How to create a random float in Objective-C?

Try this:

 (float)rand() / RAND_MAX

Or to get one between 0 and 5:

 float randomNum = ((float)rand() / RAND_MAX) * 5;

Several ways to do the same thing.

Here is a function

- (float)randomFloatBetween:(float)smallNumber and:(float)bigNumber {
    float diff = bigNumber - smallNumber;
    return (((float) (arc4random() % ((unsigned)RAND_MAX + 1)) / RAND_MAX) * diff) + smallNumber;
}