A speech timer for classrooms, clubs, and competitions
Green while the speech runs, yellow as the close approaches, red at time, and a count-up past zero that settles arguments. The display scales to any screen, the controls live on the timekeeper's phone, and speeches up to 10 minutes are free forever.
Built like signal cards, minus the cards
Speaking clubs have signaled with green, yellow, and red for generations. NextTime puts the same three states on a screen every speaker can see, timed to your club's thresholds, with no one holding anything. The timekeeper runs it from a phone; the speaker never loses the thread watching for a card.
- Green, yellow, and red on a screen every speaker can see
- Thresholds set to your club or format's signal times
- Run from the timekeeper's phone, nothing to hold
Classrooms and speech assignments
Put the timer on the classroom display and every student presents against the same visible clock. Identical segments plus auto-advance runs a whole class period of three-minute speeches without the teacher touching the timer between them. The count-up past zero ends the "I was barely over" negotiation with a number.
- One visible clock for every student's speech
- Auto-advance between speeches, so the teacher never touches it
- Count-up past zero puts a number on the overrun
Debate and competition formats
Build the format as segments: constructives, rebuttals, prep time. Auto-advance moves the round along, per-segment overrides hold where judges need to pause, and everyone in the room reads the same clock. One free account covers a whole tournament room.
- Constructives, rebuttals, and prep as segments
- Pause and hold wherever the judges need
- One free account covers the room
Free is the point here
The Free plan caps segments at 10 minutes, which covers nearly every club speech, class presentation, and debate segment there is. Unlimited screens, the full console, and the warning colors are all included. Clubs and classrooms may never need to pay us anything, and that is fine.
Stop arguing about the clock
Thresholds you set, colors everyone sees, an overrun that is a number. Speeches up to 10 minutes are free forever.
Speech timer questions
Can I set when the colors change?
Yes. Set the warning thresholds to match your club or format's signal times.
Is it free for a classroom or club?
Yes. Segments up to 10 minutes, unlimited screens, and the full console are free, with no card required.
Can the audience see how far over a speaker went?
Yes. Past zero the timer counts up, so the overrun is a visible number.
Can the timekeeper control it from a phone?
Yes. The console is a web page on any device.
Does it work for debate prep time?
Yes. Give prep its own segment and pause or resume it from the console as the format requires.