Comparison

Roll Time vs Nomadic Grappling

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

Head to head
About

Roll Time

This app is a professional round timer designed for coaches in combat sports like BJJ, MMA, and boxing. It features a large, high-contrast display, customizable sound alerts, and the ability to mirror the timer to a TV for a wall-timer experience. Coaches can save unlimited presets for different training formats and even display their gym's logo.

Highlights
  • Customizable work, warning, and rest intervals
  • Optional prepare and cooldown phases
  • Unlimited saved presets for classes and drills
  • Loud sound and voice alerts
  • Smart Volume for music adjustment
  • High-contrast, large timer display
  • TV mirroring for wall-timer setup
  • Gym logo display
Features
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Roll Time is a professional gym round timer and TV display built for coaches running real classes — not just a workout timer. Designed for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, boxing, and other combat sports, Roll Time helps you run rounds, drills, sparring, in-house matches, and full class blocks with a big, high-contrast display your entire room can see. Connect Roll Time to your gym TV for a dedicated big-screen experience. While no timer is running, Gym Display turns the screen into a branded hub for announcements, seminars, open mats, promotions, schedules, and more. When it’s time to train, the timer takes over automatically. Create custom Gym Display cards with your own images, colors, text, and highlights. Schedule when they appear, rotate through multiple cards, and feature important announcements full-screen. Show your gym logo on the timer, run in-house tournaments with competition-style match presets, and start classes quickly with saved timers. Built for combat sports: • BJJ academies, MMA and boxing gyms, wrestling rooms, and martial arts dojos • Sparring rounds, positional rounds, competition matches with score tracking, HIIT intervals, open mats, and solo training Key features: • Flexible round timing with Work, Warning, Rest, Prepare, and Cooldown phases • Saved timers for classes, sparring rounds, drills, and matches • Competition-style match timers with score tracking • Gym Display for announcements, seminars, promotions, schedules, and more • Custom display cards with your own images, colors, text, and scheduling • Dedicated TV experience for the timer and Gym Display • Loud sound and voice alerts built for noisy gyms • Custom sounds and announcements — record your own timer alerts • Smart Volume lowers music while you coach, then brings it back during rolls • Big, high-contrast timer display visible across the mats • Simple touch controls — start, pause, reset, and adjust rounds quickly • Gym logo display — showcase your academy brand on the timer and TV • iCloud Backup — restore your timers later or move them to another device • Built for class. Free from unnecessary distractions.

About

Nomadic Grappling

Learn to think critically about jiu jitsu with strategies from a top competitor. This platform focuses on understanding the art rather than just copying techniques, helping you train smarter. Access unlimited content across all your devices with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Strategic jiu jitsu learning
  • Mindset and methods from a top competitor
  • Focus on understanding techniques
  • Unlimited content access
  • Cross-device compatibility
  • Monthly auto-renewing subscriptions
Features
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Nomadic Grappling Online was founded on the belief that understanding jiu jitsu starts with learning how to think. Created by ADCC Trials winner and Flograppling’s 2023 Breakout Athlete Jozef Chen, this platform distills the mindset and methods he used to rise through the ranks, not by relying on elite gyms or coaches, but by relentlessly studying the art itself. If you’ve ever felt stuck copying techniques without truly grasping them, this is your invitation to train smarter, not just harder. ▷ Already a Member? Sign-In to access your subscription. ▷ New? Subscribe in the app to get instant access. Nomadic Grappling offers auto-renewing subscriptions. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your Account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. Subscription automatically renews each month unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period, or the trial period (when offered). Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://nomadicgrapplingonline.com/pages/terms -Privacy Policy: https://nomadicgrapplingonline.com/pages/privacy

Screenshots

Roll Time4 screens
Nomadic Grappling3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Roll Time at free against Nomadic Grappling's free with in-app purchases. Roll Time also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (28 vs 3). Nomadic Grappling's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Roll Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nomadic Grappling sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Roll Time against 5.0 for Nomadic Grappling. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roll Time has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roll Time ships an update weekly, Nomadic Grappling every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Roll Time versus Nomadic Grappling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoll TimeNomadic Grappling
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (28 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander TsapaevSecond Front Media Ltd

Customer experience

Roll Time

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nomadic Grappling

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Roll Time

One-time1
  • PRO Edition$9.99
2 purchases

Nomadic Grappling

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$299.991 Year

Questions

Is Roll Time free?
Roll Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nomadic Grappling free?
Nomadic Grappling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Roll Time or Nomadic Grappling?
Roll Time and Nomadic Grappling are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 28 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Roll Time or Nomadic Grappling have ads?
Neither Roll Time nor Nomadic Grappling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roll Time or Nomadic Grappling?
Roll Time ships an update weekly, and Nomadic Grappling every 4 weeks. Most recently, Roll Time was updated on October 8, 2026 and Nomadic Grappling on October 3, 2026.

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