Comparison

Extemp Debate Timer vs Church Pilgrim

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

Head to head
About

Extemp Debate Timer

This app provides a comprehensive timer for various debate formats, including Extemp, Public Forum, and Lincoln Douglas. It offers customizable alerts, advanced analytics, and judge scripts to streamline debate rounds for judges, coaches, and debaters.

Highlights
  • Pre-built debate formats
  • Pro landscape mode full-screen timer
  • Immersive audio, haptic, and LED alerts
  • Judge scripts and speaker notes
  • Advanced round analytics
  • Integrated coin toss for Public Forum
  • Smart sequencing and stage tracking
Features
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The ultimate debate timer for judges, coaches, and debaters. Designed to make timing rounds effortless so you can focus entirely on the flow and your ballot. Fully supports Extemp Debate, Public Forum (PF), and Lincoln Douglas (LD). Features: Pre-Built Formats: Just select your debate style and the app automatically builds the entire sequence of speeches, cross examinations, and prep time pools. Pro Landscape Mode: Rotate the screen when any timer is running to get a massive, distraction free full screen timer. You can easily turn the screen to face the debaters so they can track their own remaining time. Immersive Alerts: Choose between audio bells, heavy haptic vibrations, and LED camera flashes for 30 second warnings and when time is up. The rear LED flash is specially designed for when you have the screen facing the competitors, keeping you perfectly in the loop on timing from the back of the phone! Judge Scripts: Expandable speaker notes for every stage tell you exactly who is speaking and for how long. Advanced Round Analytics: Provide better feedback on your ballots. The analytics dashboard uses stacked bar charts to visualize exactly how much speaking and prep time each team (and individual PF speakers) used, left unused, or went into overtime. Integrated Coin Toss: Public Forum judges can use the built in 3D animated coin flipper to start the round. Smart Sequencing: The app tracks your progress, highlights the active stage, and lets you jump back and forth with intelligent auto-completion. Customizable: Quickly toggle sound, light, and vibration preferences right from the main screen. They save automatically for your next flight. Our Story: This app is the brainchild of and was written by Lucas M (13yo) and Max M (16yo), two brothers who have both competed in middle school debate. They worked together to devise and code all of the app's features, and they asked me to publish it on their behalf for free as a gift back to the speech and debate community from which they have benefitted so much. Keep time with confidence!

About

Church Pilgrim

Features
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# Church Pilgrim Discover the history, architecture, stories, and sacred landscapes of churches across the United Kingdom. Church Pilgrim is a growing digital archive designed to help people explore parish churches, abbeys, chapels, monasteries, ruins, and sacred places more deeply — whether through history, pilgrimage, photography, architecture, or simple curiosity. From small rural churches hidden in quiet valleys to great medieval abbeys and cathedrals, Church Pilgrim brings together information that is often scattered across archives, guidebooks, parish records, and local memory into one accessible place. ## Explore Churches Across the UK Browse detailed church profiles featuring: * Historical overviews * Architectural descriptions * Construction timelines * Historic associations * Photography * Listing information * Sacred and monastic sites * Ruined and lost churches ## Discover Hidden History Many churches preserve centuries of layered history within their walls: * Norman doorways * Medieval graffiti * Monastic ruins * Wall paintings * Ancient churchyards * Victorian restorations * Forgotten chapels * Stories tied to local communities and landscapes Church Pilgrim exists to help preserve and share these stories before they disappear. ## Designed for Exploration and Pilgrimage Whether you are: * visiting churches while travelling * researching local history * exploring sacred architecture * planning pilgrimages * photographing historic churches * tracing monastic landscapes * or simply discovering the churches around you Church Pilgrim is designed to help you explore more intentionally. ## A Growing Community Archive The project began in Berkshire from a personal interest in exploring churches and a growing concern that much local church history and knowledge risks being lost over time. The archive continues to grow gradually, with new churches, histories, and features being added over time. Church Pilgrim is not simply about buildings, but about preserving the stories, memory, craftsmanship, faith, and human history held within them.

Screenshots

Extemp Debate Timer4 screens
Church Pilgrim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Church Pilgrim at 15.1 against Extemp Debate Timer's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Extemp Debate Timer versus Church Pilgrim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExtemp Debate TimerChurch Pilgrim
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB39 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSimply Networked LLCSamuel Chorlton

In-app purchases

None

Extemp Debate Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Church Pilgrim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Extemp Debate Timer free?
Extemp Debate Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Church Pilgrim free?
Church Pilgrim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Extemp Debate Timer or Church Pilgrim have ads?
Neither Extemp Debate Timer nor Church Pilgrim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Extemp Debate Timer or Church Pilgrim?
Extemp Debate Timer ships an update every 2 days, and Church Pilgrim every 2 days. Most recently, Extemp Debate Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Church Pilgrim on October 31, 2026.

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