"Debatable", "we", "us", and "our" refer to the independent operator of the service at the domains above, based in the United States. "You" means the individual using the service, or the organization on whose behalf you are using it. Contact: hello@itsdebatable.com.
You must be at least 13 years old to use the service. If you are between 13 and 18, you may only use the service with the consent and supervision of a parent, guardian, or school coach who agrees to be bound by these terms on your behalf. School-team and classroom accounts must be administered by an adult educator. You may not use the service if you are barred from doing so under applicable export or sanctions law.
You may use the anonymous tier without an account, subject to the free-tier round cap and the rate limits documented in the app. To unlock the signed-in cap or any future paid tier you use one of the supported sign-in methods. You are responsible for the activity on your account, for the accuracy of the information on your profile, and for keeping your credentials secure. Tell us promptly at hello@itsdebatable.com if you suspect unauthorized access.
One account per natural person. Don't create multiple accounts to circumvent the free-tier cap, and don't share an account across users in a way that would defeat the cap. School and team accounts under the Team tier are intended for an institutional roster, not a public free-for-all login.
The service is for debate practice, argument training, oral-exam rehearsal, and related educational use. You agree not to:
Debatable has zero tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users. This includes harassment, bullying, hate speech, threats, sexual content, exploitation of minors, impersonation, doxxing, spam, and illegal content.
We may remove content and suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section, with or without notice depending on severity.
You keep ownership of the text, files, audio, and video you submit to the service ("Your Content"). You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, process, transmit, display back to you, and use Your Content for the purposes of operating the service, including routing it to the sub-processors listed in the privacy policy and using top-rated rounds as references in the learning loop described there. You can opt out of the learning-loop reference use by emailing us. The license ends when you delete the content or the account, subject only to the retention periods in the privacy policy.
Live human rounds are not recorded unless every seated participant agrees. A live human video room captures nothing by default. A seated participant may request a recording. Before capture begins, every seated participant receives a recording dialog that explains why the replay is being requested, what it contains, where it will appear, and that replay or clip links may be shared outside Debatable. By accepting, you authorize Debatable and Daily.co to store your video, audio, display name, and speech for that round, publish the full replay on Watch, and let signed-in users make and share timestamped clips from it. Recording starts only after every seated participant accepts that full scope for the current round. If anyone declines or does not answer, no recording starts. A participant may withdraw after recording begins; capture then stops and the file is deleted rather than published. Saying no does not affect the debate and is not remembered between rounds. If you are under 18, you may accept only with approval from a parent or guardian.
The recording dialog also asks to save screenshots from public recorded rounds for replay thumbnails and a private image library. Both people must accept before screenshots are retained. Front-page publication requires separate permission. Screenshot storage follows the recording policy.
Research corpus licensing (opt-in only). If, and only if, you have turned on "Research & training corpus" in your profile settings, you additionally grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to include anonymized versions of Your Content from rounds that occur after you turn the setting on in datasets that may be licensed to third-party AI research organizations. "Anonymized" is defined in §6 of the privacy policy. The opt-in is off by default. You can turn it off at any time, which ends new contributions; rounds already in the corpus stay under the consent that was in effect when they landed, but "Withdraw my rounds from research" in your profile settings pulls them out of every future shipment, and you can email us for a single round or to start a recall of copies already shipped. BYOK-routed rounds are excluded from corpus licensing regardless of the toggle.
As between you and us, you may use the AI's outputs ("Outputs") for your own debate practice, training, classwork, and reasonable personal or institutional use. Outputs are generated by large language models and may resemble or coincide with outputs generated for other users on the same motion. We do not claim exclusive copyright over the Outputs delivered to you, but we cannot promise the Outputs are original, novel, or free of similarity to third-party text. You are responsible for confirming that any use you make of the Outputs complies with the rules of whatever forum you submit them to, including school honor codes, competition rules, and journal policies.
The service itself, including its design, code, voice guidelines, system prompts, persona definitions, learning-loop distillations, branding, and the "Debatable" name and logo, is owned by us and protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property law. Nothing in these terms grants you a license to scrape, mirror, or repackage the service. The "Counter" sub-brand for the Chrome extension is also ours.
Paid subscriptions are available through the Debatable web service at the prices below. The iOS app contains no checkout, purchase link, or direction to buy outside the app. People may use the app's free allowance, and existing account entitlements remain available when they sign in. Any future purchase offered inside the iOS app will use Apple's in-app purchase system.
The current tiers are:
Paid subscriptions renew automatically at the cadence shown (annual or monthly) until you cancel. You can cancel from the account modal on the web or by emailing us; cancellation stops future renewals and you keep access until the end of the period you have paid for. Web payment is processed by Stripe under Stripe's terms; refunds outside the statutory consumer-protection window are at our discretion. Taxes and currency conversion are added by Stripe based on your billing country.
We may change prices going forward, with at least 30 days' notice to active subscribers.
The free-tier round cap and the per-IP rate limits exist to keep the service affordable to run. We may adjust them up or down without notice based on abuse and cost signals. If you hit a cap, you will see an explicit message; the message is not an error and does not entitle you to a refund.
You can stop using the service at any time, and you can delete your account from the account modal or by emailing us. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these terms, if your usage poses a security or cost risk to the service, or if we are required to do so by law. If we terminate without cause and you are a paid subscriber, we will refund the unused prorated portion of the most recent payment.
The service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, and uninterrupted operation.
Specific reminders:
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, or business interruption, arising out of or related to your use of the service. Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or related to these terms or the service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you actually paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) US$50.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions the limits apply to the maximum extent permitted.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of (a) your violation of these terms, (b) your violation of any law or third-party right, or (c) content you submit to the service. We will tell you promptly of any claim and you may control the defense with counsel of your choosing, provided that any settlement that imposes obligations on us requires our written consent.
The service relies on the third-party providers listed in the privacy policy. Your use of those providers' services through Debatable is also subject to their own terms and policies. We do not control and are not responsible for outages, content moderation decisions, or model behavior of those providers.
We may update these terms. If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, for signed-in users, surface a notice in the app the next time you sign in. Continued use of the service after the change takes effect is acceptance of the updated terms.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The exclusive venue for any dispute that cannot be resolved informally is the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. Nothing in this section overrides any non-waivable consumer protections of the jurisdiction where you live.
Before filing a lawsuit, please email hello@itsdebatable.com with a clear description of the issue. Many disputes can be resolved without litigation if we have a chance to look at them.
Questions about these terms, refund requests, abuse reports, copyright complaints, or anything else: hello@itsdebatable.com.