Comparison

Perch Pot vs Clay Boss

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

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.

Highlights
  • AI-generated pottery guides
  • Covers hand-building and wheel throwing
  • Glaze recommendations
  • Firing schedule guidance
  • Save and revisit guides
  • Portfolio and gallery access (Pro)
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Perch Pot4 screens
Clay Boss4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Perch Pot versus Clay Boss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerch PotClay Boss
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (37 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey MohanDANIEL WHITE

Customer experience

Perch Pot

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.5%

Clay Boss

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Perch Pot

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Clay Boss

Subscriptions1
  • Clay Boss Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Perch Pot free?
Perch Pot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clay Boss free?
Clay Boss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Perch Pot or Clay Boss?
Clay Boss is rated higher. Perch Pot averages 3.4 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Clay Boss averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Perch Pot or Clay Boss have ads?
Neither Perch Pot nor Clay Boss shows ads.

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