Third-Party Discogs Apps

Discogs is the database everyone uses, but plenty of collectors would rather browse it through something else. So far I’ve found 64 unofficial apps, web tools, browser extensions and self-hosted projects built on the Discogs API, sorted below by what they do. None of them are affiliated with Discogs.

The official app, for reference, is Discogs for iOS / Android.

Collection clients

Full replacements for the official app: browse, search, and edit your collection and wantlist.

• Discographic for Discogs — Long-running, very complete client. Folders, custom fields, full offline cache, spreadsheet export, quick marketplace listing, plus Apple Music/Spotify playback and Last.fm scrobbling. (iOS · Free + IAP)
• Wax & Spindle — Artwork-first client that stores your collection on the device for fast, offline browsing. Wantlist shows lowest current asks. No ads, subscriptions or tracking. (iOS, Android · Free)
• SnapVinyl for Discogs — Clean client with barcode and OCR text recognition for adding records, automatic translation of release notes, and a random pick button. (iOS · Free)
• My Vinyl+ — Renders each record as a virtual disc matching its real vinyl color. Collection value trends, Record Store Day browser, home-screen widgets, and listing to the marketplace. Has its own subreddit, r/MyVinyl. (iOS, Mac · Free + subscription)
• NeedleDrop — Collection viewer tuned for iPad, with landscape layouts and high-res cover art. (iOS · Free + IAP)
• Digs for Discogs — Sync once, browse offline forever. Folder browsing and a random album picker. (iOS · Free)
• On Rotation — Minimal, fast collection browser. No ads or subscriptions. (iOS · Free)
• FreshCogs — Lightweight client for viewing your Discogs collection. (iOS · Free)
• Vinyl Crate — Collection stats beyond value: rarity scores from community data, breakdowns by artist/year/genre. Data stays on device; Discogs sync is optional. (iOS, Mac · Free)
• Vinyl Record App — Collection and wantlist with a social feed of what friends are adding. Two-way Discogs sync and a random record widget. (iOS · Free + $3.99/mo)
• Spinstack — Native Apple client with two-way Discogs sync that runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. (iOS, Mac)
• Plastic — Collection app for vinyl, CDs and tapes that stays synced with Discogs and gives you a public page showing off your records. (iOS, Android · Free)
• Gatefold FM — Puts vinyl, CDs, tapes and digital files on one shelf, with an AI “clerk”, a second-screen now-playing display, stylus-hour tracking and an offline record-store mode. One-way Discogs import that never writes back. (iOS, Android · Free up to 10 records + subscription)
• Piper — Imports your Discogs collection and lets you lay out shelving units that mirror where each record physically sits. (Web, iOS, Mac · Free + IAP)
• Needl Vinyl — Catalog with value tracking and synced lyrics; imports your Discogs collection and wantlist. Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Watch. (iOS · Free + subscription)
• Groovv — Cross-platform collection app that pairs with Discogs: barcode scanning, condition tracking, and visual browsing. One of the few current options on Android. (iOS, Android)
• Disko for Discogs — Windows client for searching Discogs and managing wantlist, collection and lists, with Spotify lookup. (Windows)
• Spinner for Discogs — Linux desktop client (snap). Browse collection and wantlist, spin a wheel for a random album, and control Spotify or YouTube Music. (Linux · Free · MIT)

Value & market tracking

Treat the collection like a portfolio.

• WaxTracker — Reads your collection like a stock portfolio: daily market prices, P&L against what you paid, weekly movers, sales history, and a buy score for wantlist items. (Web)

• Wax — Catalog with condition grading and listen logging; the Pro tier adds live value estimates from marketplace data plus CSV/PDF export. (iOS · Free + Pro)

• Deadwax (pressing guide) — Focuses on which pressing you own and whether it’s a keeper, with badges for notable pressings. Not to be confused with the DeadWax spin tracker below. (iOS)

• Vizcogs — Turns your collection into interactive charts, value tracking over time, and cover browsers. Free tier covers your full collection with a handful of syncs a month. (Web · Free + $4/mo)

Listening, spins & random pickers

For deciding what to put on next, and logging what you played.

• DeadWax (spin tracker) — Imports your collection and logs each play to build a listening history. (iOS · Free + IAP)
• SpinRoom for Discogs — Browse by album, artist or song; a random picker that can favor records you haven’t played lately; Genius bios and lyrics while it spins. (Mobile)
• Too Many Records! — Does one thing: picks a random record from your collection, with format filters. (iOS · Free)
• DiscoJanice — Random album picker with Siri Shortcuts. Collects no data. (iOS, Mac · Free)
• Spun It — Log every spin and see what friends are playing, with two-way Discogs sync. Has a “wrapped”-style yearly recap. (Web, iOS, Android · Free + premium)
• What next? — Type in a Discogs username and it picks a random record. No login needed. (Web · Free)
• Open Scrobbler — Web-based Last.fm scrobbler with a Discogs integration, so a record you’re spinning can count toward your listening stats. (Web · Free · Open source)
• Discrobble — Scrobbles records from your Discogs collection to Last.fm so physical plays show up there too. (iOS)
• Analog — Listens to your turntable, recognizes which record and side is playing from your Discogs collection, tracks the session, and suggests what to play next. (iOS, Apple Watch)
• Record Selektah — Local Python app that picks your next record semi-randomly, weighting favorites and rotating decades and genres, with listening stats on the side. (Self-hosted · Free)

Digging & scanning

Built for the record store: scan a barcode, check the price, avoid duplicates.

• Vinyl – Scan and see the info — Simple digging companion: scan, see the pressing, compare prices. Built without trackers or ads. (iOS · Free + IAP)
• Scan My Records — Barcode-first adding to collection and wantlist, pitched at both collectors and record shops. (iOS · Free)
• Runout — Built to make adding records fast, plus browsing and searching your collection while flipping through crates. Connects through the Discogs API. (Web)
• Record Scanner — Identify a record from a cover photo, barcode or catalog number and see its value from Discogs sales data; can create Discogs listings. (iOS, Android)
• VinylAI — Photo- and barcode-based identification that narrows down the likely pressing, with values drawn from Discogs market data. No account needed. (iOS, Android · Free)
• VinylBox — Collection tracking plus selling: list to the marketplace with price suggestions and manage listings. Price-tracking widget. (iOS · Free + IAP)

Wantlist alerts & buying

For catching a grail the moment it’s listed, or bundling purchases from one seller.

• discdogs — Watches the marketplace and pings you by email or Telegram, usually within seconds, when a wantlist item is listed. Filter by price, condition, seller rating and shipping region. (Web)
• Discogs TopTool — Firefox extension whose Smart Buy finds sellers carrying several of your wants at once. Also compares your collection/wantlist with other users and sorts listings by rarity or want/have ratio. (Extension · Free)
• discogs_alert — Run-it-yourself wantlist alerts (Python or Docker) with notifications via ntfy, Pushbullet, Telegram or Gmail. (Self-hosted · Open source)

DJ tools

• kallax — For vinyl DJs: tags your collection with BPM and builds sets sorted by tempo, genre or mood. (iOS · Free + IAP)

Web tools & browser extensions

• Discogs Enhancer — The power-user browser extension: dark mode, price comparisons and currency conversion, multi-column collection sorting, charts and stats. Chrome and Firefox. (Extension · Free + Pro)
• Waxlog — Crate-digging collection explorer: browse your records as 3D crates, stack filters and groupings, and share curated lists. Free tier syncs manually once a week. (Web · Free + $5/mo)
• FilterMyDiscogs — Search and filter your collection, play tracks in-app, and build playlists, crates and cover-art mosaics. (Web · Free)
• discogs-collection — Single-file, client-side page: enter a username to search, filter and sort a collection or wantlist, with a random picker. No server. (Web · Free · Open source)
• Vinyl Library — Renders your collection as a 3D record shelf you can share via snapshot links. Hosted demo, or run your own. (Web, Self-hosted · Open source)
• Discogs Digger — Chrome extension with a free dark theme; Pro adds deal analysis, seller trust scores, marketplace filters and a YouTube-powered jukebox. (Extension · Free + Pro)
• Discogs collection visualizer — Quick experiment that tiles a user’s whole collection as thumbnails. (Web · Free)

Self-hosted & open source

Run it yourself. Handy if you want to own your data or hack on it.

• Home Assistant Discogs integration — Sensors for collection and wantlist counts, plus a random record suggestion you can surface on a dashboard. (Self-hosted · Free)
• discogs-mcp — MCP server so AI assistants can query your collection. Deploys to the Cloudflare Workers free tier. (Self-hosted · Open source)
• Discogs Copilot — Another MCP server, with a companion Chrome extension and a hosted instance. (Self-hosted, Extension · Open source)
• vinyly — SvelteKit app that plays your Discogs collection through Spotify (Premium needed). (Self-hosted · Open source)
• DVinyl — Dockerized collection manager for records and CDs, plus books, movies and games. (Self-hosted · MIT)
• discogs-record-collection — Grant access and get a simple overview of everything you own. (Self-hosted · Open source)
• TheCollection — Svelte web app for browsing a collection via the Discogs API. (Self-hosted · Open source)
• oh-my-collection — GitHub Action that backs up your collection automatically. (Self-hosted · Open source)

Seller & shop tools

Inventory sync and storefront plugins for people selling on the Discogs marketplace.

• PowerCogs — Syncs collection and wantlist, with better gallery, sharing and printable lists than Discogs, plus seller tools such as hosting listing photos and inserting them into descriptions. (Web)
• Disconnect (ConstaCloud) — Syncs listings, orders, pricing and inventory between Discogs and Shopify, WooCommerce or Wix. (Web · Paid)
• Blocks for Discogs Sellers — WordPress blocks that embed your seller badge, profile stats, inventory grid, or single listings on your own site. (Web · Free)

Where it all started

Third-party apps that became (or preceded) the official ones.

• MilkCrate — Popular indie iOS client whose success shaped the official iOS app in 2016. (iOS · Defunct)
• Discographer — Andreas Dahl’s Android client. Discogs partnered with him and it became the official Android app. (Android · Defunct)
• Wantlister — Stoat Labs’ wantlist filtering tool. Discogs acquired it in June 2024 and folded it into the site. (Web · Acquired)
• Discollector — MilkCrate’s Android sibling, one of the first serious Discogs apps on the platform. (Android · Defunct)

Descriptions are my own summaries of each app’s stated features, not reviews. Prices and features change, so check the listing before installing. Know one that’s missing? Let me know.