Groovv FAQ: vinyl collection app questions, answered

Groovv is a vinyl collection app for iOS and Android. Catalogue your records by scanning them, track plays and cleans, see what your collection is worth, and connect with collectors who share your taste. It pairs with Discogs for release data - think of it as the personal, mobile-first layer on top of the world's vinyl database.

Yes. The free tier includes up to 100 records, barcode scanning, 10 AI cover scans, the full Grading Assistant, Crate Flick and the other browsing views, a Wantlist of up to 25 records, and the Collectors directory. Groovv Pro unlocks unlimited records, 50 AI scans a day, collection analytics, Taste Match breakdowns and custom tags.

Yes. Groovv is live on both the App Store and Google Play, and your account works across both - sign in on any device and your collection and Pro status come with you.

No. Groovv uses Discogs data for release information, but you don't need an account. If you have one, connecting it lets you import your existing collection in minutes.

Yes, deliberately. Scanning a CD or cassette barcode will return "no vinyl pressing found" - that's by design, not a bug.

No. Groovv is built for the collection side - cataloguing, condition, value, browsing. For buying and selling, the Discogs marketplace is the best place there is, and we'd rather point you there than build a worse version of it. More on how the two fit together in Groovv vs Discogs.

The app itself is currently English-only. Our App Store listings are available in English, Dutch, French, German and Japanese, and in-app translations for those languages are on the roadmap. Grading terms (Mint, Near Mint, VG+) stay in English everywhere - they're the universal language of record condition.

Four ways: scan the barcode, photograph the cover or label with AI scanning, search by artist and album, or import your whole Discogs collection.

Printed text beats artwork. The back cover and the centre label almost always scan better than an artsy front cover - they carry the artist, title and catalogue number as plain text. Most records from before the mid-80s have no barcode, so the label is your best friend for older collections.

Try the back cover or centre label first - that resolves most misses. If it still can't find it, the scanner drops you into a search sheet where you can fix the artist and album by hand. Every scan result is a suggestion, never auto-added.

Free accounts get 10 scans to try the feature. Pro accounts get 50 per day. Failed scans don't count against your limit.

You've used your allowance - 10 total on free, 50 for the day on Pro, which resets daily. If you're seeing this and you think it's wrong, email us and we'll look at your account directly.

Yes - manual entry lets you add anything, though records matched to Discogs get richer data (pressing details, cover art, values).

Crate Flick is Groovv's signature browsing view - flip through your collection cover by cover, the way you'd dig through a real crate. It's the fastest way to answer "what should I put on tonight?" and it's available on the free tier.

Yes. Every record has a play and clean history with timestamps, so you know what you spun last week and when a record was last cleaned. Your plays also feed your Listening Stats, so you can see what you actually reach for over time.

It walks you through grading a record against the Goldmine standard - the same scale Discogs and most sellers use - so your Mint, Near Mint and VG+ grades mean what everyone else means by them. On Pro, you can also keep a grading history with photos and notes, which is handy for tracking wear or documenting condition before a sale.

Connect your Discogs account in the app and your collection imports in minutes, including box sets and every vinyl format. Free accounts can import up to 100 records; Pro is unlimited.

No. Tap Sync and Groovv pulls in what's changed - additions and removals both.

No. Import and sync are one-way (Discogs into Groovv). Your Discogs collection is never modified.

From live Discogs marketplace data. For each record, we look at the lowest current listing price for your pressing, then apply a small conservative adjustment (×1.2), since records typically sell above the cheapest listing. It's an estimate of market value, not an appraisal - real-world prices vary with condition, buyer and timing. We're working on access to richer sales data to make these estimates sharper.

Estimates are only as good as the listings behind them. A pressing with one very cheap or very optimistic listing can read low or high, and obscure pressings with few listings are the least reliable. The improved pricing data we're working on will help most with exactly these cases.

Not yet - it's built and coming. We held it back until the per-record numbers are accurate enough to trust, which depends on the improved pricing data above.

Yes - set your preferred currency in Settings and every value displays in it.

No, not unless you explicitly turn that on for your share page. Value never appears on your in-app collector profile.

No - everything is private by default. Going public is an explicit opt-in from your Profile tab, and you can switch back any time. More on how the social side works on our social page.

The directory lists public profiles with more than 10 records, a display name and an avatar. Set those and you'll appear.

A score of how much your collection overlaps with another collector's - by the records you share and the genres and eras you both collect. Everyone sees the score; Pro unlocks the full breakdown, including the records you share and your rarest shared pressing.

No - if you own the UK pressing and they own the French one, that's still a shared record. Only the "rarest shared pressing" highlight means the literal same pressing.

They're independent. Your share link is a web page you can send to anyone, app or not. Your in-app profile is for other Groovv collectors. Each has its own switch, so you can have either, both, or neither.

Yes - both are on every collector profile, behind the menu in the top corner. Blocking hides you from each other completely.

Unlimited records, 50 AI scans a day, collection analytics and value estimates, Taste Match breakdowns, grading history with photos, custom tags, CSV export, and unlimited Discogs import and sync. Full detail on the pricing page.

$1.99/month, $12.99/year, or $29.99 once for lifetime (USD - your store shows local pricing).

First, check you're signed in with the same method you used when you bought it (see the account question below - this is the cause nine times out of ten). Then tap Restore Purchases in Settings. If it still doesn't stick, email us - we can see what happened on our end and fix it quickly.

Yes. Pro is attached to your Groovv account, so it unlocks on any device you sign into - including across iOS and Android. Manage or cancel the subscription in the store you bought it from.

Nothing is ever deleted. Your collection stays exactly as it is and remains fully viewable. If you're over 100 records, adding new ones is paused until you're back on Pro.

Almost always this: you signed in with a different method than you signed up with (email vs Apple vs Google), which creates a separate, empty account. Sign out and sign back in with your original method - your records are there. Stick to one sign-in method to avoid this.

Yes - your collection is stored on your device, so you can browse it without signal (handy in a record store basement). Changes sync when you're back online.

Yes - CSV export is included with Pro, from Settings.

In the app: Settings > Account > Delete Account. It removes your account and data - it's immediate and can't be undone.

No. Your collection data exists to power your features, nothing else. See the privacy policy for the full detail.