Every record you own, cataloged.
Lacquer is an iPhone app for people who collect vinyl. Add a record by scanning its barcode, keep track of pressings and condition, and hold a wantlist for the ones you're still hunting — all in the language collectors actually use.
JP · 1977
JP · 1978
US · 1959
US · 1973
US · 1982
Your collection as a ledger — catalog numbers, pressing country, the details you'd write on the sleeve.
Every pressing detail in one place, down to the runout etched in the dead wax.
Built for how collectors actually think.
Not just a list of albums — pressings, catalog numbers, condition, and the little differences that make one copy worth more than another.
Add by barcode
Point the camera at the sleeve. Lacquer reads the barcode, finds the release, and files it with the right pressing.
Pressings, kept straight
Label, catalog number, country, year, matrix notes. Filter your shelf by genre or by pressing country in one tap.
Condition you can trust
Grade with the standard scale, photograph the sleeve and the dead wax, and keep it all against the record.
A wantlist that remembers
Track the copies you're hunting — the right country, the right pressing, the condition you'll accept.
Runout identification
Read the etchings in the dead wax and match them to the exact pressing in your hands. There's a field guide to that.
Export for insurance
A clean CSV or PDF of your whole collection, ready for an insurer or just for your own records.
The Field Guide
Collecting has a craft to it that no app can do for you. We write it down — plainly, and for free.
How to read a pressing
What the runout tells you, why a UK and a US first press of the same title are different records, and how to read a stamper code.
What the grades actually mean
Mint through Poor, and the honest difference between VG+ and NM when there's real money in the gap. Coming soon.
Storing and cleaning, without the myths
Upright, out of the sun, and what actually helps a dirty record versus what just feels thorough. Coming soon.
Lacquer Pro
The free app holds 50 records and 25 wantlist items, and barcode scanning is included. Lacquer Pro removes the limits and adds the tools serious collectors use every week.
Subscription is billed through the App Store and renews monthly until canceled.- Unlimited records and wantlist items
- Live pricing on every record
- Runout identification
- AI condition grading
- Turntable speed check
- Recommendations based on what you own
- CSV and insurance export
- Post to the collector community