The Android Searcher Reviews Apps: Shake Raffle Roll

25.1.12 The Android Searcher 0 Comments

“Shake Raffle Roll,” this is not a mistyped name of a movie here, neither is it a comedy sequel of the said movie. Rather, what I have here is a new Android app. Last January 10, 2012 at the Alcatel OneTouch launch, I met Ragde Falcis, an Android app developer from Juandroid.org. Knowing that I write for Android Alliance Philippines, he had me interested with Shake Raffle Roll, the first app he made with Juandroid.org. What is Shake Raffle Roll by the way? Shake Raffle Roll is an Android randomizer application, explains why the “raffle” in the name. Now that we know what it is for, you may ask, "Why should we use that app anyway?" Radge then explained to me that we are always faced with confusing choices daily:

• the clothes to wear
• the restaurants to choose
• the food to eat.

Out of a myriad of choices, a creative solution could be to pick from our options, fishbowl raffle-style. But instead of going through the hoops of cutting pieces of paper then picking one of these to determine your choice for your dilemma at hand, you just have to download this app and it does magic better than your old paper, pen and fish bow. Radge then took out his phone and showed me how it works. Pretty easy to use and is available in the Android App Market, perfectly free. Here are the steps of how you can use this app:

1. Download and install the app from the Android Market.



2. Open the app from your app gallery.



3. Choose from "name mode", "face mode", "number mode" and "csv mode". With name mode, you can enter the names of your choices while with face mode, you can choose from the pictures of your choices. Number mode allows you to randomize numbers while csv mode randomizes entries in a .csv file. I decided to choose name mode.



4. I decided to choose from three fast foods chains from where I should buy a burger. I entered "KFC", "Burger King" and "Wendy's".



5. Shake your phone as many times as you want. After you stop, the app will instruct you to tap for the answer.



6. The app will post a short announcement that there's already a "winner," or, actually, a choice.



7. First letter of the choice is revealed.



8. "B" is the first letter.



9. Last letter of the choice is announced.

 

10. "G" is the last letter.



11. The app announces the "winner"/choice.



12. To excite you a bit, the phone will randomize all the letters of the chosen item. 



13. Letters are randomized again.



14. The winning choice is revealed and in this case, "Burger King".


That is how simple the app works though I did not get why it has to take more steps to reveal the answer. If you are impatient, just tap through the works to reveal the answer immediately. Nevertheless, it does work well especially if you are the type who is always undecided. What are you waiting for? Download this app and cut through a few mundane decisions today!