Vinylous vs FreshCogs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vinylous
Discover new vinyl releases from record stores and preview tracks. Purchase directly from the store and share your finds with friends. Set reminders for releases you're interested in.
- Discover new vinyl releases
- Preview tracks
- Buy from record stores
- Share with friends
- Set release reminders
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Your daily dose of vinyl records, straight to your phone! Dig through all the latest release on vinyl from Juno Records and soon from many other record stores! - discover new music on vinyl - preview the tracks - buy it from the store - share it with friends - send yourself a reminder Show us some love and we’ll add more stores, more features, more music! - - - You run an online Record Store and want to be part of the Vinylous stream? Get in touch at info@needle.me - - - Vinylous is part of Needle Vinyl - www.needle.me We’re NOT affiliated with Juno Records. We just love it!
FreshCogs
Manage and explore your vinyl collection with this app. Tag albums for easy searching, discover forgotten records, and track your listening habits. Connects to your Discogs account for seamless integration.
- Track vinyl listening
- Browse collection
- Categorize albums with tags
- Searchable library
- Connects to Discogs account
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FreshCogs is the best way to track what vinyl you’re listening to, browse your collection, and categorize albums based on tags of your choosing. Simply connect FreshCogs to your official Discogs account to enable immediate access to your vinyl collection. FreshCogs makes it simple to: - Tag albums with keywords to make your library searchable - Choose your next listen using the tag system - Find long forgotten records in your collection - Track all of your listening, like any music streaming service This application uses Discogs’ API but is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by Discogs. ‘Discogs’ is a trademark of Zink Media, LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FreshCogs at 5.0 against Vinylous's 1.0. FreshCogs also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1). Vinylous's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FreshCogs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FreshCogs has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Vinylous | FreshCogs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rawfish | Thomas Chamberlain |
Customer experience
Vinylous
FreshCogs
In-app purchases
Vinylous
No in-app purchases
FreshCogs
No in-app purchases
