Comparison

Fired Pottery vs Archives Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Fired Pottery

Log every step of your pottery projects, from initial planning to final firing. Keep track of clay, glazes, and studio photos in one organized place. Features a glaze helper and a catalog of commercial glazes.

Highlights
  • Track pottery projects through all stages
  • Log clay body and glazes used
  • Organize studio photos
  • Glaze helper for coat counting
  • Catalog of 1500+ commercial glazes
  • Optional community feed
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Track every pottery project from wet clay through glaze-fired, log the clay body and glazes you used, and keep your studio photos in one place instead of scattered across your camera roll. Each project moves through five stages — planning, greenware, bisque-fired, glazing, and glaze-fired — with separate parts for sets and series. The glaze helper counts coats as you brush them on, so you don't lose track halfway through a complex application. Browse a catalog of over 1,500 commercial glazes from major brands. Save your favorites, log your own test tiles, and see at a glance which of your past projects used a given glaze. The community feed is optional. Share finished work, see what others have made with the same materials, and skip the social part entirely if you'd rather just keep your own records. Works fully offline. Sign-in unlocks community post publishing, cloud backup, and a public profile — but the core journal works without an account. No ads, no analytics, no tracking SDKs.

About

Archives Scanner

Transform your physical notebooks into a digital, searchable library. Capture pages with automatic correction, recognize handwriting in over 25 languages, and organize your content into custom archives. Syncs seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Automatic page detection and correction
  • On-device handwriting recognition
  • Organize scans into custom archives
  • Bookmark pages with notes
  • Export to PDF (Pro feature)
  • Sync across devices via iCloud
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Archives — Digitize your notebooks Turn your notebooks, sketchbooks, cookbooks, and journals into a searchable digital library. Point your camera at a page and Archives captures it with crisp, document-quality results — then keeps every page organized, searchable, and synced across your devices. Page detection with auto-correction Automatic edge detection finds your page and straightens the perspective, so every scan comes out flat and clean — even when you shoot it at an angle. Search everything, including handwriting On-device text recognition reads your handwritten notes, so you can find any page in seconds. Works across 25+ languages, with matches highlighted right on the page. Organize into archives Group your scans into notebooks and browse your whole collection at a glance. Jump straight to the page you need, whether it's recipe 12 from Cookbook 2022 or a sketch buried in your field notes. Bookmarks with notes Flag your favorite pages and add notes to keep track of what matters — recipes to try, sketches to revisit, ideas to come back to. Export to PDF (Pro) Turn any notebook into a multi-page PDF, then share it, save it to Files, or send it to iCloud Drive. Sync across devices With iCloud integration, your library stays up to date on every iPhone and iPad, automatically. Your notebooks, finally searchable. Download Archives and start digitizing today. -- Privacy Policy: https://and.notion.site/Archives-Scanner-Privacy-Policy-37deb9a83adb80718c65d672a46d9fff EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Fired Pottery4 screens
Archives Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fired Pottery at none against Archives Scanner's 3. Fired Pottery also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). Archives Scanner's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Archives Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Fired Pottery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fired Pottery ships an update every 3 weeks, Archives Scanner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fired Pottery versus Archives Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFired PotteryArchives Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrew LeivanAndriy Gordiyenko

In-app purchases

None

Fired Pottery

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Archives Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Archives Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Archives Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Archives Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Fired Pottery free?
Fired Pottery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Archives Scanner free?
Archives Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fired Pottery or Archives Scanner?
Fired Pottery and Archives Scanner are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Fired Pottery or Archives Scanner have ads?
Neither Fired Pottery nor Archives Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fired Pottery or Archives Scanner?
Fired Pottery ships an update every 3 weeks, and Archives Scanner every 3 days. Most recently, Fired Pottery was updated on September 27, 2026 and Archives Scanner on October 5, 2026.

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