Comparison

Moose Vinyl vs Dead Format

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

Head to head
About

Moose Vinyl

Easily manage your vinyl record collection digitally. Discover, track, and buy or sell records through a peer-to-peer marketplace with a secure fulfillment system.

Highlights
  • Digital collection management
  • Record search and add
  • Peer-to-peer marketplace
  • Buy and sell vinyl
  • Proprietary fulfillment system
  • High trust marketplace
Features
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Catalog your records, connect with other collectors, and buy or sell vinyl. Packing materials included. Moose Vinyl is the easiest way to keep track of what you own, share it with people who get it, and move records with a lot less hassle. CATALOG YOUR COLLECTION Search by album or artist, scan a barcode, and add a record in a tap. Import an existing collection with a CSV file. Sort by artist, title, or date added so you always know what you have, and what you are still hunting. CONNECT WITH COLLECTORS Follow other collectors, browse collections, and share what you are spinning. Discover new titles from Now Spinning posts, new additions, listings, and collection milestones. BUY AND SELL VINYL List a record from your collection, or shop copies from collectors and independent shops. Every sale includes a Moose Mailer: cardboard mailer, protective sleeve, shipping label, and tape. Moose supports both sides of the trade. Built by collectors, for collectors. Welcome to the Moose Pack.

About

Dead Format

Connect with a community of vinyl enthusiasts to share your collection, discover new music, and engage in discussions. Organize your records, find local record stores, and buy or sell vinyl with other collectors.

Highlights
  • Share listening activity and collection updates
  • Organize personal vinyl collection
  • Participate in monthly Vinyl Challenges
  • Engage in community forums
  • Buy and sell vinyl records
  • Discover local record stores
Features
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Dead Format is a community for vinyl collectors to share what they're listening to, talk about records, connect with fellow collectors, and more! Post what you're spinning, show off your latest pickups or listening setup, take part in monthly Vinyl Challenges, join conversations in the forums, organize your collection, find record stores, and buy and sell vinyl. One of the main features of Dead Format is the Home feed, and it works more like old-school social media. There's no weird algorithm deciding what you should see. The Following feed shows you every post from everyone you follow, in order, so you can actually keep up with what they're sharing. You can also browse the Discover tab whenever you want to see more popular posts and highlights from what's being shared by the rest of the community. Every month, there's a new Vinyl Challenge with a different prompt each day. Join in whenever you want, share a record that fits the day's prompt, browse everyone else's choices, and discover some new records and collectors along the way. The forums are a place for longer conversations, questions, recommendations, polls, and anything else that doesn't really fit into a regular post. Keep track of your collection and Want List, filter your records by artist, format, and more, upload your own photos, and track how often you're playing each record. You can even scrobble your spins to Last.fm. You can also find record stores near you or browse stores in other cities, save your favorites, tag them when you post about a recent visit or pickup, and help contribute any stores that might be missing. There's a Marketplace too, built around listings with real photos of the records being sold. Buyers can make offers, see shipping costs before checkout, and pay directly through the app. Sellers can list individual records or bundles, manage offers, and purchase discounted USPS shipping labels.

Screenshots

Moose Vinyl4 screens
Dead Format4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dead Format at 100% against Moose Vinyl's 67%. Dead Format also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dead Format holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 126 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Moose Vinyl's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dead Format's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moose Vinyl ships an update every 3 weeks, Dead Format every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Moose Vinyl versus Dead Format: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoose VinylDead Format
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (56 ratings)5.0 (126 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings56126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB93 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMoose Vinyl LLCDead Format LLC

Customer experience

Moose Vinyl

All ratings56 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral20.0%
Negative13.3%

Dead Format

All ratings126 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Moose Vinyl

No in-app purchases

None

Dead Format

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moose Vinyl free?
Moose Vinyl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dead Format free?
Dead Format is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moose Vinyl or Dead Format?
Dead Format is rated higher. Moose Vinyl averages 4.6 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Dead Format averages 5.0 from 126 ratings.
Do Moose Vinyl or Dead Format have ads?
Neither Moose Vinyl nor Dead Format shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moose Vinyl or Dead Format?
Moose Vinyl ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dead Format every 6 days. Most recently, Moose Vinyl was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dead Format on November 4, 2026.

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