Comparison

PotteryNotes vs Groutr

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

Groutr

Visualize grout colors on your own tile projects before committing. Upload a photo, and the app automatically detects grout lines to let you try multiple shades, compare options, and even create multi-color designs with precision editing tools.

Highlights
  • Visualize grout colors on your own tiles
  • Automatic grout line detection
  • Try multiple grout shades simultaneously
  • Visualize multi-color grout designs
  • Precision editing tools
  • Color matching from images
Features
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Choosing the right grout color can make or break your design. Groutr lets you see how any grout shade — or even multiple shades — will look on your own tiles and mosaics before you commit. Take a photo of your project, and Groutr automatically detects the grout lines. From there, you can: - Try any color: pick a custom shade or colors from real grout brands - Compare side-by-side: preview up to 4 colors at once - Visualize multi-color grout: paint or recolor lines individually for creative designs - Edit with precision: erase or redraw to refine the detected grout lines - Pick colors from your image to match grout samples or tile colors - Simulate grout on all tile types: mosaics, ceramic, hex, pebble pavers, stained glass, and more. If it needs grout, Groutr can visualize it. Whether you’re planning a bathroom remodel, designing a kitchen backsplash, or finishing a mosaic artwork, Groutr uses your own images to help you explore options, avoid costly mistakes, and design with confidence.

Screenshots

PotteryNotes4 screens
Groutr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PotteryNotes at none against Groutr's 3. PotteryNotes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (68% vs 44%). Groutr's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume 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. Groutr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. PotteryNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Groutr holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 81 and 45 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of PotteryNotes's written reviews are positive against 44% of Groutr's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PotteryNotes ships an update every 2 months, Groutr every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PotteryNotes versus Groutr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotteryNotesGroutr
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (81 ratings)4.2 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.8% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings81 — better45
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPacific Bipeds LLCNeural Appworks LLC

Customer experience

PotteryNotes

All ratings77 ratings
Positive76.6%
Neutral5.2%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive67.8%
Neutral9.2%
Negative23.0%

Groutr

All ratings45 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

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
Show 11 more
  • 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

Groutr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PotteryNotes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Groutr

Subscriptions1
  • Pro - Annual1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pro - Day pass$2.99
  • Remove Ads$59.99

Questions

Is PotteryNotes free?
PotteryNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Groutr free?
Groutr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PotteryNotes or Groutr?
Groutr is rated higher. PotteryNotes averages 3.8 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Groutr averages 4.2 from 45 ratings.
Do PotteryNotes or Groutr have ads?
Groutr shows ads; PotteryNotes does not.
Which is updated more often, PotteryNotes or Groutr?
PotteryNotes ships an update every 2 months, and Groutr every 3 weeks. Most recently, PotteryNotes was updated on September 28, 2026 and Groutr on September 29, 2026.

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