# Debatekeeper – debate timer

> Never miss a bell again! Timer for debates with automatic bells

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.czlee.debatekeeper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.czlee.debatekeeper)

## Overview

- **ID:** `net.czlee.debatekeeper`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Chuan-Zheng Lee
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 107,513
- **Rating:** 4.29 / 5 (685 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.2
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-17
- **First published:** 2012-06-30
- **Publisher country:** NZ
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.czlee.debatekeeper)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/czlee/debatekeeper/wiki](https://github.com/czlee/debatekeeper/wiki)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://github.com/czlee/debatekeeper/wiki/Privacy-Policy](https://github.com/czlee/debatekeeper/wiki/Privacy-Policy)

## Description

Debatekeeper is a versatile Chrome extension designed to streamline timekeeping in competitive debates. It automatically sounds bells at precise intervals or uses vibrations and screen flashes as subtle cues, allowing users to focus fully on the debate without monitoring the clock.

Supporting a variety of parliamentary debate formats—including British Parliamentary (WUDC), World Schools (WSDC), Australs, and more—Debatekeeper automatically adjusts to different speech timings and is highly configurable. Users can even create custom debate formats using XML or download new styles from the online repository. Additional features like overtime bells and a preparation timer enhance the debate experience. Note that it does not support American policy, public forum, or Lincoln-Douglas styles due to their specific prep time rules.

Ideal for debaters and adjudicators alike, Debatekeeper ensures everyone is timely and attentive, improving the flow and fairness of competitive debates.

## Rankings

- #214,287 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.NFC`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `net.czlee.debatekeeper.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Debatekeeper is widely praised for easy, robust timing that covers prep, speeches, and POIs, and for supporting many debate formats through custom styles. It’s appreciated as a helpful tool for judges and students alike, with features like prep timer bells. The app is noted to be easy to use and versatile across formats. Some users would like prep-time support, broader NSDA-format coverage, and more UI refinements to tailor signals, but these points are mentioned less frequently. Overall, it’s a solid debater timer with strong timing features and broad format support.

### Pros

- Time-tracking across prep, speech, and POI with support for many debating styles
- Easy to use and generally intuitive
- Flexible with multiple formats and ability to create custom debate styles
- Helpful for judges/adjudication and reduces setup hassle
- Bells/alerts for timing (prep timer bells)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.czlee.debatekeeper)