PotteryNotes vs Nova Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Nova Reader
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Nova Reader turns books and documents into a single MP3 you can listen anywhere — on your commute, at the gym, or with the screen off. IMPORT YOUR BOOK • Supported formats: TXT, EPUB, and PDF (selectable text only — scanned image PDFs are not supported) • Pick a narrator voice before conversion • One seamless audiobook file per book LISTEN YOUR WAY • Built-in player with background audio • Track progress in your personal library • Download the finished MP3 to Files and keep it forever FREE TO START • 50,000 characters once per device — enough for a short book or several chapters • No credit card required to try the app NOVA READER PRO (optional subscription) • 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers • 100,000 characters during the intro trial period • 1,000,000 characters each billing period after trial • $7.99/month, billed through your Apple ID • Cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions CHARACTER PACKS (optional, one-time) • Requires an active PRO subscription • Starter: 300,000 characters ($2.99) • Standard: 600,000 characters ($4.99) • Bonus characters stack with your monthly quota SERVER & PRIVACY • Documents are sent to our secure servers for text extraction and neural text-to-speech (Microsoft Azure TTS) • You will be asked to confirm before your first conversion • Completed audiobooks are stored on our server for 3 days, then automatically deleted — download to keep a permanent copy • Delete your account anytime from Account → Delete account NOVA READER PRO renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Terms of Service: https://novaindie.com/apps/nova-reader/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://novaindie.com/apps/nova-reader/privacy Support: https://novaindie.com/contact Questions: contact@novaindie.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PotteryNotes at none against Nova Reader's 3. Nova Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Nova Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. PotteryNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
PotteryNotes ships an update every 4 weeks, Nova Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PotteryNotes | Nova Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (97 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 67.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pacific Bipeds LLC | TUAN TRUONG QUANG |
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
Nova Reader
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PotteryNotes
No in-app purchases
Nova Reader
- PRO Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Standard Pack$4.99









