Debate Clock
Debate speech & prep timer
Free · Designed for iPad
Runs the whole round: every speech in order, cross-examination, prep time and points of information — with the bells your format calls for. No ads, works offline.
Debate Clock is a timer built for competitive debate. It runs the whole round — every speech in order, cross-examination, and each team's prep time — so the chair can watch the debate instead of a stopwatch.
BUILT-IN FORMATS
SDL, JDL, World Schools (WSDC) and British Parliamentary come preloaded with the correct speech order and durations — cross-examination periods, separate prep time for each side, and the protected-time window in which points of information may be offered.
CUSTOM FORMATS
Build your own: add speeches, set durations, assign them to a team, reorder them, and save as many formats as you need. Start from a built-in template or from a blank list. Rename teams, change their badge and colour, or add new ones.
PREP TIMERS
Each side gets its own countdown, independent of the speech clock. Pause, resume and reset at any point in the round.
BELLS
• Interval bell every minute, or a single bell one minute before time
• Extra alert 30 seconds before the end
• Single or double bell when the speech ends
• Triple bell 15 seconds into overtime
• Optional bell at the start and end of the POI window, and when a point of information runs out
Every bell can be mirrored as a vibration, and sound or vibration can be muted on the spot.
MADE FOR A REAL ROUND
• A 15-second countdown for points of information, offered only while the speech is inside its POI window
• Exclusive timers — starting one clock pauses the others, so two never run at once
• Count-up mode if you would rather see time elapsed than time remaining
• The screen stays awake while a timer is running
• Swipe between speeches on a phone; on a tablet the full speech list and both prep timers sit beside the clock
• Keyboard shortcuts: space to start and pause, arrow keys to change speech
• English and Slovak, matched to your device language
No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything is stored on your device and the app works fully offline.
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- Two new built-in formats: World Schools (WSDC) and British Parliamentary.
- A points-of-information timer: a 15-second countdown that appears only while the speech is inside its protected-time window, with a bell of its own.
- A short welcome tour on first open, which asks which format you debate.
- On a tablet, the speech list now shows each speech's team above its name.
The developer, Michal Hrbaty, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Hr aD, s. r. o.
- Size
- 19.4 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hr aD, s. r. o.