Comparison

Skales vs Ledger

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

Head to head
About

Skales

This AI agent automates tasks by planning steps, using tools like calendars and files, and delivering results with your permission. It supports various AI models and offers hands-free voice interaction. Create documents, presentations, or prototypes directly from chat.

Highlights
  • Automated task planning and execution
  • Integration with real-world tools (calendar, web, files)
  • Support for multiple AI models
  • Voice-controlled hands-free operation
  • On-device memory and privacy
  • Creation of documents, presentations, and prototypes
Features
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Skales is an AI agent that does the work, not just the talking. Give it a job and it plans the steps, uses real tools (calendar, reminders, web, files, contacts) and delivers a finished result, asking your permission before anything that matters. It runs on the AI of your choice, pairs with your computer, and keeps what it knows about you on your device. No terminal, no setup. NEW: SKALES SCOUT (BETA) A scout is your own lasting AI agent with a name, a role and a rhythm. It makes rounds on its own, brings suggestions you answer with Go or Wait, keeps a morning standup and an evening summary, and holds goals over several days. Lead scouts hand work to sub-scouts. Each scout has its own model and daily budget, and you decide how far it may go. Run a scout only on your phone, or run the scouts on your computer from your pocket. WHAT AN AGENT DOES THAT A CHATBOT CANNOT "Plan my Friday" becomes a schedule in your real calendar. "Research this and write me a briefing" becomes cited sources and a document. "Wake me at 6" sets an alarm. Turn on Pocket Run and the agent keeps working across many steps until the job is done. EVERY MAJOR AI, ONE APP Start free with Skales IQ: just your email, no API key, no card. Or bring your own key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, OpenRouter and more. Pick the reasoning depth per conversation, attach photos and files, and switch models anytime. AUTOMATION WITH A HARNESS Skales is built as an agent harness: tools, memory, skills and permissions working together. Built-in agents, custom agents and whole teams. Build automations from the chat. Every action that touches the outside world asks first. Connect Home Assistant, Spotify or WordPress with your own account. TALK TO IT: IRIS ORBIT A full voice mode: talk to Iris Orbit or to your Buddy and it talks back, hands-free, with your tools and approvals working as they do in chat. MAKE THINGS, NOT JUST ANSWERS Start a chat as Slides, Document or Note. Flow turns a brief into a finished document, deck or motion piece with 74 design aesthetics and your own brand kit. Lio builds a clickable prototype from a sentence. Studio generates images and video and designs social posts. A MEMORY THAT GROWS Skales remembers what matters across conversations and adapts to you, stored on your device and fully under your control. YOUR COMPUTER, FROM YOUR POCKET Pair with the free Skales desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux and your phone reaches your computer's AI, sessions, files, tools and scouts. Or open the web interface from any browser on the same network. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE, NOT BY PROMISE Your conversations and memory stay on your device by default. With your own key, requests go straight from your phone to the provider you chose; Skales runs no servers in between. No account required. No ads, no tracking, no data sold. Optional online features are clearly marked and off by default. And when you want zero cloud: Skales Local (beta) downloads an openly licensed model once and answers directly on your iPhone or iPad, even in airplane mode. DISCOVER A live community feed, topic Spaces and a personal news briefing. DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE No technical knowledge needed. 12 languages. Need help? Email request@skales.app, more at skales.app.

About

Ledger

Effortlessly track professional licenses, certifications, and continuing education credits. Scan certificates or import PDFs, and the app automatically extracts key details. Stay compliant with visual progress trackers and timely reminders.

Highlights
  • Scan CE certificates with camera
  • Import PDFs for parsing
  • Automatic data extraction via AI
  • Visual compliance progress rings
  • Customizable reminder system
  • Audit-ready PDF/CSV export
  • On-device data processing for privacy
Features
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Point your camera at a CE certificate. Ledger does the rest. Ledger is the fastest, most private way for licensed professionals — nurses, NPs, physicians, PAs, therapists, teachers, CPAs, attorneys, EMS, and more — to keep every license, certification, and continuing-education credit current. SCAN IT. DONE. Snap a photo, pick from your library, or import PDFs. Apple Intelligence reads the title, provider, hours, completion date, and category — entirely on your device. Confidence scores flag anything worth a second look before you save. BULK IMPORT YOUR BACKLOG Select a pile of PDFs or photos and Ledger parses them while you browse. High-confidence certificates file themselves; the rest queue for a quick review. COMPLIANCE AT A GLANCE Fitness-style rings show exactly where each credential stands. One CE activity can count toward multiple licenses at once — log it once, it fills every ring it satisfies. Requirement templates prefill the rules for dozens of licenses (state RN/LPN, MD/DO CME, PA-C, NP recert, PT, pharmacist, CNA, EMS, CPA, attorney CLE, and more). REMINDERS THAT PACE YOU Not just deadline alarms. Ledger nudges you monthly when you're behind pace and stays quiet when you're on track. A context-aware dashboard headline tells you the one number that matters today. FITS YOUR BOARD'S RULES CE due on a different schedule than your license renewal? A topic with its own timeline, like suicide-prevention hours every 6 years? Ledger tracks each on its own clock. With Pro, your transcript saves to Files automatically when a CE period ends. AUDIT-READY IN ONE TAP Export a beautiful PDF transcript with your certificates embedded, or a CSV of everything. Verify licenses against official registries and stamp the date. YOUR INFORMATION STAYS PRIVATE No accounts. No servers. Your documents never leave your devices — scanning and AI run on-device, and optional sync uses your private iCloud. Ledger only sends anonymous usage counts (like "a credential was added") to help improve the app — never your name, your credentials, or your documents. Made for iPhone Duo and iPad: open it up and scan review goes side by side, certificate on one screen and details on the other. Plus: home and lock screen widgets, Siri shortcuts ("Log CE in Ledger"), light/dark themes, accent colors, and full Dynamic Type support. LEDGER PRO — Free includes 2 credentials and 20 CE records. Pro unlocks unlimited credentials and records, audit-ready PDF/CSV export, and custom reminder cadences: $3.99/month, $24.99/year (7-day free trial), or $69.99 once, forever. Requirement templates are starting points from published board rules — always verify with your board. Terms of Use: https://calpinlabs.com/ledger/terms Privacy Policy: https://calpinlabs.com/ledger/privacy

Screenshots

Skales4 screens
Ledger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ledger at 5.0 against Skales's 3.8. Ledger also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Skales's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads 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. Ledger sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Skales asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ledger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Skales's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ledger's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skales ships an update every 3 days, Ledger every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Skales versus Ledger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkalesLedger
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size184 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMario SimicRYAN MATTHEW CALPIN

Customer experience

Skales

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Ledger

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Skales

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Ledger

Subscriptions2
  • Ledger Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Ledger Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Ledger Pro Lifetime — Bulk$50.00
  • Ledger Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Skales free?
Skales is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ledger free?
Ledger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Skales or Ledger?
Ledger is rated higher. Skales averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Ledger averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Skales or Ledger have ads?
Neither Skales nor Ledger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skales or Ledger?
Skales ships an update every 3 days, and Ledger every 2 weeks. Most recently, Skales was updated on November 9, 2026 and Ledger on October 31, 2026.

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