Vinyl
Digitize Your Record Collection
Your record collection deserves more than a spreadsheet. Photograph your crates, shelves, or stacks and ShelvesAI catalogs every LP, EP, and single automatically.
Quick Cataloging
Snap photos of your record shelf or crate. No need to pull each record out and scan a barcode.
Release Specifics
Store pressing details, label, release year, and condition notes for every record in your collection.
Share Your Taste
Make your collection public and connect with fellow vinyl enthusiasts through the social feed.
The vinyl collector's cataloging problem
Vinyl collectors face a unique challenge: record collections grow fast, and keeping a running inventory is tedious. Most collectors either maintain a spreadsheet that falls out of date or manually enter each record into a database one at a time. Neither approach scales well when you're adding records regularly.
ShelvesAI takes a fundamentally different approach. Instead of cataloging records one by one, you photograph your entire shelf or crate and we identify everything visible. A crate of 50 records can be cataloged in one photo instead of 50 individual entries.
More than just a list of albums
A good record catalog needs more than artist and title. Vinyl collectors care about pressings, labels, release years, and condition. ShelvesAI pulls in available metadata for each identified album, giving you a proper catalog instead of just a checklist. You can add your own notes for condition, pressing details, or where you picked it up.
Built for how vinyl collectors actually browse
Whether you organize by genre, by label, or alphabetically, ShelvesAI lets you search and filter your collection however you think about it. Looking for all your jazz records? Every pressing on a particular label? Everything you picked up this year? A quick search beats flipping through crates.
And if you're proud of what you've built, make your collection public. The ShelvesAI social feed connects you with other collectors who share your taste.
How it works
Photograph your crate or shelf
Snap a photo of your records as they sit. ShelvesAI reads the spines on your LP shelf or the edges of records in a crate.
Albums identified instantly
Artist, album title, label, and release year are all filled in automatically. No manual lookups needed.
Browse and share your collection
Your full record collection, searchable by artist, genre, or label. Share your crates with other vinyl heads.
Frequently asked questions
- How does ShelvesAI identify records on a shelf?
- ShelvesAI uses vision AI to read the text on record spines as they sit on your shelf. It matches what it reads against our catalog database to identify the album, artist, and available metadata.
- Does it work with records stored in crates?
- Yes. You can photograph records in crates, on shelves, or in stacks. As long as the spine or edge text is visible, ShelvesAI can identify them.
- Can I track the condition and pressing details of my records?
- Absolutely. After ShelvesAI identifies a record, you can add custom notes including condition grade, pressing details, purchase price, and any other information you want to track.
- How is this different from other record cataloging apps?
- Most cataloging tools ask you to look up or scan each record one at a time. ShelvesAI lets you photograph an entire shelf or crate and catalogs everything in bulk. It's designed for speed so you can get your collection digitized first and then refine the details.
- Can I catalog 7-inch singles and EPs?
- ShelvesAI can catalog any physical record format including LPs, EPs, 7-inch singles, and 12-inch singles. The recognition works best when spine text or cover text is visible in the photo.
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