Moose Vinyl vs Dead Format
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Digital collection management
- Record search and add
- Peer-to-peer marketplace
- Buy and sell vinyl
- Proprietary fulfillment system
- High trust marketplace
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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.
Dead Format
Organize your vinyl records, buy and sell them in a dedicated marketplace, and explore a comprehensive archive of pressing details. Connect with a community of fellow vinyl lovers.
- Vinyl collection cataloging
- Vinyl marketplace for buying/selling
- Pressing information archive
- Connect with vinyl enthusiasts
- Browse community profiles
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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.
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Verdict
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 (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Moose Vinyl's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dead Format holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 112 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Moose Vinyl's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dead Format's.
Moose Vinyl ships an update every 3 weeks, Dead Format weekly. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | Moose Vinyl | Dead Format |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (112 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 112 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Moose Vinyl LLC | Dead Format LLC |
Customer experience
Moose Vinyl
Dead Format
In-app purchases
Moose Vinyl
No in-app purchases
Dead Format
No in-app purchases
Questions
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