VinylBox - Scan Vinyl Reviews

by Love Them Cards

I am not finding this user friendly. I set up files in which to place my vinyl. My logic is click on the file enter the info for my record. I don’t see how to do it. I’ve clicked on everything in sight to try and enter artist, album and can’t figure it out. I just want an app where I can keep track of what I’ve purchased. I got 3 entered and can’t for the life of me figure out how I did it. It seems to me it should be more straight forward on data entry or maybe I’m missing something obvious.

by Jack T*

Adding two or more albums requires purchasing a $3 iAP called “Pro”.

I haven’t even determined how I want to use VinylBox, and if it has any value to me, how could I already commit to paying money?

To be clear, I’m not against paying money for this, you’ve just placed the gate in front of functionality that’s way to fundamental.

by Orangelocomotive

You have to pay to add more than one record to your collection. Lol okay sure, I’ll just go back to using Google Keep. It’s also incredibly frustrating to use because when you search for an artist or album, the search results list every single LP and EP ever released, including multiple versions of the exact same record. Way too much trouble, especially if you expect me to pay for it (lol how dishonest can you be? It’s free! Until you want to add more than one record.)

by Dmcelroy

I just downloaded VinylBox and decided to start playing. After logging into my Discogs account I tried scanning the barcode‘s of three albums, two of which are very common. The first album was Emily Estefan‘s “Take Whatever You Want.“ This might not be as common as most so when the barcode scan found no results I moved on. I next scanned Mudcrutch. Again, no results. I was slightly surprised with the popularity of Tom Petty. Finally I scanned the barcode of the new “A Star is Born” lp. Again no results. Find this rather surprising.

by BenskiKC

Design is great and love the estimated worth of your collection! However, I found several bugs during my first encounter. Folders lagged behind adding items to them (has to close and open VinylBox to see them) and resetting search filters didn’t reset search filter. In addition, I had three unscannable albums in a row which i not able to find them in my manual search. One was Paul Simon’s Graceland on vinyl. Seemed like an easy hit.

by Dabzzz

The folder sorting is super buggy. If you touch one of your folders, it filters your collection the first time. But then if you try to touch another folder, it doesn’t do anything. Your have to basically refresh the entire catalogue or VinylBox to re-sort them.

by Domino82

When adding by barcode or catalog number, this is a phenomenal piece of software and I love the integration with Discog. My only issue which is the same issue I’ve had with other collection database software, is that adding items (to collection or wishlist) via the search function is not easy. For example, let’s say I want to add Pink Floyd - The Wall on vinyl via the search function. It’s not easy. There are dozens, if not hundreds of results, and it’s not easy to choose the appropriate title to add. Would love to see this resolved somehow, although I don’t know if there is a practical solution. Otherwise, love VinylBox !

by Illfader

Can’t seem to add something to a folder within VinylBox ? Can this only be done via Discogs website? I have so many uncategorized albums that never seem to go under their proper band titled collection and there doesn’t seem to be a way to add them. A giant add to folder button would be wonderful. Also when creating a folder it doesn’t seem to make one. Any help on this will great appreciated. Thanks for doing VinylBox!!

by Sandmanfuzzy

First of all the UI is beautiful and I find it much easier to use than the native Discogs app. However all of these vinyl collection and want list apps are missing a key feature for shopping for vinyl. I NEED to be able to sort my want list by Genre first and then by alphabetical order. This is how almost every record store in the world is laid out. It is so hard not having genre as a top level filter followed by alphabetical. I have to sort my entire list and dig through it every time in each section to a store. It’s hard to do at a store. Please consider adding the genre sort for want list with a sub sort? It would make this a 5 star app for sure if you did. Another nice to have feature would be allowing us to see any comments on each release from Discogs. Even linking to them like you do marketplace would be fine. Thanks for considering these updates.

by Cissystrutter

I really like VinylBox and the design and vibe is way nicer than the Discogs app. I like the folder system and appreciate the general design. Developer made some great fixes in most recent release. Still some small tweaks needed to make the presentation perfect, but overall good.

by Pcs689

Great app. A couple of things that need improving are the search for albums in my collection. It should be able to do a partial word search, not have to type in the entire word or album name for a result to come up. Also would be amazing if inside each folder, there could be the random button in the top right to allow for picking a random record inside every genre folder. Thanks for creating an amazing app!

by Elpinzzz

Indexing a large vinyl record collection made easy

by Owenferneding

its perfect for organizing your collection and I love the feature that gives you an estimate of your total collection value. one suggestion, however, is that we could add a vinyl to multiple folders. for instance, i want my colored folklore vinyl to be in both “taylor swift” and also “colored” if that makes sense. or do like tags where you can select which certain things apply to a vinyl like colored or limited edition and then let us filter our collection by these “tags” if that makes sense. other than that, i love it!

by Weston666

I’m not sure if it was because VinylBox was trying to ask me if I was enjoying it, but I couldn’t put in conditions of my record I added

by Floogee

I’ve tried others and VinylBox does exactly what it’s supposed to do, focus on keeping an ever expanding record collection cataloged. It has nice integration with Discogs.

by RockTheWall

An especially elegant app that makes it a breeze to catalogue my library. The way it presents my collection makes it a great way to decide what to listen to, and the developer is very responsive to the community!

by Sndtatro

I have a large music collection but never had a full inventory listing. VinylBox makes it very easy and is user friendly. Highly recommend this for any collector

by Suqary

I absolutely love the way VinylBox is organized! It’s great being able to see all the folders, and I prefer this over the Discogs app just for viewing my entire collection because of the clean interface.

I usually add items and make folders directly through Discogs, and VinylBox updates very quickly.

by Certfied G

Hands down this is the best app to catalog your vinyl collection. The interface, the features is so simple on one screen. I used VinylBox for over 1000 vinyl collection and VinylBox made it so simple and easy. It helped more than you would ever think. If I could give more stars I would.

Also if you have issues with VinylBox the developer is quick to respond and figure out the problem for you!

by Nograsswillgrow

I've been using VinylBox for quite some time now, and I wouldn't want to manage my Discogs collection in any other way.

by Panda Drew

I really like the way VinylBox looks but it crashes every time I refresh my collection or try to open a collection folder.

It’s also harder to filter than the Discogs app. I usually filter so I’m only seeing US vinyl but I can’t even figure out how to do that on this app.

by Jack Thias

Adding two or more albums requires purchasing a $3 iAP called “Pro”.

I haven’t even determined how I want to use VinylBox, and if it has any value to me, how could I already commit to paying money?

To be clear, I’m not against paying money for this, you’ve just placed the gate in front of functionality that’s way to fundamental.

by Trickyanh

It’s a little buggy and shuts down sometimes. It would be great if there was a search for records in My this app or in my folders. Also, even better if we can export this via email or spreadsheets. Please upgrade so I can give 5 stars!

by IOSLife

Loving VinylBox . Thanks for making it! I love the UI. The functionality is immensely better than the official discogs app.

by Denver Walker

Download this instead of Discogs buggy mess. Cheers

by Roger B 1965

Never kept my records so organized and cataloged till start using VinylBox, excelent.