Comparison

BJJSparringTimer vs BJJ Journal & Training Log

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BJJSparringTimer

This application helps time your martial arts sparring sessions and rest periods. Customize warning times and set durations for both sparring and rest phases to optimize your training.

Highlights
  • Sparring timer
  • Rest timer
  • Customizable warning times
  • Adjustable sparring duration
  • Adjustable rest duration
Features
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This app will allow you to time your sparring and rest for better workouts. Choose whether to have a 20 second warning or not. Spar up to 20 minutes and rest up to 5. Enjoy and have fun.

About

BJJ Journal & Training Log

Capture and organize martial arts techniques you learn from classes or videos. Easily mark techniques to try, track their effectiveness during rolls, and search your notes later. Keep your training insights organized and accessible.

Highlights
  • Save notes with text, video links, or voice
  • Group techniques by topic
  • Mark techniques to try
  • Track technique effectiveness
  • Get post-training reminders
  • Search all saved notes
Features
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Save the technique. Try it on the mat. Keep what works. You spot a slick technique scrolling at night. You hear a coaching detail in class. You figure something out in a roll. By Tuesday it's gone. BJJ Technique Journal is where the ideas land — and where you actually open them before training. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Save a note in seconds: type it, paste a video link, or tap the mic. Voice notes are transcribed on your iPhone, no cloud. • Group by Topic: closed guard, leg locks, escapes, your half-guard game. Topics work the way you think about your jiu-jitsu. • Mark "To Try": flag the 1–3 things you want to test this week. They wait for you on the Notes screen, not buried. • Track what worked: after rolls, mark each attempt: Worked, Almost, Didn't, Skipped. Add a quick reflection. See which techniques are earning a spot in your game. • Get reminded after training: pick your training days and times. The app pings you while the roll is still fresh. • Search everything: find that triangle detail from three months ago by typing "triangle." FOR ANYONE WHO LEARNS FROM CLASS, VIDEOS, AND ROLLS This isn't a session log. It isn't a mat-time tracker. It isn't an instructional library. It's the notebook for the techniques, details, and "things I want to try" that scatter across saved videos, screenshots, and your notes app today. White, blue, purple, brown, black. Gi or nogi. Drilling or rolling. Same notebook. YOUR NOTES STAY ON YOUR PHONE No account. No sign-in. No servers. Your notes live in local storage on your iPhone, and only on your iPhone. If you delete the app, the data goes with it. PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Free is enough to learn the workflow. Premium unlocks unlimited notes, unlimited voice notes, unlimited videos and links, and full try-history. Yearly with a 7-day free trial, a lifetime option, or month-to-month. — Made for grappling hobbyists who'd rather train than fight their notes app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BJJSparringTimer4 screens
BJJ Journal & Training Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BJJSparringTimer at none against BJJ Journal & Training Log's 3. BJJSparringTimer also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). BJJ Journal & Training Log's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BJJ Journal & Training Log sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. BJJSparringTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BJJSparringTimer against 5.0 for BJJ Journal & Training Log. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BJJSparringTimer versus BJJ Journal & Training Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBJJSparringTimerBJJ Journal & Training Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen RussellNEXTLINE YAZILIM LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ

Customer experience

BJJSparringTimer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BJJ Journal & Training Log

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BJJSparringTimer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BJJ Journal & Training Log

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$6.991 Month
  • 6 Months Premium7 Days trial$29.996 Months

Questions

Is BJJSparringTimer free?
BJJSparringTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BJJ Journal & Training Log free?
BJJ Journal & Training Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BJJSparringTimer or BJJ Journal & Training Log?
BJJSparringTimer and BJJ Journal & Training Log are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do BJJSparringTimer or BJJ Journal & Training Log have ads?
Neither BJJSparringTimer nor BJJ Journal & Training Log shows ads.

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