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Fact sheet
- Name
- Recs: Record Collection Player
- Developer
- Marco Lüthi, Zürich, Switzerland
- Category
- Music
- Platforms
- iPhone and iPad, iOS 26.2 or later
- Status
- Public beta on TestFlight
- Playback
- Streams from Apple Music. Full albums need a subscription; without one, every deck plays 30-second previews.
- Language
- English
- Sync
- Private iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad, no account
- Website
- apps.marcoluthi.com/recs
- Contact
- hi@luthi-mar.co
About Recs
In one sentence
Recs is a record collection app for iPhone and iPad: scan the barcode on any LP, CD or cassette to file it in your crate, then play the album on its own deck, a turntable, a CD player or a tape deck.
Longer
Recs turns a record collection into something you can play. Point the iPhone's camera at the barcode on the back of an LP, CD or cassette, and the app finds the release with its cover, tracklist and label. Records without a barcode can be found by artist or album instead.
Each album then plays on the machine it was made for, streamed from Apple Music. Vinyl gets a turntable: drag the tonearm onto any groove, scratch to seek and flip the record to side B. CDs spin in a top-loading player with a glowing display, and cassettes play on a pocket tape deck whose reels wind as the side plays. The needle drop, the key clunk and the tape's whirr play on top of the music.
The crate shows every record as what it is: sleeves, jewel cases and tape cases. Scan a record in a shop and Recs says whether it's already in the crate, even as another edition or on another format, so collectors don't buy it twice. The crate and a wantlist sync through the user's own iCloud, with no account to create.
Features
- Barcode scanner for vinyl, CDs and cassettes, plus search by artist or album
- A turntable for vinyl: drop the needle on any groove, scratch to seek, flip to side B
- A top-loading CD player with a glowing display and multi-disc sets
- A pocket tape deck whose reels wind as the side plays
- One crate for every format, with sort, format filters, search and a random pick
- Warns when a scanned record is already owned, even as another edition
- A wantlist for the next dig, ready to share
- Private iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad, with covers saved on the device
App icon
Please use the app icon as it is, without changing its colours or proportions.
App Store screenshots
The iPhone set with captions. The iPad set (2064 × 2752) is in the ZIP.
01 · Your records. Playable.1284 × 2778 PNG · 2.6 MB
02 · Scan it. Crate it.1284 × 2778 PNG · 1.8 MB
03 · Your whole shelf.1284 × 2778 PNG · 2.8 MB
04 · Spin the disc.1284 × 2778 PNG · 2.4 MB
05 · Press play on the tape.1284 × 2778 PNG · 2.3 MB
06 · Never buy it twice.1284 × 2778 PNG · 2.2 MB
07 · Side A. Side B.1284 × 2778 PNG · 2.3 MB
Screens
Full-screen iPhone captures without captions. The artists, albums and covers are invented for the demo.
The crate: sleeves, jewel cases and tape cases1320 × 2868 PNG · 3.0 MB
The turntable, playing side A1320 × 2868 PNG · 2.4 MB
The CD player on track 41320 × 2868 PNG · 1.9 MB
The pocket tape deck1320 × 2868 PNG · 1.7 MB
A record's page with its tracklist1320 × 2868 PNG · 1.5 MB
Scanning the barcode on a sleeve1320 × 2868 PNG · 856 KB
A scan: already in the crate1320 × 2868 PNG · 2.3 MB
A scan: another edition is owned1320 × 2868 PNG · 1.9 MB
The wantlist1320 × 2868 PNG · 3.0 MB
About the developer
Recs is made by Marco Lüthi, an independent developer in Zürich who builds apps for iPhone and Mac. For interviews, beta access or anything else, write to hi@luthi-mar.co. More apps are on the overview.