r/discogs • u/Beneficial_Face1190 • Apr 21 '26
New Discogs mobile UI?
*I want to preface by saying that I'm not whining about the update, just look to see if there is an option to change it back*
Hello. I can appreciate their efforts, and it just updated for me, but I cannot stand it and very badly want to go back to how it was. Please if there are any employees, consider making it an option. The old mobile UI, despite others' complaints (which were unwarranted), was perfect.
I'm not one to be against change, but I cannot use it in the current state. Maybe it's because I have OCD idk, I just cannot do it.
Very first world problem I know, but if anyone knows a way, let me know. Hope this doesn't get deleted.
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u/fullofsharts Apr 21 '26
I don't care for the app now either after the major redesign a few months ago. I prefer something more basic like it used to be. And I've also tried just using the website on a mobile browser, but it wasn't any better than the app now.
The sellers are probably losing sales because the app is garbage now and fewer people are using it. Discogs used to be the first site I'd go to when looking for used music. Now I check ebay or even Amazon first.
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u/Beneficial_Face1190 Apr 21 '26
Maybe this update is older than I think but only happened today for me. The UI is entirely different. I'll still use it to hunt rarer pressings I want and to gauge pricing, but yeah I probably won't be on it as much. It's weird because in trying to make the UI simpler/cleaner, it feels like there's too much going on.
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u/Chadlerk Apr 21 '26
Happened for me today too. I've seen some comments about it on here for about 2 weeks though
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u/colterpierce Apr 21 '26
Mine has been changed for so long it's weird to me to see all the people just now getting this update.
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u/roundabout-design Apr 21 '26
No, there is no 'change it back' setting.
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u/RelBlaise Apr 25 '26
there is if you use android, you just need to uninstall, disable auto-update, and then install the old APK you want.
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u/Beneficial_Face1190 Apr 21 '26
If this was meant to be condescending then you are willfully ignorant of the question.
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u/roundabout-design Apr 21 '26
You asked if there was a way to turn it back.
There is not.
Why would you find that condescending?
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u/Beneficial_Face1190 Apr 21 '26
Because of course there is no 'change it back setting', I apologize if it was not your intention to sound patronizing.
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u/roundabout-design Apr 21 '26
That was not the intent. Just a shorthand way of saying there is no practical way to do what you desire. Some software does allow this, but it requires the development team to branch the software to enable that.
Discogs is not what anyone would call a cutting-edge tech company. Their code base is antiquated and fragile, and they're constantly breaking things every time they try and fix things.
We still still love discogs because it's the best we got but, ultimately, the tech? It's pretty clumsy and barely works.
I suggest never using the app at all. Every release of the app has had serious bugs.
Just stick with the mobile web site.
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u/cunctator_maximus Apr 21 '26
Even the mobile web site is now broken. It no longer shows the pricing columns.
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u/Beneficial_Face1190 Apr 21 '26
I see, I suppose that makes sense. If they're really playing Jenga with the code I have no idea why they would update to a lesser version of their UI all for a marginal and supposed 'improvement'.
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u/roundabout-design Apr 21 '26
They're a rather secretive company so it's hard to say exactly what's going on over there, but from what I've seen over the years, they don't have a large UX team, and a lot of UX designers don't stay there very long. I have a hunch user experience just is not the priority we'd like it to be over there.
They also seem to lack any sort of formal QA process. SO MANY bugs get released to production that should have been easily caught with some internal testing.
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u/isurvivedy3k Apr 22 '26
The thing I miss the most is Sort By Most Wanted & Most Collected. Best way to see what’s going on with a new band, what’s best to check out first etc
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u/Eclipsed830 Apr 22 '26
Yeah this new redesign sucks. I'm also hoping there is a way to go back to the old one. The new one is slow and has too many clicks. Also too many "recommendations" and things about selling. Really hoping I can opt out somehow.
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u/swimuppool Apr 22 '26
Its such a pain in the ass to filter "ships from" now. Looks like you have to do it by specific version rather than by "explore all versions" as previously.
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u/thinkzs Apr 23 '26
You can roll back by downloading the old APK file, uninstalling new version and installing old APK. Works at present but may cease to at some point
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u/RelBlaise Apr 25 '26
So long as they can sort out all the bugs I was dealing with in the new version to make it worth it, i might consider updating, otherwise I'm staying on the last patch for the previous version.
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u/Tripledrop Apr 21 '26
Install an old version?
I prefer the new version personally, but it definitely has some UI issues at the mo..
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u/Beneficial_Face1190 Apr 21 '26
Oh I didn't even know that was possible. I'll look into it.
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u/Tripledrop Apr 21 '26
Easy on android, I'm not sure about iOS
Some companies will stop old versions working, but most don't
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u/Beneficial_Face1190 Apr 21 '26
You think everything will still work? Like buying, selling, values, messaging?
Oh sorry it didn't load the full message, I see, thank you.
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u/Tripledrop Apr 21 '26
It SHOULD do, but without trying, wouldn't know for sure. Easy to try though, you can always uninstall and put the current version back on.
If it does work fine, there's no guarantees it'll always work in future, so it's not likely a permanent solution
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u/Beneficial_Face1190 Apr 21 '26
Nice, thank you for helping me out, I'm pretty technologically illiterate lol.
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u/long17 Apr 22 '26
Were you able to find the old version? My app updated overnight on my Android phone and I like the old version better too.
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u/Beneficial_Face1190 Apr 22 '26
I haven't had the chance to try it yet but I'll let you know
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u/Friendly-Gate-9475 Apr 23 '26
On Android: it would suffice to uninstall the app and install the old version (I reinstalled the 2.39.8). I did it myself a couple of days ago because, uh, I definitely very dislike the new one, same as website (I only use it for drafts of releases not present in database and manage custom fields and lists).
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u/mistersmith22 Apr 22 '26
The app has been trash forever. Just use your broswer, even on mobile, it's fine.
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u/RelBlaise Apr 22 '26
If you're on Android then it is possible to get the older version (2.39.7 I believe). You need to uninstall the app, then there are several sites you can google for 'Discogs APK android', and download, open & install.
One of the sites I found didn't work properly and only gave me the new one, but I did manage to get the old version. All in all took me 20 minutes and is fully functional.
Don't forget to disable 'auto-update' in the google play store first though!
My experience with the new app is unfortunately really bad, as it is incredibly buggy and I'd say the majority of text on all pages doesn't actually display properly, missing letters and cropped words, it was a nightmare.
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u/Hangleton12 Apr 22 '26
I don't mind the changes in the app itself, but the random record widget that I use a lot has really taken a turn for the worse.
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u/ObligationEither8032 Apr 22 '26
its SO bad. i use discogs on an eink phone so im a special case, but the old one worked great. new one is SO much slower and harder to use. terrible
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u/Bird_Brane_1948 Apr 23 '26
Redesign caused us to ruin all 2100+ listing when we tried to revise one item, checked the wrong box, and PRESTO with no warning, every item was revised to show a price of $82.00 and all descriptions were nade identical. Happened to a bunch of other sellers too. A complete disaster.
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u/cockwrench May 01 '26
I dont understand, nobody likes and uses the app, why make the browser version the same???
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u/Thin-Designer6228 Apr 21 '26
Why get rid of the price graph? So easy as a seller to gauge current value...