Comparison

Discora vs Vinyl ID

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

Head to head
About

Discora

Features
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Discora is the cleanest way to manage your vinyl record collection. Whether you're a casual listener or a serious collector, Discora gives you everything you need to catalog, explore, and grow your collection — all stored privately on your device with no account required. TRACK YOUR COLLECTION Add records manually, search by artist or album, or scan barcodes to instantly identify your vinyl. Every record you own, organized beautifully. EXPLORE YOUR STATS See your collection by genre, decade, label, and more. Discover patterns in your taste and watch your library grow over time. TRACK REAL VALUE See the estimated market value of your collection based on real community data. Know what your records are worth. BUILD YOUR WISHLIST Keep track of records you want before you buy them. Your wishlist lives right alongside your collection. DISCORA PRO — $4.99 LIFETIME Unlock unlimited library and wishlist capacity, full collection stats, and value tracking. One payment, yours forever. No subscriptions. No account. No ads. Just your music.

About

Vinyl ID

This app logs every record you play, providing a history of your listening habits. It displays current playback details, offers searchable logs, and tracks your top artists and genres over time. You can also manage your vinyl collection and optionally share your listening activity with friends.

Highlights
  • Real-time playback identification
  • Searchable listening history
  • Personalized listening statistics
  • Vinyl collection management
  • Optional social sharing
  • Customizable notifications
Features
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Vinyl ID is the companion app for the Vinyl ID listening device, a small box that sits near your turntable and keeps a record of every record you play. Most of us who collect vinyl have no idea what we actually listen to. Streaming services remember everything. Vinyl remembers nothing. You drop the needle, flip the side, slide the sleeve back onto the shelf, and a week later it is all gone. Vinyl ID fixes that. The device listens passively while your records spin. No cables into your amp, nothing in your signal chain. It identifies each track using audio fingerprinting and quietly logs it in the background. This app is where that history lives. FEATURES Now Playing: album art, track, year, and label for whatever is spinning right now. History: a complete, searchable log of every side you have played. What you listened to last Tuesday is no longer a mystery. Stats: your real listening habits over time. Top artists, genres, eras, and how your taste shifts from month to month. Collection: keep track of the records you own, with cover art, pressing details, and purchase info. This is updated over time with albums only being added to your collection when the confidence is very high the album is correct after understanding the song order. Friends: see what other collectors are spinning if you want to. All of the social features are optional and you control what anyone can see. Notifications: get a ping when a new track is identified on your turntable, or keep things quiet. Up to you. YOUR HISTORY IS YOURS Listening data stays private unless you choose to share it. We are not building an ad profile out of your record collection. PLEASE NOTE This app pairs with the Vinyl ID listening device, which identifies and logs your plays. Learn more at vinyl-id.app.

Screenshots

Discora4 screens
Vinyl ID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vinyl ID at none against Discora's 1. On price, ads, 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. Discora sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vinyl ID asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Discora versus Vinyl ID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiscoraVinyl ID
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGustavo LuzConnor Tluck

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Discora

One-time1
  • Discora Pro$4.99
None

Vinyl ID

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Discora free?
Discora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vinyl ID free?
Vinyl ID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Discora or Vinyl ID have ads?
Neither Discora nor Vinyl ID shows ads.

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