Comparison

Roll Time vs BJJ Timer & Scoreboard

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

BJJ Timer & Scoreboard

Features
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A dead-simple, beautiful round timer built specifically for jiu-jitsu. Set your rounds, rest, and warning time. Tap start. Train. No sign-ups. No subscriptions. No clutter. Just a fast, focused timer that does exactly what you need on the mats. CONFIGURE EVERYTHING Customize round duration, rest periods, number of rounds, and a warning alerts. Settings take effect immediately — even mid-session. PRESETS FOR EVERY SESSION Three built-in presets get you started: Rolling, Competition Prep, and Positional Sparring. Save your own custom presets to load your favorite configurations with one tap. AUDIO & HAPTIC CUES Distinct tones mark round start, round end, warning, pause, resume, and session complete — so you never have to watch the screen. Haptic feedback reinforces every transition. CLEAN, READABLE INTERFACE A large countdown ring changes color by phase: gold for rounds, teal for rest, red for warnings, green when you're done. Round progress dots show where you are in the session. Designed to be visible from across the mat. WORKS IN ANY ORIENTATION Portrait and landscape layouts adapt automatically. The screen stays on while the timer is running. BUILT FOR YOUR ACADEMY Gym name and logo on the timer (PRO) Training log to track mat time (PRO unlocks full history) One-time PRO purchase - yours forever, including future PRO features BUILT FOR YOUR ACADEMY Gym name and logo on the timer (PRO) Training log to track mat time (PRO unlocks full history) One-time PRO purchase - yours forever, including future PRO features BUILT FOR YOUR ACADEMY Gym name and logo on the timer (PRO) Training log to track mat time (PRO unlocks full history) One-time PRO purchase - yours forever, including future PRO features 14 LANGUAGES English, German, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Portuguese, Italian, Danish, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, and Chinese. Choose your language inside the app — no need to change your device settings. Privacy-friendly: no ads, no third-party trackers, no account required. Your training stays on your device. Built for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes, coaches, and academies. - - - - - If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out at https://scottdesapio.com/contact. - - - - - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Roll Time4 screens
BJJ Timer & Scoreboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Roll Time at weekly against BJJ Timer & Scoreboard's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Roll Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BJJ Timer & Scoreboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roll Time ships an update weekly, BJJ Timer & Scoreboard monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Roll Time versus BJJ Timer & Scoreboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoll TimeBJJ Timer & Scoreboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander TsapaevScott DeSapio

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Roll Time

One-time1
  • PRO Edition$9.99
1 purchases

BJJ Timer & Scoreboard

One-time1
  • Jiu-Jitsu Round Timer PRO Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Roll Time free?
Roll Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BJJ Timer & Scoreboard free?
BJJ Timer & Scoreboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Roll Time or BJJ Timer & Scoreboard have ads?
Neither Roll Time nor BJJ Timer & Scoreboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roll Time or BJJ Timer & Scoreboard?
Roll Time ships an update weekly, and BJJ Timer & Scoreboard monthly. Most recently, Roll Time was updated on September 21, 2026 and BJJ Timer & Scoreboard on September 8, 2026.

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