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A practice and prep tool for debate.

Build your case with live feedback, find real evidence with a link to every source, drill your speeches, flow rounds, and practice full rounds against an opponent that argues back — all in one place.

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Strong impact — quantify it. Three vague goods lose to one measured one.

An example argument — tap any part to see the kind of note the app leaves on it.

25+Debate formats
12Prep & judging tools
10Judge training modules
$0For the core app, forever
01Everything in one app

Tools for practice, prep, and judging

Cases, speeches, flows, evidence, and practice rounds — kept in one place instead of scattered across docs and apps.

AREI & Case Builder

Contentions, framework, rebuttal blocks, cross-ex questions — each gets live feedback graded for what that part is actually for, not one checklist for everything.

Speech Feedback

Dictate or paste a speech and get an annotated transcript, scored for your grade level and format.

Practice Rounds

Practice a full round against a practice opponent: speak your speeches aloud or type them, and it reads its replies back to you. Turn by turn, at your own pace.

Flow Sheets & Round Recording

Track arguments live through a round, then record it and get a rundown of what might not have made it into your flow.

Refute Tables

Generate contentions and possible refutations for both sides of a resolution, so you have a starting point before a round.

Evidence Finder & Library

Search the web for real, cited sources on your topic — every result links to where it came from — then save the good ones and link them into your case.

Opponents & Pairings

Paste in pairing text and see who you're up against, without retyping it by hand.

Every Format, Timed Right

Speech and prep timers matched to 25+ formats — or your own custom league rules.

02Judge mode

Built for the judge's seat too

Switch to Judge Mode and the toolset changes to match — training, ballots, a timer, and flow sheets.

Structured Judge Training

10 focused modules plus a full review quiz — flowing, definitions and plans, weighing impacts, writing an RFD, and more.

Ballots, Made Simple

Record the winner, speaker points, and your reason for decision — with pairing import from tab sites.

Flow Sheets

The same flowing tool students use, ready for tracking a round from the judge’s seat.

Format-Aware Timer

Times speeches and prep to the exact limits of whatever format you’re judging that day.

03The honest comparison

Why not just use ChatGPT?

Fair question — and for brainstorming arguments or explaining a concept, you should. What's different is how it coaches: it asks when it's unsure instead of guessing, points at the exact sentence that needs to change, checks each part of your case while you're still writing it, and finds evidence by searching the live web, with a link on every source.

It asks instead of guessing

In a chat window

Paste a rebuttal with a blank line where a response should go, and it'll grade around the gap — or confidently invent what you meant.

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When it genuinely can't tell whether something was intentional, it stops and asks you directly, then re-grades with your answer folded in. It never guesses on your behalf.

Feedback anchored to your exact words

In a chat window

"Strengthen your evidence" — true of almost any speech, and it tells you nothing about which sentence to actually change.

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Every note is pinned to the exact phrase in your speech it's about, with a before-and-after rewrite of that specific sentence — not a rewrite, a real one you could swap in.

Coaches while you write, not just after

In a chat window

You paste a finished draft and get one review. Whatever's weak survived every earlier version unnoticed.

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Each part of an argument — assertion, reasoning, evidence, impact — gets its own live check as you write it, so a weak warrant gets caught before you build the rest of the argument on top of it.

Graded on your league's rubric

In a chat window

It gives good general advice, because generic is all it has to work from.

Here

Upload your rubric once, and every grade after that — cases, speeches, weighing — scores against those exact criteria instead of a generic standard.

It hears how you actually speak

In a chat window

It reads the text you paste. It has no idea how fast you said it, or how many times you said 'um'.

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Dictate your speech and it measures your real pace, filler words, and pauses — then grades delivery alongside the argument, not just the transcript.

It knows what each part is for

In a chat window

Every block of text is just text — a half-finished rebuttal reads as a weak speech, and a framework plank gets told to add an impact.

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Tell it you're prepping a rebuttal and it grades a rebuttal. Inside your case, a framework plank, a rebuttal block, and a cross-ex question are each judged against their own job.

Sources you can actually check

In a chat window

Ask for a statistic and it may hand you a convincing number — with a source that was never real.

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Evidence Finder searches the live web while you wait and links every source it returns, so you can open it and check it yourself before it goes in your case.

Your format's real rules, on the clock

In a chat window

Ask how long an MSPDP rebuttal runs and you'll get a confident answer that may be out of date. And it can't tell you when your time is running out.

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Speech order, timings, and prep for 25+ formats, checked against the official rulebooks — plus a timer set to those limits, a flow sheet in the real speech order, and round recording that flags what you missed.

A general chatbot can absolutely help you think through an argument. It won't stop to ask when something's ambiguous, point at the exact sentence to fix, catch a weak warrant while you're still building it, or hand you a link for every source — and it won't time your round, hear how you spoke, or remember your rubric tomorrow. This is built to do all of that.

04How it works

Get started in 3 steps

Sign up, pick the format you compete in, and start building. Everything you make is saved to your account and syncs across your devices.

1

Create your free account

Sign up in seconds with Google, Microsoft, or email. Everything you make syncs across your devices.

2

Pick your format

Choose from 25+ formats — Policy, LD, Public Forum, Congress, Parli, and more — or describe your own custom league rules.

3

Prep and practice

Research with Evidence Finder, build your case with live feedback, drill your speeches, and run practice rounds before the real thing.

05Pricing

Free to build. Upgrade for more coaching.

The whole app — case builder, flows, timer, evidence, and every Judge Mode tool — is unlimited on Free. Only the coaching tools run on a credit allowance.

Free

Everything you need to build a case, flow a round, and train as a judge.

$0 forever
  • Case Builder, flow sheets, timer & evidence library — unlimited
  • All of Judge Mode: training, quizzes, ballots
  • 100 credits for your first 14 days, then 40/month

Premium

Most popular

For debaters who want coaching on tap — every case, every practice round.

$9.99 /month

or $79/year

  • Everything in Free
  • 1,000 credits/month
  • Priority access to new tools

Sign up free, then upgrade anytime from Settings — no credit card needed to get started.

What do those credits actually get you?

Three real jobs, priced end to end — and how far each allowance goes on them.

Your 100 starter credits cover any one of these

  • 3new cases, researched and checked
  • 2full practice rounds
  • 2tournament weekends

Prepping a new resolution

Everything it takes to go from a fresh topic to a case you trust.

  • 1× Refute table for both sides7
  • 10× Point checks across contentions, framework & blocks10
  • 2× Intro and conclusion checks2
  • 1× Evidence Finder search8
Whole job27 credits
100 to start
3×
40/month on Free
1×
1,000/month on Premium
37×

A full practice round

A complete live round — your opponent speaks out loud, interrupts and gets interrupted, and a judge decides who won.

  • 3× Your opponent’s speeches9
  • 12× Character voice for those speeches12
  • 9× Your opponent listening to your speeches9
  • 4× Live answers to your POIs and heckles4
  • 1× Judge decision4
Whole job38 credits
100 to start
2×
40/month on Free
1×
1,000/month on Premium
26×

A tournament weekend

Pairings in, rounds flowed, and feedback on how you actually spoke.

  • 4× Pairing imports4
  • 3× Flow imports from photos12
  • 2× Flow gap checks8
  • 3× Speech feedback on your rounds15
Whole job39 credits
100 to start
2×
40/month on Free
1×
1,000/month on Premium
25×

The 100 starter credits cover your first 14 days of coaching, then the free allowance settles at 40 a month — enough for any one of these jobs every month. The case builder, flow sheets, timer, evidence library, and all of Judge Mode never cost credits at all; only the coaching tools do.

What does each coaching action cost?

Full transparency — here's exactly how many credits every coaching feature spends.

ActionCredits
Speech & argument feedback
Speech Feedback (annotated transcript + score)5
"Explain this more" on a Speech Feedback tip (first 10 each day are free)1
Suggest cuts for a speech that runs over its time or word limit1
Point check (one part of a contention, framework plank, block, or question)1
Case framing check (intro, conclusion, definition, or plan)1
Weighing check (one box)1
Full weighing check (the whole speech)1
Case prep generators
Refute Table generation7
Evidence Finder search (live web, cited sources)8
Custom format builder3
Practice Rounds
Your opponent's next speech (written for the round)3
Character voice for your opponent (per 1,000 letters spoken — about 1½ minutes)1
Your opponent answers your Point of Information or heckle, live1
Your opponent listens to your speech and decides whether to interrupt (each check)1
Judge decides who won the round4
Judge scores your speech in a solo round4
Flow & round tools
Import a flow (photo or document)4
Flow gap check (round recording review)4
Import pairing or judging assignment text1
POI & Heckle Trainer
Generate a practice speech3
Score a Point of Information1
Topic-specific POI & heckle suggestions1
Free — no credit cost
Import from a Google Doc or Sheet link0
The basic (browser) voice, or no voice, in Practice Rounds0

Credits are only spent when a request succeeds — a failed request never costs you anything.

06Guides

Free guides, no account needed

How to prep, how to flow, how judges actually decide — plus speech order and timings for every format we support.

07FAQ

Questions, answered

Pricing, privacy, which formats are supported, and what you actually need an account for.

Is The Debate Prep free?

The core app — Case Builder, flow sheets, timer, evidence library, and all of Judge Mode — is free forever, unlimited. Coaching tools (speech feedback, Evidence Finder, refute tables, practice rounds, and more) runs on a credit allowance: free accounts get 100 credits covering their first 14 days of coaching, then 40 a month after that. Premium ($9.99/mo or $79/yr) raises it to 1,000 a month. The pricing section shows exactly what those allowances buy.

Where does Evidence Finder get its sources?

From a live web search run when you ask, not from memory. It favors reputable sources — major news outlets, government and NGO data, academic work — and every result comes with a link and a plain-language summary. Open the link and check it before you use it in a round: that habit will serve you well no matter where your evidence comes from.

Why not just use ChatGPT?

For brainstorming arguments or explaining a concept, honestly, you should. What a chat window can't do is stop and ask when it genuinely can't tell if something was intentional, point at the exact sentence in your speech that needs to change, or check your reasoning and evidence separately while you're still building the argument instead of grading the whole thing at once. When you need evidence, this searches the live web and links every source instead of answering from memory. It also won't time your speech to your format's exact limits, hear how fast you actually spoke, or grade you against your own league's rubric. That's the part this is for.

Do I need to create an account?

Yes. A free account keeps your cases, flows, speeches, and everything else synced securely across every device you sign in on.

Is my information private?

Your account only stores your own prep — nobody else can see your cases, speeches, or flows. Coaching features send just the text you're actively working on to generate feedback, and nothing more.

What debate formats does it support?

25+ formats out of the box, across elementary through university levels. Don't see yours? Describe it as a custom format and every tool in the app adapts to it.

I judge, but don't compete — is there anything here for me?

Yes — Judge Mode gives you a judging-specific toolkit: training modules with quizzes, format-specific judging notes, ballots, a timer, and flow sheets.

Can I use this on my phone?

Yes — the whole app is responsive and built to work in a mobile browser, dictation and all.

Ready to start prepping?

Create a free account — 100 credits to start, and the case builder, flows, timer, and evidence library free forever.