Collectors of vinyl records will find it easier to manage their collections with vinyl record database and reseller Discogs announcing that it will be launching its first mobile app in the first quarter of next year.
The Discogs app, which will be available for users on both iOS and Android, will allow collectors to search an expansive database of information covering millions of vinyl records, catalog their personal collections, view prices on the market and many more.
Discogs was founded back in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski, and the service uses collective data entered by its users. Discogs now has more than 250,000 users who have entered information of more than 6 million records from almost 4 million artists.
Since Discogs launched, it has grown to become a comprehensive website for collectors to search through albums, artists, track lists, YouTube videos and facts related to vinyl records. The website has also become one of the major online marketplaces with the purpose of selling and buying vinyl records, with over 12,000 items being sold daily.
However, until now, Discogs has not revealed any plans to launch its own mobile app. Other apps have stepped in to provide collectors with the functions provided by Discogs, with choices such as MilkCrate for the iOS and Discollector for Android.
According to The Vinyl Factory, the new Discogs app will actually be modelled on the platform of MilkCrate and share several functionalities. As with MilkCrate, once users log in with their account on Discogs, the data from the account will be instantly synced on the app, with all changes on either the website or the app being updated in real time.
It is unclear whether the Discogs app will also feature the bar code scanner that was one of the main selling points of MilkCrate, which allowed collectors to quickly look up information about records while shopping in stores. It is also unclear if the app will allow users to talk to sellers and purchase items directly through it, but The Vinyl Factory thinks that users will need to log in to the company's website to do such functions.
