Comparison

Dead Format vs MOVINYL

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

Head to head
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.

About

MOVINYL

Organize and grow your vinyl record collection with a beautifully designed app. Track your collection, discover new music, and estimate the value of your records. Ideal for both new and experienced vinyl enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Personal record library
  • Custom record additions
  • Smart price estimates
  • Discovery mode for new music
  • Listening history tracking
  • Collection achievements
  • Wishlist management
Features
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Point your camera at a record sleeve and it's in your collection. MOVINYL is a home for everything you own on vinyl - synced two ways with Discogs, sorted onto shelves you design, and valued in your own currency. FEATURES • Cover Recognition: Scan a sleeve to identify a pressing. No barcode needed. • Discogs Sync: Two-way sync for your collection and your wishlist, so both stay in step. • Shelves: Group records by genre, mood, or any logic you like. One record can sit on several. • Share Collection: Turn every cover you own into a single image, ready for Stories or a square post. • Custom Records: Add rare or unusual pressings by hand. • Price Estimates: See what a record is currently worth, in your own currency. • Discovery: Recommendations drawn from what you already own, with the reasoning shown. • Listening History: Count your spins and track what you actually play. • Record Stores: Find stores on a map, read reviews and share what you found. • Song Recognition: Identify the song that's playing and preview tracks. • Wishlist: Keep the records you're hunting in one place. • Achievements: Milestones that grow as the collection does. Whether you own twenty records or two thousand, MOVINYL keeps the whole thing in one place. MOVINYL+ Subscription Details This app offers a monthly and yearly subscription for "MOVINYL Plus (also known as MOVINYL + or M+)". Subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period (and charged to your iTunes account). You can turn off auto-renew/manage subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Price: Shown on the purchase screen inside the app (varies by region) Included Features: Unlimited cover recognitions, shelves and custom records Full access to listening history 15 discovery records a day Terms of Use: https://movinyl.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://movinyl.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Dead Format4 screens
MOVINYL4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dead Format and MOVINYL both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Dead Format's written reviews are positive against 57% of MOVINYL's. Dead Format also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. MOVINYL sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Dead Format asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dead Format holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dead Format has 132 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dead Format's written reviews are positive against 57% of MOVINYL's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dead Format ships an update every 6 days, MOVINYL every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dead Format versus MOVINYL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDead FormatMOVINYL
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (132 ratings) — better4.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings132 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB113 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDead Format LLCSergei Ruban

Customer experience

Dead Format

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

MOVINYL

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Dead Format

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MOVINYL

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Dead Format free?
Dead Format is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MOVINYL free?
MOVINYL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dead Format or MOVINYL?
Dead Format is rated higher. Dead Format averages 5.0 out of 5 from 132 ratings, while MOVINYL averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Dead Format or MOVINYL have ads?
MOVINYL shows ads; Dead Format does not.
Which is updated more often, Dead Format or MOVINYL?
Dead Format ships an update every 6 days, and MOVINYL every 6 weeks. Most recently, Dead Format was updated on November 8, 2026 and MOVINYL on November 5, 2026.

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