Comparison

Terrasate vs Archives Scanner

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

Archives Scanner

Transform your physical notebooks into a digital, searchable library. Capture pages with automatic correction, recognize handwriting in over 25 languages, and organize your content into custom archives. Syncs seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Automatic page detection and correction
  • On-device handwriting recognition
  • Organize scans into custom archives
  • Bookmark pages with notes
  • Export to PDF (Pro feature)
  • Sync across devices via iCloud
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Archives — Digitize your notebooks Turn your notebooks, sketchbooks, cookbooks, and journals into a searchable digital library. Point your camera at a page and Archives captures it with crisp, document-quality results — then keeps every page organized, searchable, and synced across your devices. Page detection with auto-correction Automatic edge detection finds your page and straightens the perspective, so every scan comes out flat and clean — even when you shoot it at an angle. Search everything, including handwriting On-device text recognition reads your handwritten notes, so you can find any page in seconds. Works across 25+ languages, with matches highlighted right on the page. Organize into archives Group your scans into notebooks and browse your whole collection at a glance. Jump straight to the page you need, whether it's recipe 12 from Cookbook 2022 or a sketch buried in your field notes. Bookmarks with notes Flag your favorite pages and add notes to keep track of what matters — recipes to try, sketches to revisit, ideas to come back to. Export to PDF (Pro) Turn any notebook into a multi-page PDF, then share it, save it to Files, or send it to iCloud Drive. Sync across devices With iCloud integration, your library stays up to date on every iPhone and iPad, automatically. Your notebooks, finally searchable. Download Archives and start digitizing today. -- Privacy Policy: https://and.notion.site/Archives-Scanner-Privacy-Policy-37deb9a83adb80718c65d672a46d9fff EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Terrasate4 screens
Archives Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Archives Scanner at 5.0 against Terrasate's 4.0. Archives Scanner also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Terrasate's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Archives Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Archives Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Terrasate has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Terrasate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Archives Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Terrasate ships an update every 2 weeks, Archives Scanner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Terrasate versus Archives Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTerrasateArchives Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlaze Lab, LLCAndriy Gordiyenko

Customer experience

Terrasate

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

Archives Scanner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Terrasate

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

Archives Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Archives Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Archives Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Archives Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Terrasate free?
Terrasate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Archives Scanner free?
Archives Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Terrasate or Archives Scanner?
Archives Scanner is rated higher. Terrasate averages 4.0 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Archives Scanner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Terrasate or Archives Scanner have ads?
Neither Terrasate nor Archives Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Terrasate or Archives Scanner?
Terrasate ships an update every 2 weeks, and Archives Scanner every 3 days. Most recently, Terrasate was updated on October 2, 2026 and Archives Scanner on October 5, 2026.

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