Comparison

BJJ Techniques vs RookFlow

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

Head to head
About

BJJ Techniques

Master Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with a comprehensive encyclopedia of 175 techniques, organized by category and position. Study anytime, anywhere with detailed descriptions, video integration, and structured learning paths. Visualize move connections and find techniques instantly with smart search.

Highlights
  • 175 BJJ techniques across 8 categories
  • YouTube video integration for tutorials
  • Structured learning paths with progress tracking
  • Interactive technique chains and trees
  • Smart search and filters
  • Multi-language support (4 languages)
Features
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Master Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with 175 techniques — the most comprehensive BJJ technique encyclopedia on mobile. Whether you're a white belt beginner or a seasoned competitor, this app organizes every technique by category and position so you can study BJJ anytime, anywhere. WHAT'S INSIDE 175 BJJ Techniques Across 8 Categories Submissions, sweeps, guard passes, escapes, takedowns, guard retention, transitions, and self-defense. Each technique includes detailed descriptions, difficulty level, belt recommendations, and Gi/No-Gi compatibility. YouTube Video Integration Instantly find related video tutorials for any technique. The app automatically searches YouTube and prioritizes videos in your language. Structured Learning Paths Follow guided courses like "White Belt Survival Guide", "Road to Blue Belt", and "Purple Belt Mastery". Weekly modules with progress tracking to build your skills systematically. Technique Chains & Trees Visualize how BJJ moves connect with interactive graphs. See follow-ups, counters, and transitions. Explore technique trees by position to understand the full picture of your grappling game. Smart Search & Filters Find techniques instantly by name, category, difficulty, or Gi/No-Gi. Save your favorites for quick access. 4 Languages Japanese, English, Portuguese, and Korean. Built for the global jiu jitsu community. WHO IS THIS FOR? - BJJ beginners learning submissions, sweeps, and positions for the first time - Competitors reviewing techniques and game plans before matches - Students who want a structured path from white belt to purple belt - Anyone who wants to study grappling and martial arts outside the gym Download now and take your BJJ game to the next level.

About

RookFlow

Features
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A map of grappling. It answers “what now?”: the moves out of a position, drawn live in 3D. RookFlow is the GrappleMap: 601 named jiu-jitsu positions and 1,733 moves between them, in an app that works with the radio off. A position is a place. A technique is a road. It opens on a gym, and its rooms are doors. The mat holds HELM, DRILL and ROLL; the office keeps your game plans, the weights room your training log. Long-press to move the rooms around. THREE DOORS ON THE MAT HELM — You are halfway through a roll. See what you can do from here. The moves out of the position sit under your thumb: drag one through its real keyframes, let go past halfway and it commits. Switch on Handles and the body is the menu: pull a joint, take its move. Or search the 601 by name, tag or the source it was checked against. DRILL — Pick a chain. Rep it till it's yours. Moves on a loop, with a rep counter and a goal. Five classics on the shelf, or make your own from any two positions. Half speed, mirrored, step by step. Switch the voice on and it calls each move by name, so the phone can stay by the wall. Send a chain as a link, or as a video. ROLL — Five minutes. Somebody's gotta tap. Two people sparring through the map, with a broadcast scoreboard and a coach's notes. In the academy, a real gym shot in the round, as Dummy, Stick or Shonen. RECALL Recall hides the next move and asks you for it. What comes back is what you own. Each rep grades itself by how fast you answered, and a spaced-repetition schedule (FSRS) says when the chain comes back. One reminder a day says what is due. The home-screen widget shows today's reviews and your streak, and at its larger sizes you answer them right there. THE REST OF THE BUILDING • Training log: classes, open mats, competitions. What you worked on lights up on the map, and what is going cold comes back to you. • Game plans: what you go for from a position, and what you switch to when they stop it, grown one move at a time. Drill a branch, or send the plan as a link. • The clock: rounds on the bags, circuits on the turf, breathing in the zen room, seven in all. Keep your own setups. The bells play over your music. • The dojo: warm up, drill, roll, three half hours on one clock. Follow it through and you have taken a class. • The wrestling room: the standing part of the map, until a takedown lands. Then a handshake, and again. • The rooftop: where the device can do AR, the mat stands on your own floor, at full size. • The ladder: training pays points, points climb levels, and levels and feats give your gym paint, decor and new looks. OFFLINE, AND HONEST ABOUT IT • The map ships inside the app. Open Mat needs a connection. • No account needed. No ads. No tracking. • Without an account, seven things leave the device, and none says who you are: a short note each time the app opens, a crash report if it crashes or gets past an error, anonymous usage statistics (which screens are opened, and thirty-two things done in them), the GrappleMap repository's star count on the credits screen, whether the store has a newer version, our notices from our own website, and Open Mat's gyms. The first three can be switched off: scroll below the gym and tap Privacy. • Without an account, your log and plans are never sent. • The map is Eelis van der Weegen's GrappleMap, in the public domain. We added 248 moves: 25 cut from Harmony4D's motion capture of real sparring, and ways out of the positions that had none. Each was watched before it went in. iPhone and iPad. On iPad, landscape puts the position beside its moves. On iPhone, a running clock counts down on the lock screen. RookFlow is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by any federation or academy.

Screenshots

BJJ Techniques4 screens
RookFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RookFlow at none against BJJ Techniques's 3. BJJ Techniques's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BJJ Techniques sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. RookFlow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BJJ Techniques ships an update every 3 days, RookFlow every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BJJ Techniques versus RookFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBJJ TechniquesRookFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBUILD GEEKS inc.Pratheek Balakrishna

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BJJ Techniques

One-time3
  • Buy a Beer$2.99
  • Six Pack$5.99
  • Case of Beer$14.99
None

RookFlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BJJ Techniques free?
BJJ Techniques is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RookFlow free?
RookFlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BJJ Techniques or RookFlow have ads?
Neither BJJ Techniques nor RookFlow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BJJ Techniques or RookFlow?
BJJ Techniques ships an update every 3 days, and RookFlow every 2 days. Most recently, BJJ Techniques was updated on October 28, 2026 and RookFlow on October 29, 2026.

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