Comparison

PotteryNotes vs Ceramispace

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

Head to head
About

PotteryNotes

Create detailed notes for your pottery and ceramic projects. Add photos, dimensions, clay types, glazes, and more. Organize and share your project records easily.

Highlights
  • Create detailed project notes
  • Add photos and captions
  • Record dimensions, clay body, glazes
  • Customizable note fields
  • Searchable project list
  • Share notes via email, text, AirDrop
  • Direct image posting to social media
Features
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Quickly and easily create beautiful notes about your ceramic and pottery projects. Add photos, captions and descriptive data and information, and automatically add them to a searchable list. Share records between devices by email, text and AirDrop. Posting images to Facebook and other services directly from the app. Print your notes on AirPrint printers. After creating a note, add photos, dimensions, weight, clay body, firing information, surface decoration techniques, glazes and many more fields. Customize the layout of your notes by adding, deleting, rearranging and renaming fields, then save your preferred layout to be the new default layout.

About

Ceramispace

This app helps ceramic artists organize their creative process. It offers tools for managing glaze recipes, calculating firing schedules, tracking projects, and logging kiln maintenance. Keep your studio organized and your creative workflow optimized.

Highlights
  • Glaze recipe storage and batch calculator
  • Automatic firing schedule calculation
  • Customizable project board
  • Digitalized firing logs
  • Live firing widgets
  • Kiln maintenance tracking
  • Inventory management
Features
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It’s time to bring your ceramics studio to your fingertips! Ceramispace is an all-in-one app designed exclusively for iPhone, iPad, and Mac to help organize the creative lives of ceramic artists like you. Bring your studio with you wherever you go, and take your practice to the next level. ⁕ GLAZE RECIPE STORAGE AND BATCH SIZE CALCULATOR Adding your recipes to Ceramispace is a breeze. It takes just seconds to add your first recipe, giving you access to UMF diagrams, batch size calculators, and more. ⁕ AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATE FIRING SCHEDULES Enter details about your kiln and your firings to find out how long your firing will take, how much it will cost, and optionally set up notifications when your firings are complete. ⁕ CUSTOMIZABLE PROJECT BOARD Manage ongoing projects with ease using our customizable project board. Organize your work to suit your unique workflow and never miss a deadline. ⁕ DIGITALIZED FIRING LOGS Keep track of when you fired your kiln, and learn how your firings contribute to your power bill. Flag firings, allowing you to track kiln errors or other important details. ⁕ LIVE FIRING WIDGETS Keep track of your kiln firings directly from your device's home and lock screens using our firing widgets. ⁕ RECORD KILN MAINTENANCE Keep your kiln in top firing condition by recording when you last did maintenance on your kiln! ⁕ INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Store your pieces, raw materials, glaze batches, and more to your inventory, and know ahead of time when you’re running low. ⁕ CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS We understand that every ceramic artist has their own way of working. That's why we've included a range of customization options to help you tailor Ceramispace to fit your needs. ⁕ SYNCHRONIZE ACROSS DEVICES Ceramispace seamlessly saves all of your data to your private cloud, so you can access them from any supported device both online and offline. ⁕ CERAMISPACE PRO Take your ceramic studio management to the next level with Ceramispace Pro! With additional features and even more customization options, Ceramispace Pro is the ultimate tool for any ceramic artist. Upgrade to Ceramispace Pro today and elevate your ceramic studio management. Privacy Policy: https://ceramispace.appdeco.ca/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://ceramispace.appdeco.ca/terms-of-service

Screenshots

PotteryNotes4 screens
Ceramispace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PotteryNotes at 3.5 against Ceramispace's 2.7. PotteryNotes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (97 vs 3). 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. Ceramispace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 3 months. PotteryNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PotteryNotes holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PotteryNotes has 97 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of PotteryNotes's written reviews are positive against 57% of Ceramispace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PotteryNotes ships an update every 4 weeks, Ceramispace monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PotteryNotes versus Ceramispace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotteryNotesCeramispace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (97 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews67.8% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings97 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPacific Bipeds LLCApp Deco Studio Inc.

Customer experience

PotteryNotes

All ratings97 ratings
Positive63.9%
Neutral7.2%
Negative28.9%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive67.8%
Neutral9.2%
Negative23.0%

Ceramispace

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Bugs and requests

PotteryNotes

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Lost all photos after update
  • Lost all notes after update
  • App crashes upon opening
  • App freezes
  • Main picture is blurry
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  • Camera function not working
  • Deleting a tag deletes it from other items
  • Firing and created dates reset to update date
  • Unable to export notes
  • Cannot duplicate a note (previously)
  • Editing glazes crashes app
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Recent items not responding
  • Cannot open app after update (version 2.5.13)
  • Main picture blurry
  • Camera function not working (new iOS version)

Requested features

24 requests
  • Sync across devices (iPhone/iPad/iCloud)
  • Cloud backup/storage
  • Dark mode
  • Separate list for ideas/inspiration
  • Reorder pots/items
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  • Batch sharing of files
  • Archive completed pieces
  • Sort by numerical order
  • Sort by clay type/cone
  • Edit photos within app
  • Export to iPhoto for editing
  • File directories/folders
  • Select multiple glazes
  • Select multiple clay bodies
  • Add/delete glaze combinations
  • Mark completed items
  • Show most recently added photo as thumbnail
  • Backup to Google Drive
  • Android version
  • Set main picture for an item
  • Delete unused/incorrectly typed glazes/types
  • Archive function
  • PC version
  • Share directly from app

Ceramispace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PotteryNotes

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Ceramispace

Subscriptions4
  • Ceramispace Pro (Quarterly)$6.993 Months
  • Ceramispace Pro (Quarterly)$9.993 Months
  • Ceramispace Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Ceramispace Pro (Yearly)14 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • Ceramispace Pro (Lifetime)$69.99
  • Ceramispace Pro (Lifetime)$119.99

Questions

Is PotteryNotes free?
PotteryNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ceramispace free?
Ceramispace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PotteryNotes or Ceramispace?
PotteryNotes is rated higher. PotteryNotes averages 3.5 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while Ceramispace averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do PotteryNotes or Ceramispace have ads?
Neither PotteryNotes nor Ceramispace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PotteryNotes or Ceramispace?
PotteryNotes ships an update every 4 weeks, and Ceramispace monthly. Most recently, PotteryNotes was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ceramispace on October 29, 2026.

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