LEAP Mobile vs Smokeball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LEAP Mobile
This legal practice management tool offers mobile access to case details, correspondence, and calendars. It allows for recording voice memos, sending emails, managing time entries, and viewing financial ledgers, empowering legal professionals to work efficiently from anywhere.
- Create and access matter details
- Record voice memos and dictate emails
- Manage time entries and fixed fees
- View calendars and critical dates
- Access matter ledgers and contact details
- Integrated maps for appointments
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LEAP helps you work more effectively with the best mobile tools, giving you the freedom to work when and where it suits you. Features: · Create matters and cards · Access matter details including all matter correspondence · Record voice memos · Send emails and forward documents · View critical dates, tasks and calendar entries · Find contact details for all parties on a matter · Find the location of your appointments using integrated maps · View your staff contact details · Create, edit and view time entries on any matter · Make timed calls directly from a matter · Synchronise time entries with your timesheet on the desktop · Create, edit and view fixed fees · Check your office and trust account matter ledgers · Use voice recognition to dictate your time entries and create emails This app is only available to LEAP clients.
Smokeball
This mobile app empowers small law firms to manage client matters and enhance productivity on the go. Access case details, track tasks, and stay organized with daily digests and calendaring tools, ensuring better client service even when away from the office.
- Manage client matters
- View matter details
- Track phone messages
- Daily task and event digests
- Calendaring for team availability
- Task and to-do list management
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Smokeball helps small law firms manage their matters and be more productive. Our mobile companion app will allow you to massively boost your productivity whilst away from the office, with useful tools to help you and your staff keep track of everything needed to serve your clients better. Features • Matters at your fingertips View the pertinent details, parties, emails, documents, events and tasks for each matter. • Phone messages Receive updates from your office regarding any calls you miss while you’re away from your desk. • Daily Digest Get a personalized list of events and tasks each day, helping you keep on top of your workload. • Calendaring See what’s coming this week for yourself and your colleagues – this is a great way to check on your availability. • Tasks and To-do’s Track what is next or quickly record that idea you want to come back to later. This app is only available to Smokeball clients.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LEAP Mobile at 4.6 against Smokeball's 3.1. LEAP Mobile also leads on ratings volume (208 vs 39). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LEAP Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LEAP Mobile has 208 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of LEAP Mobile's written reviews are positive against 40% of Smokeball's.
LEAP Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Smokeball monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LEAP Mobile | Smokeball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (208 ratings) — better | 3.1 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.8 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 276 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LEAP Legal Software Pty Limited | Smokeball |
Customer experience
LEAP Mobile
Smokeball
In-app purchases
LEAP Mobile
No in-app purchases
Smokeball
No in-app purchases
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