Comparison

Vinylous vs Vinyl Folio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Discover new vinyl releases
  • Preview tracks
  • Buy from record stores
  • Share with friends
  • Set release reminders
Features
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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!

About

Vinyl Folio

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Vinyl Folio is a quiet catalog for people who collect records, not playlists. Map every crate in the house — the jazz wall, the 7-inch cube, the overflow under the turntable — then file each pressing where it actually lives. When you wonder whether you already own that Blue Note reissue, search once instead of flipping a whole bay. What you can do • Create named crates with a spine mark, listening room, and bay • File pressings by genre: jazz, rock, soul, classical, hip-hop, electronic, folk, soundtrack, world\n• Grade condition as Mint, Near mint, Played, or Worn\n• Attach a sleeve photo from the camera or your album • Pin a weekly rotation of records you keep reaching for • Reshelve a pressing from one crate to another and keep a short note • See a collection snapshot: how many crates are in use, which genres run deepest • Export or restore the whole folio as a JSON file Why it is different Vinyl Folio is not a streaming library and not a generic storage box. It is a listening-room map. The language, layout, and grades are written for collectors: crates instead of bins, pressings instead of items, sleeve notes instead of packing labels. Private by design Everything stays on your iPhone. There is no account, no cloud sync, and no marketplace. Open the app offline and the same shelves are still there. Who it is for New collectors building a first wall, long-time crate diggers with more than one room, anyone tired of buying a second copy of an album they already own. Vinyl Folio — know the crate before you flip.

Screenshots

Vinylous3 screens
Vinyl Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Vinylous at 8.0 against Vinyl Folio's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Vinylous versus Vinyl Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVinylousVinyl Folio
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRawfishVinyl Folio

In-app purchases

None

Vinylous

No in-app purchases

None

Vinyl Folio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vinylous free?
Vinylous is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vinyl Folio free?
Vinyl Folio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vinylous or Vinyl Folio have ads?
Neither Vinylous nor Vinyl Folio shows ads.

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