Vinyls - Record Player appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Vinyls is 95 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Vinyls Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: Vinyls - Record Player
Rating: 3.8 (116 reviews)

Vinyls - Record Player

Pixelfolio Inc.

🎬 Entertainment

🎵 Music

Customer Experience

Positive experience50.0% of reviews

Neutral14.2% of reviews

Negative experience35.8% of reviews

~ Based on 106 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Vinyls

Reviews of Vinyls are mixed: the Music app is rated 3.8/5 from 116 App Store ratings. What users like most: beautiful and visually stunning design, impressive attention to detail in animations. Top complaints: aggressive monetization with sudden paywall, subscription model for previously paid features. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

🎨Beautiful and visually stunning design
✨Impressive attention to detail in animations
🎵Great Apple Music integration
😌Nostalgic vinyl record experience
🎧Well-designed minimal aesthetic
💫Smooth fluid motion and animations
🎯Intuitive and simple to use

Negative things

💰Aggressive monetization with sudden paywall
🔐Subscription model for previously paid features
🐛Frequent crashes and stability issues
🎵Apple Music only - no Spotify support
📱Poor performance on iPad and Mac
🔊Music playback fails or stops mid-song
📺Apple TV version non-functional
⚠️No free trial before purchase
🔄Restore purchase feature broken
🎚️Missing basic features like volume control
🔍No search functionality
📱Landscape mode not supported
⏸️No continuous/shuffle play support

Is Vinyls Safe?

Vinyls - Record Player appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Vinyls is 75/100.

This assessment is based on 116 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.8/5.

Safety Analysis

66.4% of ratings point to a safe experience

9.5% of ratings suggest some concerns

24.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 116 App Store ratings for Vinyls.

Is Vinyls Legit?

Vinyls - Record Player appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Vinyls is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Make the Spinning Vinyl Record Larger

I’d love to see an option to make the spinning vinyl record much larger. The vinyl itself is the main visual feature of the app, but it currently feels a bit too small.
It would be great if the vinyl could take up significantly more space on the screen, while the controls underneath—such as the play/pause button, progress bar, track duration, and other playback controls—were made smaller and more compact.
Ideally, the vinyl record should be the clear visual focus, with the playback controls taking up only a minimal amount of space underneath it.
A customizable vinyl size option would be even better!

che0l

24 days ago

Work

This app is not what I throught it would be, looks like you need content on your phone for it to work, no good for my requirements

gazdude67

a month ago

Good app

Nice little app

VCC_SEO

2 months ago

Does NOT WORK

I have to have APPLE MUSIC!?! NOBODY USES APPLE MUSIC.!! MAKE IT COMPATTABLE TO SPOTIFY!!!

jaden8101

2 months ago

Response from developer

I understand how frustrating it is when the app does not fit the music service you use. Vinyls currently works with Apple Music, but Spotify support is on the roadmap. If you have questions about setup or compatibility, please contact support@pixelfolio.app.

Tremendous

An awesome way to play your music, long time user here

Da_Tall_One

3 months ago

Looks amazing!

Beautifully built, fairly priced and works well! Cheers

Lilabears

3 months ago

Nice

Good one issue. Need to make the sing start and end where it should be in the album. Other then that, really good. Also get rid of thesubscrption .

G ihob iugh

3 months ago

Best set aside and enjoy music app

CoolCat😸😼

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate it.

Awesome app!

App works great!

Sk8ercorey

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words. I shall work on fixes for this very soon. - Shihab

Nostalgia total

Quem teve a oportunidade do contato com o vinil, ver um disco já é suficiente para sentir realizado.

Dinhovox

4 months ago

Never work on AppleTv

Never got it to work from iPhone to the Apple TV app, every upgrade i thought this is the version that fixes the issue but no when they switch to a suscripción okay mueve this will fix it. No still can get it to work on Apple TV

AEGOku

4 months ago

Was für eine sinnlose App

Ich höre seit ewigen Zeiten Vinyl, sicher viel länger als die Macher dieser Apo. Keine Scheibe knistert und klingt so müllig wie in dieser App.
Es gibt nur eine Möglichkeit: Vinyl auflegen, einschalten, Tonabnehmer auflegen. und nicht vergessen App schnell löschen.

Oldboy111

5 months ago

Funktioniert gut, optische Defizite

Gute App, macht auch Spaß. Optik ist nicht so gelungen. Der Tonarm sieht unrealistisch aus und ein Plattenspielergehäuse fehlt mir.
Wenn dies nachgebessert wird, kaufe ich die Option „lebenslang“.

MiKu7264

5 months ago

Still very buggy, needs much attention

I appreciate the update to support Liquid Glass on iOS 26, but unfortunately the app is still VERY buggy and is in need of some serious attention. I paid for a month and have cancelled again, and probably won’t come back. ‘MD Vinyl’ is a much more polished app and visually superior, so it has now become my music visualiser of choice. This app could have been awesome but without proper focus by the developer, I’m afraid it will just be left to stagnate again. For me it’s unusable.

j4o8x

6 months ago

Response from developer

Hi - thanks for the feedback and giving Vinyls another go. Could you email support@pixelfolio.app with the bugs you have been experiencing? It will help me fix them. There are more updates to improve the stability coming soon

45€ lifetime.. for what?

i like these types of apps a lot. kinda feels retro :)
it has some nice details but has nothing special to even pay for.

Jule Rentschner

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words! - Shihab

YouTube Music and Spotify pls!!

Would be a 5/5 since the app is so cool and all but only Apple Music?? Please add compatibility to Spotify and/or other music platforms like YouTube Music or SoundCloud!!

BananaBananayay

a year ago

No landscape mode

Fix it

Fart smellers

2 years ago

Bugs

Il faut améliorer le fonctionnement de cette application qui a beaucoup de potentialité. Impossible de jouer les chansons à la chaîne, elle joue une chanson puis s’arrête. Ill a encore plusieurs petits bugs qui agacent…

Lumanda

2 years ago

Response from developer

Je comprends à quel point ces interruptions de lecture et les petits bugs pouvaient être agaçants. Plusieurs améliorations de fiabilité ont été apportées depuis votre avis, notamment pour la lecture en continu. J’aimerais beaucoup que vous redonniez une chance à Vinyls.

Paid for it BUT now subscriptions and no warning!

I understand that one-off payments for apps are really never a one-off and that to maintain etc there needs to be monetary value. I’ve no problem if the app is updated new features etc and importantly upfront and open about it. But another app that was a paid upfront and then decides it wants more money so therefore everything locked, that was previously open, until new subscription taken out. I decided to give this another go after reading that the developer is letting go of his apps and restarting on another venture, again. Seems to be a pattern here with this developer and his apps when they become less profitable. All upgrades stop, or minimal, then subscriptions get put in and all without letting people know. It’s a shame as I liked this app albeit I have not used in a while but still I didn’t expect to have to subscribe without warning to something I already paid for. Definitely would not trust this developer again. Shame.

Bennlloyd

2 years ago

Response from developer

Your experience here is genuinely frustrating, and the lack of warning makes it worse. To be clear: I'm the new developer who recently took over Vinyls, and restoring full access for people who paid upfront is something I'm committed to delivering in an upcoming update. If you'd like to talk directly in the meantime, I'm at support@pixelfolio.app.

Was good before the paywall

This app used to be a really good one and one that I used often it had very fun and customizable options like crackle and pop and cobwebs on albums that you haven’t listened to in a while. Those would be really good features and they were… before they were all locked behind a paywall. The lowest option is only 3.99 but still! If you had the app before and changed the settings before the paywall hit all of those setting are permanent until you bypass the paywall. And I don’t just mean a one time payment. It’s a subscription. With the lifetime (only one time payment option) it’s 40 dollars. And this would probably be fine, if it wasn’t for the 4.99 I already payed for the app. So overall good app with terrible execution.

bendemon279

2 years ago

Response from developer

The frustration here is completely valid — paying upfront for an app and later finding beloved features like crackle and cobwebs gated behind a subscription is a poor experience, and I hear that. A future update is planned to restore full access for customers who originally purchased Vinyls as a paid app. I'm the new developer and a future release will unlock the app for people who supported it from the start.