Comparison

Terrasate vs Kiln It

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

Head to head
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

About

Kiln It

Features
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Kiln It keeps your pottery studio organized from the first idea to a finished piece or sale, on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. FOLLOW EACH PIECE Create a photo-based collection with clay bodies, glazes, notes, tags and storage locations. Every piece gets its own number, so near-identical pieces stay easy to tell apart, and you can print QR labels for them. Use the Work Board to follow progress through the studio and keep a journal of photographs and changes. PLAN YOUR STUDIO TIME See planned checks and active work in Studio Today. Record firings and their linked pieces, save drafts while capturing new work, and choose optional studio reminders. On Apple Watch, see upcoming checks and kiln loads and record a firing step. LEARN FROM YOUR GLAZES Log how each piece was glazed: every layer, its coats, and whether it was dipped, brushed, poured or sprayed. Keep glaze recipes, preserve recipe versions, and record test tiles and results in Glaze Lab so you can return to combinations that worked. SELL YOUR WORK Plan market events, prepare packing lists and price labels, record sales, and reconcile the event. Track pieces on consignment, each shop's share, and what you are owed. Keep commissions and wholesale orders with deposits, due dates and the pieces made for them. Review your sales history and revenue trends in one place. WORK IT OUT AT THE BENCH Studio Tools estimates the wet size for a finished size, the electricity cost of a firing, and a starting price from your materials and time. KEEP YOUR STUDIO WITH YOU Your records work on device without an account. Export inventory and sales spreadsheets or a complete studio backup. Preview a backup before restoring it, use recovery copies, or choose a shared folder in Files for the backups you want to keep elsewhere. Built for studio potters, ceramicists, market vendors and anyone who wants to remember how a piece came together.

Screenshots

Terrasate4 screens
Kiln It4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kiln It at none against Terrasate's 2. Terrasate's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 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. Terrasate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Kiln It asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Terrasate ships an update every 2 weeks, Kiln It fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Terrasate versus Kiln It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTerrasateKiln It
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlaze Lab, LLColiver crane

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Terrasate

Subscriptions2
  • Terrasate Plus - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Terrasate Plus - Annual$49.991 Year
None

Kiln It

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Terrasate free?
Terrasate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kiln It free?
Kiln It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Terrasate or Kiln It have ads?
Neither Terrasate nor Kiln It shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Terrasate or Kiln It?
Terrasate ships an update every 2 weeks, and Kiln It fortnightly. Most recently, Terrasate was updated on October 2, 2026 and Kiln It on October 5, 2026.

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