“TERRIBLE! — I only rated this five stars so it’d get seen. It said 18$ a one time fee, for the plus version or whatever, and it charged my mom 18$ a month later. LIESSSS!!! ITS A COOL APP BUT I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND! DONT LET IT TAKE YOUR…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 524 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.6 ★28,716 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
180 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Rediscover the essence of music with MD Vinyl – your digital gateway to the authentic experience of vinyl records. Immerse yourself in the sound and visuals, right from your iPhone or iPad. MD Vinyl brings the ritual of physical music to the streaming era, allowing you to interact with a virtual turntable and vinyl record as you listen. Feel every note as you drop the needle, rekindling a lost connection to music in our digital world. Dive into a listening experience that's not just about songs, but a visual and auditory journey, enhanced by album art and the design of the records themselves.
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 3.8.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.8.2, updated 2026-09-24.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: States a price, or offers a one-time purchase
The app's own text offers a one-time or lifetime purchase, or reviewers report that the price is stated clearly.
What we saw: Reviewers report clear pricing: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (1.7% of 524 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 18 distinct reviewers (3.4% of 524 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.3% of 524 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (2 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Maybe lower the price? — The one time purchase to have use the app is cool and all but maybe just maybe lower the price a little bit? I don’t remember what the price was but I felt like it was $19.99 to have the whole app to yourself…”
“PERFECT APP — Seamless. One Time Purchase!!!!! The Perfect App for ALL music lovers!!! Can’t wait to use this app all day every day!!!!!!! THANK YOU DEVELOPERS 💛💛💛”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.8.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown3
Lowest$1.99
Highest$14.99
MD Vinyl Pro$14.99
MD Vinyl Premium C$2.99
MD Vinyl Premium$1.99