Comparison

ASSIST vs NYCUDL Debate Timer

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

Head to head
About

ASSIST

This app automates the grading of various student assessments, including bubble sheets captured by camera. It allows educators to log and review individual student results, manage collaborative learning activities, and aggregate data by student, class, or standard.

Highlights
  • Automated assessment grading
  • Bubble sheet scanning
  • Student result logging
  • Collaborative activity scoring
  • Immediate result review
  • Data aggregation
Features
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● Administer and collect student results from common, summative, formative and rubrics-based assessments ● Automatically grades bubble sheets captured by camera by identifying encoded student ID and comparing to teacher-defined key. ● Log individual student results to any assessment type ● Manage and score collaborative learning activities ● Immediately review the results of any assessment in ASSIST ● Results from ASSIST can be uploaded and aggregated by student, class, campus, assessment and standard

About

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.

Highlights
  • Debate timer for debaters, coaches, and judges
  • Circuit PF format
  • NYCUDL Virtual PF format
  • Parliamentary format
  • Simple and intuitive interface
Features
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A simple timer for debaters, coaches and judges. Formats include: Circuit PF, NYCUDL Virtual PF and Parliamentary. Enjoy your debates!

Screenshots

ASSIST1 screens
NYCUDL Debate Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NYCUDL Debate Timer at 100% against ASSIST's 5%. NYCUDL Debate Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (18 vs 4). ASSIST's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NYCUDL Debate Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of ASSIST's written reviews are positive against 100% of NYCUDL Debate Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ASSIST ships an update every 4 months, NYCUDL Debate Timer every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ASSIST versus NYCUDL Debate Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASSISTNYCUDL Debate Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings418 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALL In LearningNew York City Urban Debate League, Inc.

Customer experience

ASSIST

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive4.8%
Neutral9.5%
Negative85.7%

NYCUDL Debate Timer

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ASSIST

No in-app purchases

None

NYCUDL Debate Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASSIST free?
ASSIST is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NYCUDL Debate Timer free?
NYCUDL Debate Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ASSIST or NYCUDL Debate Timer?
NYCUDL Debate Timer is rated higher. ASSIST averages 2.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while NYCUDL Debate Timer averages 5.0 from 18 ratings.
Do ASSIST or NYCUDL Debate Timer have ads?
Neither ASSIST nor NYCUDL Debate Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ASSIST or NYCUDL Debate Timer?
ASSIST ships an update every 4 months, and NYCUDL Debate Timer every 11 months. Most recently, ASSIST was updated on September 16, 2026 and NYCUDL Debate Timer on June 7, 2026.

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