diff --git a/pyaldata/__init__.py b/pyaldata/__init__.py
index f5fb178..3773fb2 100644
--- a/pyaldata/__init__.py
+++ b/pyaldata/__init__.py
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@
     get_string_fields,
     get_time_varying_fields,
     get_trial_length,
+    get_trial_lengths,
     remove_suffix,
 )
diff --git a/pyaldata/utils.py b/pyaldata/utils.py
index 09ea7b9..32499f2 100644
--- a/pyaldata/utils.py
+++ b/pyaldata/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import functools
 import warnings
+from typing import Union
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
     "get_string_fields",
     "get_time_varying_fields",
     "get_trial_length",
+    "get_trial_lengths",
     "remove_suffix",
 ]
 
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ def get_string_fields(trial_data: pd.DataFrame) -> list[str]:
     ]
 
 
-def get_trial_length(trial: pd.Series, ref_field: str = None) -> int:
+def _get_trial_length_trial(trial: pd.Series, ref_field: str = None) -> int:
     """
     Get the number of time points in the trial
 
@@ -249,3 +251,61 @@ def get_trial_length(trial: pd.Series, ref_field: str = None) -> int:
         ref_field = spike_rate_fields[0]
 
     return np.size(trial[ref_field], axis=0)
+
+
+def get_trial_length(
+    trial_or_df: Union[pd.Series, pd.DataFrame], ref_field: str = None
+) -> int:
+    """
+    Get the number of time points in a trial, or the number of timepoints in a dataframe
+    where all trials are the same length.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    trial_or_df :
+        Trial or dataframe to check
+    ref_field : str, optional
+        time-varying field to use for identifying the length
+        if not given, the first field that ends with "spikes" is used
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    length : int
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    ValueError
+        If not all the trials in the dataframe have the same length.
+    TypeError
+        If `trial_or_df` is not a pandas Series or DataFrame.
+    """
+    if isinstance(trial_or_df, pd.Series):
+        return _get_trial_length_trial(trial_or_df, ref_field)
+    elif isinstance(trial_or_df, pd.DataFrame):
+        unique_trial_lengths = np.unique(get_trial_lengths(trial_or_df, ref_field))
+
+        if len(unique_trial_lengths) != 1:
+            raise ValueError("All trials must have the same length.")
+
+        return unique_trial_lengths[0]
+    else:
+        raise TypeError("trial_or_df must be a pandas Series or DataFrame.")
+
+
+def get_trial_lengths(trial_data: pd.DataFrame, ref_field: str = None) -> np.ndarray:
+    """
+    Get the number of time points in all trials.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    trial_data : pd.DataFrame
+        DataFrame to check.
+    ref_field : str, optional
+        time-varying field to use for identifying the length
+        if not given, the first field that ends with "spikes" is used
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    numpy array with the length of each trial
+    """
+    return trial_data.apply(lambda trial: get_trial_length(trial, ref_field), axis=1).values
diff --git a/tests/test_get_trial_length.py b/tests/test_get_trial_length.py
index 6d8f2f7..784a27e 100644
--- a/tests/test_get_trial_length.py
+++ b/tests/test_get_trial_length.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
-from pyaldata.utils import get_trial_length
+from pyaldata.utils import get_trial_length, get_trial_lengths
 
-from .test_determine_ref_field import T, _generate_mock_data
+from .test_determine_ref_field import N, T, _generate_mock_data
 
 
 def test_single_field():
@@ -22,3 +24,43 @@ def test_inconsistent_lengths():
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         get_trial_length(df.iloc[0])
+
+
+def test_get_trial_lengths_all_the_same():
+    df = _generate_mock_data()
+
+    expected = T * np.ones(df.shape[0])
+
+    assert np.all(get_trial_lengths(df) == expected)
+
+
+def test_get_trial_lengths_random_lengths():
+    trial_lengths = np.random.randint(0, T, size=N)
+
+    data = {}
+    data["pmd_spikes"] = [np.random.normal(size=(l, 100)) for l in trial_lengths]
+    df = pd.DataFrame(data)
+
+    assert np.all(get_trial_lengths(df) == trial_lengths)
+
+
+def test_get_trial_length_df_happy():
+    df = _generate_mock_data(correct_rates=True, correct_spikes=True)
+
+    assert get_trial_length(df) == T
+
+
+def test_get_trial_length_df_different_lengths():
+    trial_lengths = np.random.randint(0, T, size=N)
+
+    data = {}
+    data["pmd_spikes"] = [np.random.normal(size=(l, 100)) for l in trial_lengths]
+    df = pd.DataFrame(data)
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="All trials must have the same length."):
+        get_trial_length(df)
+
+
+def test_get_trial_length_df_wrong_type():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        get_trial_length([1, 2, 3])