Mat Mind vs MatNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mat Mind
This app helps jiu-jitsu practitioners train with purpose by breaking down goals into actionable tasks and tracking progress. It allows for detailed post-training reflections, sharing feedback with coaches, and unlocking fun challenges for consistency.
- Goal planning and task breakdown
- Post-training reflection logging
- Coach feedback integration
- Training streak and bounty system
- Private and secure data storage
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Mat Mind is designed specifically for hobbyist and professional jiu-jitsu athletes who want to train with purpose, see measurable progress, and make every round count. If you step onto the mats without an intention, you’re just surviving. Mat Mind helps you break down your jiu-jitsu goals into actionable daily tasks, track what is actually working, and build a training plan that compounds over time. Features 1. Plan Your Goal Define your current focus and break it into specific tasks to work on. Schedule which days to hunt for those positions so you walk into every class with a clear objective. 2. Purposeful Reflection Floating notes don't help you improve. Mat Mind ties your post-training reflections directly to your game plan. Quickly capture what worked, where you got stuck, and what adjustments you need to make before your next session. 3. Get Coach Feedback Easily share a summary of your session with your coach or training partners. Turn their insights and advice into actionable tasks for your next week on the mats. 4. Unlock Bounties Consistency should be fun. Build up your training and reflection streaks to unlock custom "Bounties" for fun, self-set challenges or rewards for meeting your goals. 5. Completely Private Your game plan and reflections belong to you. Everything stays securely on your device. No accounts required, no tracking, and no ads
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 ratings volume: Mat Mind at 4 against MatNotes's 1. Mat Mind also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Mat Mind against 5.0 for MatNotes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Mat Mind | MatNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tien Mai | Jacob Weaver |
Customer experience
Mat Mind
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In-app purchases
Mat Mind
No in-app purchases
MatNotes
No in-app purchases









