Discogs AlternativesTop Music Discovery Services and other similar apps like Discogs

Discogs is described as 'Crowdsourced music database and marketplace. Discover music, buy and sell music with collectors in the Marketplace in all physical formats' and is a popular Music Discovery service in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Discogs for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Discogs alternative is Last.fm, which is free. Other great apps like Discogs are MusicBrainz, Libre.fm, ratehouse and Jamendo.

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Discogs is a crowdsourced music database and marketplace. Discover music, buy and sell music with collectors in the Marketplace in all physical formats.

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Discogs alternatives page was last updated Oct 13, 2024
  1. Last.fm icon
     1657 likes

    Last.fm is a music community website that offers personalized internet radio, using a recommendation system called "Audioscrobbler" to build a detailed profile of users based on their music tastes and interests.

    203 Last.fm alternatives
    Last.fm screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD

    Last.fm Features

    1. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    2. Spotify icon  Spotify integration
    3.  Real-time Statistics
    4.  Personalized Recommendations
    5.  Relational Database
    6.  Audioscrobbler
    7.  Streaming
    8.  Music Recommendation
    9.  Community-based
    10.  Talk radio
    Last.fm iconDiscogs Icon

    Last.fm VS Discogs

    Is Last.fm a good alternative to Discogs?
     
    • Most users think Last.fm is a great Discogs alternative.

    • Last.fm is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Discogs.

    • Last.fm is the most popular free alternative to Discogs.

    • Last.fm is Freemium and ProprietaryDiscogs is Free and Proprietary
  2. MusicBrainz icon
     174 likes

    MusicBrainz is a community music metadatabase that attempts to create a comprehensive music information site. You can use the MusicBrainz data either by browsing this web site, or you can access the data from a client program — for example, a CD player program can use...

    15 MusicBrainz alternatives
    Official website

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Top MusicBrainz Features

    1.  Encyclopedia
    2.  Community-based
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Audio tagger
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Search metadata
    7.  Metatags
    8.  API Integration
    9.  Artwork
    10.  AcoustID audio fingerprints
    11. Wikipedia icon  Wikipedia integration
    12. Wikidata icon  Wikidata integration
    MusicBrainz iconDiscogs Icon

    MusicBrainz VS Discogs

    Is MusicBrainz a good alternative to Discogs?
     
    Comments about MusicBrainz as an Alternative to Discogs
     
    Mazedona De La Altadama Craqdi Craquis Díaz

    They serve the same purpose, I like them both equally.

    CommentOct 13, 2024
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    David Saylor

    musicbrainz aims to have an actual full list of albums that artists released rather than just handpicking albums just because they like them better than the other albums (this is what last.fm does)

    Positive commentMar 25, 2022
    0
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    • Almost everyone thinks MusicBrainz is a great Discogs alternative.

    • MusicBrainz is the most popular Open Source alternative to Discogs.

    • MusicBrainz is Free and Open SourceDiscogs is Free and Proprietary
  3. Libre.fm icon
     138 likes

    Libre.fm is a project to help you keep track of what music you like and share that, with your friends, discover new music, and meet new people who share your taste in music.

    118 Libre.fm alternatives
    Libre.fm screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Libre.fm Features

    1.  Audioscrobbler
    2.  Real-time Statistics
    Libre.fm iconDiscogs Icon

    Libre.fm VS Discogs

    Is Libre.fm a good alternative to Discogs?
     
  4. ratehouse icon
     46 likes

    Ratings, reviews, discussions, recommendations, lists for all media genres: music, movies, tv shows, books, video games, and podcasts. Like IMDb or Goodreads, but with more media types. Join ratehouse to consolidate your entertainment and art interests.

    110 ratehouse alternatives
    rate.house is a media database to rate, track, and discover music, movies, TV, books, games, and podcasts.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Top ratehouse Features

    1.  User Rating
    2.  Track movies
    3.  Ratings
    4.  Book Recommendation
    5.  Wiki-like interface
    6.  Music Recommendation
    7.  Community-based
    8.  Web-Database
    9.  Book search
    10.  Movie tracker
    11.  Tv tracker
    12.  Game tracking
    ratehouse iconDiscogs Icon

    ratehouse VS Discogs

    Is ratehouse a good alternative to Discogs?
     
    Comments about ratehouse as an Alternative to Discogs
     
    Guest

    Similar to Discogs but also has movies, TV, podcasts, video games, and books. I like that I can edit and create anything too.

    Positive commentJan 16, 2020
    3
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    • Almost everyone thinks ratehouse is a great Discogs alternative.

    • ratehouse is Free and ProprietaryDiscogs is also Free and Proprietary
  5. Jamendo icon
     164 likes

    Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses. Share your music, download your favorite artists!.

    147 Jamendo alternatives
    Homepage

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry

    Jamendo Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Royalty-free music
    4.  Music Licensing
    5. Android icon  Android Sync
    Jamendo iconDiscogs Icon

    Jamendo VS Discogs

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  6. muffon icon
     16 likes

    muffon is a cross-platform music streaming client for desktop, which helps you listen to, discover and organize music in an advanced way.

    70 muffon alternatives
    Light mode

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Streaming
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Music Library
    6.  Playlists
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  Personalized Recommendations
    10.  Portable
    11.  Stream audio
    12.  Support for Lyrics
    muffon iconDiscogs Icon

    muffon VS Discogs

    Is muffon a good alternative to Discogs?
     
    • muffon is the most popular Linux alternative to Discogs.

    • muffon is Free and Open SourceDiscogs is Free and Proprietary
    • muffon is Privacy focused and LightweightDiscogs is not according to our users
  7. Rate Your Music icon
     42 likes

    Rate Your Music is a community-built music and film database where you can rate, review, catalog and discover new music and films as well as participate in contributing to the database itself.

    24 Rate Your Music alternatives
    Rate Your Music screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Rate Your Music Features

    1.  User Rating
    2.  Ratings
    3.  Community-based
    4. SoundCloud icon  SoundCloud Integration
    5.  Reviews and Recommendations
    6.  Music Library
    7.  Music collection
    Rate Your Music iconDiscogs Icon

    Rate Your Music VS Discogs

    Is Rate Your Music a good alternative to Discogs?
     
    Comments about Rate Your Music as an Alternative to Discogs
     
    RemovedUser

    Like Discogs, it’s a database of music releases, but with a bunch of social and cataloging features added to it.

    Positive commentJan 7, 2017
    0
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    • Rate Your Music is Free and ProprietaryDiscogs is also Free and Proprietary
  8. WorldCat icon
     18 likes

    WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.

    57 WorldCat alternatives
    WorldCat screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet

    WorldCat Features

    1.  Non profit
    2.  Tagging
    WorldCat iconDiscogs Icon

    WorldCat VS Discogs

    Is WorldCat a good alternative to Discogs?
     
    • WorldCat is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Discogs.

    • WorldCat is Free and ProprietaryDiscogs is also Free and Proprietary
  9. AllMusic icon
     35 likes

    AllMusic provides comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own.

    19 AllMusic alternatives
    AllMusic screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    AllMusic Features

    1.  Music collection
    2.  Sharable lists
    AllMusic iconDiscogs Icon

    AllMusic VS Discogs

    Is AllMusic a good alternative to Discogs?
     
    Comments about AllMusic as an Alternative to Discogs
     
    David Saylor

    if you use an adblocker, you cant view this website

    Negative commentMar 25, 2022
    0
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    AllMusic icon
    • Most users think AllMusic is a great Discogs alternative.

    • AllMusic is Freemium and ProprietaryDiscogs is Free and Proprietary
  10. Every Noise at Once icon
     12 likes

    Every Noise at Once is essentially a music categorization service. It uses artificial intelligence to analyze data from Spotify to provide a scatter plot of music arranged by genre. Genres are easily explored by simply clicking to start playing music from the selected genre...

    25 Every Noise at Once alternatives
    Every Noise at Once screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Every Noise at Once Features

    1.  Personalized Recommendations
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Music Library
    Discontinued

    The website is discontinued.

    Every Noise at Once iconDiscogs Icon

    Every Noise at Once VS Discogs

    Is Every Noise at Once a good alternative to Discogs?
     
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