Comparison

Debate Timekeeper vs Debate Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
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Debate Timekeeper

Features
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The application allows you to set: * number of participants from 2 to 4; * each participant's speech from 10 seconds to 10 minutes. Place your smartphone in the center of the table and sit around it. Press the start button. Speak when your part of the screen is green and listen when it is red. If you end your speech early, pass the speakership to another participant. The application will be helpful to couples, friends, students, and politicians. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Debate Clock

Features
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Debate Clock is a timer built for competitive debate. It runs the whole round — every speech in order, cross-examination, and each team's prep time — so the chair can watch the debate instead of a stopwatch. BUILT-IN FORMATS SDL, JDL, World Schools (WSDC) and British Parliamentary come preloaded with the correct speech order and durations — cross-examination periods, separate prep time for each side, and the protected-time window in which points of information may be offered. CUSTOM FORMATS Build your own: add speeches, set durations, assign them to a team, reorder them, and save as many formats as you need. Start from a built-in template or from a blank list. Rename teams, change their badge and colour, or add new ones. PREP TIMERS Each side gets its own countdown, independent of the speech clock. Pause, resume and reset at any point in the round. BELLS • Interval bell every minute, or a single bell one minute before time • Extra alert 30 seconds before the end • Single or double bell when the speech ends • Triple bell 15 seconds into overtime • Optional bell at the start and end of the POI window, and when a point of information runs out Every bell can be mirrored as a vibration, and sound or vibration can be muted on the spot. MADE FOR A REAL ROUND • A 15-second countdown for points of information, offered only while the speech is inside its POI window • Exclusive timers — starting one clock pauses the others, so two never run at once • Count-up mode if you would rather see time elapsed than time remaining • The screen stays awake while a timer is running • Swipe between speeches on a phone; on a tablet the full speech list and both prep timers sit beside the clock • Keyboard shortcuts: space to start and pause, arrow keys to change speech • English and Slovak, matched to your device language No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything is stored on your device and the app works fully offline.

Screenshots

Debate Timekeeper4 screens
Debate Clock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Debate Timekeeper at 12.0 against Debate Clock's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Debate Timekeeper versus Debate Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDebate TimekeeperDebate Clock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtur JakucewiczMichal Hrbaty

In-app purchases

None

Debate Timekeeper

No in-app purchases

None

Debate Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Debate Timekeeper free?
Debate Timekeeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Debate Clock free?
Debate Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Debate Timekeeper or Debate Clock have ads?
Neither Debate Timekeeper nor Debate Clock shows ads.

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