Best BJJ Apps 2025: Complete Guide to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Mobile Apps

As we build GrapplingAI, we have spent considerable time researching existing BJJ apps to understand what practitioners truly need. Here is our assessment of the current landscape and why we believe there is room for improvement.

Current BJJ Apps vs. What We're Building

Note: We have a clear interest in GrapplingAI since we are developing it. However, we have genuinely used and studied these apps extensively to understand the current market landscape.

1. GrapplingAI - Our Solution

After testing available options, we identified that the BJJ app market needed a fundamental shift toward intelligent analysis. Existing apps could not answer questions like "Why do I keep getting passed on my left side?" or "What patterns lead to my best submissions?"

GrapplingAI addresses these gaps with:

• AI-Powered Video Analysis: Automatically recognizes positions, transitions, and techniques
• Automated Statistics Collection: No manual logging required - just upload your rolling footage
• Technique Pattern Recognition: AI identifies submission attempts, guard passes, and positional flows
• Professional Match Database: Links your techniques to thousands of instructionals and pro matches with similar patterns
• Intelligent Coaching Insights: Provides specific improvement recommendations based on your actual rolling data
• Comparative Analysis: Shows how your techniques compare to high-level competitors using similar positions

Assessment: We are building the first truly automated BJJ analysis platform that aims to eliminate manual data entry while providing insights that current apps cannot deliver. The platform is currently in development with pricing to be determined.

2. BJJBuddy - The Established Standard

BJJBuddystands as one of the first apps to seriously address BJJ tracking. It provides a solid manual logging foundation at no cost, making it accessible to practitioners at all levels who prefer traditional diary-style recording.

Key Features:

• Manual entry for rolling sessions, submissions, and taps
• Basic charts and statistics from logged data
• HealthKit integration for Apple users
• Social features to share manually entered stats
• Training notes and technique diary functionality

Strengths: Free access, straightforward manual tracking, active community
Limitations: Requires consistent manual data entry with no AI analysis or automated insights - essentially a digital training diary that shows basic statistics of what you manually record

3. Fight AI - The Multi-Sport Approach

Fight AItakes an interesting approach by applying AI to MMA broadly rather than focusing specifically on BJJ. While their form analysis features show promise, the app is currently in active development with users reporting that many advertised features are not yet fully functional.

Advertised Features:

• AI form analyzer for technique videos (development stage)
• Personalized training plans
• Fighter profile and progress tracking
• Custom drills and coaching advice
• Multi-martial arts support

Strengths: Ambitious AI implementation goals, multi-discipline approach
Current Challenges: Early development stage with users reporting inconsistent feature performance. General MMA focus means BJJ-specific analysis may lack depth even when fully operational

4. BJJ Notes - The Structured Approach

BJJ Notesdemonstrates a clear understanding of how serious practitioners approach BJJ learning. The structured note-taking system reflects a thoughtful design for manual data entry, though it still requires practitioners to manually log all their training information.

Key Features:

• Structured manual logs for rolls, drills, and classes
• Manual tracking of submissions, guard passes, sweeps, takedowns
• Shared library of BJJ techniques for reference
• Training frequency and consistency monitoring
• Progress visualization from manually entered data

Strengths: Thoughtful design for serious practitioners, well-organized manual entry system
Limitations: Excellent for structured reflection, but requires disciplined manual data entry and still relies on users to identify patterns themselves - no automated analysis or AI insights

5. BJJ Fanatics - The Content Platform

The BJJ Fanatics appserves a different purpose entirely - it excels as a content delivery platform rather than a tracking tool. Their instructional content library and instructor access are industry-leading.

Key Features:

• Access to BJJ Fanatics course library
• World-class instructor content
• Offline viewing capabilities
• Course progress tracking
• Regular new releases

Strengths: Unmatched content quality and instructor access
Focus: Learning techniques rather than analyzing personal performance

6. Marune - The Social Training Tracker

Marunetakes a community-first approach to martial arts tracking. While it still requires manual data entry like other apps, its strength lies in connecting practitioners and building a social training experience across multiple martial arts disciplines.

Key Features:

• Manual logging of training sessions, seminars, and camps
• Social features - connect with training buddies and share progress
• Multi-martial arts support (BJJ, Muay Thai, boxing, wrestling)
• Competition tracking with tournament history
• Unique "Gi Keeper" feature to track gi usage and lifespan
• Weight tracking for competition preparation
• Community feed to see friends' training activities
• Belt progression tracking for multiple disciplines

Strengths: Strong community features, multi-discipline support, unique gi tracking
Limitations: Still requires manual data entry, some categorization issues noted by users, premium features behind subscription paywall

Additional Notable BJJ Apps

Kimura - BJJ Notes & Lessons

A note-taking focused app that helps organize BJJ knowledge and track learning progress. Good for students who prefer a simple, clean interface for logging techniques and insights.

Osss Jiu Jitsu Journal

A journaling app specifically designed for BJJ practitioners to reflect on training sessions and track their martial arts journey with detailed entries and progress monitoring.

JuggernautBJJ

Focuses on strength and conditioning specifically for BJJ athletes, offering workout programs and fitness tracking tailored to grappling sports.

The Current Market Assessment

Each of these apps serves a purpose, and we recognize the value that their teams have created. After using them all extensively, here is our analysis:

The Future of BJJ Apps: Moving Beyond Manual Entry

The next generation of BJJ apps must solve the fundamental problem of manual data entry that plagues current solutions. While existing apps require practitioners to manually log every technique and outcome, AI-powered platforms can automatically extract this information from video footage. This shift from manual to automated is essential for:

• Eliminating the burden of consistent manual logging
• Capturing subtle details that practitioners miss or forget
• Providing objective analysis free from human bias
• Linking personal techniques to professional instruction and competition footage
• Generating actionable insights based on actual movement patterns
• Identifying improvement opportunities through pattern recognition

The Database Advantage: Beyond automation, future BJJ platforms will leverage vast databases of professional matches and instructional content. When your technique patterns match those found in elite-level competition or world-class instruction, the system can automatically surface relevant learning materials and strategic insights.