How It Works

You can sign up instantly with your Google or Apple account. No passwords, no extra steps — only your email to keep everything synchronized across devices.

VinylReleases is currently available for iOS. Additional platform support is coming soon — stay tuned!

Yes — VinylReleases is totally free to use, with no hidden costs or locked features.

If you'd like to support our work, you can make an optional contribution via the Settings tab. Your support helps us stay independent and keep improving the app.

We only collect your email address — nothing more.

We track your in-app activity (like subscriptions or interactions with releases) strictly to improve your experience. This data remains confidential and is never shared with third parties.

The app has two main views: Subscriptions and All Releases.

The Subscriptions view provides a personalized feed of releases matching your subscribed artists and keywords, with notifications for new additions.

All displays the releases we’ve detected across all artists and genres, ideal for browsing or discovery.

To reduce clutter, we group all known variants of the same release (like different vinyl colors or editions) under one entry, based on the announcement date.

You’ll get real-time push or email notifications for new releases that match your subscriptions — depending on your preferences.

You can customize your notification preferences anytime from the Settings tab.

We monitor select trusted sources like social media, label accounts, and vinyl retailers to detect new releases as soon as they're announced.

Some records are added manually by our team to ensure accuracy.

However, we can't guarantee 100% coverage, as automated tracking isn’t perfect, and some releases may be missed or delayed.

Search for any artist and tap Subscribe. You’ll start seeing all their upcoming and newly announced releases in your Subscriptions feed.

Each release is linked to its main artist, so you’ll only be notified for relevant records.

Looking for something specific? Keyword subscriptions let you follow records matching a term, such as Abbey Road or variants like Test Pressing, Splatter, or Picture Disc.

We check both the release title and variant fields. You can also limit keywords to a specific artist for more precise results.

You can import your favorite artists directly from Apple Music or Spotify if the app is installed on your device.

We’ll request access to view your media library to retrieve your list of artists and match them by name with artists in our database. You’ll be able to preview the matches and choose which ones to subscribe to.

We never link your Apple Music or Spotify account to VinylReleases, and your data remains on your device.