Comparison

Pottery Master vs Contraptor

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

Head to head
About

Pottery Master

Experience the calming art of pottery creation on your mobile device. Shape, sculpt, and decorate unique ceramic pieces using intuitive touch controls and a variety of tools. Unleash your creativity and craft beautiful masterpieces.

Highlights
  • Shape and sculpt pottery
  • Use tools and brushes
  • Paint and decorate pieces
  • Realistic pottery simulation
  • Zen-like creative experience
Features
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Become a pottery master, use your hands, the tools, brushes, paint and make the most beautiful pottery. Making this art was never so fun. Try to fit the shapes and turn them into a master piece. Feel the zen of pottery in the best pottery simulation game out there.

About

Contraptor

Create intricate machines to solve physics-based puzzles. Design your own challenges, share them with the community, and compete on leaderboards. Learn physics principles through hands-on tutorials.

Highlights
  • Build with real 2D physics
  • Solve community challenges
  • Design and share custom puzzles
  • Climb leaderboards
  • Hands-on tutorials
  • Universal app for iPhone and iPad
Features
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Contraptor is a complete physics toolbox. Build machines from scratch, dare the world to solve your puzzles, and solve theirs. Every physical property is yours to adjust, and nearly 900 player-made challenges are waiting. SHAPE ANYTHING - Rectangles, ovals, Hard Rods, Ghost Rods that pass through everything, and Pins - Drag to size, turn with handles, or type an exact angle or rod length - Lock or free the aspect ratio, and stretch whole groups - Arrange: flip, align and space evenly - Clone, copy and paste with connections kept - Groups inside groups, as deep as you like - Snap holes and Snap Align guides for exact placement TUNE EVERY PHYSICAL PROPERTY - Mass from 1 to 1000 - Bounce from 0 to 20 (above 1, pieces gain energy on every hit) - Friction from 0 (ice) to 5 - Damping from 0 to 20 - Gravity on or off for each piece - Scene gravity from 0 to 100 m/s² - Pieces can be static, free, payload or target HINGES, WELDS AND MOTORS - Pins join pieces on one pivot, weld them rigid, or pin them in space - Motors on any pin or rod end: up to 1000 RPM and 500 torque, either direction - Spin any piece against the world - Double-tap a motor to flip its direction - Warning rims show rod ends that look connected but aren't WORMHOLES AND SLO-MO ZONES - Wormholes teleport whole contraptions out at the exit angle you set - Wormholes can be visible, border-only or hidden - Slo-Mo Zones drop playback to quarter speed while a chosen piece passes through WATCH, TRACE, INSPECT - Watch: the camera follows any piece - Trace: draws the path a piece travels - X-Ray: see your pieces through anything covering them - Inspect any Community challenge or solution, layer by layer and value by value - Playback from 1/4x to 8x, any time - Check Stability: confirm your machine runs the same way every time SAME RESULT, EVERY TIME - 100% deterministic physics: the same machine plays out exactly the same way on every run - A posted solution replays exactly as its builder made it, so a Proven Solvable badge means what it says CREATE CHALLENGES - Place the payload, the target and the Work Area where solvers may build - Carve no-build holes out of a Work Area - Win rules: Simultaneous, Capture (hold up to 30 s), or Grand Tour - Twists: Only Rods, No Rods, No Pins, mass, bounce and RPM limits, piece limits, and more - Prove it's solvable: the Proven Solvable badge re-checks itself after every edit - Autosave and crash recovery keep your work safe A COMMUNITY OF BUILDERS - Nearly 900 challenges to solve - Sort, filter and search - Follow builders, rate, like and earn badges - Leaderboard and Trophy Case - Share a short video and a link with friends LEARN BY DOING - 30 levels in 7 worlds teach each tool - 40 interactive tutorials that show you instead of telling you - Long-press any button for help YOUR WORK, SAFE - iCloud sync across devices - Recently Deleted, plus Backup and Restore No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases. Made by a retired mechanical engineer, at 76, with Xcode's Coding Intelligence.

Screenshots

Pottery Master4 screens
Contraptor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Contraptor at 100% against Pottery Master's 0%. Contraptor also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Pottery Master's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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. Pottery Master sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Contraptor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contraptor holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pottery Master's written reviews are positive against 100% of Contraptor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pottery Master ships an update every 11 months, Contraptor every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pottery Master versus Contraptor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPottery MasterContraptor
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (8 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRike GamesJohn Coumerilh

Customer experience

Pottery Master

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Contraptor

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pottery Master

One-time1
  • Ads free$0.99
None

Contraptor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pottery Master free?
Pottery Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Contraptor free?
Contraptor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pottery Master or Contraptor?
Contraptor is rated higher. Pottery Master averages 2.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Contraptor averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Pottery Master or Contraptor have ads?
Pottery Master shows ads; Contraptor does not.
Which is updated more often, Pottery Master or Contraptor?
Pottery Master ships an update every 11 months, and Contraptor every 6 days. Most recently, Pottery Master was updated on November 3, 2026 and Contraptor on November 5, 2026.

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