NYCUDL Debate Timer vs Criterion
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!
Criterion
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Criterion is an AI-powered copilot for debate, designed to help you continually improve. Manage your debate rounds, preparation files, and other materials all in one place. It supports all 5 of the major debate events: Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Policy Debate, Big Questions, and Congress. Features of Criterion include: - Rounds: Keep detailed records of your rounds. Record the speeches in your rounds and tournaments, and AI will help by flowing and generate rebuttal ideas and cross-examination questions (“hints”) based on your prep. It can even judge practice rounds by generating a ballot so that you can improve before tournaments. - Preparation: Create and manage your prep, which can include cases, cards, blockfiles, cross questions, and other resources. You can access these easily in round, and these resources will be used in your hints. As a bonus, we have an automatic card cutter, so you can find great evidence tailored to your cases. - Profile & Stats: Your Criterion profile is focused on improvement. You can see your statistics from your previous rounds (win rate, average speaker points), and your profile uses AI to analyze your feedback to generate actionable items to help you improve. - Quality of Life: Criterion stores data in iCloud, allowing you to access your debate information on your iPhone when you’re on the go, or your iPad and Mac when you’re in front of your desk. Rounds are also connected with Apple Calendar so you’re always on top of your schedule. - AI-Powered Assistance: Criterion integrates with Gemini 3 to provide assistance with preparation and rounds. You can find this AI in several places, like generating flows and hints in-round, creating a ballot post-round, giving feedback on your preparation, cutting cards, and analyzing your judge feedback to help you improve your debate skills. If you have any questions or feedback, or want to join our mailing list, don’t hesitate to email us at criterionhelp@gmail.com. To download our beta from TestFlight, go to https://testflight.apple.com/join/C5XUzHhe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NYCUDL Debate Timer at 15.1 against Criterion's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
| Parameter | NYCUDL Debate Timer | Criterion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New York City Urban Debate League, Inc. | Anar Anand |
In-app purchases
NYCUDL Debate Timer
No in-app purchases
Criterion
No in-app purchases
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