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Rekord – point your camera at a vinyl record and compare prices

Rekord is a mobile app that lets users point their camera at a vinyl record to identify it and instantly compare prices across multiple online marketplaces and stores, helping collectors find the best deals.

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Rekord is a mobile app that identifies vinyl records through your phone's camera and shows prices from online sellers like Discogs and eBay — essentially a "Shazam for vinyl" with a price-comparison engine. It solves the problem of knowing whether a record you find in a store or crate is actually a bargain or overpriced. The app connects to Discogs (the largest crowdsourced vinyl database, used by collectors to catalog and trade) and eBay listings. This matters because the vinyl revival has made pricing opaque; secondhand stores, flea markets, and online sellers often list at wildly different prices for the same pressing, and condition grading is subjective. Similar tools exist (e.g., Discogs's own barcode scanner), but Rekord's pitch is a camera-first, instant-comparison approach aimed at casual crate-diggers who don't want to tap through multiple apps.

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