Kimura vs Ready to Roll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kimura
Log your Brazilian Jiu Jitsu techniques and training sessions. Organize your moves, connect them into flows, and visualize your game. Access lessons on stoicism and warrior spirit, and save techniques for later practice.
- Track Jiu Jitsu techniques
- Record BJJ sessions
- Access 100+ lessons
- Save techniques for later
- Link techniques into flows
- Visualize your game
- Add technique videos
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Track your BJJ techniques and sessions with Kimura. Keep everything organized, connected, and ready for your next roll. ◈ Track Jiu Jitsu techniques: Just finished class? Log your moves and notes instantly. ◈ Record your BJJ sessions: Track everything about how your roll went. ◈ Let us track your calories: We estimate your calories burned per session, and push it to Apple Health ◈ Save for later: Found a cool move online? Share from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube directly into Kimura ◈ Link techniques: Connect your BJJ techniques into a seamless flow. ◈ Visualize your game: See how your moves fit together with a visual map/graph. ◈ Add videos: Embed YouTube clips to your techniques for quick reference and context. ◈ Categorize & search: Find the technique you need, fast. Perfect your moves. Track your progress. Dominate the mats. Download Kimura now and never forget a winning move again. Apple’s End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ready to Roll
Enhance your grappling performance and minimize injury risk with specialized strength and flexibility programs. Access a supportive community, private coaching, and nutrition tools designed to complement your training and keep you energized on the mats.
- Jiujitsu-specific strength programs
- Beginner to advanced levels
- Build strength and flexibility
- Community access
- 1-on-1 private coaching
- High protein recipes
- Macro calculator
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Improve performance and reduce chance of injury with Jiujitsu specific strength programs on the Ready to Roll app Choose a program to suit your level (beginner to advanced) and schedule to help you build strength, flexibility and cardio strength so you feel strong and capable on the mats. These programs have been designed with grapplers in mind, and are intended to work WITH your jiujitsu, not against it. leaving you with enough energy to bring your A game for any open mat, competition or just your casual Tuesday night class In addition to helping you build REAL strength to keep you on the mats longer, recovering more quickly between rounds and helping to avoid those niggling injuries, you will also get access to: - A community of likeminded people - 1-1 private coaching access - 100s of high protein recipes to help you reach those weight class goals - A macro calculator ...And heaps more No more training 5 days a week and being left sore and tired. Feel strong, energised and ready to Roll. Strong. Powerful. Resilient T+Cs: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19jVXo95Vxcw-DQgsKsaxbihbAmiESqqO/view?usp=drive_link Privacy Policy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CVW14Jaxj8qZnjL9Itn6cWyVw84WWLmv/view?usp=drive_link
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ready to Roll at 100% against Kimura's 62%. Ready to Roll also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Kimura's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Kimura sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Ready to Roll sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $28.00 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ready to Roll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kimura has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Kimura's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ready to Roll's.
Kimura ships an update fortnightly, Ready to Roll every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kimura | Ready to Roll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aurelius Applications Inc. | Roxanne Smith |
Customer experience
Kimura
Ready to Roll
In-app purchases
Kimura
- Monthly$12.991 Month
- Annual (Free Trial)3 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Annual$69.991 Year
- Lifetime$69.99
Ready to Roll
- App subscription7 Days trial$28.007 Days
- App subscription7 Days trial$111.991 Month
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