Comparison

Perch Pot vs Terrasate

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

Head to head
About

Perch Pot

Organize and track all your pottery projects with this pocket-sized app. Document glazes, stages, and techniques with photos and notes, all searchable. Customize your workflow and easily recover deleted items.

Highlights
  • Search, sort, and filter projects
  • Photo documentation for work
  • Automatic iCloud sync and backup
  • Customizable project stages and forms
  • Track glazes, clays, and techniques
  • Capture project ideas
  • Undo delete functionality
Features
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Organize your pottery work with an app that's always in your pocket. Track glazes with a tap, document what works (or doesn't) with a photo, and have it all searchable. Perch Pot helps you track everything about your pottery projects: • Search, sort, filter — Full text search for your notes, sort by what stage your project is at, or filter to a particular clay or custom tag • Photos — Pictures help you remember your work like nothing else, so they're front and center right alongside your notes • Automatic sync — Out of the box backup and syncing for all your projects privately on your iCloud account • Optimized workflows — Everything you track should be quick and painless so you can get back to making • Customize everything — What stages do you want to track your projects through? What glazes does your studio have? Customize stages, forms, clays, decorative techniques, glazes, and custom tags • Ideas — Capture project ideas like a neat decorative technique or a good glaze combo in a separate section • Undo delete — Anything you delete can be found and recovered from the recently deleted section of settings • Export your data — You shouldn't be locked into an app, so you can always export all your photos and data (and import data from elsewhere) I built the app I wanted to use for my pottery, and it's really improved how I work. Perch Pot will always be free so anyone can bring a bit more beauty into this world. Happy potting!

About

Terrasate

A digital studio journal for potters to track every ceramic piece from raw clay to finished form. Organize your projects, document glazes, and manage your studio workflow with visual notes and location tagging.

Highlights
  • Track pottery pieces through all stages
  • Log photos, notes, and dimensions
  • Tag studio locations for pieces
  • Personal glaze library with visual documentation
  • Customizable clay bodies and forming methods
  • Visual reminders for next steps
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Terrasate is your pottery tracker and visual studio journal — a calm, creative space to log every clay piece from lump of clay to finished form. Whether you’re throwing on the wheel, handbuilding sculptures, or managing a busy ceramics studio, Terrasate helps you stay organized and inspired without the mess of paper notes or forgotten shelves.. FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS: • Track Every Piece Start a new piece in seconds. Add photos, notes, dimensions, and your forming method (wheel, handbuilt, or combination). Move your work through each stage — from forming and trimming to bisque, glaze, and final firing. • Studio Location Tagging Keep track of where your work is — on your shelf, the drying rack, the bisque cart, or in the kiln. No more misplaced pieces. • Personal Glaze Library Document your glazes visually with images, notes, and firing details. Create combo glazes, save layering orders, and see which pieces used which glazes. • Customizable to Your Studio Use your own clay bodies and forming methods. Terrasate is flexible and adapts to your creative process. • Always Know What’s Next Terrasate helps you remember what stage each piece is in, which glaze you used, and where everything is in your studio — so you can focus on making, not managing. Terrasate was built by potters, for potters. Whether you're learning, teaching, selling, or experimenting, this app is your digital companion in the studio. Terms of Use: https://www.terrasate.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.terrasate.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Perch Pot4 screens
Terrasate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Perch Pot at none against Terrasate's 2. Perch Pot also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Terrasate's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Terrasate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Perch Pot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Perch Pot holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Perch Pot's written reviews are positive against 83% of Terrasate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Perch Pot ships an update every 2 months, Terrasate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Perch Pot versus Terrasate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerch PotTerrasate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings) — better4.0 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews86.1% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2022 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey MohanJennifer Anne Nucci

Customer experience

Perch Pot

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive86.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative11.1%

Terrasate

All ratings22 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Perch Pot

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Terrasate

Subscriptions2
  • Terrasate Plus - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Terrasate Plus - Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Perch Pot free?
Perch Pot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Terrasate free?
Terrasate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Perch Pot or Terrasate?
Perch Pot is rated higher. Perch Pot averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Terrasate averages 4.0 from 22 ratings.
Do Perch Pot or Terrasate have ads?
Neither Perch Pot nor Terrasate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Perch Pot or Terrasate?
Perch Pot ships an update every 2 months, and Terrasate every 2 weeks. Most recently, Perch Pot was updated on September 25, 2026 and Terrasate on September 14, 2026.

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