DiscoCat vs Liner Notez

DiscoCat is for discovering, streaming, rating, and tracking musical artists and composers from the popular to the obscure. Discover and Explore • Search for artists (bands, musicians, composers, etc.), record labels, and creative works in external catalogs • Shazam playing music to find the recording, release, and artist • Suggested Artists: discover many other artists that share the same genres as your favorite artists • Recent Releases: keep up-to-date with the latest releases from your favorite artists • Tap on a genre or tag to find other artists that share the same ones • View comprehensive artist discography, not just the ones with streaming contracts • Learn about all the current and former members of a band or find other bands an individual artist was/is in • List all the creative works of an individual songwriter, composer, lyricist, etc. • Find related artists such as cover bands, related releases such as tribute albums, and related record labels • List all tracks for a given release or release version and get details for each track including related recording and work • List all release versions optionally grouped by format (such as vinyl, CD, etc.) or release country • View detailed release album art and sometimes even images of physical media such as records, jackets, liner notes, etc. • Tap once on artwork to enter zoom then double-tap to toggle between zoom modes • See all the musicians, engineers, producers, and other recording personnel that contributed to a recording • Find the creative work associated with a track or recording and from there, find other recordings from other artists who also covered it • If you can’t find what you are looking for in the item details, most item types also include an extensive list of external links to related sites such as fan pages, music services, lyrics sites, etc. Stream • Apple Music subscribers may stream any artist, release, or track that is found in Apple's streaming catalog without leaving the app • Users without Apple Music subscriptions will still be provided with external links if it is found in Apple Music Rate and Track • Rate or simply bookmark any artist, release, release-version, track, recording, work, or record-label to save it to your collection¹ • Your collection is stored on iCloud so it can be accessed on all platforms • Group your saved artists by genre or country or simply show all sorted by rating • Group your saved tracks by album or artist or simply show all sorted by rating • Group your saved releases by artist or genre or type or simply show all sorted by rating • Group your saved release versions by artist or country or format or simply show all sorted by rating • Search your saved items in any category • Several different rating schemes are supported such as 3, 4, or 5 star, out-of-ten, like/dislike, favorite, etc. ¹ Saving more than 10 of any item type (artist, release, etc.) requires an active subscription to the full version

Liner Notez helps you explore albums the way liner notes used to: credits, musicians, producers, release editions, tracklists, and source links. Search by artist, browse album releases, open an album, and dig into documented public music data from sources such as MusicBrainz, Wikidata, and Wikipedia. Save albums to My Library, write your own album notes, and search saved albums, artists, and notes on your device. Liner Notez does not stream, play, download, sell, or redistribute music. With Liner Notez you can: • Browse album releases by artist • Narrow searches by album title and release type • View release dates, editions, labels, formats, and source links • Open tracklists and inspect documented song-level credits • Review songwriting, performer, instrument, production, and technical credits • Save albums to My Library • Write and edit your own album notes • Search your saved albums, artists, and notes on your device • Search for albums with documented producer credits Liner Notez is for album information, music-credit research, and personal album notes. It does not play, stream, download, sell, or provide music audio. Public music data can be incomplete, inconsistent, or vary by release edition. Liner Notez shows documented source data and does not invent missing credits.