Comparison

Ledge Notebook vs SkillPilot

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

Head to head
About

Ledge Notebook

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Ledge is a Markdown notebook that runs the code in your notes. Write the commands for a deploy, a fix or a setup once, with the reasoning beside them, and run each block with a tap. The output appears right under the block. On iPhone and iPad, Ledge opens the notes on your own server: a Linux machine or a Mac running the free Ledge server, reached over SSH. Your notes, shells and commands stay on your machine. RUN ANYTHING • Shell, Python, Node, TypeScript, Ruby, PHP and Redis blocks run with the tools on your server • Add SQL or any other language by naming the command that runs it, such as psql or mysql • Prompt blocks hand a request to an AI agent on your server, such as Claude Code, which can read your notes • Answer a running command's prompts by typing into its output, with ^C, ^D, Esc and arrow keys above the keyboard • Each note keeps its own shell, so a cd or an exported variable carries into the next block • Give a note its own working directory, environment and secrets, kept outside the note • Run a note's blocks on another machine over SSH with one line at the top of the note • Mark a risky block to ask before it runs • A command keeps running on the server after you lock the phone, and its output is waiting when you come back WRITE AND ORGANIZE • Markdown with live preview, tables, checklists and images, including photos from the camera • Link notes to each other, with outline, backlinks and tags panels • Workspaces, folders, favorites and full-text search • Use the same notes from Ledge for Mac and from every phone and iPad you pair PRIVATE AND SECURE • You stay in control of your notes: they live on your own machine, not on our servers or anyone else's • No Ledge account, no sign-up and no third party in between • Sign in with a key made in the Secure Enclave that never leaves the device, or with a password kept in the keychain • Each server's host key is confirmed on the first connection and checked on every one after • Lock sensitive notes with a passphrase • Add a server by scanning the QR code it prints WHAT YOU NEED A Mac or a Linux machine you can reach over SSH, with the Ledge server installed. One command installs it, with no root access, no open port and no background service. The guide in the app walks you through it. Ledge is free and open source.

About

SkillPilot

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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

Ledge Notebook4 screens
SkillPilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ledge Notebook and SkillPilot are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ledge Notebook versus SkillPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLedge NotebookSkillPilot
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDan StevensYGL LIVING WELL

In-app purchases

None

Ledge Notebook

No in-app purchases

None

SkillPilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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