Comparison

Pottery Helper vs MakerLog

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

Head to head
About

Pottery Helper

This app assists potters with various aspects of ceramics. It offers a step-by-step guide for pottery making and decoration, with planned features for firing temperatures, clay weights, and shrinkage calculations.

Highlights
  • Steps Helper for pottery making and decoration
  • Cone and Firing Helper for temperature scales
  • Weights of Clay Helper for common forms
  • Shrinkage Helper calculator
Features
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Pottery Helper is aimed at being a useful tool and reference for the ceramics community. Features at launch:- - Steps Helper - See and Click through thousands of possible pottery making and decoration steps. Planned Features - Cone and Firing Helper - Quick reference temperature scale showing firing temperatures along with clay maturation ranges and orton cone temperatures. - Weights of Clay Helper - Quick reference for the amount of clay you use to make common thrown items, this will allow potters to track and update their common forms and the amount of clay they use for each - Shrinkage Helper - Calculator for clay shrinkage from wet - bone dry - bisque - fired.

About

MakerLog

This app helps crafters and artisans document their creative process, track project finances, and gain insights into their work. It's designed for makers of all skill levels to enhance productivity and focus on their art.

Highlights
  • Project journaling
  • Financial tracking
  • In-depth analytics
  • Transaction history
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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-- Your craft, step by step -- Maker Log is a project journal for makers. Keep a journal for every project, collect photos of each stage, and see what every piece earns – from the first sketch to the final sale. -- Made for every maker -- Painting, pottery, woodworking, sewing, knitting, crochet or jewelry making: Maker Log fits around the way you work, so you spend less time on admin and more time on your craft. -- What Maker Log does -- • Journal: Write about each session, add photos, and look back on every step, day by day. • Projects: Give every piece its own page with a cover photo, a photo gallery, its dates and status, and a timeline of its entries, income and costs. • Income and costs: Log materials, commissions and sales against a project and see its profit at a glance. • Insights: See your profit for the year, income and costs month by month, and which projects earn the most. • Search: Find any project, journal entry or transaction by name or by the words in it. • iCloud sync: Your journal stays up to date on all your devices. • Made for iOS 26, with dark mode, large text and VoiceOver support. -- Free and Pro -- Maker Log is free for up to 2 projects and 5 journal entries. Maker Log Pro unlocks unlimited projects and journal entries, and Insights. Whether you work with wood, metal, glass, clay, leather, beads, fabric or yarn – carving, woodturning, blacksmithing, jewelry making, sewing, quilting, embroidery, weaving, felting, macramé, pottery, sculpture, scrapbooking, papercraft, calligraphy, printmaking, candle or soap making – Maker Log keeps every project in one place. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pottery Helper3 screens
MakerLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pottery Helper at 4.0 against MakerLog's 3.0. Pottery Helper also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. MakerLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pottery Helper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pottery Helper holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pottery Helper versus MakerLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPottery HelperMakerLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrolleymate Operations Pty LtdGruffydd Johnston

Customer experience

Pottery Helper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MakerLog

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Pottery Helper

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MakerLog

Subscriptions2
  • Maker Log Pro$2.991 Month
  • Maker Log Pro$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Pottery Helper free?
Pottery Helper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MakerLog free?
MakerLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pottery Helper or MakerLog?
Pottery Helper is rated higher. Pottery Helper averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MakerLog averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pottery Helper or MakerLog have ads?
Neither Pottery Helper nor MakerLog shows ads.

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