Debate Assistant: Debate Timer

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About this app

Debate Assistant is your all-in-one debate timer and motion generator - now covering more formats than any other debate app. Whether you debate British Parliamentary, World Schools, or the US NSDA circuit, it keeps every speech, prep clock, and cross-examination on time.

ā±ļø DEBATE TIMER WITH BELLS, VIBRATION & SCREEN FLASH
Automatic bells sound at the right moments, with vibration and a full-screen flash cue for loud rooms where a bell can't be heard. Clear overtime warnings keep every speaker honest.

šŸŒ EVERY MAJOR FORMAT, BUILT IN
World & Parliamentary:
- British Parliamentary (BP / WUDC)
- Asian Parliamentary (AP / UADC)
- World Schools (WSDC)
- Australs
- APDA
- Canadian Parliamentary

US / NSDA high school & college:
- Public Forum (PF)
- Lincoln-Douglas (LD)
- Policy (CX)

Each format runs its correct speech order, roles, and timing automatically.

ā³ FLEXIBLE PREP TIMERS
US formats use per-team prep that you start and stop at your own discretion - the feature most timers don't support. Independent prep pools for each side carry over between speeches, just like a real round. Parliamentary formats keep their standard pre-debate prep timer.

šŸ” CROSS-EXAMINATION & CROSSFIRE
Built-in timers for cross-examination, crossfire, and grand crossfire periods in PF, LD, and Policy.

šŸ› ļø BUILD YOUR OWN FORMAT - NO FILES TO EDIT
Use a different ruleset or a custom practice round? Create your own format right inside the app: add speeches, set durations and roles, choose your prep model, and set bell signals. Save it and it works exactly like a built-in format. No XML, no config files.

🧠 MOTION GENERATOR
Thousands of high-quality debate motions across British and Asian Parliamentary, organized by category - education, environment, health, free speech, politics & international relations, society, and mixed. Perfect for practice rounds and warm-ups.

šŸ”” POINTS OF INFORMATION
Clear protected-time signals and POI indicators for parliamentary formats; US formats show the right cross-exam structure instead.

WHO IT'S FOR
- High school and college debaters
- Debate coaches and educators
- Adjudicators, judges, and moderators
- Debate clubs, schools, and universities
- Anyone improving public speaking and critical thinking

āœ… Bells, vibration & screen-flash cues
āœ… 9 built-in formats - World, Parliamentary & US
āœ… Flexible per-team prep and cross-exam timers
āœ… In-app custom format builder
āœ… Thousands of debate motions
āœ… Clean, fast, works offline

Download Debate Assistant and run your next round with confidence — whatever you debate.
Updated on
Jun 16, 2026

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What’s new

Big update!
Now supports US formats — Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy (CX) — with flexible per-team prep timers and cross-examination periods.
Added World Schools, Australs, APDA, UADC and Canadian Parliamentary.
New: build your own custom format right in the app — no files to edit.
Plus a screen-flash cue for loud rooms alongside bells and vibration.
Faster, cleaner timer UI.