# Skaler: Check Out Your Competitors' Best Ads – My AppSumo Review

Skaler: Check Out Your Competitors' Best Ads – My AppSumo Review From $2,100/mo Ads Freelancer to $7,800/mo Creative Powerhouse in 5 Months Back in early 2025, I was making $2,100 a month as a freelance ad copywriter in Rajshahi. I was doing Facebook/Instagram ads for about 8 small online store clients. My approach was super old-school – looking at what my competitors were doing, saving screenshots of their ads, trying to guess what was working, and basically starting from scratch every time. My success rate wasn't great (15–20% CTR), and my clients kept saying my stuff felt stale. I even had a couple leave because I wasn't innovative enough. Trying to get bigger meant spending a crazy amount of time stalking ad libraries. I knew keeping an eye on top ads was important, but the free stuff like Facebook's Ad Library didn't give me much, and the paid tools were at least $100 a month. Then I saw Skaler on AppSumo—they had a lifetime deal from $59 (Tier 1) to $299 (Tier 3 with no limits on