Comparison

clayze vs PinchPot

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

Head to head
About

clayze

This app helps potters document their creations, connect with a community of makers, track their inventory, and explore a vast library of clays and glazes. It allows users to photograph their work, log recipes, and share their progress with others.

Highlights
  • Private studio log with photos and recipes
  • Community feed for potters
  • Inventory tracking
  • Searchable clay and glaze library
  • Direct messaging with other potters
  • Save favorite glazes and materials
Features
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Clayze brings four things together for potters: a private log of everything you make, a community of makers, an inventory management, and a searchable clay and glaze library to explore for ideas and real examples. Photograph your work, log exactly how you made it, and build a record you can actually reproduce. No more pulling a perfect piece from the kiln and guessing at the recipe months later. YOUR STUDIO LOG Photograph each piece from wet clay to finished glaze and build a personal shelf of your work. Tie the clay and glazes you used to every piece, record cone ranges and notes, and keep a recipe you can return to, so you stop guessing at what gave you the result you loved. Keep your work private or choose to share it to the community shelf. YOUR SUPPLIES Keep a running inventory of your clay, glazes, and tools, so you always know what you have on hand and what is running low. Spend less time digging through the studio and less money rebuying something already on the shelf. COMMUNITY A feed built for potters. Post your finished pieces, ask questions about your most challenging pieces, follow makers whose work you admire, react and comment, and message other potters directly. See what people are pulling from their kilns, and share what you are pulling from yours. CLAY AND GLAZE LIBRARY Browse and search a library of clay bodies and 1,800+ glazes across seven major brands. Filter by brand, cone, and finish, see real results, and save the ones you want to try. Tap an entry to learn more or find out where to buy it. Whether you throw at home, share a studio, or take classes, Clayze is where your work, your community, and your materials all live. CLAYZE SUBSCRIPTION -Clayze offers a 2-week free trial. After the trial, continue with Clayze Pro for $8.99/month or $69.99/year. -Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. -Your subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. -Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://clayze.art/terms Privacy Policy: https://clayze.art/privacy

About

PinchPot

This app helps potters meticulously document their ceramic creations and firing processes. Track every detail from clay to kiln, organize materials, and monitor progress across devices. Unlock advanced studio tools with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Log pottery pieces with photos, clay, glazes, and notes
  • Track kiln loads and firing outcomes
  • Organize materials library with glaze recipes
  • Sync data across devices with iCloud
  • Piece reminders and Glaze Lab (Pro)
  • Kiln timer and Apple Watch app (Pro)
  • Export journal data as CSV or PDF (Pro)
Features
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PinchPot is a ceramics journal built for potters. Log every piece from wet clay to the final firing: photos, clay bodies, glazes, cone, techniques, and notes. Track kiln loads and firing outcomes, keep your materials library organized, and watch each piece move through every stage of the process, all synced across your devices with iCloud. Logging is free forever: unlimited pieces, unlimited photos, no caps. PinchPot Pro adds the studio tools on top: reminders, Glaze Lab, Insights, widgets, the kiln timer on your Lock Screen, the Watch app, App Icons, and more. FREE: - Unlimited pieces and photos, with stages, clay bodies, glaze layers, cones, techniques, notes and voice memos - Voice memos transcribed on your device, so you can search what you said - Ask your journal: type a question and get a filtered Journal (needs Apple Intelligence) - A drying countdown to bone dry, and pieces that have stalled at a stage - Full firing tracking: kiln loads, outcomes, Ready to Fire, firing results, and a kiln timer that counts down in the app - Materials library with glaze recipes, a batch weigh-out, firing ranges, and recipes linked to their test tiles - Size, weight, shrinkage, series, test tiles, an asking price, and a sale record for the ones you sell - List and Gallery views, search and filters - Duplicate a piece, use one as a template, or make a numbered batch - Share any piece as a photo card - Your profile: when you started, where you've worked, and your journal's numbers - Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight - iCloud sync across all your devices and True Black dark mode PINCHPOT PRO: - Piece reminders: a nudge to trim, glaze, or unload, synced across your devices - Glaze Lab: your glaze combinations, what they produced, and the pairings you have not tried yet - Customizable layout: put Firings, Materials, Glaze Lab, Insights and the Calculator in the tab bar, the toolbar, or away - Insights: favorites, findings, badges, sales and kiln time - Widgets: Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, with recents, work in progress, search and log, your next reminder, and the kiln - Kiln timer: a Live Activity counts down the firing and cool-down on your Lock Screen, and tells you when the kiln can be opened - Apple Watch app: pieces, stages, notes, reminders, firings and the calculator on your wrist, with complications - Recently Deleted: restore pieces, firings, materials, recipes and more for up to 30 days - Export: your whole journal as a CSV, or any piece as a PDF - Firing fee calculator: estimate kiln cost by volume - Journal Opens In: open the Journal in List or Gallery, your choice - Unlocked Piece Mode: every piece opens ready to edit - Piece Layout: put a piece's sections in your order, and hide the ones you don't use - New Pieces: choose what a new piece copies from your last one - App Icons: put the Kiln God, the Journal, the Mug, the Wheel, the Bag o' Clay or the Jar on your Home Screen PinchPot Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, available monthly or yearly. Pro Yearly starts with a 14-day free trial for new subscribers; unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends, it renews at the yearly price. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or when a free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.fuste.studio/pinchpot/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

clayze4 screens
PinchPot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: clayze at every 3 days against PinchPot's every 2 weeks. clayze also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. clayze sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PinchPot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for clayze against 5.0 for PinchPot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

clayze ships an update every 3 days, PinchPot every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
clayze versus PinchPot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterclayzePinchPot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB42 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJennifer Marie KelleyAlex Fuste

Customer experience

clayze

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PinchPot

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

clayze

Subscriptions2
  • Clayze Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Clayze Pro14 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

PinchPot

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly14 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is clayze free?
clayze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PinchPot free?
PinchPot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, clayze or PinchPot?
clayze and PinchPot are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do clayze or PinchPot have ads?
Neither clayze nor PinchPot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, clayze or PinchPot?
clayze ships an update every 3 days, and PinchPot every 2 weeks. Most recently, clayze was updated on November 5, 2026 and PinchPot on November 5, 2026.

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