Comparison

VA Disability Pay vs Ledgium

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

Head to head
About

VA Disability Pay

This app helps military personnel estimate their Veterans Affairs (VA) disability pay and calculate their combined disability rating. It provides an estimation of benefits without requiring personal information or login.

Highlights
  • Estimate VA disability pay
  • Calculate combined disability rating
  • Inform about disability benefits
  • No login required
  • No personal information needed
Read full description

VA Disability Pay is an application intended to assist military personnel from all branches of the military service by informing them of their disability benefits. VA Disability Pay gives assistance by calculating an estimation of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability pay. It also calculates an overall disability rating based on your combined individual disability ratings. No affiliation with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. No login required. No personally identifying information to enter. No demographic tracking of who you are. No spam. Lynnfield LLC is disabled-veteran owned.

About

Ledgium

This app helps you manage your money between paychecks, not monthly budgets. It visually breaks down how much you can spend until your next payday by allocating funds to bills, essentials, savings, and discretionary spending. Track expenses, set savings goals, and gain insights into your spending habits.

Highlights
  • Paycheck splitting by percentage
  • Automatic bill assignment
  • Surplus rollover options
  • Customizable savings goals
  • Expense tracking with Siri/Apple Pay
  • Spending limits and alerts
  • Private data storage via iCloud
Features
Read full description

Ledgium is a paycheck planner, not a monthly budget. It answers one question at a glance: how much can I spend until my next paycheck? Split every paycheck by percentage into buckets: Bills, Essentials, Guilt Free, and Invest / Save to start. Recurring bills are assigned to the paycheck that lands before they're due, so you always know which paycheck covers what. Whatever your bills don't need becomes surplus and rolls where you choose. No account. No bank sync. Your data stays on your devices and iCloud. Plan each paycheck • Guilt free money left until payday, or for the whole month, and what that is per day • Split each paycheck with sliders, or type a dollar amount and the percent follows • Paid weekly, every two weeks, monthly, on two or more days a month, or daily on the days you work, with a split for each paycheck • Bills assigned to the right paycheck automatically, or to the one you pick • A bill can come out on payday instead of its due date • Surplus rolls into guilt free, savings, a bucket you add, or the next paycheck • Buckets in your own colors and order • A savings goal: name it, like "Trip to Italy", set a target, and every payday adds its share. Pause it anytime. • A payday alert the morning each paycheck lands Track spending • Log an expense, refund, or income in seconds • Log purchases with Siri, or automatically each time you pay with Apple Pay (a one-time setup in the Shortcuts app) • Spending limits for any category, like $400 a month on groceries, with a heads-up when you get close • A monthly recap: bills paid, what was left over, and what you saved • Spending by day and by category, with search by month, dates, or bucket • A calendar of bills, paydays, and income by week, two weeks, or month • Mark a bill paid, or skip one • Other income, like a side job, split like a paycheck or sent to one bucket Private by design • No sign-up and no bank connection • Syncs through your own iCloud account • Optional Face ID lock • Any currency: dollars, euros, pounds, pesos, yen, and more • In English and Spanish • Import your bills from a spreadsheet (CSV) Ledgium Pro • Share your budget with a partner: you both see and change the same budget on your own iPhones, and they get every Pro feature in it without buying Pro • After bills: what stays in your account once a paycheck pays its bills and your credit cards • Months ahead: each of the next six months' income, bills, and surplus, planned • What if: try a raise, a new bill, or a move, and see each paycheck change before you save anything • More than one savings goal • Trends: three months to a year by bucket, and how fixed costs creep • Bill reminders, and a warning when guilt free runs low • Card bills: card purchases gather into a monthly bill that counts down as you pay it, with its due date on the calendar • What you owe on every card, and what's due next • Debts with your progress and an estimated payoff date • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen: guilt free money left, your next bills, any bucket or savings goal, and your spending limits • Guilt free money left in Control Center, on your Lock Screen, or on the Action button (iOS 18 or later) • Apple Watch: guilt free money left and the days until payday, on your watch face • Unlimited buckets and more than one pay schedule • Custom paydays: pick every payday of the year • Card guide and shared expenses • CSV export Pro comes monthly or yearly, each starting with a 7-day free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://ledgium.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://ledgium.app/terms/

Screenshots

VA Disability Pay4 screens
Ledgium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ledgium at every 2 days against VA Disability Pay's every 6 weeks. Ledgium also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). VA Disability Pay's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. VA Disability Pay sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Ledgium sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ledgium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VA Disability Pay has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VA Disability Pay ships an update every 6 weeks, Ledgium every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
VA Disability Pay versus Ledgium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVA Disability PayLedgium
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLYNNFIELD LLCTristar Dynamics LLC

Customer experience

VA Disability Pay

All ratings11,328 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews145 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative21.4%

Ledgium

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

VA Disability Pay

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not opening after recent update
  • Keyboard covers disability percentage options
  • Inaccurate payment calculations in some cases

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Special Monthly Compensation (SMC)
  • Implement profile management to track multiple users
  • Improve user onboarding and provide clear instructions
  • Add back pay prediction feature
  • Expand disability categories beyond just percentages

Ledgium

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VA Disability Pay

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
3 purchases

Ledgium

Subscriptions2
  • Ledgium Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Ledgium Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ledgium Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is VA Disability Pay free?
VA Disability Pay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ledgium free?
Ledgium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VA Disability Pay or Ledgium?
Ledgium is rated higher. VA Disability Pay averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Ledgium averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VA Disability Pay or Ledgium have ads?
Neither VA Disability Pay nor Ledgium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VA Disability Pay or Ledgium?
VA Disability Pay ships an update every 6 weeks, and Ledgium every 2 days. Most recently, VA Disability Pay was updated on November 5, 2026 and Ledgium on October 29, 2026.

Other comparisons