Comparison

Potfolio vs Perch Pot

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

Head to head
About

Potfolio

This app simplifies ceramic research and documentation. It features a comprehensive material database, advanced recipe calculation tools, and artwork tracking to record the creation process. Collaborate and share your ceramic projects with ease.

Highlights
  • Detailed ceramic material database
  • Advanced recipe calculator (UMF, Mole Percent, Specific Gravity)
  • Artwork creation process tracking
  • Inventory management for materials
  • Recipe version history
  • Batch sheet tracking for material measurements
Features
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Welcome to your new portfolio. - Potfolio makes your research easy, accurate, and collaborative. Note: Potfolio requires a subscription. But don’t worry, you can get started for free. • • • Materials • Potfolio contains the most detailed and accurate ceramic material database available. With over 500 materials, and more always being added. • Using a material we don’t have? Send us an email and we’ll be sure to add it so everyone can use it. Or, add it yourself into your own private database. • Interested in the Analysis? We’ve got you covered with the UMF and Mole Percent. Want to compare materials? You can do that too. • Ever forgotten what materials you need? Not anymore, Potfolio can even track your inventory. • • • • • • • • Recipes • The most advanced recipe calculator ever made. With Potfolio, UMF and Mole Percent are just the beginning. We’ve also included Specific Gravity, and have more features on the way. • Versions. Materials change, and recipes get improved. But that doesn’t mean you need to remake your recipe. With versions, you can track the lineage of your recipes and see how they’ve evolved over time. • Batch Sheets, Ever forgotten how much material you’ve added to your bucket? With Potfolio’s Batch Sheets, it’s easy to track how much material you’ve measured, all it takes is a mark of your pencil. • • • • • • • • Artwork • Never forget how you made your art. With Potfolio, you can track your masterpiece from the clay you used, the slip you layered on, and even the glazes you layered on top. And with Blazed, you can even include your firing schedules. • Applying to a show? With Potfolio, your images, and artwork details, are always where you are. • Excited about your latest piece? Share it! Anyone who has Potfolio will be able to open it and see how you created it! • • • • • And so much more… including Blends, Element and Compounds, and Activity tracking. Experience the future of the ceramic process with Potfolio Your subscription will automatically renew after any applicable promotional period and your Apple ID account will be charged the subscription price on a recurring basis until you cancel. You can cancel your subscription at any time through your Apple ID account settings. If you cancel your subscription, the cancellation will go into effect at the end of your current subscription period, as applicable. You will have continued access to the Potfolio Service for the remainder of your paid subscription period. Privacy Policy: https://potfolio.app/#privacypolicy Terms And Conditions: https://potfolio.app/#termsandconditions

About

Perch Pot

Organize and track all your pottery projects with this pocket-sized app. Document glazes, stages, and techniques with photos and notes, all searchable. Customize your workflow and easily recover deleted items.

Highlights
  • Search, sort, and filter projects
  • Photo documentation for work
  • Automatic iCloud sync and backup
  • Customizable project stages and forms
  • Track glazes, clays, and techniques
  • Capture project ideas
  • Undo delete functionality
Features
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Organize your pottery work with an app that's always in your pocket. Track glazes with a tap, document what works (or doesn't) with a photo, and have it all searchable. Perch Pot helps you track everything about your pottery projects: • Search, sort, filter — Full text search for your notes, sort by what stage your project is at, or filter to a particular clay or custom tag • Photos — Pictures help you remember your work like nothing else, so they're front and center right alongside your notes • Automatic sync — Out of the box backup and syncing for all your projects privately on your iCloud account • Optimized workflows — Everything you track should be quick and painless so you can get back to making • Customize everything — What stages do you want to track your projects through? What glazes does your studio have? Customize stages, forms, clays, decorative techniques, glazes, and custom tags • Ideas — Capture project ideas like a neat decorative technique or a good glaze combo in a separate section • Undo delete — Anything you delete can be found and recovered from the recently deleted section of settings • Export your data — You shouldn't be locked into an app, so you can always export all your photos and data (and import data from elsewhere) I built the app I wanted to use for my pottery, and it's really improved how I work. Perch Pot will always be free so anyone can bring a bit more beauty into this world. Happy potting!

Screenshots

Potfolio4 screens
Perch Pot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Potfolio at 5.0 against Perch Pot's 4.3. Potfolio also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). Perch Pot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (20 vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Potfolio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Perch Pot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Potfolio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perch Pot has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Potfolio ships an update every 4 weeks, Perch Pot every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Potfolio versus Perch Pot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotfolioPerch Pot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews—86.1% of reviews
Number of ratings420 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size440 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStoned Studio LLCJeffrey Mohan

Customer experience

Potfolio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Perch Pot

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive86.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Potfolio

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Months trial$34.991 Year
None

Perch Pot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Potfolio free?
Potfolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Perch Pot free?
Perch Pot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Potfolio or Perch Pot?
Potfolio is rated higher. Potfolio averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Perch Pot averages 4.3 from 20 ratings.
Do Potfolio or Perch Pot have ads?
Neither Potfolio nor Perch Pot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Potfolio or Perch Pot?
Potfolio ships an update every 4 weeks, and Perch Pot every 2 months. Most recently, Potfolio was updated on June 4, 2026 and Perch Pot on September 21, 2026.

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