VinylCrate vs Record Buddy

Vinyl Crate is the ultimate companion for vinyl collectors. Whether you're a seasoned crate digger or just starting your collection, Vinyl Crate makes it easy to catalog, organize, and showcase the records you love. IMMERSIVE RECORD PLAYER Spin your digital collection on our Technics SL-1200-inspired turntable. Drag the tonearm to seek, adjust the pitch slider for DJ-style speed control. Connect to Apple Music to hear your records come alive — with shuffle, repeat, and AirPlay support. DRIVE WITH CARPLAY Take your collection on the road. Browse by artist, genre, or crate from the dashboard, tap any album, and play it straight through Apple Music — hands-free and eyes on the road. APPLE INTELLIGENCE INSIGHTS Let Apple Intelligence analyze your collection and reveal your musical identity. Get personalized summaries, smart crate descriptions, and discover patterns in your taste you never knew existed — all processed privately on your device. DISCOVER NEW RECORDS Let on-device Apple Intelligence study your collection and suggest albums to add to your wantlist. Recommendations skip records you already own, tune themselves to a single genre when you want focus, and pull live pricing and artwork from Discogs so you can decide on the spot. INSTANT SCANNING Point your camera at any barcode to instantly look up album details. No barcode? Scan album text instead — just tap the title or artist name to search. Get complete information including tracklist, pressing details, release year, and artwork — all powered by Discogs. ORGANIZE YOUR COLLECTION Keep your vinyl organized your way. Create custom crates to sort by genre, mood, decade, or however you like. Mark favorites for quick access, track your wantlist, and see recently added records front and center. Turn an Apple Music playlist into a crate: Vinyl Crate finds each song on a record you own, and you review the matches before they're added. SYNC WITH DISCOGS Already have a Discogs collection? Import your entire library with one tap — even large collections sync in the background so you can keep browsing. Add new finds to your Discogs account directly from Vinyl Crate. COLLECTION VALUE & INSIGHTS Discover what your collection is really worth: • Estimated collection value (minimum, median, maximum) • Rarity scores based on Discogs community data • Your most valuable records • Breakdown by artist, year, and genre • Your collector level and stats POWERFUL SEARCH Search the entire Discogs database with advanced filters. Find records by artist, album title, genre, year, country, or format. Search your local collection instantly, even offline. BEAUTIFUL ON EVERY SCREEN Warm cream surfaces, rich typography, and album art that glows softly past its edges make browsing feel like a gallery, in a grid or a detailed list. Unfold iPhone Duo and the tab bar becomes a sidebar beside your collection, just like on iPad. PRIVACY FIRST Your collection data stays on your device. Apple Intelligence features run entirely on-device. We don't track your listening habits or sell your data. Discogs sync uses secure OAuth authentication. Vinyl Crate is free to use. A Discogs account is required for syncing and accessing the full database. Apple Music subscription required for playback features. CarPlay requires a CarPlay-compatible vehicle or head unit. HAPPY SPINNING!!

Record Buddy is a vinyl catalog for people who keep records. YOUR WHOLE SHELF Your collection sorts itself into crates by genre. Tap one and dig through it. Search by artist, album or genre, and see every pressing you own rather than one generic entry per album. SCAN IT, OR TYPE IT IN Scan a barcode, photograph a cover, or type it in by hand — however the record got to your shelf, it gets into your collection. Every copy keeps its own detail: the pressing year as distinct from the album's original release, the pressing country, the label, the catalog number, the packaging and the condition. Barcode scanning validates the code, confirms it across consecutive frames, and searches Discogs, MusicBrainz and Apple's catalog when needed. Cover recognition starts on-device by reading the sleeve and comparing likely artwork. If that is not enough, you can choose an online visual match; Record Buddy then shows the most likely releases so you can pick the right pressing instead of accepting a guess. Private presses, small labels and anything older than barcodes can still be added by hand — every field, including the tracklist. KNOW WHAT'S WORTH REPLACING Grade every copy against the Goldmine standard, then filter your shelf down to the copies that need upgrading. BRING YOUR DISCOGS COLLECTION Connect Discogs to import what you already have and to save new finds back to your account. Connecting is optional — it only changes where records come from, never where they're kept. WORKS OFFLINE Browse and edit in the basement, at the fair, anywhere. Changes sync when you're back on a network. FREE, AND WHAT'S PAID Free: up to 75 albums, Discogs sync, offline access. Library Unlock (one-time): unlimited albums, custom tags and crates, CSV and JSON export. AI Pro Collector (monthly subscription): unlimited albums plus 75 AI condition-grading scans per month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/