Pottery Log

Jess Kenney

About this app

Pottery Log keeps track of your ceramics throughout their creation lifecycle. Add photos and notes for each stage: throwing, trimming, bisquing, and glazing.

Ratings and reviews

Photo must be cropped square, meaning tall or long objects must be zoomed out to fit. Files are organized by stage (not started, glazed etc.) rather than date & you can't change that. You can't select which photo you want as the cover image for each pot- whatever photo you add last is the cover image. Notes are organized by "not started", thrown, etc. & you can't skip or not include any of the stages so there's wasted screen space. Not suitable for hanbuild, given the required stages.

So far, I'm finding this app very helpful. I do wish there were a way to print or export from it--I like to keep a paper version for reference. I'd also prefer if things I've set as "finished" didn't show up saved as "picked up." But that's a minor nitpick. One thing I learned is that I should take all the photos first, using the phone's camera, rather than access the camera directly through the app. That way the photos are actually saved on my phone, so I can print them or back them up to the cloud. Also, I tried the "Export" option, but it failed.

Invaluable, but only because no other option for android. I admit, I use this like crazy and am SO grateful that it exists. (Thank you, creator!). And for free, so we're really getting more than we paid for. But one thing that is sorely lacking is a way to archive entries to your own storage. After a while, you're left with the choice of deleting a large chunk of entries, or suffer through a very bogged, laggy, huge queue of past records. I would happily pay for an upgrade.

What's new

Fixes the status bar covering the header on some devices.