Comparison

Pottery Log vs MudBook

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

Head to head
About

Pottery Log

Document your pottery creations from concept to completion. Log projects with photos, notes, and detailed glaze recipes. Organize your work with collections and tags, and share your creations with a global community.

Highlights
  • Log projects with photos and notes
  • Track clay bodies, glazes, and kiln schedules
  • Create and store custom glaze recipes
  • Organize work with collections and tags
  • Share projects to social media
  • Discover and follow other makers
Features
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Discover, document, and share your pottery journey with Pottery Log Whether you’re centring your first bowl or perfecting porcelain, Pottery Log is your companion for capturing every step—idea, build, bisque, glaze, and final fire. From wheel-thrown pieces to hand-built forms, keep everything in one beautiful place. Capture & Track • Log projects with photos, notes, and checklists. • Record clay bodies, colours, glaze layers, kiln schedules, cones/temperatures, and results. • Save firing outcomes so you can repeat the wins (and avoid the whoopsies!). • Add progress shots, test tiles, and final reveals to tell the full story Glaze Recipes • Create and store your own glaze recipes with ingredients, percentages, test tiles, and results. • Attach recipes to projects for easy reuse and iteration. • Keep notes on application methods and firing conditions so results stay consistent. Organise Your Way • Build collections & categories for studios, classes, commissions, or exhibitions. • Tag by material, technique, or stage so everything’s a tap away. • Find past work fast with powerful search and tidy, at-a-glance project views Create & Connect • Choose to showcase projects on the public Members page to inspire others. • Share your projects on the Pottery Log website so your pieces can be seen by the world • Follow favourite makers to keep up with their latest work. • Like projects you love and build your inspiration feed • Share what you want, keep the rest private—your process, your choice. Share Everywhere • Share projects to all your social platforms in a tap (or send a unique link). • Post straight to Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, X, and more • Export clean project views for clients, classmates, or friends. Features at a Glance • Intuitive project timelines with photo uploads & rich notes. • Glaze recipe builder + test tracking. • Collections, categories, tags, and powerful search. • Follow members, like projects, and discover ideas from the community. • One-tap sharing to social + private links. • Works anywhere—from shelf to kiln room. Join the Pottery Log community today! Turn every piece—from first pull to final reveal—into a beautifully documented story you can learn from, share, and celebrate. Download Pottery Log and make your making unforgettable.

About

MudBook

Features
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MudBook is the ideal companion for potters and ceramic artists. Whether you're throwing on the wheel, hand-building, or experimenting with new glazes, MudBook keeps your creative process organised from that first, middle of the night, inspirational idea to finished piece. LOG IDEAS Quickly and easily add ideas, make notes, upload sketches and take photos of the things that inspire your creativity. Easily convert those ideas into projects, all your thoughts and pictures will automatically transfer. TRACK YOUR PROJECTS Follow every piece through its journey, from planning and wedging through to firing and completion. Log stage notes, pick from a long list of clay bodies, techniques and attach photos at each step. Always know where each piece is in the process. Easily log material costs against each project and add the sale price to the end product. GLAZE LIBRARY Build your personal glaze library. Record commercial glazes and custom recipes, track ingredients and percentages, log test tiles with photos, and quickly find the right glaze for any project. If you create your glaze you can print your own unique QR code to track it in your work. FIRINGS LOG Record every firing with cone, temperature, kiln, and firing program. Associate firings with specific projects so you always know exactly what a piece went through. STUDIO INVENTORY Keep track of your materials: clay bodies, glaze ingredients, tools, and equipment, so you're never caught short mid-project. WORKS OFFLINE MudBook works fully offline. Everything is saved to your device first and syncs automatically when you have a connection. Your studio data is always available, even without signal. BUILT FOR POTTERS, BY POTTERS Technique-aware stage tracking supports throwing, hand-building, slab, coil, pinch, and casting workflows. The app speaks your language. --- MudBook is developed by Taylin.Studio. Questions or feedback: devsupport@taylin.studio MudBook Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: £4.99/month or £49.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pottery Log4 screens
MudBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pottery Log at none against MudBook's 2. MudBook's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. MudBook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Pottery Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pottery Log ships an update every 4 months, MudBook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Pottery Log versus MudBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPottery LogMudBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon Timothy ExtonTaylin Digital Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Pottery Log

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MudBook

Subscriptions2
  • MudBook Pro$6.991 Month
  • MudBook Pro Yearly$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Pottery Log free?
Pottery Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MudBook free?
MudBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pottery Log or MudBook have ads?
Neither Pottery Log nor MudBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pottery Log or MudBook?
Pottery Log ships an update every 4 months, and MudBook every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pottery Log was updated on October 10, 2026 and MudBook on October 8, 2026.

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