Comparison

Paper Plane Email vs GlazeBench

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

Head to head
About

Paper Plane Email

Instantly send yourself emails and notes with a single tap. This lightweight and customizable app supports attachments and works offline or in low bandwidth. Configure it to send emails automatically, use your own SMTP server, or host it yourself.

Highlights
  • One-tap email sending
  • Note creation
  • Attachment support
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable SMTP server integration
  • Low bandwidth optimization
Features
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Send yourself an email and note in one tap! Lightweight, fast and endlessly customizable. Supports attachments and is robust in low bandwidth and offline environments. Let the app send the email itself, hook up to your own SMTP server or Google Apps, or even host the server yourself. Read more about the rationale for this workflow @ https://writings.williamhockey.com/paper-plane

About

GlazeBench

Features
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GlazeBench is the studio notebook for potters who take glaze chemistry seriously — and now for the whole firing, from the cone you aim for to the kiln that gets you there. BUILD A RECIPE, SEE THE CHEMISTRY Add materials and set percentages. The Unity Molecular Formula — silica, alumina, the SiO₂:Al₂O₃ ratio, and your flux balance — recalculates instantly, with your recipe's position plotted on the Stull chart. CATCH PROBLEMS BEFORE THE KILN Plain-language warnings flag a glaze likely to run, an immature melt, a silica ratio headed for crazing, or ingredients that don't total 100%. SCALE TO THE GRAM Enter any batch size and read every material weight in large, high-contrast numbers you can see from across the bench. FIRING (NEW) Pick the cone and the ware and GlazeBench writes the firing program from Orton's published Cone-Fire programs and cone chart: each segment, the curve, the top hold with an on-screen timer, and a controlled cool. Log what the witness cones did — including Orton's three-cone pack, read as under, on or over — and the next program suggests the Cone Offset step. KILN CARE (NEW) Measure each element section with a multimeter now and then. GlazeBench plots the resistance rise against L&L's change mark and forecasts the firing when new elements are due, from your own checks and firing pace. Thermocouples, relays and kiln wash get their own intervals by days or firings. METAL CLAY (NEW) Silver metal clay — PMC3, PMC+, PMC Flex, PMC Sterling and Art Clay Silver — fired to the maker's published schedules, by kiln or torch where the maker allows it, sized beforehand for the shrinkage the maker lists — then, as you log firings, for the shrinkage your own kiln gives. SOURCED, VERSIONED DATA Every oxide analysis, cone temperature and schedule carries its source, visible in the app. WORKS AT THE KILN Everything ships on-device. No signal in the studio is not a problem. FREE · Build, calculate and batch any recipe · Three firing programs, two kilns and six parts, three metal-clay pieces — each with every firing logged GLAZEBENCH PRO · Live UMF chemistry and the Stull map · Every firing program, and your own segment edits · Every kiln and part, with intervals by firing count · Every metal-clay piece, and your own schedules Pro is $39.99/year with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. A NOTE ON ACCURACY GlazeBench gives you guidance, not guarantees. Raw material analyses vary between suppliers — verify against your supplier's data sheet, leach-test glazes for food surfaces, and fire a test piece before you rely on a new program or schedule. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://glazebench-maker-suite.web.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Paper Plane Email4 screens
GlazeBench4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paper Plane Email at none against GlazeBench's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. GlazeBench sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Paper Plane Email asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Paper Plane Email versus GlazeBench: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaper Plane EmailGlazeBench
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam HockeySafak Tamses

In-app purchases

None

Paper Plane Email

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GlazeBench

Subscriptions1
  • GlazeBench Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Paper Plane Email free?
Paper Plane Email is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GlazeBench free?
GlazeBench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Paper Plane Email or GlazeBench have ads?
Neither Paper Plane Email nor GlazeBench shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paper Plane Email or GlazeBench?
Paper Plane Email ships an update every 2 months, and GlazeBench every 2 months. Most recently, Paper Plane Email was updated on October 20, 2026 and GlazeBench on October 25, 2026.

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