What's new in CLZ Music?

This is it, THE main feature release for 2026. A huge step forward in the customizability of the software. And I am not talking about tweaking the look and feel here, like layout, colors, fonts, etc… No… this time we are giving you the ability to actually customize the database itself!

Yep, today is the launch of the “Custom Fields” feature (previously known as “User Defined Fields”).

The Custom Fields feature will let you create your own data fields, to catalog any information for which the software does not have a built-in field. You can create text fields, number fields, date fields, Yes/No toggles, pick list fields and much more.

All fields you create can be edited on a special Custom Fields tab of the Edit screen and their data will nicely appear in a special section in the album details panel in the main screen. And of course, you will be able to use the fields like any built-in fields, use them as columns, sort on them, use pick list fields as folders, add the fields to printed list, exports, etc..

Are you ready for the next step in customizing your CLZ Web software?
Coming up next Monday:

Create your own Custom Fields!

The Custom Fields feature will let you create your own database fields, to catalog any information for which the software does not have a built-in field.

Fill in your custom fields on the special tab of the Edit screen and their data will nicely appear in a special section in the details panel in the main screen. And of course, you will be able to use the fields like any built-in fields, use them as columns, sort on them, use pick list fields as folders, add the fields to printed list, exports, etc..

This is going to be THE main feature for 2026: Custom Fields!
The Custom Fields feature will let you create your own data fields, to catalog any information for which the software does not have a built-in field.

All fields you create will appear on a special Custom Fields tab of the Edit screen. And of course, you will be able to use the fields like any built-in fields, use them as columns, sort on them, use custom pick list fields as folders, add the fields to printed list, exports, etc..

And once the Custom Fields feature has been released for both the Web software and mobile apps, you will be able to sync them back and forth too!

Manage your Custom Fields

Use the Custom Fields screen to manage your custom fields, that is, add new ones, remove them, rename them, etc…

Adding a new Custom Field:

Choose from a wide range of field types. Create simple text fields, number fields, currency fields, yes/no toggles, big text areas (like Notes), even pick list fields and multi-value pick list fields.

Text
Single line text field (for max. 250 characters)
Textarea
Big text field (for lots more characters)
Toggle
Toggle between Yes and No
Number
Whole numbers only
Decimal
Whole number with 2 decimals
Currency
Monetary value as a whole number or with 2 decimals
Percentage
Percentage as a whole number or with 2 decimals
Weight
Weight as a whole number or with 2 decimals
Size
Dimensions as a whole number or with 2 decimals
Pick List
Pick a single value from dropdown with manageable list
Multi-Value Pick List
Checkbox multiple values from a manageable list
Fixed Button Bar
Choose one from max. 4 options
Fixed List
Choose one from a pre-defined fixed list of max. 20 options
Date
Date controller for full or partial date
Time
In hours and minutes

Fill in your Custom Fields using the special tab in the Edit screen

ETA ?

The Custom Fields feature is in the final phase for the CLZ Web web-based software. We will release it for Web first, then later on bring the same feature to the CLZ mobile apps, allowing full syncing of Custom Fields between the Web and mobile!

ETA for Web: Feb 2026. Then for mobile a few months later?
Again, this is going to be THE killer feature for 2026!

Fixed:

Crash: When an album couldn’t be located/selected on start-up or after editing the app could crash
iPad: albums sometimes wouldn’t be scrolled to after picking it from a search in your own collection
Collection bar at the bottom could disappear on closing the sync screen
Collection bar didn’t appear immediately when adding a new collection for the first time

ios

Fixed for iOS:

The scroll position in the list could be wrong after searching in own collection and tapping a result from the suggestions
Images view: Pinch to zoom in images view was broken
Edit screen: tapping “next” or “previous” on the Links tab would crash the app

ios

Fixed for Android:

Statistics: The “Listened” statistics showed information over all collections instead of the active collection
Scrolling lists / tapping buttons / selecting items in a list / removing items could suddenly stop working
Covers stayed zoomed in if you navigated out of an item and into another
Edit screen: Taking a picture for your cover could sometimes remove all other information from that item
Selecting: Tapping “Select All” in didn’t show items being selected in images view

android

Fixed:

A crash could occur in the Add screen

android v10.2.6: Crash fix

This one is for the Android users!

Our Android developer Pim was working on the app’s main screen and he saw some opportunities for improvement. Mainly to reduce slowness and stuttery behaviour when navigating back and forth between the folder list, the album list and album details page.
So instead of starting on the next new feature, we gave him a few days to refactor the code and improve existing functionality.

The result of Pim’s work is live now, in version 10.2.2 of the CLZ Music app.
We have been testing the new update quite a bit and we think it feels a lot snappier and smoother, especially noticeable on larger collections.

We hope you will notice the improvements too and that it will make you enjoy the app even more!

Fixed:

A couple of navigation issues
Albums could show up as doubles in certain situations

How to update your app to the new version:

On your device, open the Play Store app.
Search for “CLZ” and select the CLZ Music app.
Tap “Update” to update the app.

android

Adding albums by scanning barcodes is one of the most popular features of the CLZ Music app. Just scan barcodes, bleep, bleep, bleep, and the scanned albums are added to a “queue”. Then use the Add button at the bottom to add all queued albums to your database in one go. Quick and efficient.

However, we always like to keep improving the app, or at least give users multiple options. So today we have added a new “One-by-One” mode to the Add by Barcode screen, that is, without a queue.

Fixed:

Details: The data at the bottom could be hidden behind the navigation buttons
Add Albums: “in collection” highlight wasn’t working correctly
Statistics: Most Listened To: Show All didn’t show anything
Tablet: When using folders, the app would sometimes wrongly select the top database entry in the list
Edit screen: For some fields the keyboard would appear over them
Listened date folders didn’t sort correctly

android

You may have already read about this when we introduced the eBay links in the CLZ Music Web software, but… today we are introducing the same feature in the CLZ Music mobile app:
the app now includes automatically generated eBay search links, that let you find eBay listings for that particular album.

These eBay links can be useful to:

easily get a feel for an album’s value, by finding its’ Completed/Sold listings on eBay.
easily find available copies on eBay (e.g. for your wish list items)

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Long time customer Matthew started with the (now legacy) Music Collector software back in 2016, and switched to the CLZ Music Web web-based software in 2023. He is loving the web-based interface and wrote this nice review:

I’ve been using CLZ for years, and I honestly can’t imagine managing my collection without it. The software is beautifully designed, easy to use, and incredibly powerful. Adding new items takes seconds, syncing across my devices works flawlessly, and the customization options let me organize everything precisely the way I want.

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Five updates for all five CLZ Web flavors today, in which we introduce a new super useful database management tool, called “Transfer Field Data”.

In short, this tool lets you copy or move field values from one field to another, in batch, for your entire database, or for a selection of items.

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Various fixes and improvements

ios

Improved:

More robust image downloading during downsync: failed image downloads will now retry automatically

Fixed:

Barcode scanner would sometimes stop picking up barcodes until you exited and re-opened the Add screen
Going back from a details page to the images view sometimes jumped frantically to the top

android

CLZ Music has been updated to the new Play Store API.

android

Two weeks ago, we introduced the new “Automatic eBay search links” in your CLZ Web software. After launch, we received quite a bit of feedback about this feature, both positive and… let me say… less positive 🙂

So we sat down, went over all feedback, and then came up with some tweaks to make everyone happy!

First, I have to repeat: this feature is OPTIONAL.
Most users love having the quick and easy access to eBay listings for their collectibles, either to:

easily get a feel for an item’s value, by finding its Completed/Sold listings on eBay.
easily find available copies on eBay, useful for your wish list items.

However, if you don’t see the value in this, if you don’t find this useful, then you can easily DISABLE this feature in the CLZ Web’s Settings screen, on the bottom right, under “eBay search links”.

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New in your CLZ Music Web software today:

In the album details panel, to the right of the cover image, it now includes an automatically generated eBay search link, that lets you find eBay listings for that particular album.

This is a new feature we know many users will find useful, others may go “meh” and a small group of users may absolutely hate it 🙂
That is why this feature is optional. You can switch it OFF using the Settings screen.

Automatic eBay search links

These eBay links can be useful for two reasons:

For the albums you own: easily get a feel for a album’s value, by finding its’ Completed/Sold listings on eBay.
For the albums on your wish list: easily find available copies on eBay, for you to purchase.

Please note: the eBay links include our CLZ Partner ID, which means that we may earn a commission on any purchase you make after clicking the link.

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ebay key links

A big update for the CLZ Music Web web-based software, with several new data fields requested by our users:

Matrix numbers for vinyl
Signed By
Last Cleaned Date for vinyl
Listening History

Version 10.0 is here, with several new data fields requested by our users:

Matrix numbers for vinyl
Signed By
Last Cleaned Date for vinyl
Listening History

Three weeks ago, we did a huge “more compact design” update. Today, we are continuing with another update that improves the design, layout and performance of your album details panel.

Here’s what has changed:

Flexible layout: the layout now fully adapts to the width of your details panel.
Fields moved: we moved some fields around, to make sure the most important fields are at the top.
Faster loading: the details panel now loads much faster, as it now delays the loading of the backdrop.

A huge update for your CLZ Music Web software today, which dramatically improves the look and usability:

A new, more compact, design and layout, so that you fit more data on screen
Improved layout of the “album details” panel, with better support for back covers

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Our web-based software has been around since 2009, first called “Connect”, but renamed in Oct 2024 to simply “CLZ Web”. The Web software is currently the most popular solution for use on your computer, far exceeding the number of users of the legacy “Collector” desktop software.

However, through the years, there is one particular piece of feedback we kept receiving from both new users *and* from users who switched from the desktop software, but phrased in different ways:

“It is all so BIG!” or “I can’t fit a lot of items on my screen”

And they’re right. CLZ Web has been designed to be “big and bold”, as is common with web-based software. Large fonts, big buttons, etc… It looks nice, but the side effect can be that you can fit less collectibles in your on-screen list. Especially when:

Using a low-res laptop screen
Using a tablet device
Using several layers of toolbars in your browser

To resolve this, we were initially planning to introduce an optional “Compact View” or “Compact Skin”.
But when we starting working on that, we liked the results so much that we decided to make it THE new look of CLZ Web for everyone. It looks so much better, more compact, more items on screen. But never too small to read.

Here’s what we did:

New font style to fit the new CLZ styling
Slightly smaller fonts everywhere
In the main screen, we combined toolbars and made them “lower” overall
Lower list rows in List View, by slightly reducing the spacing
Reduced the height and width of all input boxes in the Edit screens
Reduced the height of the screen titles of all popup screen
Reduced the height of the collection tabs at the bottom

This new compact look is going live for CLZ Web within a few weeks. But today, I can share more sneak preview screenshots of the most important screens, with a nice BEFORE (left) and AFTER (right) comparison. Enjoy!