# Debate Assistant: Debate Timer
> Debate timer with bells for BP, Public Forum, LD, Policy, WSDC & more formats.
Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.debatesociety.assistant](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.debatesociety.assistant)
## Overview
- **ID:** `com.debatesociety.assistant`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Naitik Jain
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 4,558
- **Version:** 4.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03
- **First published:** 2025-04-17
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 16 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.debatesociety.assistant)
- **Website:** [https://app-ads-1dabe.web.app/](https://app-ads-1dabe.web.app/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://njain1804.wixsite.com/website/debate-assistant-privacy-policy](https://njain1804.wixsite.com/website/debate-assistant-privacy-policy)
## Description
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.
β±οΈ 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.
π 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.
β³ 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.
π CROSS-EXAMINATION & CROSSFIRE
Built-in timers for cross-examination, crossfire, and grand crossfire periods in PF, LD, and Policy.
π οΈ 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.
π§ 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.
π 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
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Bells, vibration & screen-flash cues
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9 built-in formats - World, Parliamentary & US
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Flexible per-team prep and cross-exam timers
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In-app custom format builder
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Thousands of debate motions
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Clean, fast, works offline
Download Debate Assistant and run your next round with confidence β whatever you debate.
## Rankings
- #737,827 β Overall
## Permissions and access
### Permissions
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.debatesociety.assistant.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
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