HeatNext vs Clay Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HeatNext
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HeatNext is a friendly app that allows you to remotely manage your home heating system using your mobile device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
Clay Box
Discover and create clay recipes, design color palettes using photos, and find complementary colors. Search for recipes by specific clay colors or explore their appearance in blends. Supports multiple popular clay brands.
- Access clay recipe database
- Create custom recipes
- Design color palettes from photos
- Find analogous/complementary colors
- Search recipes by color
- Supports multiple clay brands
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Access the Clay Box database of recipes. Find new recipes as they are added by fellow clay enthusiasts, Create your own recipes using your favorite clay. Add a photo to capture the actual mix color. Design awesome color schemes by creating your own palettes with clay colors. Use a photo to pick the color you want to match. Find analogous or complementary clay colors for your palette. Search for recipes containing a specific clay color, or see how a specific color might look in a skinner blend Currently supported makes are: Cernit, Fimo, Kato, Premo, Sculpy III and Souffle
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HeatNext at Free against Clay Box's $4.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
HeatNext is free to download; Clay Box costs $4.99 up front. HeatNext sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Clay Box sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HeatNext | Clay Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 70.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nomnio | Sarah Hill |
In-app purchases
HeatNext
- Plus Package$1.991 Month
- Advanced Package$3.991 Month
- Plus Package$18.991 Year
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- Advanced Package$37.991 Year
Clay Box
- Earth tones palette - Prem0Free
- Greens palette - Premo$1.99
- Sandy Teal color palette$1.99
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- Orange Ombre palette$1.99
- Metallic Fall Colors$1.99
- Metallic Mermaid palette$1.99
- Sweater weather palette$1.99
- Succulent palette$1.99
- Blue Jeans palette$1.99
- Pink Lily palette$1.99
- Halloween Metallics - Premo$1.99
- Tutti Frutti palette$1.99
- Wildflower palette - Premo$1.99
- Pink sunset palette$1.99
- Adrift at Sea$1.99
