NYCUDL Debate Timer vs Preside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYCUDL Debate Timer
This app provides a straightforward timer designed for debate participants, including debaters, coaches, and judges. It offers specific formats like Circuit PF, NYCUDL Virtual PF, and Parliamentary to enhance debate sessions.
- Debate timer for debaters, coaches, and judges
- Circuit PF format
- NYCUDL Virtual PF format
- Parliamentary format
- Simple and intuitive interface
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A simple timer for debaters, coaches and judges. Formats include: Circuit PF, NYCUDL Virtual PF and Parliamentary. Enjoy your debates!
Preside
This app helps you manage and run meetings or debates with precision. It automatically tracks speaker order and precedence, allowing you to save and recall past sessions for seamless organization.
- Efficient chamber management
- Accurate speaker tracking
- Precedence and recency tracking
- Save and recall tournament rounds
- Seating chart speaker selection
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Preside assists you in running a fast and efficient chamber with perfect accuracy. Simply fill out the information for your specific round, and you are ready to go. Determining the next speaker is as easy as tapping names on a seating chart. Preside automatically keeps track of precedence and recency, and allows you to save rounds from any tournament. Never make a mistake again!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Preside at weekly against NYCUDL Debate Timer's every 11 months. Preside also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). NYCUDL Debate Timer's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NYCUDL Debate Timer against 5.0 for Preside. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
NYCUDL Debate Timer ships an update every 11 months, Preside weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYCUDL Debate Timer | Preside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New York City Urban Debate League, Inc. | Sartaj Malhi |
Customer experience
NYCUDL Debate Timer
Preside
In-app purchases
NYCUDL Debate Timer
No in-app purchases
Preside
No in-app purchases
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