Comparison

Roll Time vs RoundReady Timer

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

RoundReady Timer

Features
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RoundReady Timer is a focused round timer for boxing, Muay Thai, MMA, kickboxing, martial arts, jiu jitsu, wrestling, HIIT, tabata, and interval training. Start quickly with built-in timers like Heavy Bag Work and Jump Rope Intervals, or create your own timers with the round count, work time, rest time, and alerts you need. Save the timers you use most, organize them by training style, and keep your workout moving without extra distractions. Whether you are hitting the bag, jumping rope, drilling rounds, or running a conditioning session, RoundReady helps you start fast, stay on track, and finish the workout you planned. Features: - 5 built-in timer presets for common workouts - Custom timers with full control over rounds, work time, rest time, and warning alerts - Get Ready countdown before each workout - Audio cues for round start, round end, rest warnings, and workout complete - Countdown turns red during warning phase - Works in the background — listen to music while you train - Favorite timers for quick access - Workout history to track your sessions

Screenshots

Roll Time4 screens
RoundReady Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RoundReady Timer at none against Roll Time's 1. Roll Time's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. RoundReady Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roll Time ships an update weekly, RoundReady Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Roll Time versus RoundReady Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoll TimeRoundReady Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander TsapaevAlois Michalak

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Roll Time

One-time1
  • PRO Edition$9.99
None

RoundReady Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roll Time free?
Roll Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RoundReady Timer free?
RoundReady Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Roll Time or RoundReady Timer have ads?
Neither Roll Time nor RoundReady Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roll Time or RoundReady Timer?
Roll Time ships an update weekly, and RoundReady Timer monthly. Most recently, Roll Time was updated on October 8, 2026 and RoundReady Timer on October 10, 2026.

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