SoundCloud

Listen to trending songs, explore various genres and follow artists
If you've been searching for an app to explore and listen to audio tracks and trending songs, you should try SoundCloud. It's the best place to explore genres and find new songs and artists that you'll come to love. You can also listen to conferences, news and even stories with this amazing app.

Discover trending songs and listen to playlists

In order to use this app, you must register with your Facebook or Google+ account, or sign up for free and join a community of millions of people who share their favorite music with friends and followers. Then, you'll be requested to choose from various genres and audio tracks, this will impact the suggestions of songs you'll receive from the app.

The app is also useful with exploring for new music, either browse by genre, music or audio tracks, or follow users that like the same songs that you do. You can also listen to their playlists, like their songs and follow their channels, or you can check out podcasts for a larger selection.

Create playlists and share them with followers

SoundCloud is also a great place to create your own playlists and mixes of favorite songs and share them with friends via social networking sites. Simply add songs to your playlists, it's that easy to create your own gallery of songs that represent you.

Each track has information on the producer and singer, along with comments and likes from other listeners and even a link to iTunes for purchase. And if that's not enough, you can repost playlists and songs for your followers to enjoy.

Easy-to-use app even with the lockscreen on

It's quite an easy-to-use app, songs can be minimized at the bottom of the screen while you browse for other interesting content and you can also play, pause or skip tracks from the lockscreen, without having to bother with that.

In addition, the app provides you suggestions on which users to follow, based on the songs you've listened to and you can choose tags for a wider selection of tracks. Also, you can record songs or interesting conversations and share them on various social networking accounts directly from the app.

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softpedia rating

4.5/5

user rating

UNRATED
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Hits & Misses

hits

  • explore trending songs and listen to conferences and audio tracks
  • create playlists and share them
  • like, follow and listen to various playlists
  • minimize songs while browsing for other songs
  • play, pause or skip tracks from the lockscreen

misses

  • battery drainer
  • takes a while to load suggestions of songs and audio tracks
Bottom Line
Design / UI9
 

The GUI is quite intuitive and easy-to-use. Tracks can be minimized, while you browse for other songs and all the tools you need are neatly displayed on the screen.

Function9
 

The app performs well, it takes a while to load suggestions but that also depends on your internet connection.

Security8
 

It requires online registration or signing up with social networking accounts and the app collects personal information and your location.

Battery6
 

It uses quite a fair amount of battery, so keep that in mind next time you browse for music.

Price9
 

It's completely free of charge, doesn't come with ads or in-app purchases.

Compatibility8
 

The developer doesn't specify the Android versions required for this app.

Editor's Review
EXCELLENT

Great app for exploring new songs and genres, recording tracks or sharing playlists with friends and followers.

Reviewed by Alexandra Vaidos, last updated on September 24th, 07:17 GMT.
Specifications
price:
100% Free
current version:
Varies with device
reviewed version:
14.09.19-26
developer:
SoundCloud Ltd.
category:
AUDIO
os version req.:
Varies with device
age rating:
N/A
in-app purchases:
No
hits:
487

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