What's the best Discogs app for iPhone?

For most people it's the official Discogs app: it's free, it puts search, your collection, your wantlist and marketplace buying in one place, and it has more than 67,000 US App Store ratings averaging 4.8. Third-party apps built on the Discogs API are worth adding for specific jobs. Discographic is the deepest collection manager and works offline, VinylBox is built around selling from your phone, RunOut and Digs are fast for checking what you own in a shop, and Spinstack logs what you play. Several of the apps that come up when you search "discogs" on the App Store are new in 2026 with few or no ratings yet, so there's little public feedback on them.

How we compared

This guide is based on public App Store listings, developers' websites and published reviews, checked on September 30, 2026. Ratings are US App Store figures from that date. We make Recordz, so weigh this accordingly.

Discogs apps for iPhone compared

Discogs: best overall, and the only full marketplace app

Best for: everyone, and anyone buying or selling.

The official app searches the full database, finds a release by barcode, tracks your collection and wantlist, shows collection value and lets you shop the marketplace and manage orders. Since its November 2025 redesign it scans faster and notifies you when a wantlist record is listed. That redesign drew mixed reactions on Reddit: in r/vinyl some users found it faster and easier to filter, while in r/discogs others called it buggy and said they'd rather use the website. Either way, no other app has the whole of Discogs in one place. It's also on Android.

Discographic: best for deep collection management

Best for: collectors who want every Discogs field on their phone, offline.

Discographic has been developed since 2015. It edits your collection and wantlist, folders, custom fields and condition grades; caches everything, including marketplace and sales-history data, for offline use; exports to Excel-compatible files; scrobbles to Last.fm; and plays records through Apple Music or Spotify. Upgrades are one-time in-app purchases rather than a subscription.

VinylBox: best for selling from your phone

Best for: people who list records on the Discogs Marketplace.

VinylBox syncs with your Discogs account and lets you list copies for sale, get price suggestions and manage listings, alongside barcode scanning, folders, tags and home-screen widgets. Its 2,807 ratings average 4.7. VinylBox Pro is a subscription: the listing describes plans from $0.99 to $1.99 a month, and the in-app purchase list shows weekly, monthly and yearly options up to $19.99 a year.

RunOut and Digs: best for checking what you own in a shop

Best for: standing in a record store wondering whether you already have it.

RunOut searches Discogs by catalog number, barcode or text and puts records you own at the top of the results, with an offline cache and multi-select filters. It's free, needs a personal Discogs API token (stored on your device, it says), and is also available as a free web app. Digs keeps your whole collection, cover art included, offline on your phone, with full-text search and a random picker, and says it has no analytics or tracking. Both are free with no ratings yet.

Spinstack and Spin Tracker: best for logging what you play

Best for: people who want a listening history of their records.

Spinstack syncs your Discogs collection and adds a spin log, condition grading, NFC sleeve tags, Last.fm scrobbling and apps for Apple Watch and Apple TV. Core features are free after a 30-day trial; Pro is a one-time $9.99. Spin Tracker is a $3.99 paid app focused only on logging spins and charting your listening. Its listing doesn't describe how it connects to Discogs.

SnapVinyl and Vinylz: best for a lighter interface

Best for: people who find the Discogs app busy.

SnapVinyl edits your collection and wantlist, scans barcodes or recognizes text on a sleeve, plays albums on Apple Music and translates release notes, all for free. Vinylz loads your collection and wantlist as a wall of covers, with a barcode and center-label scanner, offline mode and Discogs friends behind its premium plans, whose prices weren't listed on the App Store.

Groovv: best if you also use Android

Best for: households with both iPhone and Android.

Groovv imports your Discogs collection into visual "crates", with a Goldmine grading assistant, value estimates and spin logging. It's on iPhone and Android, free up to 100 records, with Pro from $1.99 a month, $12.99 a year or $29.99 lifetime.

Recordz: best for discovering what to add next

Best for: finding records you don't own yet.

Recordz isn't a collection manager. It's a swipeable feed of releases from the Discogs catalog, with a preview on each record where one exists, and it syncs your collection and wantlist both ways with Discogs. Like most apps on this list it launched in 2026 and has few ratings. See Recordz vs Discogs.

Discogs iPhone app FAQ

Is the official Discogs app good enough?

For most collectors, yes. It's free and covers search, collection, wantlist, value and the marketplace. Third-party apps are worth trying if you want offline access, a spin log, faster in-store lookups or a different interface.

Are third-party Discogs apps affiliated with Discogs?

No. Apps such as Discographic, SnapVinyl and Recordz use the Discogs API but are independent. Check each developer's privacy policy before connecting your account.

Which Discogs app works offline?

Discographic, Digs and RunOut all describe caching your collection for offline use, and Spinstack caches your library locally. Vinylz offers offline mode as a premium feature.

Can I sell on Discogs from a third-party app?

Yes. VinylBox and Discographic can list items on the Discogs Marketplace, and Spinstack's listing says you can sell there too. VinylBox adds price suggestions and listing management.

Why do so many new Discogs apps have no ratings?

Many of the apps you'll find by searching "discogs" launched in 2026. On September 30, Vinylz (February), Digs (March) and RunOut (May) had no US ratings, Spin Tracker had 12 and Spinstack 13. Few ratings isn't a judgment either way, but check when the app was last updated before you rely on it.

Is there a Discogs app for iPad?

The official Discogs app's App Store listing names iPhone only. Discographic, VinylBox, SnapVinyl, Spinstack, RunOut, Vinylz and Recordz all list iPad support; Digs and Groovv list iPhone only.

Last updated September 30, 2026.

Sources: App Store listings for Discogs, Discographic, VinylBox, SnapVinyl, Spinstack, Groovv, Spin Tracker, Digs, Vinylz and RunOut; Discographic by Fluido; Spinstack; Groovv; Music Ally on the Discogs redesign; Reddit threads in r/vinyl and r/discogs; ratings from App Store data, September 30, 2026.

Discogs is a trademark of Zink Media, LLC. Other app names belong to their developers. Recordz is an independent app made by Pangea Roads LLC and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Discogs, Zink Media, LLC or any developer named here. Record data is sourced from the Discogs API and the CC0-licensed Discogs data dumps.

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