Comparison

Potfolio vs ClayNote

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

ClayNote

This app assists potters and ceramicists in documenting their creative process. It allows users to record stage notes, annotate images, save inspirations from the web, and organize their work with custom tags and collections. It serves as a digital journal to refine artistic skills.

Highlights
  • Stage notes for each step
  • Save web inspirations (Sparks)
  • Annotate images for surface treatments
  • Customizable studio options
  • Organize pieces with collections and tags
  • Quick-add notes and reminders
  • Reflect on process to refine craft
Features
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Track every pot from wet clay to the finished shelf. ClayNote helps potters and ceramicists document, track and reflect on every piece — from the first idea to the final glaze. Photograph a piece, tick off each stage as it dries, gets trimmed, bisqued and glazed, and write down what you did while you still remember it. FOLLOW EVERY PIECE Ideas, Formed, Trimmed, Bisqued, Glazed, Finished. Tick each stage as your piece gets there, and see at a glance what's drying on the shelf and what's waiting for the kiln. NOTES THAT COME BACK TO YOU Write a note at any stage — the clay body, how thin you pulled it, which shelf it sat on. Next time you make something similar, ClayNote shows you what you wrote the last time round. MAP YOUR SURFACE DECISIONS Record glazes, underglazes, slips, oxides and stamps, and mark on the photo itself exactly where each one went. YOUR WORK IS YOURS One tap saves everything — every piece, note and photo — as a spreadsheet and a folder of pictures you can keep on your computer or a cloud drive. No account, nothing locked in. SPARKS Save the shapes, glaze recipes and reels you love from Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and YouTube, and keep them right next to your own work. ALSO • Your materials and methods, customisable to your studio • Collections and tags to organise your work your way • Search your collection by name, grouped by month • A home screen widget • Reminders to keep your journal going between sessions

Screenshots

Potfolio4 screens
ClayNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Potfolio at 5.0 against ClayNote's 2.7. ClayNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (26 vs 4). 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. Potfolio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ClayNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Potfolio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ClayNote has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Potfolio ships an update every 4 weeks, ClayNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Potfolio versus ClayNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotfolioClayNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better2.7 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews—62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings426 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size440 MB56 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStoned Studio LLCYing-Chao Tung

Customer experience

Potfolio

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

ClayNote

All ratings26 ratings
Positive42.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Potfolio

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

ClayNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Potfolio free?
Potfolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ClayNote free?
ClayNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Potfolio or ClayNote?
Potfolio is rated higher. Potfolio averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while ClayNote averages 2.7 from 26 ratings.
Do Potfolio or ClayNote have ads?
Neither Potfolio nor ClayNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Potfolio or ClayNote?
Potfolio ships an update every 4 weeks, and ClayNote monthly. Most recently, Potfolio was updated on June 4, 2026 and ClayNote on September 17, 2026.

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