Comparison

Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker vs Vinylo

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

Head to head
About

Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker

Organize and track your various collections, from vinyl records to figurines. Add descriptions, photos, and tags to each item, and sort or filter your collections with ease. Keep a detailed inventory of your most treasured possessions.

Highlights
  • Create custom collections
  • Add item descriptions and photos
  • Use checklist or ranking systems
  • Tag and sort items
  • Filter collections by attributes
  • Track possessions
Features
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Welcome to Bits & Bobs – an app that helps you keep track of your collections and organize your most treasured possessions. Whatever you collect, Bits & Bobs can help keep track of it. From vinyl records, to collectible coins, to your favorite toys, figurines, books, seashells, cars, antique furniture, souvenirs, keepsakes, and so much more. Create a new collection in the app, and then add all the items in your collection to it. You might opt for a checklist – which lets you keep track of which items you have and which you don’t – or a ranking – which assigns numbers to each item so you can rank your favorites. You can write descriptions for each item, add photos, and add tags. There are also item attributes – properties of whatever you’re collecting. You can sort the items in the collection, group them together by their attributes, or filter for certain values. It’s time to keep track of your collections – let’s get started! Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

About

Vinylo

Features
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Vinylo is a quiet, beautiful place to keep your record collection. Scan a sleeve. The album appears — artist, year, label, cover. Write down what you heard tonight. Watch the shelf grow. Made for people who actually listen to records, not just buy them. — Catalog your vinyl — • Scan barcodes on sleeves and inner labels — covers and metadata fill in for you. • Search the Discogs catalog by artist, title, or label. • Add anything by hand, the way you'd want it written. • Snap your own sleeve photos when the original isn't enough. — Listening journal — • Mark today's spin in two taps. Note the mood, the side, the room. • Look back at what an album has meant to you, not just that you own it. — Watch the shelf — • Daily snapshots of your collection's median market value. • See what's appreciating, what's quietly disappearing. • Pick your currency — USD, EUR, GBP, or RUB. — Wishlist — • Keep the next records on a separate shelf. Move them over when they arrive. — Yours, on your phone — • No accounts. No cloud sync you didn't ask for. • Backup to iCloud Drive through the Share Sheet, when you want to. • Dark, warm, easy on the eyes at night. — Free vs Premium — The free shelf holds 10 records, 30 journal entries, and the last 90 days of value history. When you've outgrown it, Vinylo Premium lifts every limit. — Subscription terms — Vinylo Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the end of each period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free period (when offered) is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. It is not a subscription and never renews. Privacy: https://vinylo.surge.sh/privacy Terms (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — What Vinylo is not — Vinylo is not a streaming service. It does not play music. It does not recommend records to you. It does not post to social networks. It is a catalog and a journal for the records you already love. — A library worth keeping — Made for collectors. 2026.

Screenshots

Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker4 screens
Vinylo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker and Vinylo are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vinylo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker versus Vinylo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBits & Bobs Collection TrackerVinylo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB54 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperJoseph RupertusIvan Dotsenko

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker

One-time1
  • Bits & Bobs Premium$2.99
3 purchases

Vinylo

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker free?
Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vinylo free?
Vinylo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker or Vinylo have ads?
Neither Bits & Bobs Collection Tracker nor Vinylo shows ads.

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