Dead Format vs Traaklist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Traaklist
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Traaklist is the home for your live music life. Every concert you've lived deserves to be remembered. Traaklist turns each show into a memory you can revisit, setlist, photos, who you went with, how it made you feel. Your personal music timeline, built one night at a time. WHY TRAAKLIST • Your concerts, finally in one place, not scattered across tickets, photos and chats. • Built for fans, not for ticketing. No ads, no noise. Just your music. • A timeline that grows with you. The more you log, the more it tells your story. TRACK EVERY SHOW • Log artist, venue, date, setlist, rating, photos and the people you went with. • Import past concerts from Setlist.fm in one tap, setlist, venue and date auto-filled. • Rate the night and capture what made it special. YOUR FAN IDENTITY • See your total shows, artists, venues and countries grow over time. • Build a profile that reflects your real music taste, beyond what you stream. • Showcase your physical music collection: vinyl, CDs and tapes. NEVER MISS THE NEXT ONE • Discover upcoming concerts, festivals and venues that match your taste. • Direct links to Ticketmaster, DICE, Fever, Eventbrite and more. • Get notified when your favorite artists announce nearby shows. BETTER TOGETHER • See what your friends are going to and chat directly inside the app. • Share traaks, your concert memories, with the people who were there. • Private by default. You choose who sees what. YOUR YEAR IN LIVE MUSIC • Get a Wrapped-style recap of your concert year. • Top artists, total shows, favorite venues and the moments that defined it. Traaklist is for the people who travel for a band, who keep the wristband, who remember exactly where they were standing when the encore hit. If live music matters to you, this is your app. Download Traaklist and start your live music timeline today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Traaklist at daily against Dead Format's every 6 days. Dead Format's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 ships an update every 6 days, Traaklist daily. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dead Format | Traaklist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (94 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dead Format LLC | Lucas Adrian |
In-app purchases
Dead Format
No in-app purchases
Traaklist
No in-app purchases








