Comparison

MakerLog vs Voice Community

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

Head to head
About

MakerLog

This app helps makers track their creative projects step by step. Log your progress with photos and notes, manage income and expenses, and gain insights into your project profitability. It supports a wide range of crafts and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Project journaling with photos
  • Income and cost tracking
  • Profitability insights
  • iCloud sync
  • Search functionality
  • Dark mode and VoiceOver support
Features
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-- Your craft, step by step -- Maker Log is a project journal for makers. Keep a journal for every project, collect photos of each stage, and see what every piece earns – from the first sketch to the final sale. -- Made for every maker -- Painting, pottery, woodworking, sewing, knitting, crochet or jewelry making: Maker Log fits around the way you work, so you spend less time on admin and more time on your craft. -- What Maker Log does -- • Journal: Write about each session, add photos, and look back on every step, day by day. • Projects: Give every piece its own page with a cover photo, a photo gallery, its dates and status, and a timeline of its entries, income and costs. • Income and costs: Log materials, commissions and sales against a project and see its profit at a glance. • Insights: See your profit for the year, income and costs month by month, and which projects earn the most. • Search: Find any project, journal entry or transaction by name or by the words in it. • iCloud sync: Your journal stays up to date on all your devices. • Made for iOS 26, with dark mode, large text and VoiceOver support. -- Free and Pro -- Maker Log is free for up to 2 projects and 5 journal entries. Maker Log Pro unlocks unlimited projects and journal entries, and Insights. Whether you work with wood, metal, glass, clay, leather, beads, fabric or yarn – carving, woodturning, blacksmithing, jewelry making, sewing, quilting, embroidery, weaving, felting, macramé, pottery, sculpture, scrapbooking, papercraft, calligraphy, printmaking, candle or soap making – Maker Log keeps every project in one place. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Voice Community

Features
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You’ll join a diverse community where we share ideas and experiences to shape the future together. Your voice matters, and together we can influence the world to help us all live healthier and happier for longer.

Screenshots

MakerLog4 screens
Voice Community4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Voice Community at none against MakerLog's 2. Voice Community also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. MakerLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Voice Community asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MakerLog ships an update monthly, Voice Community every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MakerLog versus Voice Community: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMakerLogVoice Community
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB52 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGruffydd JohnstonUniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MakerLog

Subscriptions2
  • Maker Log Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Maker Log Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Voice Community

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MakerLog free?
MakerLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Voice Community free?
Voice Community is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MakerLog or Voice Community have ads?
Neither MakerLog nor Voice Community shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MakerLog or Voice Community?
MakerLog ships an update monthly, and Voice Community every 3 weeks. Most recently, MakerLog was updated on November 4, 2026 and Voice Community on October 28, 2026.

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