Bartlett KilnAid

Bartlett Instrument Co.

About this app

Bartlett Instrument Co. is major supplier of kiln temperature controllers to manufacturers providing pottery kilns to schools and individual potters. The latest line of controllers communicates with our website where customers can sign up for a free account and claim their kiln thru a combination of mac address and serial number. Once the account is set up, Bartlett KilnAid will allow customers to view the current temperature and status of their kilns.

Ratings and reviews

The app is decent at monitoring your kiln. I have two suggestions or requests that would make it more functional for me. Add the ability to send push notifications at each step in the firing schedule and add the ability to design the firing schedule in the app and push it to the kiln. My fat fingers have a hard time with the small touchscreen.

It's a nice app but is so disappointing they will charge a subscription now for what should be included features (viewing program, diagnostic info). When you pay $400 for a controller with wifi connectivity I think it is reasonable to assume that the app that works with the wifi connectivity is part of the package. Adding a subscription on top of that seems expliotive. I certainly dont pay a subscription for any other 'smart' appliance app.

My app struggles to login/load at times now. I've checked for updates to make sure it's not in need of that. I also switch b/w wifi and 4G to make sure that's not the issue. This is a real problem. Overall, I appreciate the ability to see my firing temps, but I think the most valuable thing you could add would be to allow for a notification/alarm for when there is an issue during the firing, if possible. No one is gonna keep staring down at their phone.

What’s new

Bug squashing