BJJ Grapple Buddy vs MatNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BJJ Grapple Buddy
Organize and recall your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu techniques with this app. Save videos, upload your own, and track your progress with a structured library and visual tools. Never forget a move again.
- Organized video library
- Nested folders and smart search
- Upload own training videos
- InFocus dashboard for drills
- 5-star mastery rating
- Visual technique chains
- Track practice progress
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Tired of losing BJJ instructionals in endless YouTube, Instagram and Facebook bookmarks? BJJ Grapple Buddy turns the chaos into a structured system for organising, remembering, recalling and actually executing your techniques on the mat. YOUR STRUCTURED LIBRARY Save any video into nested, fully customisable folders — Submissions, Passes, Sweeps, Escapes, Takedowns, Guards, and more. Share straight from Instagram, Facebook or YouTube and it's saved instantly, no copy-paste. Upload your own training clips, photos and GIFs. Rate your mastery of each technique, set reminders, and search your whole library in seconds. TRAINING LOG Log every session in seconds. In your Drills notes, tag any technique from your Library or a general concept — build a searchable record of what you actually drilled. Log your Rolls too: opponent, result, and every technique you landed or had landed on you, tracked separately for both directions. STATS DASHBOARD See your training translated into real numbers. Win/loss/draw breakdown, rolls over time, and an opponent-by-opponent view of your game. Drill down from broad categories like Submissions all the way to the exact technique that's winning — or losing — you rolls. IN FOCUS & MASTERY Your dashboard highlights exactly what to drill next, based on your own mastery ratings and how long it's been since you touched a technique. No more forgetting what you learned three weeks ago. DISCOVER & CHAINS Browse top-rated instructionals from the community and build visual technique chains that link moves together the way they actually flow on the mat. No more forgetting techniques — finally remember, recall, and execute them when it counts. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MatNotes
This app helps martial arts students retain techniques by providing a structured review schedule for short instructional videos. It allows students to ask coaches questions directly from videos and track their progress. Coaches can film techniques once and have them resurface for students on spaced repetition schedules.
- Spaced repetition for technique review
- Video playback with slow-motion and looping
- Timestamped questions for coaches
- Private training notes and progress tracking
- Searchable technique library for coaches
- Academy branding
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MatNotes is how a jiu-jitsu academy makes the details from class actually stick. Coaches film a technique right after teaching it. Sixty to ninety seconds, phone propped on the mat. Students get it that night, then again on a spaced schedule (day 1, 3, 7, and 21), the same rhythm your memory needs to hold onto something new. Instead of "I saw that grip once and forgot it," the move keeps coming back until it is theirs. FOR STUDENTS - A simple checklist of what to review, not an endless feed - Watch tonight, then again each time the app brings it back - Slow any video to half speed and loop the exact section you are stuck on - Tap a moment in a video to ask your coach a question, with the timestamp attached - Keep private training notes and track the techniques you have drilled FOR COACHES - Film once, and the app resurfaces it for every student on the right days - See your students' questions, with the exact video moment, before class starts, so you know what to clean up - Spot where the room got lost on a technique and reteach it - Everything you have filmed, captioned and searchable by position, in one place - Your academy's name and colors throughout MatNotes is used by a whole academy under one plan. Coaches set up and manage their gym on the MatNotes website. Students join with a link from their coach and use the app for free. Questions? Visit thematnotes.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MatNotes at 100% against BJJ Grapple Buddy's 0%. MatNotes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. BJJ Grapple Buddy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. MatNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
BJJ Grapple Buddy ships an update every 6 days, MatNotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BJJ Grapple Buddy | MatNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Media Buddy | Jacob Weaver |
Customer experience
BJJ Grapple Buddy
MatNotes
In-app purchases
BJJ Grapple Buddy
- Premium subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
MatNotes
No in-app purchases









