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Kirkland, WA, May 1, 2026. Spinstack, the indie vinyl-collection app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, ships version 1.3 today across all App Store regions.

The 1.3 release headlines a rare upgrade story for a small developer in 2026: Crate Dig, Spinstack's swipeable surprise-pull-from-your-shelves feature, graduates out of Spinstack Pro and joins every tier. Free-trial users, paid Pro users, and users past their trial all gain the full Crate Dig experience.

"Crate Dig runs entirely on the user's own collection data. There's no API call to make, no infrastructure cost, no reason it had to be behind a paywall except habit. The feature works better as a trust-builder than as a paywall lock. Pulling it down was the right call."

— Vaha, developer

Japanese launches as Spinstack's fifth supported language in 1.3, joining English, German, Spanish, French, and Croatian. The localization covers iOS, tvOS, and Apple TV widgets, including the paywall, Crate Dig, and What's New screens.

The 1.3 release also adds cache-first launches, a new Sort by Decade option, simplified Last.fm scrobbling, and a fix to pull-to-refresh that now reloads the entire collection rather than just the first page.

What's next

Spinstack 1.4 is in active TestFlight, public release expected within four to six weeks. The 1.4 release introduces Listening Crate, a feature that uses Apple's MusicKit to surface vinyl pressings on Discogs for albums the user has been listening to on Apple Music. The same release adds Ambient Listening Mode (a Live Activity-driven full-screen listening session), Custom Records (CloudKit-synced records that aren't on Discogs, with on-device OCR via Apple's Vision framework), and Discogs Marketplace integration.

About Spinstack

Spinstack is built by a solo developer who is himself a working vinyl collector. The app uses CloudKit, WidgetKit, Core NFC, App Intents, Vision, TipKit, MusicKit, ActivityKit, Catalyst, and tvOS. Pricing is a single $9.99 unlock with a 30-day free trial. No subscription.

Spinstack is available now at spinstackios.app and on the App Store.

Kirkland, WA, April 13, 2026. Spinstack, the indie vinyl-collection app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, ships version 1.2 four days after its App Store debut with ten new features headlined by The B-Side, a private social feed built for vinyl collectors.

The B-Side is Spinstack's social layer. It works like a live feed of what your friends are spinning, adding, and wanting, with posts that expire after seven days. Privacy is the default: nothing publishes unless the user opts in. The feed surfaces listening activity across friends without requiring anyone to follow, like, or comment.

"Social in a record app should feel like walking into a friend's listening room, not like opening a social network. The B-Side is designed to fade into the background until something interesting happens."

— Vaha, developer

NFC: Tap to Spin lets collectors write NFC tags and stick them on record sleeves. Tapping a tagged sleeve opens the record instantly for viewing, logging, or quick-logging a spin. Batch Tag mode walks through the entire collection one record at a time for mass-tagging sessions.

The rebuilt barcode scanner adds a torch toggle, live match previews during scanning, duplicate warnings before adding, and a drag-to-reorder review screen. Bulk Scan mode lets collectors work through a stack without stopping.

Also in 1.2

Play Next Queue gives collectors a listening queue they can reorder, clear, or shuffle. Other Pressings surfaces every version of a record on Discogs from the release detail page. Condition Tracker logs sleeve and media grades with notes. Price Watchdog watches market values with per-release sparklines, biggest movers, and wishlist target-price alerts. Smart Notifications deliver alerts for wishlist availability, price drops, and friend activity. DJ-friendly ratings and notes round out the release with five-star ratings and per-track notes on the spin log.

The 1.2 update also introduces Spinstack Pro, a $9.99 one-time unlock that gates the advanced features: Crate Dig, Vinyl Vision, Spin Analytics, The B-Side, NFC, Bulk Scan, Last.fm scrobbling, Price Watchdog, Wax Timeline, and Smart Notifications. Core features remain free after the 30-day trial.

About Spinstack

Spinstack is built by a solo developer who is himself a working vinyl collector. Pricing is a single $9.99 unlock with a 30-day free trial. No subscription.

Spinstack is available now at spinstackios.app and on the App Store.

Kirkland, WA, April 9, 2026. Spinstack, a new vinyl-collection app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, launches today on the App Store. Built by a solo developer and working vinyl collector, Spinstack connects to a user's Discogs account and turns their collection into a browsable, sortable, visual library across all Apple platforms.

At launch, Spinstack ships with full Discogs sync for collections, wishlists, and custom folders. Records display in grid or list view with 3D Cover Flow, a depth-blurred, reflection-backed carousel that works in portrait and landscape with momentum swipes.

"Every vinyl app I tried felt like a database with album art bolted on. I wanted something that felt like flipping through records, not scrolling through rows. Spinstack is the app I built because it didn't exist."

— Vaha, developer

Spin Log lets collectors log every listening session with date, five-star rating, mood tags, and track selections. Logs sync across devices via CloudKit. The barcode scanner identifies records by scanning the sleeve, with live match previews and duplicate warnings.

Search works across the user's own library and the full Discogs database simultaneously, with filters for format, year, and country. Artist and label discographies are browsable from any release detail page. Apple Music integration surfaces 30-second previews for every track, or full playback for Apple Music subscribers, with vinyl side positions (A1, A2, B1, B2) displayed inline.

Multi-platform from day one

Spinstack runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac (via Catalyst) with a dedicated tvOS app for Apple TV. The Apple TV experience puts collection cover art on the big screen with grid browsing, Insights, and Ambient Mode. Version 1.1, shipping simultaneously, adds Spin Share Cards in Classic, Dark, and Color styles, where Color extracts a gradient from album art.

Localized in four languages

Spinstack launches with full localization in English, German, Spanish, French, and Croatian, covering all UI strings, App Store metadata, and notification text.

Stats and insights track collection value, top genres, decade breakdowns, and listening milestones. Friends integration lets collectors browse any Discogs user's collection by username, set nicknames, and add records directly.

About Spinstack

Spinstack is built by a solo developer in Kirkland, WA. The app uses CloudKit, WidgetKit, App Intents, Vision, TipKit, Catalyst, and tvOS. Pricing is a single $9.99 unlock with a 30-day free trial. No subscription. No ads.

Spinstack is available now at spinstackios.app and on the App Store.