Terranote vs PinchPot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Terranote
This app helps potters meticulously track their ceramic projects from start to finish. Log dimensions, clay weight, and capture visual progress with photos at each stage. Features include a shrinkage calculator, offline functionality, and robust search capabilities.
- Stage-by-stage project tracking
- Photo documentation of progress
- Shrinkage calculation for commissions
- Offline functionality
- Clay body and glaze search
- Dynamic project tagging
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Flexible note-taking to help you replicate your wins and craft with confidence regardless of where you are in your ceramics journey. Key Features Glaze records: Save successful combinations and add them to pots with one tap Deep Search & Clay Body Library: Filter by clay body or glaze to see your historical results. Dynamic Tagging: Organize by project (e.g., "Christmas Market") or status (e.g., "Sold," "Gifted"). Kilns and Firing: Record kiln load and firing notes to better understand outcomes Plus Stage-by-Stage Tracking, Photo gallery, Shrinkage Calculator Terranote works offline. Your pottery journal works without internet. Data syncs automatically when you're back online.
PinchPot
A dedicated journal for potters to meticulously track each ceramic piece from its creation to its final firing. Log materials, techniques, firing details, and process photos to refine your craft. Share your finished work and sync your data privately via iCloud.
- Log individual pottery pieces
- Track clay bodies and glazes
- Record firing history
- Process photos and notes
- Share finished work
- iCloud private syncing
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
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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. Unlimited pieces, unlimited photos, no caps, no trial clock. 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. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. 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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PinchPot at 5.0 against Terranote's 1.0. Terranote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. PinchPot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Terranote asks for nothing beyond the download.
PinchPot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Terranote ships an update every 3 weeks, PinchPot every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Terranote | PinchPot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RHYS JAMES MADIGAN | Alex Fuste |
Customer experience
Terranote
PinchPot
In-app purchases
Terranote
No in-app purchases
PinchPot
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$14.991 Year








