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You can discuss about anything you want
Apol generates detailed information about the topic and gives you a description, thought-provoking questions and perspectives.
Add AI Personas that have different perspectives and arguments on the topic
And start debating!
The AI will answer you back!
AI Persona (Dark Mode)
Generating room (Dark Mode)
Prompt input (Dark Mode)

Apol: Debate smarter with AI

What it does

Apol uses Google Gemini's AI to revolutionize online debates by:

Creating debating rooms with detailed topic info, thought-provoking questions, and various perspectives. Use a chat to discuss with AI personas that have unique viewpoints.
Visualizing conversations and how participants' opinions evolve with gradient meshes and animated vertices which represent the strength of the arguments.
Summarizing key arguments and points made by participants.

Inspiration

Watching how people argue online inspired me to create Apol. You just need to spend 5 minutes on Twitter (X) and you know what I mean, lol. Social media debates often turn into pointless shouting, so I wanted to build a platform that encourages more fun and engaging conversations and helps people see different perspectives. I wanted to create something new and really looking forward to how it will be received by others. I really had fun building it and want to add many more features!

How I built it

I built Apol using:

Flutter for cross-platform app development
Firebase for backend services and database management
Google Gemini (Vertex AI) and Firebase Genkit for AI features
RevenueCat for monetization
Rive for animated illustrations

Challenges I ran into

Balancing the need to solve a serious problem with a tight three-month development timeline and a full-time job uff
Integrating AI into a user-friendly interface
Ensuring real-time updates and seamless interactions in multi-participant and AI personas, debate chat rooms
Finding the right balance between AI-generated content and user input
Creating visual representations of discussions and changing opinions using Gradient Meshes and animated vertices
Finding the right inspiration since there were no similar apps or services to reference

Accomplishments that I am proud of

I built the entire app solo, except for the intro to the YouTube video (don't want to learn Premiere)
Developed a dynamic, AI-powered discussion platform without prior experience with Gen AI APIs
Created intelligent AI personas that add meaningful contributions to debates with the right prompting
Implemented visual representations that show how participant perspectives evolve over time