Frequently Asked Questions

In The Groove is currently in invite-only beta. You can join the waitlist on our home page, or if a friend has shared an invite code with you, use it on the sign-up page to create your account right away.

After signing up, you'll be prompted to connect your Discogs account during onboarding. This uses secure OAuth — we never see your Discogs password. Once connected, your vinyl collection will sync automatically.

You'll need a Discogs account to use In The Groove, since that's where your collection data comes from. Discogs is free to sign up at discogs.com, and it's a great way to catalog your records even outside of this app.

When you connect Discogs, we import your entire vinyl collection — album titles, artists, cover art, and track listings. You can re-sync at any time from the Collection page to pick up any new additions.

Any time you add new records to your Discogs collection, hit the sync button on your Collection page to pull them in. The sync only adds what's new, so it's fast.

Yes. You can sort your collection by artist or title. On the Collection page, you can also filter by genre — select one or more genres to narrow things down. Your sort preference is saved in Settings so it persists between sessions.

There are three ways: pick an album from your Collection, tap on a recently played album from the dashboard, or use the Scan feature to snap a photo of the album art and start playing instantly.

When you start a listening session, In The Groove tracks the current side of the record based on the track durations. When a side ends, you'll get a push notification reminding you to flip the record. No more running over to the turntable too late.

Push notifications are optional but recommended for the best experience. You can enable them in Settings. On iOS, the app needs to be installed to the home screen (as a PWA) for push notifications to work.

Sessions stay active until you manually stop them. If you fall asleep listening to a record, you can end the session later — the duration is tracked based on when you started and stopped.

Point your phone's camera at an album cover and take a photo. In The Groove uses AI-powered image recognition to identify the album from your collection and starts a listening session automatically.

Scanning matches against albums that are already in your synced collection. If the album isn't in your Discogs collection, the scan won't find a match. Make sure to sync your collection first.

Your turntable's stylus (needle) has a limited lifespan, typically 300–1,000 hours depending on the type. In The Groove tracks how many hours you've used your stylus based on your listening sessions, and gives you a visual indicator of when it's time to think about a replacement.

Stylus tracking is available on your Stats page. You can name your stylus (e.g., “Ortofon 2M Blue”), set the installation date, and enter the maximum expected lifespan in hours.

Yes. If you don't want to track stylus wear, you can toggle it off from the stylus settings. You can always re-enable it later.

While you're listening to a record, you can tap on any track in the tracklist to get AI-generated liner notes — interesting facts, history, and context about that specific song. It's designed to enrich your listening experience with the kind of details a hardcore fan would appreciate.

You can see your total listening time, number of sessions, most-played albums, genre breakdown, and collection stats like decade distribution. The Stats page gives you a full picture of your listening habits.

Yes. The dashboard shows your recently played albums, and the Stats page has a more comprehensive view of your listening history over time, including monthly trends.

You can switch between light and dark mode from Settings, or use the quick toggle in the header. There's also a “System” option that follows your device preferences.

Yes. Go to Settings and scroll to the bottom. Account deletion is permanent and removes all your data including your collection, listening history, and stylus tracking data.

Use the Send Feedback option in the app menu (top right corner). You can submit bug reports or feature requests — every submission gets read.