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Should I use What's Spinning?

What's Spinning - whatsspinning.com

Depends. Reasonable buy for serious vinyl collectors who want a polished tracker plus collector content; skip if you only need a free catalog. Confidence is low: nearly all evidence is the company's own App Store, blog, and social content, and free rivals like Discogs cover the basics.

Confidence

Low. Based on 14 public sources; mostly first-party (App Store, own blog, YouTube, social). No independent user reviews or company customers found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo user evidence in sources
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityOnly an email address evidenced
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0 for 7 days

Free trial

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierNo
Subscription$4 after trial

Best for

  • Active vinyl collectors
  • People logging play history
  • Buyers using multiple record shops
  • Hobbyists who want guides plus tracking

Not for

  • Casual listeners with a handful of records
  • Streamers — no collection to track
  • Anyone wanting a free catalog; Discogs does it
  • Teams or businesses — single-user hobby app

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Trial auto-converts to the $4 subscription after 7 days — cancel in App Store settings first.

medium

Your catalog lives in the app; no export or migration path is documented.

low

Support is email only (support@whatsspinning.com) per the terms page.

low

Security page appears broken ('Topic not found') — security documentation is thin.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Affordable: $4 after a 7-day free trial
  • Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro
  • Claims user data stays 'secure, private, and never sold'
  • Advertises fast collection import from stores like Juno, HHV, Decks
  • Companion content: buying guides plus 1.5K YouTube review videos

Cons

  • No permanent free tier — 7-day trial then paid
  • Security page URL returned a 'Topic not found' error
  • Independent user reviews scarce; brand's own content dominates

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/02/2026 - 10 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x8review x1security x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • $0 for 7 days

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Cheap, but Discogs does cataloging free
  • Ease of use. No user evidence in sources
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Tracking plus claimed quick store imports
  • Support quality. Only an email address evidenced
  • Security posture: 3/5. Privacy policy published; 'never sold' claim, unverified
  • $4 Starting price after 7-day free trial
  • Trial only Free tier 7 days, then paid
  • 1.37K subs YouTube channel 1.5K album-review videos

Pricing

Free trial

$0 for 7 days

  • Trial access before billing starts

Subscription

$4 after trial

  • Vinyl collection tracking
  • Listening-history logging

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

No independent user reviews surfaced in the sources reviewed; nearly all available content is the company's own.

Alternatives

Compare What's Spinning with each alternative.

  • Discogs

    Free, standard vinyl collection database with marketplace and massive release data.

    What's Spinning vs Discogs

  • Google Sheets

    Free manual tracker; zero subscription and full control of your data.

  • Guess: Rate Your Music

    Free music logging and reviews; weaker on physical collection management.

Full analysis

Based on 14 public sources; mostly first-party (App Store, own blog, YouTube, social). No independent user reviews or company customers found.

Vinyl tracker app, $4 after a 7-day trial. Nice for collectors; Discogs catalogs records free.

Methodology

Based on 14 public sources; mostly first-party (App Store, own blog, YouTube, social). No independent user reviews or company customers found.

Sources

  1. Pricing - What's Spinningwhatsspinning.com
    official
  2. Vinyl Tracker - Whats Spinning - App Storeapps.apple.com
    official
  3. Vinyl Tracker - Apple Watch listingapps.apple.com
    official
  4. Privacy Policy - What's Spinningwhatsspinning.com
    official
  5. Terms of Service - What's Spinningwhatsspinning.com
    official
  6. Product security pagewhatsspinning.com
    security
  7. What's Spinning? YouTube channelyoutube.com
    official
  8. Collection import post (Juno, HHV, Decks)instagram.com
    official
  9. WhatsSpinning reviews on Rate Your Musicrateyourmusic.com
    review
  10. New Vinyl vs Used Vinyl guidewhatsspinning.com
    official

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