Comparison

API PRO Stock vs Skills Based Approach

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

Head to head
About

API PRO Stock

Features
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API PRO Stock Management Created for a maximum mobility, the API PRO Stock app is a perfect tool to perform and register spare part management activities in a maintenance organization. With the Stock app you can register removals and returns of spare parts from stock, you can register scrapping of spare parts, you can register inventory counting of spare parts and create adjustment transactions to update the quantity on stock and you can look up information about a spare part after scanning the barcode. The Stock app support scanning of 1D and 2D barcodes either using the device camera, a build-in barcode scanner or a an external Bluetooth-connected barcode scanner. When using the Stock app on a device with a real barcode scanner, the app becomes a very efficient tool that enables you to perform stock management activities extremely fast. The API PRO Stock app requires connection to an API PRO installation where mobile stock management is enabled and a valid user account.

About

Skills Based Approach

This app facilitates lifelong learning through a cyclical methodology, allowing users to manage and develop evolving skill sets. It supports flexible learning schedules, from daily to monthly, and includes tools for skill discovery and parsing.

Highlights
  • Cyclical learning methodology
  • Evolving skill set management
  • Flexible learning schedules (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Skill discovery and search
  • Onboarding with Skills Parser
  • Personality profiler
Features
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Skills Based Approach is a methodology for lifelong learning. Students or workers constantly cycle through four stages with an evolving skill set. This supports not only a traditional learning model for working on skills monthly, but also setting up skill sets daily or weekly. Allowing for responsive pivots during the learning process. The app strongly connotes the color schemes referenced in the Skills Based Approach logo and currently supports finding, discovering and searching for skills. There is an onboarding process with a Skills Parser, personality profiler, and autocompletes for courses and jobs. There is functionality to manage a skill set. Future versions will include features for tasking and working with Skill Emblems.

Screenshots

API PRO Stock4 screens
Skills Based Approach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Skills Based Approach at every 3 weeks against API PRO Stock's every 10 months. API PRO Stock's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

API PRO Stock ships an update every 10 months, Skills Based Approach every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
API PRO Stock versus Skills Based Approach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAPI PRO StockSkills Based Approach
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAPI Maintenance Systems A/SRyan M. Frischmann

In-app purchases

None

API PRO Stock

No in-app purchases

None

Skills Based Approach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is API PRO Stock free?
API PRO Stock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skills Based Approach free?
Skills Based Approach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do API PRO Stock or Skills Based Approach have ads?
Neither API PRO Stock nor Skills Based Approach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, API PRO Stock or Skills Based Approach?
API PRO Stock ships an update every 10 months, and Skills Based Approach every 3 weeks. Most recently, API PRO Stock was updated on October 12, 2026 and Skills Based Approach on October 6, 2026.

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