Claymate Studio vs PinchPot

Claymate is your all-in-one pottery companion. Track every piece from wedging to glaze firing, document your process with photos, and get AI-powered advice whenever you need it. TRACK YOUR PROJECTS Follow each piece through every stage of the creative process — wedging, throwing, trimming, drying, bisque firing, glazing, and final firing. Log clay bodies, dimensions, forming methods, and firing types. Never lose track of where a piece is again. DOCUMENT WITH PHOTOS Capture your work at every stage. Build a visual record of your growth as a ceramicist with automatic thumbnails and organized project galleries. AI POTTERY STUDIO Ask your AI assistant anything — glaze chemistry, troubleshooting cracks, firing schedules, technique advice. Send photos for visual analysis. Powered by Google Gemini. GLAZE TRACKING Log glaze recipes with names, color codes, and temperatures for each piece. Build a personal glaze reference library over time. VOICE INPUT Hands covered in clay? Use voice input to talk to the AI assistant or add notes without touching your screen. FREE & PRO Start free with unlimited projects and 10 AI messages per day. Upgrade to Claymate Pro for unlimited AI conversations, the Gemini Pro model, and advanced photo analysis. CLAYMATE PRO • $3.99/month or $39.99/year • Unlimited AI conversations • Gemini 2.5 Pro model for images • Advanced photo analysis • Cancel anytime Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation. Subscriptions automatically renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://claymate.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://claymate.vercel.app/terms

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/