Comparison

PotterX vs Muddy Buddies

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

Head to head
About

PotterX

Easily log and track your pottery creations with detailed notes and photo timelines. Monitor your work's progress from raw materials to finished pieces with a clean, minimalist interface.

Highlights
  • Simple logging of pottery pieces
  • Photo timelines for progress tracking
  • Store technical details (clay, glaze, firing)
  • Clean, minimalist interface
  • Track work from greenware to finished product
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Features in the current version: Simple Logging: Create a digital record of every piece in seconds. Photo Timelines: Upload photos to track your work’s progress from greenware to finished product. Technical Details: Store essential notes on clay bodies, glazes, and firing temperatures. Clean Interface: A minimalist design that stays out of your way while you create. Other features comping soon!

About

Muddy Buddies

Document your pottery journey from start to finish, build a comprehensive glaze library, and connect with a community of fellow artists. Track progress, share your creations, and learn from your process.

Highlights
  • Log pottery pieces by stage
  • Stage-by-stage process journal
  • Build a personal glaze library
  • Document glaze layers precisely
  • Share work with the community
  • Studio calendar for events
Features
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Muddy Buddies was built around a simple belief: pottery is better with intention. Whether you're tracking your progress, building a glaze library from scratch, or sharing your work with fellow potters, this is the place to document your practice and grow alongside a community that gets it. FIND YOUR POTTERY COMMUNITY - Share your work and see what fellow potters are making, wherever they throw - Leave hearts and comments on each other's pieces, the small moments of encouragement that keep people coming back to the wheel - Start a studio and invite your people with a six-character code, a link, or a QR code to scan - Studio calendar to coordinate open sessions, classes, and community events TRACK YOUR CREATIVE JOURNEY - Log pieces through every stage: Greenware, Bisque Firing, Bisque Fired, Glazing, Glaze Firing, Glaze Fired, Finished, Archived - Keep a stage-by-stage process journal with throwing notes, dimensions, bisque notes, and finishing details - Document what worked, what didn't, and build on it next time - See your whole collection in one place and watch yourself improve over time MASTER YOUR GLAZES - Build a personal glaze library with brand, application method, and notes - Record exact glaze layers: location, method, coats, dip time, and notes like "top half only" - Learn from your own history and see exactly how you achieved that perfect surface CAPTURE AND SHARE - Photo uploads for every stage of each piece - Share finished work to Instagram, Messages, and beyond - Your process, documented and yours forever Pottery has always been about more than making objects. It's about growth, the satisfaction of getting better at something hard, and the community that forms around people who care about the craft. Muddy Buddies is built to honor that. Made by a potter, for potters.

Screenshots

PotterX4 screens
Muddy Buddies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PotterX at every 2 weeks against Muddy Buddies's every 2 months. PotterX also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PotterX against 5.0 for Muddy Buddies. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PotterX ships an update every 2 weeks, Muddy Buddies every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
PotterX versus Muddy Buddies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotterXMuddy Buddies
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYing-Hao HsiaBlairwright Labs, LLC

In-app purchases

None

PotterX

No in-app purchases

None

Muddy Buddies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PotterX free?
PotterX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Muddy Buddies free?
Muddy Buddies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PotterX or Muddy Buddies?
PotterX and Muddy Buddies are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do PotterX or Muddy Buddies have ads?
Neither PotterX nor Muddy Buddies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PotterX or Muddy Buddies?
PotterX ships an update every 2 weeks, and Muddy Buddies every 2 months. Most recently, PotterX was updated on October 31, 2026 and Muddy Buddies on October 31, 2026.

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