Comparison

Dead Format vs Digs for Discogs

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

Digs for Discogs

Features
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Digs puts your Discogs vinyl collection in your pocket, available anytime – even without an internet connection. Connect your Discogs account, sync your collection, and browse your records wherever you are. Whether you’re at a record store trying to remember what you already own, or on the couch looking for something to spin, Digs has you covered. BROWSE YOUR COLLECTION Explore your records organized by your Discogs folders. See cover art, artists, release years, and collection stats at a glance. SEARCH INSTANTLY Find any record in your collection with real-time full-text search. Search across artists, album titles, and labels – results appear as you type. PICK SOMETHING RANDOM Can’t decide what to listen to? Tap the random picker and let Digs choose for you. Filter by folder to narrow it down, or pick from your entire collection. RELEASE DETAILS Dive into any release to see the full tracklist, genres, styles, formats, and community ratings from Discogs. WORKS OFFLINE Your entire collection – including cover art – is stored locally on your device. Browse, search, and discover without needing a network connection. SYNCS WITH DISCOGS Your Discogs folders, releases, and metadata stay in sync. Pull to refresh anytime, or let background sync keep things up to date. PRIVACY FIRST Digs has no analytics, no tracking, no ads, and no servers of its own. Your data stays on your device. Period. Available in English and French.

Screenshots

Dead Format4 screens
Digs for Discogs4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dead Format and Digs for Discogs are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dead Format ships an update every 6 days, Digs for Discogs every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dead Format versus Digs for Discogs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDead FormatDigs for Discogs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (126 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings126 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDead Format LLCRaphaël Lustin

In-app purchases

None

Dead Format

No in-app purchases

None

Digs for Discogs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dead Format free?
Dead Format is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digs for Discogs free?
Digs for Discogs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dead Format or Digs for Discogs have ads?
Neither Dead Format nor Digs for Discogs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dead Format or Digs for Discogs?
Dead Format ships an update every 6 days, and Digs for Discogs every 5 days. Most recently, Dead Format was updated on November 4, 2026 and Digs for Discogs on October 9, 2026.

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