Roller BJJ vs Session
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roller BJJ
This app serves as a journal for your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu journey, allowing you to meticulously track classes, rounds, and submissions. Gain insights into your progress, identify strengths and weaknesses, and optimize your training regimen.
- Track BJJ classes and learned moves
- Monitor comfort level over time
- Log drilling frequency
- Record mat time and opponent belt analysis
- Identify submission strengths and weaknesses
- Analyze submission success rates
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Roller is an app to server as a journal for your Brazilian Jujitsu journey. There are 3 main things you should track. Classes, Rounds, and Submissions! Tracking them right after class is the best way to get accurate data. Use Classes to keep track of the moves you learned, track your comfort over time, and keep track of how many times you've drilled. Use Rounds to keep track of mat time, know that you're going to do differently against different belts. View rounds over time and see the difference between day one and today. Use Submissions to find your strengths and your weaknesses, find which submission you're caught in the most and which you land the most.
Session
This minimalist timer is designed for focused interval training. Quickly set work, rest, and round durations for boxing, HIIT, and circuit workouts. Stay on track with clear countdowns and audio cues.
- Simple round timer interface
- Adjustable work, rest, and rounds
- Optional warm-up timer
- Audio bells for round cues
- Clear countdown display
- Distraction-free design
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SESSION is a minimalist interval timer designed for real training. No clutter. No complicated setup. Just start your rounds and focus on the workout. Perfect for: • Boxing • Muay Thai • HIIT • Circuit training • Strength intervals • Home workouts SESSION lets you quickly set work time, rest time, and rounds so you can stay focused inside the round. FEATURES • Simple round timer interface • Adjustable work, rest, and rounds • Optional warm-up timer • Audio cues for work and rest intervals • Clear countdown display • Clean, distraction-free design Whether you're training in the gym, garage, or at home, SESSION keeps your workout structured and focused. Start the round. Stay in the round.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Session at 9 against Roller BJJ's 1. Session also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Roller BJJ against 5.0 for Session. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Session has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Roller BJJ ships an update monthly, Session every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Roller BJJ | Session |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Dornan | Shane Landry |
In-app purchases
Roller BJJ
No in-app purchases
Session
No in-app purchases
