DiscoCat is for discovering, streaming, rating, and tracking musical artists and composers from the popular to the obscure.

Discover and Explore

Search for artists (bands, musicians, composers, etc.), record labels, and creative works in external catalogs

Shazam playing music to find the recording, release, and artist

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

Tap on a genre or tag to find other artists that share the same ones

View comprehensive artist discography, not just the ones with streaming contracts

Learn about all the current and former members of a band or find other bands an individual artist was/is in

List all the creative works of an individual songwriter, composer, lyricist, etc.

Find related artists such as cover bands, related releases such as tribute albums, and related record labels

List all tracks for a given release or release version and get details for each track including related recording and work

List all release versions optionally grouped by format (such as vinyl, CD, etc.) or release country

View detailed release album art and sometimes even images of physical media such as records, jackets, liner notes, etc.

Tap once on artwork to enter zoom then double-tap to toggle between zoom modes

See all the musicians, engineers, producers, and other recording personnel that contributed to a recording

Find the creative work associated with a track or recording and from there, find other recordings from other artists who also covered it

If you can’t find what you are looking for in the item details, most item types also include an extensive list of external links to related sites such as fan pages, music services, lyrics sites, etc.

Stream

Apple Music subscribers may stream any artist, release, or track that is found in Apple's streaming catalog without leaving the app

Users without Apple Music subscriptions will still be provided with external links if it is found in Apple Music

Rate and Track

Rate or simply bookmark any artist, release, release-version, track, recording, work, or record-label to save it to your collection¹

Your collection is stored on iCloud so it can be accessed on all platforms

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

Search your saved items in any category

Several different rating schemes are supported such as 3, 4, or 5 star, out-of-ten, like/dislike, favorite, etc.

¹ Saving more than 10 of any item type (artist, release, etc.) requires an active subscription to the full version