Vinyl Spin vs Spindle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vinyl Spin
Log your vinyl plays, track your collection, and celebrate your passion for records. Build a digital library, record your listening history, and discover your favorite albums and artists. Unlock achievements and make your vinyl journey more rewarding.
- Log vinyl plays
- Track record collection
- Build digital library
- View listening history
- Discover favorite albums
- Unlock achievements
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Turn your vinyl listening sessions into memories. Vinyl Spin is the simplest and most elegant way to log your plays, track your collection, and celebrate your passion for records. Whether you’re a casual listener or a serious collector, Vinyl Spin helps you keep your music history alive. Add your records with album name, artist, and cover. Build your own digital library that reflects your shelves. With one tap, log each time you listen to a record. Keep track of your personal play history. See your total spins, unique records played, and your all-time favorites. Spot trends in your listening habits. Unlock achievements as you reach spin thresholds. Make your vinyl journey even more rewarding. Discover which albums you play the most and highlight the records that define your taste. Why Vinyl Spin? Vinyl is more than music, it’s an experience. Every spin tells a story. Vinyl Spinner gives you a clear, beautiful way to capture that story, track your listening journey, and rediscover your collection over time. No ads. No distractions. Just your music, your records, and your spins. Perfect for: Vinyl collectors building their dream library Music lovers who want to revisit their most-played albums Anyone who enjoys celebrating milestones in their listening journey Start spinning today and let every record count.
Spindle
This app helps you journal your vinyl listening experience by tracking spin times, sides played, and your listening habits. It allows importing your collection, noting thoughts during playback, and participating in community challenges. It also integrates with Last.fm for automatic scrobbling.
- Log every spin from Lock Screen
- Import collection from Discogs
- Track multiple turntables
- Real-time listening statistics
- Private listening journal
- Community listening challenges
- Last.fm scrobbling integration
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The vinyl listening journal. You drop the needle. Spindle does the rest — counting hours, tracking sides, remembering what you played, and quietly building a picture of your year in records. It's built around the act of spinning a record. Not around cataloging what you own. — Log every spin — Tap once when the needle drops. Spindle keeps tracking from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island so you can flip the record without unlocking your phone. — Bring your collection — Import from Discogs in seconds, or add records by hand. Track multiple turntables, each with its own cartridge wear and needle hours. — Real stats — Hours spun. Top artists, labels, decades. Listening streaks. Records you've quietly forgotten you owned. No formulas. No spreadsheets. — A private journal — Write down what came up while the record played — thoughts, moods, memories. Stays private unless you choose to share. — Challenges — Short series of daily prompts hosted by other record heads. Each day, pick one record from your collection that answers the prompt. See what everyone else picked. React. The good ones make you walk to a record you haven't played in years. — Last.fm scrobble — Every spin scrobbles automatically. Spindle complements Last.fm — it doesn't try to replace it. Questions: support@joinspindle.com Community: joinspindle.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vinyl Spin at none against Spindle's 3. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Spindle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Vinyl Spin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vinyl Spin ships an update every 3 days, Spindle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vinyl Spin | Spindle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Menhiris group | Michael Warner |
Customer experience
Vinyl Spin
Spindle
In-app purchases
Vinyl Spin
No in-app purchases
Spindle
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99








