About this app
What Crate does
Crate is the offline-first catalog for your vinyl collection. It's the shelf you browse, not the marketplace you get sold to. Vinyl passed $1 billion in US revenue in 2025 — 46.8 million records sold, a sustained revival — and the average record now costs $37. Collections hold real value. But the de facto cataloging tool, Discogs, is marketplace-first: it wants an online account and pushes you through pricing and listing UI when you just want to log and browse what you own. People are self-hosting servers to escape it. Crate is the simple native app that should exist. What Crate does: — A beautiful shelf. Your records as cover-art tiles, sorted and filtered by artist, label, format (LP/7"/10"/box), genre, or decade. — Add in seconds. Scan the back-cover catalog number with VisionKit OCR, snap the cover, fill artist/title/year/label. No barcode database call, no account. — Condition grading. Standard Goldmine scale (M / NM / VG+ / VG / G) for sleeve and media, plus the price you paid and what you think it's worth now. — Shelf location. 'Crate B, slot 14.' Find any record in a 2,000-piece collection instantly. — Collection insights. Records by decade, genre, label; total declared value; most-played notes. — Wantlist. The records you're hunting for, so you don't buy a dupe at the shop. — Export. CSV or a printable PDF catalog for insurance or your own records. — No account, no marketplace, no cloud, no subscription. Your collection lives on this phone. For the millions of US vinyl collectors who want to catalog and enjoy their records — not list them for sale.
Features
Built to be useful, not noisy.
Shelf
Cover-art grid, sort/filter by artist/label/format/decade
Add record
OCR catalog number, snap cover, artist/title/year/label
Record detail
Condition grade, price paid, current value, shelf location
Wantlist
Records you're hunting; avoid dupes at the shop
Insights
By decade/genre/label, total value (Swift Charts)
Why it exists
The problem
Vinyl collectors want a local, offline, collection-focused catalog with condition grading and shelf location, but Discogs is marketplace-first and account-required, CLZ Music is a subscription, and the offline alternative (DVinyl) requires self-hosting a server.
What's different
How Crate stands out
Crate is the only native iOS vinyl catalog that is offline-first with no account and no marketplace — VisionKit OCR scans catalog numbers, Goldmine-scale condition grading + shelf-location tracking + wantlist, CSV/PDF export — Discogs is marketplace-first and account-required, CLZ Music is subscription/cloud, DVinyl r…
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FAQ
Questions about Crate
How much does Crate cost?▾
Crate is free. All features are included from day one — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no paid tiers. Everything you see in this listing works the moment you install it.
Where does Crate store my data?▾
On your device. Crate is built privacy-first: no account is required, no analytics SDKs, no third-party trackers. Nothing is uploaded to a server we control — the app works without one.
What platforms does Crate support?▾
iOS, on iPhone and iPad. You can find the latest availability on this page.
How do I get support for Crate?▾
Use the Support link on this page, or email support@allthingsn.com. We answer every message and keep responses on the same thread.
The story
Meet Crate — Catalog your records. No account
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