Shackles.io

Shackles.io: LOLER Log
The on-device LOLER logbook for UK arborists

Keep audit-ready lifting-equipment records for your tree-surgery business — kit register, examination clocks, checks, defects and reports — with everything stored on your phone, not on someone else's server.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play

What it does

  • Kit register

    Every shackle, sling, rope, karabiner and lifting accessory in one place — identification, dates and current status per item.

  • Thorough-examination clocks

    Tracks when each item's next thorough examination falls due under LOLER regulation 9(3). Your competent person carries out the examinations — Shackles records them.

  • Daily and weekly records

    Log pre-use checks and weekly rope records at the cadence HSE guidance expects — quick enough to fill in from the field.

  • Defect log

    Record defects the moment they're found, note what was done about them, and keep withdrawn kit visibly out of service.

  • Schedule-1-complete PDF reports

    Turn recorded examinations into a PDF report containing every particular listed in Schedule 1 of LOLER 1998 — generated on your device, ready to hand over when someone asks.

  • Local reminders

    On-device notifications before examinations fall due and when routine checks are coming up. Nothing is sent to a server.

Shackles is a record-keeping tool. It does not perform examinations or inspections, and it does not guarantee compliance with LOLER or any other regulation — thorough examinations are carried out by your competent person, and staying compliant remains your responsibility as duty holder. Shackles.io is independent software and is not affiliated with, approved or endorsed by the Health and Safety Executive.

Everything stays on your device

No account. No cloud. No tracking. Your records live in the app's local database on your phone — we never see them, and neither does anyone else. Exports and backups happen only when you trigger them, and they go where you send them.

That's the whole design, not a setting. Read the details in our privacy policy.

Pricing

Free

£0

Up to 15 kit items, with every feature working. Try the whole app before paying anything.

Monthly

£1.99/month (incl. VAT)

After a 1-month free trial. Auto-renews monthly until cancelled — cancel anytime in the App Store or Google Play, and the trial costs nothing if you cancel before it ends.

Best value

Lifetime

£19.99 one-time (incl. VAT)

One purchase unlocks the app's paid features for as long as we make the app available — no subscription. See the terms for exactly what "lifetime" means.

If a subscription lapses, the app goes read-only: everything you've already recorded stays viewable and exportable, free, forever. Your records are always yours.

Purchases are billed by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play), not by us; the price shown at the store checkout is authoritative. A 14-day statutory cancellation right applies to store purchases — see the store's terms and our support page for how refunds and cancellation work. Sold by ML Upskill Agents UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Hohe Straße 13, 92249 Vilseck, Germany — info@upskillagents.com.