Perch Pot vs Clay Boss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Clay Boss
This app generates personalized, step-by-step pottery guides for any project. Simply describe your desired creation or upload a photo, and receive detailed instructions on techniques, tools, materials, and firing.
- AI-generated pottery guides
- Covers hand-building and wheel throwing
- Glaze recommendations
- Firing schedule guidance
- Save and revisit guides
- Portfolio and gallery access (Pro)
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Clay Boss turns your pottery ideas into expert guides — instantly. Whether you're a beginner trying your first pinch pot or an experienced ceramicist exploring new glaze techniques, Clay Boss generates complete, step-by-step guides tailored to exactly what you want to make. Just take a picture of a completed piece or tell Clay Boss what you want to create — a rustic mug, a sculptural vase, a coil-built bowl — and it builds a full guide: techniques, tools, clay types, drying times, kiln temperatures, and finishing tips. KEY FEATURES • AI-generated pottery guides for any project • Covers hand-building, wheel throwing, sculpting, and more • Glaze recommendations and firing schedules • Save and revisit your guides anytime • Clean, distraction-free experience CLAY BOSS PRO — $4.99/MONTH • Unlimited guide generation • Priority AI for richer, more detailed results • Full portfolio and gallery access • Early access to new features Free users get 3 guides per month — no credit card required to start. Perfect for pottery students, hobbyists, studio potters, and anyone curious about working with clay. Subscription Details: • $4.99/month, billed monthly • Payment charged to your Apple ID at confirmation • Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period • Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clay Boss at 5.0 against Perch Pot's 3.4. Clay Boss also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Perch Pot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (37 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Clay Boss sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Perch Pot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clay Boss holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perch Pot has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Perch Pot | Clay Boss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeffrey Mohan | DANIEL WHITE |
Customer experience
Perch Pot
Clay Boss
In-app purchases
Perch Pot
No in-app purchases
Clay Boss
- Clay Boss Pro$4.991 Month









