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Names in a Hat

App Store·Other productivity·🇺🇸

Names in a Hat is an app for randomly drawing names, assigning teams, and organizing Secret Santa events. It supports list management, sharing results, and is useful for teachers, event organizers, and group activities.

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Overview

6 features

Names in a Hat sits in PulseGate's Other productivity category. It allows users to randomly select names, assign teams, or organize Secret Santa draws without physical materials. Names in a Hat is a consumer product aimed at teachers, event organizers, group leaders. Pricing is paid, from $1. It ships for the web and iOS.

Thomas Peters builds and maintains Names in a Hat, and it first shipped in 2009. Key capabilities include random name draw, team assignment, and Secret Santa.

  • ✓Random name draw
  • ✓Team assignment
  • ✓Secret Santa
  • ✓List management
  • ✓Result sharing
  • ✓Draw history
Tags
random-drawteam-assignmentsecret-santalist-management

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Runs on
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Trust & compliance

Verified signals
✓HTTPS✓Store-verified publisher

Indexing history

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed17 Jun · 14:12 UTC
    Listing verified against its public source
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Frequently asked questions about Names in a Hat

What is Names in a Hat?
Names in a Hat allows users to randomly select names, assign teams, or organize Secret Santa draws without physical materials. It is catalogued under Other productivity on PulseGate.
Who is Names in a Hat for?
Names in a Hat is a consumer product built for teachers, event organizers, group leaders.
How much does Names in a Hat cost?
Paid plans start at $1.
What platforms does Names in a Hat run on?
Names in a Hat runs on the web and iOS.
Is Names in a Hat still maintained?
Unverified. Names in a Hat has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
Who develops Names in a Hat?
Names in a Hat is developed by Thomas Peters, based in the United States.
When did Names in a Hat launch?
Names in a Hat first shipped in 2009.

At a glance

Platforms
Mobile
Languages
English
First seen
17 Jun 2026
Built for
teachers, event organizers, group leaders
Model
B2C
Solves
Allows users to randomly select names, assign teams, or organize Secret Santa draws without physical materials.

Registered as

App Store
310533991

Developer

🇺🇸Thomas Peters

Live coverage

Identity confidence
High · 90.4
Indexed
17 Jun 2026
Lifecycle
Unverified
First seen
Jun 2026
Last seen
17 Jun 2026
Identity audit (12)
Slug
names-in-a-hat-apple-com
Verification state
Indexed for public listing
Listing state
Listed: yes
Index status
Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot
17 Jun 2026
Timeline basis
Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from
Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from
Assigned by a language model.
Summary from
Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from
Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated
1 Aug 2026
Canonical URL
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/names-in-a-hat/id310533991

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