Comparison

Muddy Hands vs Wicklog

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

Head to head
About

Muddy Hands

Easily log and track your pottery projects from start to finish. Capture photos, glazes, and notes to build a visual archive of your creations and learn from every piece.

Highlights
  • Track pottery stages
  • Log clay and glaze details
  • Record firing information
  • Estimate shrinkage and firing cost
  • Add notes and photos
  • Export and share work
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Muddy Hands is a simple, visual way to track your pottery from clay to kiln. Capture photos, glazes, and notes in seconds so you can spend less time logging and more time making. No more spreadsheets or complicated forms, just a clear record of your work as it moves through the studio. Track what you'll want to remember later • Stage: thrown, trimmed, bisqued, glazed, finished • Clay: body & weight • Glazes: coats, placement, application • Firings: cone, atmosphere • Cost • Notes Smart calculations • predict final size with automatic shrinkage estimates • estimate firing cost based on clay volume or weight A place for your successes and your flops too Great pottery comes from experimentation. Muddy Hands helps you build a visual archive of everything you make, including the pieces that cracked, warped, or misfired. Learn from each result and watch your craft evolve over time. Share your work Export beautiful images of your pieces and share them with friends through Instagram Stories or Messages. Perfect for: • Studio potters • Hobby ceramicists • Students in pottery classes • Anyone experimenting with clay Made with muddy hands in NYC. I’m always looking for ways to make the app better, please reach out if you have any feedback!

About

Wicklog

This app helps candle makers meticulously track their creations. Save detailed recipes, log production batches, monitor cure times with notifications, and document burn tests with photos. Export your data for business records.

Highlights
  • Save detailed candle recipes
  • Log production batches with temperatures
  • Track cure times with push notifications
  • Document burn tests with photos
  • Dashboard overview of recipes and batches
  • Export data to CSV
Features
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WickLog is the all-in-one candle making companion that takes you from recipe to finished product. Save your wax, fragrance, and wick combinations, log every pour, track cure times, and document burn tests — so you never lose track of what works. SAVE YOUR RECIPES Store every wax, fragrance oil, wick, and container combination in one place. Record fragrance load percentages, dye choices, and notes so you can recreate your best candles every time. LOG EVERY BATCH Track each production run with auto-generated batch numbers, pour temperature, ambient temperature, quantity, and notes. Link batches to recipes for a complete history of what you made and when. TIME YOUR CURES Set cure durations by wax type — soy, paraffin, coconut, beeswax, or custom. Watch progress bars count down on your dashboard and get push notifications the moment a batch is ready to test. DOCUMENT BURN TESTS Log burn duration, melt pool diameter, flame height, tunneling, soot level, and hot throw rating for every test. Attach up to 3 photos per test to track visual results. Average hot throw ratings are calculated automatically per recipe. DASHBOARD AT A GLANCE See your total recipes, batches, and active cures in one view. Check which batches are curing and review recent activity without digging through menus. EXPORT YOUR DATA Export everything to CSV for business records, Etsy bookkeeping, or external analysis. AVAILABLE IN 5 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, and Korean. FREE FEATURES • Up to 3 recipes and 5 batches • Cure timer on dashboard • Burn test logging PRO FEATURES — $9.99/YEAR • Unlimited recipes and batches • Push notifications for cure completion • Photo attachments on burn tests • CSV data export All data stays on your device. No account or internet connection required. Built for hobbyists and small-batch sellers who care about consistency Link to Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Muddy Hands4 screens
Wicklog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wicklog at 5.0 against Muddy Hands's 4.2. Wicklog also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Muddy Hands's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Wicklog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Muddy Hands asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wicklog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Muddy Hands has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Muddy Hands ships an update every 3 months, Wicklog monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Muddy Hands versus Wicklog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuddy HandsWicklog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMura GamesTerror LLC

Customer experience

Muddy Hands

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Wicklog

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Muddy Hands

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wicklog

Subscriptions2
  • wicklog premium monthly$1.991 Month
  • wicklog premium annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Muddy Hands free?
Muddy Hands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wicklog free?
Wicklog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Muddy Hands or Wicklog?
Wicklog is rated higher. Muddy Hands averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Wicklog averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Muddy Hands or Wicklog have ads?
Neither Muddy Hands nor Wicklog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Muddy Hands or Wicklog?
Muddy Hands ships an update every 3 months, and Wicklog monthly. Most recently, Muddy Hands was updated on October 31, 2026 and Wicklog on October 31, 2026.

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