Balloon Pop Countdown
Balloons inflate one by one on screen, then a random balloon pops to reveal your winner or number. A suspenseful, confetti-filled way to run a raffle, giveaway, or pick a name.
Built by the AbraCalc team
How to play
- List names or numbers one per line, or leave the box blank and set how many blank balloons to inflate instead.
- Tap Inflate balloons to watch them rise into place with a rising chime.
- Tap Pop a balloon! to start the suspense — the highlight slows down before one balloon bangs and confetti flies.
- Tap Fullscreen to show the winner banner large on a shared screen, or Reset to load a new list.
Type in names, ticket numbers, or leave the box blank for plain numbered balloons, and this tool inflates a row of balloons right on screen. Once every balloon is up, tap again and watch the highlight hop faster and faster between them before one balloon bangs, showers confetti, and reveals the winner underneath. It's built for raffles, prize draws, and any moment where you want the pick to feel like an event rather than a coin flip. Balloons and winner are chosen with the same fair randomness used across AbraCalc's picker tools, works for a single balloon or a stress test of two hundred, and runs entirely offline with a fullscreen mode for showing the room.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the winning balloon really random?
- Yes. The pop uses the same cryptographically strong randomness engine as AbraCalc's other picker tools, so every balloon has an equal, unpredictable chance right up until it pops.
- Can I use it with just numbers instead of names?
- Yes. Leave the names box empty, set how many blank balloons you want, and each one is labeled with its balloon number instead — handy for raffle ticket draws.
- How many balloons can I add?
- Up to 200 balloons in a single round. Larger lists still inflate quickly since balloons appear in a fast staggered wave rather than one at a time.