Comparison

Spinstack Vinyl Collection vs First Pressing

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

Head to head
About

Spinstack Vinyl Collection

This app helps vinyl enthusiasts manage their music collection, track listening habits, and discover new music. It offers advanced features like scratch detection, AI-generated liner notes, and marketplace integration for selling records. All data is processed on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Vinyl collection cataloging via Discogs
  • On-device scratch detection
  • AI-generated liner notes
  • LiDAR-based groove vision for grading
  • Automatic scrobbling to Last.fm
  • Integrated marketplace for selling records
  • Gift mode to avoid duplicate purchases
Features
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Spinstack is the vinyl app that knows the actual condition of every record you own. A vinyl collection is not a list. It is a self-portrait in twelve-inch resolution. Every record on your shelf is something you chose. Every spin is something you came back to. Every scratch has a story. The collection knows things about you that you forgot. Spinstack gives the shelf a voice. It sees the records. It reads the grooves. It hears the spins. It remembers the nights. And it can talk back about all of it in your phone's own voice, on-device. No cloud. No servers. No compromise. RECORD CONDITION Grade media and sleeve on every record, see the whole collection's health, and export a free Condition Receipt or a Collection Appraisal PDF that values every graded record at its own condition. The Condition Card draws every detected scratch where it sits in the grooves, proof you can send with a listing. Groove Vision. On iPhone Pro and iPad Pro with LiDAR, scan the playable surface in four close-up quadrants. LiDAR reads the depth of every scratch, the camera reads the texture, and the worst quadrant sets the estimate, because the needle hits every scratch. You decide the grade. Scratch Detection. Start a Silent Session, drop the needle, and Spinstack listens through the microphone for surface scratches, mapping where they sit, track by track. On-device and opt-in. Tap the sleeve. Stick an NFC sticker on a copy and one tap opens the Tap Card: pressing, grades, value, play history and its scratch map, instantly and offline. ON YOUR DEVICE Ask Your Collection. Ask your shelves anything, in the app or from Siri. It answers from your actual records, not a guess, and shows what it checked under every answer. AI Liner Notes. Apple's on-device language model, on by default where Apple Intelligence is available, writes personalized text across nineteen surfaces, from a Vinyl DNA narrative to session recaps and your monthly Spin Report. It runs entirely on your device. THE REST OF THE SHELF At the record store. Partner stores carry a counter card; scan it and Spinstack's App Clip identifies any pressing in the bins, no install, no account. A wishlist hit rises out of a crate in 3D. Crews. A private circle of up to eight collectors. One shared feed, a crate you build and vote on together, a weekly Crew Spin, and a Stamp Book of finished weeks. Invite-only, nothing public. Spin Reports. Your month and year in vinyl, built live from your spin log around your own artwork, with a shareable card. Wax Timeline. The story of how your collection got here, tappable down to every record. On Apple Watch. Sessions with a countdown ring and a wrist tap to flip, stylus wear from real playtime, and complications down to Never Spun. Scrobble to Last.fm, sell on the Marketplace, and never buy a duplicate gift with Gift Mode. DAILY ESSENTIALS Catalog every record on Discogs. Log spins with rating, notes, and moods you invent yourself. Find any pressing fast with a barcode and cover scanner that switches to the macro lens up close, or point Vinyl Vision at a sleeve with no barcode at all. Add records not on Discogs, for the bootlegs and flea-market finds. Your library backs itself up to iCloud and keeps working during a Discogs outage. First-class iPad layouts, an Apple TV app with Game Night, widgets, Spotlight, and a Control Center scan control. NOW IN 17 LANGUAGES English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Hrvatski, 日本語, 한국어, Português (Brasil), Português (Portugal), Nederlands, Svenska, Italiano, Türkçe, 简体中文, 繁體中文, العربية, and עברית, with full right-to-left layouts. WHO IT IS FOR If you keep records on a shelf. If a Sunday morning sounds like a specific side B. If you have ever stood over a record-shop bin wondering what you already own, or what shape your copy is really in. Spinstack is built for you. Records remember. We listen. Built for collectors. Tuned by the obsessed.

About

First Pressing

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Your records, kept properly. First Pressing is a home for the records you own, not a spreadsheet with album art bolted on. Search Discogs, scan a barcode, and a record lands on your shelf with its pressing, label, catalogue number and condition intact. Cataloguing is free. Forever, and without a cap. FREE, ALWAYS · Unlimited records, never capped, never counted · Discogs search, import and sync · Full pressing detail, label, catalogue number, country, format · Condition grading, with a plain-English guide to what each grade means · Personal notes on any record THE FULL SHOP · The value ledger, what you paid, what it's worth, what the crate is worth · Listening log and stats, what you actually spin, and how often · After Hours, a warm dark theme for late-night digging · Home Screen widgets · CSV export One price. No subscription required, and cataloguing is never paywalled, that is a promise, not a launch offer. Try everything free for 14 days. After that, only the extras lock. Your collection stays yours, complete, at no cost. First Pressing is available as a one-time Lifetime purchase, or as an annual subscription if you prefer. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://digitaldoctorltd.com/privacy.html This application uses Discogs' API but is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Discogs. "Discogs" is a trademark of Zink Media, LLC.

Screenshots

Spinstack Vinyl Collection4 screens
First Pressing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Spinstack Vinyl Collection at every 8 days against First Pressing's every 2 weeks. Spinstack Vinyl Collection also leads on device support (4 vs 1). First Pressing's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Spinstack Vinyl Collection sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and First Pressing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spinstack Vinyl Collection ships an update every 8 days, First Pressing every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Spinstack Vinyl Collection versus First Pressing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpinstack Vinyl CollectionFirst Pressing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB42 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVahidin MemicDigital Doctor LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spinstack Vinyl Collection

One-time1
  • Spinstack Pro - Lifetime$9.99
2 purchases

First Pressing

Subscriptions1
  • The Full Shop (Annual)$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • The Full Shop (Lifetime)$19.99

Questions

Is Spinstack Vinyl Collection free?
Spinstack Vinyl Collection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is First Pressing free?
First Pressing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spinstack Vinyl Collection or First Pressing have ads?
Neither Spinstack Vinyl Collection nor First Pressing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spinstack Vinyl Collection or First Pressing?
Spinstack Vinyl Collection ships an update every 8 days, and First Pressing every 2 weeks. Most recently, Spinstack Vinyl Collection was updated on October 22, 2026 and First Pressing on October 16, 2026.

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