Comparison

Kiln Helper vs WildOtter

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

Head to head
About

Kiln Helper

Track your glass fusing projects, including firing schedules, material usage, and outcomes. Store photos, create firing templates, and calculate glass weights. Learn from past projects to refine your techniques and achieve desired results.

Highlights
  • Store project photos
  • Detailed firing logs
  • Create firing templates
  • Calculate glass weights
  • Share projects
  • Supported kiln brands
  • Supported glass manufacturers
Features
Currently charting
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Are you fed up trawling through pages of notes to work out what firing schedule you should use or have used before for a particular glass fusing project? Did the piece turn out how you expected? Did you have reactions that were unplanned? Should you adjust your schedule? This application will help you learn from previous projects and perfect your schedules and use of materials to give the results you want. Store before/during/after photos Keep detailed firing logs Create firing templates Share your projects with other people - revealing as much or as little of your trade secrets as you'd like. Calculate glass weights for Scrap or Mesh Melts, in various shapes. Supported kilns: Nabertherm, Kilncare, Jen-Ken, Evenheat, Olympic, Paragon, Skutt, Rohde, Cress, Cromartie, Woodrow, Cone Art, Northern. Supported glass manufacturers: Bullseye, Spectrum, Oceanside, Wissmach, Baoli Supported 'Cloud Connected' intelligent kiln controllers: Bartlett Instruments. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WildOtter

This app provides water users with reliable, community-sourced information for safe outdoor activities. Discover routes, swimming spots, points of interest, and river levels. It aims to eliminate worries about outdated information.

Highlights
  • User-added content
  • Moderated information
  • Safe water activity guidance
  • Route discovery
  • Wild swimming spots
  • River level information
Features
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The app for all recreational water users to help you get out on or in the water safely using quality and reliable content that is added by users and moderated by our team who will go out to marked locations and reported hazards creating a reliable information source all for the low price of £10 per year! Your subscription includes access to all our latest routes, point information such as wild swimming spots, points of interest and river level information for our river users. We are passionate about both paddling and wild swimming and are creating this resource to allow you to find all of the information you need in one place and to help remove the worry that out of date unreliable information can bring.

Screenshots

Kiln Helper4 screens
WildOtter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WildOtter at Free against Kiln Helper's $1.99. WildOtter also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). Kiln Helper's advantage is chart position (#196 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

WildOtter is free to download; Kiln Helper costs $1.99 up front. Kiln Helper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and WildOtter sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kiln Helper ships an update every 3 months, WildOtter every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Kiln Helper versus WildOtter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKiln HelperWildOtter
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#196 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJules TaplinShoothill Ltd.

Customer experience

Kiln Helper

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative27.8%

WildOtter

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Kiln Helper

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Access7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access1 Month trial$4.996 Months
1 purchases

WildOtter

Subscriptions1
  • WildOtter Full Subscription$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Kiln Helper free?
Kiln Helper costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is WildOtter free?
WildOtter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kiln Helper or WildOtter have ads?
Neither Kiln Helper nor WildOtter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kiln Helper or WildOtter?
Kiln Helper ships an update every 3 months, and WildOtter every 4 weeks. Most recently, Kiln Helper was updated on November 3, 2026 and WildOtter on November 3, 2026.

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