Comparison

BJJ Steps vs Lane C

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

Head to head
About

BJJ Steps

Features
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BJJ Steps is your graphic notebook for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Create clear, personalized technique cards using 3D articulated figures, photos or videos, then annotate them to capture every detail. Memorize, review and progress at your own pace. — BUILD YOUR CARDS — • 3D articulated figures: recreate any position by posing the characters • Import a photo and crop it to your card format • Import a video and capture the key frames of a movement • Annotate freely: arrows, text, visual markers — ORGANIZE & MEMORIZE — • Sort your cards by family, guard or position • Build your gameplan: connect your techniques together • Access everything offline, wherever you are — MARKETPLACE — • Discover cards shared by other practitioners • Experienced practitioners can share their own cards — FOR EVERY LEVEL — Whether you're a white belt beginner or a seasoned competitor, BJJ Steps helps you structure your progress and never forget a technique you saw in training. Available in 6 languages: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian. https://bjj-steps.com/cgu.html

About

Lane C

Features
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Lane C is the first speed-climbing analysis that runs entirely on your device — no account, no upload. It turns a video of your run into a skeletal breakdown, phase splits, a speed curve and a share-ready card in seconds. And it logs the rest of the session — the reps that were never filmed. Film handheld or from a tripod: Lane C locks onto the wall automatically, even with a moving camera and two climbers in frame. Filmed a race? Both lanes become runs from one clip. EVERY RUN, BROKEN DOWN • AI skeletal overlay of every move. • Start / Middle / Finish splits and a smoothed speed curve, with the finish timed to the pad slap rather than the top-out. • The official speed route rendered hold-for-hold, true to the real wall. FILM IT WITHOUT A SECOND PAIR OF HANDS • A countdown timer gives you time to get on the wall after you hit record. • Or let Lane C sound the start signal and start and stop the recording itself. LOG THE WHOLE SESSION AT THE WALL • Session mode is a full-screen logger for a phone propped at the wall: one big button per attempt, a live count, a tally by range. • Log a partial run the way you climbed it — start to hold 10, hold 10 to finish, anything between. • On a pulley or in a weight vest? Record the assist, added or supported, with the kilos if you know them. • A Live Activity keeps the count on your Lock Screen — log the next one without unlocking. • Or log from Siri, a widget or Control Center, each reusing the range and assist you climbed last. SESSIONS ADD THEMSELVES UP • Attempts logged close together become a session automatically; you set the break length. • Every session gets a card: attempts by range, metres climbed, clean rate, best time, errors. • Open one for the whole day: which holds took the volume, where the falls clustered, every attempt in order. • Partial reps finally count: a 1–10 time is compared only with other 1–10 times, so lower-wall work shows progress instead of polluting your PR. • Training volume by day and week, and metres climbed against the four weeks before. RACE ANY TWO RUNS • Play two runs side by side: today against your PR, or you against a teammate. • Sync by time to see who's ahead, or by height to compare technique hold-for-hold, with overlaid speed curves and a splits delta. SEE WHERE YOU KEEP SLIPPING • Tag the holds you came off on, and the wall smears between them. • They build an errors-by-hold heatmap on the real speed wall, filtered by route and period. • A clean flag keeps a sloppy-fast time from setting a false PR, and a competition flag keeps training and competition numbers apart. • Personal bests, time trends and split history on one dashboard. FOR ATHLETES AND FOR COACHES • Tell Lane C once whether you climb or coach; your other devices follow via iCloud. • Coaches get a named roster and a Session mode built for a group: a tile per climber on iPad and Mac, each with their own range, assist and tally. • Someone not on the roster dropped in? Log them as a guest and assign the attempts later. • A training view across the squad: who trained, how much, and who has gone quiet. • Export a run card, Instagram sticker or clip in one tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • The full analysis runs on the Neural Engine of your device. No account, no upload. • Optional iCloud sync keeps your runs in your private iCloud, visible to no one else. WHAT'S FREE, WHAT'S PAID • Free, no account, no time limit: three analyzed runs a week, the Logbook, Session mode, session stats, error tagging and sharing. • Lane C Athlete: unlimited analyses, side-by-side comparison, both lanes from a race clip, capture assists and the progress dashboard. • Lane C Coach: everything in Athlete, plus the named athlete roster and Family Sharing. • Yearly plans start with a 14-day free trial Your own lane. lanec.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://lanec.app/en/terms

Screenshots

BJJ Steps4 screens
Lane C4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lane C at none against BJJ Steps's shown. Lane C also leads on device support (3 vs 1). BJJ Steps's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases 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. BJJ Steps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lane C sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.90 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BJJ Steps ships an update daily, Lane C weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
BJJ Steps versus Lane C: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBJJ StepsLane C
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB89 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBertrand HOSTEINSBitCrux GmbH

In-app purchases

8 purchases

BJJ Steps

Subscriptions4
  • Premium (mensuel)$2.991 Month
  • Pro (mensuel)$8.991 Month
  • Premium (annuel)$24.991 Year
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  • Pro (annuel)$89.991 Year
One-time4
  • 5 Jits$5.99
  • 10 Jits$11.99
  • 20 Jits$24.99
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  • 50 Jits$59.99
4 purchases

Lane C

Subscriptions4
  • Lane C Athlete$5.901 Month
  • Lane C Coach$8.901 Month
  • Lane C Athlete14 Days trial$29.901 Year
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  • Lane C Coach14 Days trial$49.901 Year

Questions

Is BJJ Steps free?
BJJ Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lane C free?
Lane C is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BJJ Steps or Lane C have ads?
BJJ Steps shows ads; Lane C does not.
Which is updated more often, BJJ Steps or Lane C?
BJJ Steps ships an update daily, and Lane C weekly. Most recently, BJJ Steps was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lane C on November 10, 2026.

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