Comparison

Focal vs SkillPilot

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

Head to head
About

Focal

Features
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Focal is a fast, private JSON viewer that works completely offline. Open a JSON file and Focal turns it into a clean, collapsible tree you can actually read โ€” no pasting into a website, no uploading, nothing leaving your device. Huge exports open in an instant, search finds any key or value, and the inspector shows you the exact bytes from the file, never silently reformatted. โ€ข OFFLINE & PRIVATE โ€” your JSON never leaves your device. No account, no upload, no tracking, no ads. โ€ข OPENS HUGE FILES โ€” an indexed viewer opens massive JSON in an instant and scrolls smoothly. โ€ข SEARCH ANYTHING โ€” find any key or value instantly and jump straight to each match. โ€ข EXACT SOURCE โ€” inspect the real bytes from the file, never "prettified" behind your back. โ€ข ONE APP, EVERY DEVICE โ€” a focused reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Perfect for developers, QA and anyone who works with APIs, config files or data exports and just wants to read JSON quickly and privately.

About

SkillPilot

Features
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SkillPilot is a discovery and monitoring client for open-source AI developer tools: agents, Claude skills, MCP servers, CLIs and repositories. It shows you what exists, what changed, and what needs attention, and it links every entry back to its source on GitHub. Find the right tool Browse a catalog organised into 12 categories, from Development, AI Agents and Automation to Marketing, Design, Security, Data and Research, RAG and Knowledge, LLM Ops and Token and Cost Optimization. Search by name or description, open a category to see its subcategory shelves, and tap any card for the owner, type, description, tags, a short README excerpt quoted from the project, and a direct link to the repository. See what is new The New tab surfaces a Daily Winner, the latest releases and the tools that are rising fastest this week, so you can check the ecosystem in a minute. Keep your stack healthy The Browse tab gives your monitored tools a single health score with tiles for updates, breaking changes and security issues, plus a list of priority alerts. My Skills lists every tool you track with its status, installed and latest version and an authority score out of 100. Open a tool to read its health summary and security posture, what changed between versions, a side by side version comparison and a recommended action. Act on alerts The Alerts inbox groups open alerts by severity (Critical, High, Medium, Low), names the alert type, and links to the evidence on GitHub. Mark an alert resolved or start a migration review from the same screen. Read-only by design SkillPilot never installs, runs or changes anything on your machine. It reads public data about open-source projects and presents it; every decision stays with you. Features - Catalog of open-source AI developer tools in 12 categories with search - Tool cards with owner, type, tags, README excerpt and repository link - Daily Winner, New Releases and Fast Rising shelves - Stack Health score with updates, breaking and security tiles - Monitored tools with status, version pair and authority score - Tool detail with Overview, What Changed, Compare and Impact - Alerts inbox with severity filters and evidence links - Works offline with bundled catalog data, refreshes from skillpilot.biz when online - Free, no account, no ads, no tracking, no data collection - iPhone and iPad, iOS 17 or later Catalog data comes from public GitHub repositories and package registries. Every entry names its owner and links to the original project. Rights holders can request removal of any entry at yacov@ygl.co.il. SkillPilot is made by YGL. The same catalog and alerts are available on the web at skillpilot.biz.

Screenshots

Focal4 screens
SkillPilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Focal at 4 against SkillPilot's 2. Focal also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
Focal versus SkillPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocalSkillPilot
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size29 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUMUTCAN SAHINYGL LIVING WELL

In-app purchases

None

Focal

No in-app purchases

None

SkillPilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focal free?
Focal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SkillPilot free?
SkillPilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focal or SkillPilot have ads?
Neither Focal nor SkillPilot shows ads.

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