Comparison

Pottery.ly 3D vs The Botanist

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

Head to head
About

Pottery.ly 3D

Create unique ceramic art in a relaxing digital environment. Shape, texture, and decorate your virtual pottery. Share your masterpieces with a vibrant community or friends.

Highlights
  • Shape ceramics with powerful yet simple tools
  • Apply various textures
  • Decorate with custom designs
  • Share creations with friends
  • Engage with an in-app community
  • Relaxing and therapeutic gameplay
Features
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Pottery.ly is a super relaxing pottery game that allows you to create your own unique ceramics. You can shape your ceramics anyway you like, and you can choose which texture you would want them to be in. But it’s not over yet, you can even draw on it to make it truly a one of a kind masterpiece. Creating an amazing looking ceramic is a very relaxing and satisfying process, and the result can be even more accomplishing. You can share your works with your friends, or you can even share it on the Pottery.ly community to inspire others! AWESOME FEATURES: - Simple but powerful tools: the tools are not only very easy to use, but also allow you to create pottery of any shape, texture, and pattern. - Awesome community: you can share your works or view others on the built in Pottery.ly community. Creativity is limitless! - Super relaxing gameplay: Pottery.ly offers a truly relaxing, therapeutic, and pleasant gameplay experience that you can share with your friends and family. Let’s play Pottery.ly now and start making your first ceramic masterpiece! SUBSCRIPTION INFO - Pottery.ly can be accessed for free. Free users have access to free content. The free version may include interstitial, banner, and native ads. - You can purchase a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription to unlock all content and remove ads. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off in your Apple ID subscription settings after purchase. Canceling trial or subscription You can cancel the subscription anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings. See https://support.apple.com/HT202039. When the current subscription period expires, access to Premium content will end. Contact: incolor.feedback@hotmail.com Terms of Service: http://incolor.cc/en/agreement.html Privacy Policy: http://incolor.cc/en/privacy.html

About

The Botanist

Create beautiful botanical mandalas and arrangements using digital leaves and petals. Save and share your unique floral designs with friends. A relaxing and creative experience inspired by nature's beauty.

Highlights
  • Create botanical mandalas
  • Arrange digital leaves and petals
  • Save creations to device
  • Share designs with friends
  • Relaxing and creative experience
Features
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The Botanist is an app of creativity, relaxation and beauty of nature. Select your leafs and petals and other botanical specimens and start laying mandalas and other amazing arrangements. Once you’re done, save your piece on device and share with friends!

Screenshots

Pottery.ly 3D4 screens
The Botanist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Botanist at none against Pottery.ly 3D's shown. The Botanist also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (80% vs 69%). Pottery.ly 3D's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pottery.ly 3D sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per 7 days and The Botanist sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Botanist holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pottery.ly 3D has 2.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Pottery.ly 3D's written reviews are positive against 80% of The Botanist's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pottery.ly 3D ships an update monthly, The Botanist every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pottery.ly 3D versus The Botanist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPottery.ly 3DThe Botanist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (2.9K ratings)4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEYEWIND LIMITEDBeige Elephant

Customer experience

Pottery.ly 3D

All ratings2,878 ratings
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral9.2%
Negative21.4%

The Botanist

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pottery.ly 3D

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to like or comment on others' work
  • Inconsistent behavior when using drawing tools
  • Pottery shapes not matching user's input
  • Ads not working or causing crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for pottery
  • Ability to import own images and designs
  • Offline mode for creating pottery
  • Improved social features and community
  • Better performance and stability

The Botanist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pottery.ly 3D

Subscriptions3
  • weekly subscription7 Days trial$4.497 Days
  • monthly subscription$8.991 Month
  • yearly subscription$34.991 Year
One-time4
  • level1$5.99
  • level2$10.99
  • level3$21.99
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  • level4$34.99
3 purchases

The Botanist

One-time3
  • Theme #1$1.99
  • Theme #2$1.99
  • Theme #3$1.99

Questions

Is Pottery.ly 3D free?
Pottery.ly 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Botanist free?
The Botanist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pottery.ly 3D or The Botanist?
The Botanist is rated higher. Pottery.ly 3D averages 4.3 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while The Botanist averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Pottery.ly 3D or The Botanist have ads?
Pottery.ly 3D shows ads; The Botanist does not.
Which is updated more often, Pottery.ly 3D or The Botanist?
Pottery.ly 3D ships an update monthly, and The Botanist every 11 months. Most recently, Pottery.ly 3D was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Botanist on October 24, 2026.

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