Comparison

Muddy Hands vs Dasti

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

Dasti

This app helps ceramicists meticulously track every pottery piece from creation to firing. Document details like clay, weight, and stages, log kiln firings, and manage glazes and clay bodies. Share finished work with a community or keep it private.

Highlights
  • Track pottery pieces by stage
  • Log kiln firing details
  • Organize glaze recipes
  • Manage clay body catalog
  • Capture 360° video spins
  • Studio overview and notes
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Dasti is the pottery tracker built for ceramicists. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned potter, Dasti helps you document every piece you make, from the first pull to the final firing, and share your finished work with a community of potters, only when you want to. TRACK EVERY PIECE Log each pot with photos, form method, clay body, weight, and key dates. Watch pieces move through six stages: Idea, Formed, Trimmed, Bisqued, Glazed, and Finished. An automatic timeline shows when each stage happened, so you can retrace your process months later. Finish a piece and rate the outcome, tag defects like warped, crazed, pinholed, or cracked, and build an honest archive of what's working. CAPTURE 360° SPINS Record a rotating video of any piece for a full view a single photo can't show. Spins play fullscreen on your profile and in the community feed. LOG YOUR FIRINGS Record kiln type, cone, temperature, atmosphere, and soak time for every load. Track which pieces were in each firing, log per piece outcomes, and watch your success rate climb over time. ORGANIZE YOUR GLAZES Keep a searchable library of your glazes with application method, coat counts, layer order, and notes. Stack multiple glazes on a single piece to reproduce exactly what worked. MANAGE YOUR CLAY BODIES Maintain a catalog of the clay bodies you use. Record brand, type, firing range, and color, so every piece has a complete material record. STUDIO AT A GLANCE Active pieces organized by stage. A photo grid makes it easy to find any piece in seconds. NOTES & IDEAS A dedicated space for studio notes, sketches, and reminders. Pin the ones you reach for often, attach photos, search instantly. SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY Browse finished work from potters around the world in a clean, fullscreen feed. Like pieces to show appreciation. Likes are fully anonymous, so no one sees who liked what. Visit any potter's profile to see their finished work in one place. Sharing is always optional: every piece stays private until you finish it, make it public, and explicitly post it. Unshare any time. BUILT FOR POTTERS Designed around the real studio workflow, not a generic notes app adapted for ceramics. Every feature exists because potters need it. FREE FOREVER All core features are free. No subscriptions, no hidden fees, no credit card required. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays yours. Sharing is always optional. Export anytime, delete anytime.

Screenshots

Muddy Hands4 screens
Dasti4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Muddy Hands at 50% against Dasti's 0%. Muddy Hands also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.7). Dasti's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Muddy Hands holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Muddy Hands's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dasti's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Muddy Hands ships an update every 3 months, Dasti fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Muddy Hands versus Dasti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuddy HandsDasti
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better2.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMura GamesAshkan Kiyomarsi

Customer experience

Muddy Hands

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

Dasti

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Muddy Hands

No in-app purchases

None

Dasti

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Muddy Hands free?
Muddy Hands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dasti free?
Dasti is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Muddy Hands or Dasti?
Muddy Hands is rated higher. Muddy Hands averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Dasti averages 2.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Muddy Hands or Dasti have ads?
Neither Muddy Hands nor Dasti shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Muddy Hands or Dasti?
Muddy Hands ships an update every 3 months, and Dasti fortnightly. Most recently, Muddy Hands was updated on October 31, 2026 and Dasti on November 5, 2026.

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