag to reorder, or press Alt and an arrow key in a name.
Weighted scores
Name what matters, say how much it matters, then score every option from 0 to 10. The ranking updates as you move the sliders.
For each option, write the arguments for and against. Tap a dot to say how much an argument counts: one dot is minor, three is a deal maker or deal breaker.
Head to head
Two options at a time. Pick the one you would rather have, with your gut, in under five seconds. The ranking falls out of your choices.
Yes
No
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Result
Spin the wheel or flip the coin. The useful part is not the answer, it is noticing how you feel about it.
Gut check. When it landed, what did you feel?
History
Keys inside the tool: 1 to 6 switch the tabs and Esc goes back to your decisions; in Head to head A and L pick and T means you cannot choose; in Spin, Space spins or flips.
How to Use the Decision Maker: Step-by-Step
Weigh what matters
In Weigh, add the criteria that matter, give each a weight from 1 to 5 and score every option from 0 to 10. The ranking updates as you go and says whether the result is robust or fragile.
List pros and cons
Write the arguments for and against each option and mark how much each one counts, from one dot (minor) to three (a deal maker or deal breaker). Each option gets a net score.
Go head to head
Pick between two options at a time, quickly and by gut, until every option has met every other one. The wins make a ranking, and the tool tells you if your picks went in a circle.
Spin and check your gut
Spin a wheel of the options or flip a coin, then say how you felt when it landed: relieved, nothing much or disappointed. Over a few spins your feelings show what you want.
Decide and review
Decide shows what every tool says side by side. Write what could go wrong, pick your choice and why, and come back later to rate how it turned out and what you would do differently.
Why Use This Decision Maker?
🧭 The right amount of thought
Say what is at stake and how easy the choice is to undo, and the tool suggests where to start: a quick spin for a small choice, scores and a night's sleep for a big one.
📊 A matrix that tells you how sure to be
The weighted scores do not just rank the options: they say when one small change of weight would hand the win to another option, and which criterion makes the difference.
🔍 Several angles, one table
Scores, pros and cons, head to head rounds and gut checks each rank the options their own way. Decide puts them side by side and says whether they agree.
🎲 A fair spin, then your feelings
The wheel and the coin pick from your browser's secure random numbers. What matters is how you feel when they land, and the tool keeps track of it.
📓 A record to learn from
Each decision keeps your reasons, the pre-mortem you wrote and, later, your review, so you can look back at how you decided and not only at how it turned out.
🔒 Nothing uploaded
What you type stays in your browser on your device and is kept there between visits. Export a file to move it, or send one decision as a share link that carries it inside.
Deciding Explained
⚖️ Weighted scoring
A decision matrix splits one hard comparison into many small ones: how good is each option on price, on time, on risk. Weights say which of those matter most, and the totals make the trade-offs visible instead of leaving them to a feeling.
🚪 Easy and hard to undo
A choice you can reverse cheaply, such as a restaurant or a trial subscription, deserves a quick pick and a review date. One that is hard to undo, such as a move or a contract, deserves written reasons and some time.
🔮 The pre-mortem
Imagine it is a year later and the decision went badly, then write down why. Telling the failure story before it happens is a cheap way to spot a risk while you can still plan for it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the decision maker free, and is anything uploaded?
It is free, with no registration and no limit on decisions. Like every page on ZeroDataUpload, it is supported by advertising. What you type stays in your browser on your device and is never sent to a server. Your decisions are kept in this browser so they are there next time; Delete all, under Your decisions, removes them.
How does the weighted decision matrix work?
In Weigh you name what matters (price, time, risk...), give each one a weight from 1 to 5 and score every option from 0 to 10. Each score is multiplied by its weight and added up; the total is shown as a share of the most an option could get, so 100% would be a perfect 10 on everything. The ranking changes as you move the sliders.
What do "robust" and "fragile" mean under the ranking?
After you score, the tool tries changing each weight by one step, then two, and checks whether another option would then come out ahead. Fragile means one step on a single weight hands the win to another option, so that weight deserves a second thought. Robust means the leader is ahead by 10 points or more and no one-step change moves it.
What is Head to head for?
It shows two options at a time and you pick the one you would rather have, by gut. Every option meets every other one once (three options take three rounds, five take ten), and the ranking comes from the wins. If your picks go in a circle, the tool says so: that usually means you judged different pairs on different things.
Is the wheel or the coin fair?
Yes. The pick comes from your browser's secure random numbers, every option on the wheel has the same chance, and the winner is the slice the pointer stops on. The useful part is the gut check afterwards: if you feel relieved or disappointed, that feeling is your answer.
How is it different from SpinForge?
SpinForge is a wheel for any list: names, prizes, chores or numbers, with bigger chances, teams and game modes. Decision Maker is for one decision between a few options: the wheel is one of six tools, it spins only that decision's options, and your gut checks join the scores, pros and cons and head to head rounds in one table.
Can I keep, move or share a decision?
Export saves every decision as a file and Import reads it back, in this browser or another. Share link copies a link that carries one decision inside it, after the # sign, which browsers never send to a server; whoever opens it gets their own copy. Copy summary gives you the whole decision as plain text.