Comparison

Cinecase vs Disc Collection

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

Head to head
About

Cinecase

Organize your physical movie and TV show collection on your device. Easily catalog box sets, seasons, and individual films, then discover what to watch next with smart selection tools. Keep track of formats, collector lines, and watch history.

Highlights
  • Catalog physical media collections
  • Smart movie night selection tool
  • Create custom watchlists
  • Track formats and collector lines
  • Organize by shelves and collections
  • Barcode scanning for quick entry
  • Import from other catalog apps
Features
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Your collection should do more than sit in a list. It is combo packs, box sets, Steelbooks, seasons, and shelves arranged your way. Most catalog apps flatten all of that into a list. Cinecase keeps the physical collection intact, then helps you choose what to watch from the films you actually own. Already catalogued somewhere else? Importing your collection is free. LET MOVIE NIGHT CHOOSE Open Movie Night when nobody can decide. Start with unwatched films, narrow by genre, runtime, actor, or director, and let Cinecase reveal one equal-odds pick from your shelf. Films inside a Collection stay eligible, so the box never hides what is inside. LINE UP WHAT COMES NEXT Up Next is the plan you keep between movie nights. Add films from Movie Night or a film's details, then drag them into the order you want. Every row tells you which disc to pull, down to the shelf and box set. Up Next is free; Pro adds separate queues for a marathon, the kids, or a boutique catch-up. RECORD WHAT YOU ACTUALLY OWN A Blu-ray + DVD + Digital pack is one case, not three entries. A complete series and a single season are different things, and Cinecase keeps them so. Capture what makes a copy yours: • Collector lines such as Criterion, Arrow, and Steelbook, plus your own when the list does not cover it • Spine numbers, editions, packaging, and bonus features • 4K UHD, Blu-ray, 3D, DVD, VHS, LaserDisc, and other formats • Notes, loans, ratings, and watch history ARRANGE IT THE WAY YOU WANT Drag cases into your own order, or let sorting keep things alphabetical. Browse spines like a shelf, or switch to covers. Use your own photo for free, or choose alternate artwork with Pro. Separate 4K from Blu-ray, TV from film, or the kids' shelf from the rest. Build shelves that match how you already think, and move titles between them. (Extra shelves are Pro; the main shelf is free.) GROUP WHAT BELONGS TOGETHER Build Collections for trilogies, franchises, and box sets. A Collection sits on the shelf as the single case it is, and opens to show the films inside. KEEP A WISHLIST Add the films you still want. Tap Got it when you buy one, and share the list with family. FIND ANYTHING AGAIN Search titles, actors, and directors. Combine filters for format, genre, content type, watched state, packaging, and more. A combo case turns up under every format it holds. See stats for formats, genres, decades, directors, collector lines, and duplicates. ADD RELEASES QUICKLY Scan a barcode to check a shared database built by other collectors. Not in it yet? The barcode drops into a prefilled entry you finish in seconds, and your fix helps whoever scans it next. New lookups can arrive in your language. BRING YOUR COLLECTION WITH YOU, FREE Switching from another app? Import DVD Profiler, CLZ, My Movies, Letterboxd, Libib, Blu-ray.com or CSV, free. A DVD Profiler export keeps your box sets whole instead of scattering them into loose films. Exporting is free too. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Cinecase is local-first. No account is needed for the basic shelf, and there are no ads and no third-party tracking. Export everything as JSON, CSV, XML, or a printable PDF. Optional Google Drive sync keeps the backup in your own Google account. Made by one developer you can reach from inside the app: Settings > Help > Contact support writes the report for you. Nothing is sent until you send it, and your titles are never included. FREE CORE, OPTIONAL LIFETIME PRO The core app is fully usable and free forever. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It adds: • Batch scanning for a whole stack of discs • Extra shelves, and moving titles between them • Separate Up Next queues • Alternate artwork and nine more shelf themes • Genre views by category • Google Drive sync and restore, across your devices • Duplicate cleanup for large collections Imports and exports stay in the free core, never behind Pro. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

About

Disc Collection

Features
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A photo is flat. Your case isn't. Disc Collection is built for people who own the disc. Take two photos of a game or movie you own, and it becomes a 3D case you can pick up. Turn it over to read the back. Open it to see the inside art and the booklet. Take the disc out and flip it to the shiny side. It's built from your photos, so it's your copy: your edition, your scuffs, the sticker from the shop you bought it at. Then put it on display, and see what everyone else owns. YOUR COPY, IN 3D • Turn, open, and explore every case • Lift the disc out and turn it over • Each case comes in the size and plastic of its platform or format, from PlayStation blue to Xbox green to black DVD THE GALLERY Every case in the Gallery is a real copy on someone's shelf, newest first. • See one you want? Tap the heart, and it goes on your wish list with its platform • Your wish list doubles as a checklist. Check things off as you find them • When someone hearts one of yours, you'll know: someone wants one of your cases. Never who, never how many • No usernames, no followers, no like counts. Your reviews stay private • Share an image of any case, from any side TWO PHOTOS, THAT'S IT • Scan the outside and the inside with Apple's document scanner, the camera, or a photo you already took • The app flattens each photo to the exact shape of the case • It reads the title, platform, and year off the case for you, all on your device • Start a capture from Control Center, the Lock Screen, or the Action button KEEP TRACK • Games and movies, each in their own tab • Ratings, reviews, hours played, finished or watched • Every case numbered as you add it, like a real catalog • See your whole shelf without pulling a single case off it ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Widgets for your newest covers, open cases, or a shelf of spines • Every size, from small to extra-large on iPad • Show games, movies, or both PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your collection and your wish list sync between your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud. The Gallery is anonymous. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Disc Collection isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any console maker, game publisher, or film studio. The app includes no cover art: every case shows photos its owner took of their own copy, and the artwork in them belongs to its copyright holders.

Screenshots

Cinecase4 screens
Disc Collection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Disc Collection at none against Cinecase's 1. Cinecase's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cinecase sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Disc Collection asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cinecase ships an update every 3 days, Disc Collection daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cinecase versus Disc Collection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCinecaseDisc Collection
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLivio MaynardAkshat Saladi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cinecase

One-time1
  • Cinecase Pro$6.99
None

Disc Collection

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cinecase free?
Cinecase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Disc Collection free?
Disc Collection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cinecase or Disc Collection have ads?
Neither Cinecase nor Disc Collection shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cinecase or Disc Collection?
Cinecase ships an update every 3 days, and Disc Collection daily. Most recently, Cinecase was updated on October 7, 2026 and Disc Collection on October 16, 2026.

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