ClayLab2.10.1 - App Store

Never lose track of a pottery piece again.
ClayLab is a pottery journal and studio tracker designed by potters for potters. Track pieces, glazes, firings, experiments, and inventory in one place. Whether you work in a home studio or a shared community studio, ClayLab helps you stay organized, find your work, and learn from every experiment.

Track every stage of your pottery journey, from wet clay to finished work. Record glazes, underglazes, slips, oxides, stains, clay bodies, forming methods, dimensions, weight, firing results, and more. Keep detailed notes and photos so you always know what worked and what didn't.

▶ Stay Organized
Track pieces through every stage
Record sold, gifted, traded, available, and archived pieces
Organize work with custom locations
Quickly find pieces in shared studios
Unlimited pieces
Unlimited photos

▶ Track Your Process
Glazes and underglazes
Clay bodies
Forming methods
Slips, oxides, and stains
Stage tracking
Status tracking
Detailed notes
Dimensions and weight tracking

▶ Learn From Every Experiment
Compare results across pieces
Search and filter by glaze, clay body, form, stage, and more
Record glaze layering and application details
Track dipping times
Calculate shrinkage and monitor changes through firing

▶ Backup & Restore
Protect your pottery records with export and import tools. Easily back up your data and move it between devices.

Perfect for potters, ceramic artists, students, hobbyists, and studio members who want to keep better records, stay organized, and improve their craft.

▶ What's Included
No ads
Unlimited pieces
Search and filtering
Custom glazes
Custom underglazes
Custom clay bodies
Custom stains
Custom oxides
Custom forms
Custom forming methods
Custom locations
Dimensions tracking
Weight tracking
Stage tracking
Status tracking
Unlimited photos
General note-taking

▶ ClayLab Pro
Backup export
Backup import
Unlimited glaze layers
Coat tracking
Application method logging
Glaze annotations
Dipping time tracking
Duplicate pieces (up to 20 copies)
Custom stage definitions

▶ How do ClayLab Pro subscriptions work?
ClayLab Pro Monthly: billed monthly
ClayLab Pro Yearly: billed annually at a discounted rate

Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your App Store account settings.
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Version History Improved analytics and telemetry. 2.10.1 Oct 5 1. Long press for quick actions Press and hold any piece in My Pieces to rename, update its stage, archive, or delete, without opening the piece first.
2. Bulk update (Pro) Select multiple pieces and update status, price, and firing details at once. Great for prepping a sale or logging results after a kiln firing. 2.10 Sep 10 1. Added a button to clear temporary files and free up storage space.
2. Improved the finished-piece workflow so marking a piece as 'Finished' no longer immediately switches to the presentation view. 2.9.1 Jun 17 New in this release:
- A new "Idea" stage is now available to track inspirations before starting the making process.
- Unsuccessful pieces can now be archived to tidy up the workspace without the need to delete any useful record.
- Pro: it is now possible to add, rename, reorder, and delete stages. 2.9 Feb 17 Fixed an issue with importing backup files generated by some specific versions of the app. 2.8.1 12/04/2025 You can now add your own surface areas and application methods for more precise tracking of where and how you apply your decorations. 2.8 11/05/2025 In-app surveys - to get your feedback and help us improve. 2.7 10/03/2025 Typographical fixes. 2.6.1 07/02/2025 - Glaze Search & More
No more endless scrolling! Search directly for glazes, underglazes, stains, and more. Perfect for when you've built up a big collection and need to find materials fast.

- Sorting Options
Sort your pieces by creation date, title, or location to stay organized and find exactly what you need. Your studio, your way.

- Bulk Updates (Pro)
Select multiple pieces and update their stage, location, forming method, and more all at once. A huge time-saver when working with production runs or large collections. 2.6 06/23/2025 - New Layout for Finished Pieces: Finished pieces now have a beautiful new layout, making them even more enjoyable to view and showcase.
- Export Your Finished Pieces: You can now save your finished pieces as images! This lets you keep a record of your work or send it to others to highlight the details.
- Improved Dark Mode: We’ve made the graphics in dark mode easier to see, with better contrast for a more comfortable viewing experience. 2.5 05/01/2025 Fixed some issues with the size of text and other graphical elements that could occur when the device was set to use larger text sizes. 2.4.2 02/28/2025 Changes:
- You can now edit date and location on selected stages preceding the last one

Improvements:
- The size of all fonts across the app now honors the device's accessibility settings
- Several minor visual fixes 2.4.1 02/17/2025 1. New Firing Log (Available to Everyone):
Keep track of your firings effortlessly. Log details like firing cone, firing type, and notes to stay organized and track your process over time.

2. Shrinkage Calculator (Pro Subscribers):
Easily measure how your clay dimensions change before and after firing. 2.4 12/21/2024 Fixed a crash that could sometimes happen at startup time 2.3.1 11/18/2024 Stage sections can now be collapsed and expanded 2.3 11/06/2024 1. Status Tracking
You can now record the status of your pieces—whether they’re sold, gifted, traded, or available for sale. (We are just getting started with features that will help you stay organized and keep track of where your creations end up)

2. Dipping Time (Pro)
You can now accurately log how many seconds a piece was dipped for. Perfect for those who want to refine their glazing process down to the second. 2.2 09/04/2024 1. Corrected two minor typographical errors.
2. Fixed an issue where deleted glazes were not properly hidden in the Settings.
3. Resolved a bug preventing glazes from being renamed to previously deleted names. 2.1 07/02/2024 New features
- Oxides and stains categories
- Delete multiple pieces at once
- Introducing new surface areas to choose from
- Easy drag and drop of the decorations layers to rearrange the order in which they were applied

Introducing ClayLab Pro features
- Import/export of all data
- Unlimited layers of decorations.
- Make multiple copies of a piece
- Number of coats used per each layer
- Decoration annotations, to write down notes specific about a layer
- Application method: to record how they layer was applied. 2.0 06/18/2024 Fix: updating to version 1.7 from versions earlier than 1.3 could fail 1.7.1 10/25/2023 - You can now record forming methods on pieces
- Stages are now more inclusive: Thrown has been renamed to Formed
- Fixed: deleting an image while other images were being saved could cause a crash
- You are now notified if permissions to access the camera are missing, with the option to open your device's Settings 1.7 09/29/2023 - Improved the design to record the weight and dimension of a piece
- Implemented a way to free up storage on phone
- Filters are now ordered alphabetically 1.6 07/30/2023 optimization of the search and filtering 1.5.1 05/17/2023 Filtering and Search
- Search through your pieces' name and their notes
- Filter by glaze, underglaze, location, stage, clay body, form and slip. 1.5 05/12/2023 Fixes:
- images added to pieces were rotated incorrectly in some circumstances 1.4.1 03/06/2023 * You can now:
- choose between metric and US customary units of measurement
- rearrange the order of your pieces' photos
- add multiple photos to a piece at once
- swipe through a piece's photos in full screen mode

* Fixed a crash that could occur immediately after deleting a piece 1.4 02/21/2023