Comparison

ClayCraft vs Die

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

Head to head
About

ClayCraft

Discover inspiring and challenging pottery projects with this magazine. Each issue offers practical guides, features on artists, and expert advice for all skill levels. Explore the relaxing and therapeutic aspects of working with clay.

Highlights
  • Pottery project guides
  • Features on potters
  • Expert advice
  • Inspirational content
  • Digital magazine format
  • Pocketmags account integration
Features
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ClayCraft is a brand new magazine for this growing hobby with each issue including fun, inspirational and challenging pottery projects for you to try at home. Our editor, Rachel Graham, writes… Whether you are a student, a hobby potter, or have an established studio, we want you to enjoy reading about this wonderful stuff called clay! What is it about it that’s so appealing? Everyone I meet tells me that they find handling clay relaxing and, in lots of cases, therapeutic. Maybe it speaks to an ancient part of our psyche; man has been digging up mud, making it into vessels and putting it into a fire for thousands of years. And now we have refined this to the point where it’s both part of our everyday lives, and an inspiring artistic medium. Whatever your level of involvement, whatever you take from it, it’s going to be a positive experience, and ClayCraft will add to that, with practical hands-on guides, in-depth features on established, and emerging, potters, and plenty of good advice from our experts. Happy potting! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

About

Die

Features
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Die-cutting Essentials is the UK’s number one magazine dedicated to exciting and inspiring embossing and die-cutting projects. Featuring the UK’s leading designers, every issue offers tips, techniques and a wealth of design inspiration. You will be spoilt for choice what to make next! Every digital issue of Die-cutting Essentials is packed with ideas showing you how to use dies and embossing products in a variety of ways to make beautiful cards and papercraft projects. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

Screenshots

ClayCraft1 screens
Die4 screens

Verdict

The call

ClayCraft and Die are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ClayCraft sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Die sells 40 in-app purchases, starting at $60.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClayCraft ships an update every 12 months, Die every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ClayCraft versus Die: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClayCraftDie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.211.2
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKelsey Publishing GroupPractical Publishing International Ltd

In-app purchases

15 purchases

ClayCraft

Subscriptions2
  • ClayCraft$4.991 Month
  • ClayCraft1 Month trial$49.991 Year
One-time13
  • Issue 11 (pp:459608)$5.99
  • Issue 9 (pp:459610)$5.99
  • Issue 8 (pp:459611)$5.99
Show 10 more
  • Issue 7 (pp:459612)$5.99
  • Issue 5 (pp:459614)$5.99
  • Issue 2 (pp:459617)$5.99
  • Issue 1 (pp:459618)$5.99
  • Issue 41 (pp:631143)$5.99
  • Issue 91 (id:715256)$5.99
  • Claycraft - In... (pp:1004653)$11.99
  • Claycraft - Po... (pp:1004648)$11.99
  • Claycraft - Th... (pp:1004643)$11.99
  • GlazeSurfacegui... (pp:994209)$14.99
40 purchases

Die

Subscriptions1
  • Die-cutting Essentials$60.991 Year
One-time39
  • 95 (id:808725)$9.99
  • 102 (id:721600)$9.99
  • 111 (id:721591)$9.99
Show 36 more
  • 107 (id:721595)$9.99
  • 109 (id:721593)$9.99
  • 98 (id:808722)$9.99
  • 103 (id:721599)$9.99
  • 112 (id:721590)$9.99
  • 105 (id:721597)$9.99
  • 113 (id:721589)$9.99
  • Issue 114 (pp:1057622)$9.99
  • Issue 126 (pp:1084317)$9.99
  • Issue 122 (pp:1084278)$9.99
  • Issue 119 (pp:1084284)$9.99
  • Issue 117 (pp:1084358)$9.99
  • Issue 125 (pp:1084362)$9.99
  • Issue 123 (pp:1084289)$9.99
  • Issue 116 (pp:1084354)$9.99
  • Issue 118 (pp:1084301)$9.99
  • Issue 120 (pp:1084337)$9.99
  • Issue 142 (pp:1142505)$9.99
  • Issue 143 (pp:1142503)$9.99
  • Issue 148 (pp:1142493)$9.99
  • Issue 144 (pp:1142501)$9.99
  • Issue 140 (pp:1142509)$9.99
  • Issue 150 (pp:1142489)$9.99
  • Issue 146 (pp:1142497)$9.99
  • Issue 145 (pp:1142499)$9.99
  • Issue 141 (pp:1142507)$9.99
  • Issue 127 (pp:1117036)$9.99
  • Issue 130 (pp:1117042)$9.99
  • Issue 137 (pp:1116978)$9.99
  • Issue 135 (pp:1116974)$9.99
  • Issue 136 (pp:1116976)$9.99
  • Issue 129 (pp:1117040)$9.99
  • Issue 138 (pp:1116980)$9.99
  • Issue 132 (pp:1117010)$9.99
  • Issue 131 (pp:1117012)$9.99
  • Issue 128 (pp:1117038)$9.99

Questions

Is ClayCraft free?
ClayCraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Die free?
Die is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ClayCraft or Die have ads?
Neither ClayCraft nor Die shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClayCraft or Die?
ClayCraft ships an update every 12 months, and Die every 19 months. Most recently, ClayCraft was updated on August 15, 2026 and Die on September 28, 2026.

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