Comparison

PotteryNotes vs MyNabertherm

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

MyNabertherm

Monitor Nabertherm furnaces remotely with this free digital accessory. Track progress, view operating status, and receive malfunction notifications. Facilitates quick service support by storing furnace data.

Highlights
  • Remote furnace monitoring
  • Multiple furnace management
  • Real-time process data display
  • Program progress visualization
  • Malfunction push notifications
  • Direct service contact integration
Features
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MyNabertherm App – the powerful and free digital accessory for Nabertherm 500 Series Controllers. Use the app for convenient online progress monitoring of your Nabertherm furnaces – from your office, workshop, while underway or from wherever you wish. The app always keeps you in the picture. The functions of the Nabertherm furnace monitoring app at a glance: Convenient monitoring of multiple Nabertherm furnaces simultaneously. • Dashboard • Individual overview of a furnace • Display of active/inactive furnaces • Operating status • Current process data Display of program progress for each furnace • Overview of program progress • Display of furnace name, program name, segment information • Display of start time, program run time, remaining run time • Display of additional functions such as fresh-air fan, exhaust air flap, gassing, etc. • Detailed view of heating zones • Operating modes Push notifications in case of malfunctions • Push notification on the lock screen • Display of malfunctions with an associated description in the individual overview and in a message list Contact with Service possible • Stored furnace data facilitate rapid support for you Available in the following languages: • DE, EN, FR, IT, ES, RU, DA, NL, PL, PT, SV, CS, HU, TR, RO, NO, EE, FI, HR, LV, LT, SK, SL, CN Monitoring of Nabertherm furnaces with 500 Series Touch Panel Controller for arts & crafts, laboratory, dental, thermal process technology, advanced materials and foundry applications. Compatible with all furnaces fitted with a 500 Series Controller. • Are you interested in retrofitting a new controller to an older Nabertherm furnace? Please contact us, stating the serial number, at spares@nabertherm.de Requirements The site must have active on-site WLAN for connecting the furnace to the Internet. The corresponding settings must be made on site if necessary. Support Ideas, suggestions or problems? Please contact our Support department at: https://www.nabertherm.com/en/contact/servicespares. We look forward to receiving your feedback about our app. You can also find us here: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nabertherm-gmbh • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nabertherm • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/nabertherm Terms of use: https://www.nabertherm.com/en/app/agb/en Data Protection Statement: https://www.nabertherm.com/de/app/dse/en Imprint: https://www.nabertherm.com/de/impressum

Screenshots

PotteryNotes4 screens
MyNabertherm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PotteryNotes at 68% against MyNabertherm's 46%. MyNabertherm's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PotteryNotes versus MyNabertherm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotteryNotesMyNabertherm
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (97 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.8% of reviews — better46.2% of reviews
Number of ratings97 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPacific Bipeds LLCNabertherm GmbH

Customer experience

PotteryNotes

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

MyNabertherm

Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%

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

MyNabertherm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PotteryNotes

No in-app purchases

None

MyNabertherm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PotteryNotes free?
PotteryNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyNabertherm free?
MyNabertherm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PotteryNotes or MyNabertherm have ads?
Neither PotteryNotes nor MyNabertherm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PotteryNotes or MyNabertherm?
PotteryNotes ships an update every 2 months, and MyNabertherm every 2 months. Most recently, PotteryNotes was updated on October 2, 2026 and MyNabertherm on September 11, 2026.

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