Never lose track of a glaze combo again. ClayNote keeps your entire ceramic practice organized, so you can focus on making.
Track every pot from wet clay to the finished shelf.
ClayNote helps potters and ceramicists document, track and reflect on every piece — from the first idea to the final glaze. Photograph a piece, tick off each stage as it dries, gets trimmed, bisqued and glazed, and write down what you did while you still remember it.
FOLLOW EVERY PIECE
Ideas, Formed, Trimmed, Bisqued, Glazed, Finished. Tick each stage as your piece gets there, and see at a glance what's drying on the shelf and what's waiting for the kiln.
NOTES THAT COME BACK TO YOU
Write a note at any stage — the clay body, how thin you pulled it, which shelf it sat on. Next time you make something similar, ClayNote shows you what you wrote the last time round.
MAP YOUR SURFACE DECISIONS
Record glazes, underglazes, slips, oxides and stamps, and mark on the photo itself exactly where each one went.
YOUR WORK IS YOURS
One tap saves everything — every piece, note and photo — as a spreadsheet and a folder of pictures you can keep on your computer or a cloud drive. No account, nothing locked in.
SPARKS
Save the shapes, glaze recipes and reels you love from Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and YouTube, and keep them right next to your own work.
ALSO
• Your materials and methods, customisable to your studio
• Collections and tags to organise your work your way
• Search your collection by name, grouped by month
• A home screen widget
• Reminders to keep your journal going between sessions
I was excited to use this as my digital diary for pottery, but it’s way too complicated for me. Worst of all, the app keeps changing. The last thing I need is to spend time learning how to use something that should be simple. Maybe it’s suitable for younger people with infinite patience. I’m sadly uninstalling it.
The best pottery notebook 😍
PiggyNotPig
I love how this app understands what I need for every part of my pottery process. I’ve tried many pottery tracking apps and this one makes the most sense for me. The note taking layout feels intuitive and well thought out. I also LOVE that I can mark my glaze area directly on an image! That’s super useful for pieces with complex surface design!I do wish that it lets me to “search” my pieces by a specific glaze, form, etc, so that I can better look for relevant notes I have for past pieces.Great app overall and it became a crucial park of my pottery process 🥹
Developer Response
Thank you so much for this wonderful review! I'm really happy to hear ClayNote fits naturally into your process, especially that marking on images helps with your surface designs! And great call on searching by glaze or form. That’s something we’ve been exploring, and your feedback helps us prioritize it. Our goal is to make it even easier to find the insights you’ve collected over time.Thanks again for making ClayNote part of your pottery journey.
Very convenient!!
Deryi5566
Stage notes are a game changer!Man, being able to jot down a quick note at each stage really helps me think through what I did right (and what I’d fix next time). It’s made me a lot more mindful about my process.Would be cool if y’all added a way to search or even have the app look through my notes to find patterns or give tips. That’d be pretty awesome. This app’s become my go-to sidekick in the studio.
Developer Response
Thank you so much for sharing this — we love hearing how the stage notes are helping you reflect on your process. That’s exactly what we hoped they’d inspire! 🪴Search and pattern insights are great ideas — we’ve been exploring ways to make notes even more helpful over time. Really appreciate you taking the time to share thoughtful feedback (and for making ClayNote part of your studio routine).
Fantastic
jewelsstar
Easy to use and Robust. I trust this now to organize all of my pottery creations and notes. One of my favorite features is the ideas stage which allows me to save inspiration photos. Then the idea can advance as I actually make the project, adding photos ,notes and stages along the way. Very responsive to feedback which helps the App continue to get better and better.
Save a copy of everything.
Your pieces, notes and photos can now leave the app in one tap — a spreadsheet and a folder of pictures you can open on any computer. No account, no lock-in.
Version 0.4.7
The developer, Ying-Chao Tung, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
User Content
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
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Supported Features
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Information
Seller
Ying-Chao Tung
Size
58.2 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
