App Description

DiscoCat is for exploring, streaming, rating, and tracking musical artists and composers from the popular to the obscure. Explore • Search for artists (bands, musicians, composers, etc.), record labels, and creative works • Shazam externally playing music to find the recording, release, and artist • Show full artist discography, not just the ones with streaming contracts • Artist details include a description and other relevant information, a comprehensive discography, associated groups (for individuals) or band members (for groups), creative works, related artists (including cover bands), related releases (including tribute albums), related record labels, and external links • Release details include a description and other relevant information, track listings, release versions, and external links • Show all release versions optionally grouped by format (such as vinyl, CD, etc.) or release country • Release-version details include a description and other relevant information, media descriptions with track listings, and external links • Detailed and zoomable release artwork and even physical media for some release versions • Track details include the associated release version, recording, and creative work • Recording details include the contributing musicians, engineers, producers, and other recording personnel • Recording details also include the creative work and external links • Work details include the creators such as the composer, lyricist, etc., all the recordings (grouped by artist), related works, and external links • Links to related external websites such as fan pages, music services, lyrics sites, and many other databases Stream • Apple Music or Spotify subscribers may stream any artist, release, or track that is found in those respective streaming catalogs without leaving the app¹ • Users without streaming subscriptions will still be provided with external links if it is found in the respective streaming catalog Rate and Track • Rate or simply bookmark any artist, release, release-version, track, recording, work, or record-label to save it to your collection³ • Group your saved artists by genre or country or simply show all sorted by rating • Group your saved tracks by album or artist or simply show all sorted by rating • Group your saved releases by artist or genre or type or simply show all sorted by rating • Group your saved release versions by artist or country or format or simply show all sorted by rating • Several different rating schemes are supported such as 3, 4, or 5 star, out-of-ten, like/dislike, favorite, etc. • Suggested Artists: discover many other artists that share the same genres as your favorite artists • Recent Releases: keep up-to-date with the latest releases from your favorite artists Data Sources • Textual content is provided by various third-party databases such as MusicBrainz, Discogs, and TheAudioDB • All imagery except streaming-related is provided by TheAudioDB, Cover Art Archive, Discogs, and the Wikimedia Commons Image API • Streaming album art on now-playing bar and streaming sheet is provided by the streaming provider (Apple or Spotify) ¹ Spotify streaming may sometimes momentarily switch to the Spotify app and come back before playing due to limitations in the SDK ² Saving more than 10 of any item type (artist, release, etc.) requires an active subscription to the full version