The Best Free Wheel of Life Tools, Compared
Printable templates, online tests, coaching worksheets or apps? A practical comparison of the free Wheel of Life tools — and what to look for so the chart actually leads somewhere.
Search "free Wheel of Life tool" and you'll find dozens of options that all look similar: a circle, some slices, a score. They are not the same. The real difference isn't how the wheel looks — it's what happens after you fill it in. Here's an honest comparison of the main types, and what to look for.
The four types of free Wheel of Life tool
1. Printable templates and PDFs
A blank wheel you print and fill in by hand. Good for: a quiet, offline, five-minute reflection with no screens. The catch: paper can't remember. There's no history, no next step, and the sheet usually ends up in a drawer. Great for a one-off; useless for tracking change.
2. Basic online tests
An interactive wheel on a website — drag or click to score each area, see your shape instantly. Good for: a quick, satisfying snapshot. The catch: most stop exactly at the chart. You get a picture and a number, but no help reading it and nothing to do next. You close the tab and forget it.
3. Coaching worksheets
Wheels designed for a coach to use with a client in a session. Good for: guided reflection when you already have a coach. The catch: on your own, they're just a more elaborate template — the value comes from the conversation around them, which you don't have at 11pm by yourself.
4. App-based tools
A wheel built into an app that saves your result, tracks it over time, and connects it to something you can act on. Good for: people who want the wheel to lead somewhere — a plan, habits, progress. The catch: more setup than a one-tap test, and quality varies a lot.
What actually makes a wheel tool useful
Whatever type you pick, these are the things that separate a tool you use once from one that changes anything:
- Interactive, not just a blank shape — you should see your wheel update as you score.
- Enough areas — 8 is thin; 10–12 gives a sharper picture.
- It remembers — last month's wheel next to this month's is where the insight lives.
- It gives you a next step — the chart is the start, not the finish.
The first two are common. The last two — memory and a next step — are where almost every free tool quietly stops.
Where Litak fits
Litak is the app-based end of this list, built specifically to fix the part most tools skip. The wheel is free and interactive, scores 12 areas, and instead of leaving you at the chart, an AI coach reads the pattern and turns your weakest area into a weekly plan — then tracks how your wheel changes month to month.
So if you want a quick offline reflection, a printable template is fine. If you want a satisfying snapshot, any good online test works. But if you want the chart to actually lead to action, you want a tool that doesn't stop at the chart. Try the free Wheel of Life, or read what the Wheel of Life is first.