Free Mp3 Download for SoundCloud 1.0.5
Too many nag screens and ads
Without further ado, we’d like to point your attention to the screenshots below. You see those nag screens (Please Rate Us, Upgrade to Premium)? They show up every time you exit and reenter the app. Then there are the ads. Then the unresponsive UI. Then the Likes tab at the bottom that doesn’t do anything. And then there’s the Now Playing section which always falls behind a song or two.
It also uses two types of keyboards: one iOS 6-style keyboard for the search and and iOS 7-style keyboard for the social sharing.
Traditional SoundCloud downloader
As you’d expect, the app uses the API of SoundCloud and respects their policy, meaning only songs available for download on SoundCloud can be downloaded. But don’t worry, you’ll find plenty of stuff to download with a single search. You’ll be amazed how many songs there are with the same name.
However, the audio quality isn’t always that great. And we hear that these apps sometimes fetch audio from YouTube as well (which would explain the poor audio quality).
While it dos play in the background, the songs sometimes get tangled. As one song plays, the Now Listening screen shows the name and the album art of the previous song. Same goes for the lockscreen.
Stop the music, pull out your headphones and the music starts playing again at full volume, freaking out everyone in the office. Apart from the actual ability to search for and download songs to your iDevice, this app really doesn’t do anything right. And considering how many similar apps are out there that do their job properly and don’t flash ads and in-app purchases before your eyes every other minute, we’d suggest you skip this one altogether.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI5
Looks bad, UI is unresponsive, flashes ads before your eyes all the time and begs to be rated. Album art displays nicely, but not always for the song you’re listening to. Also, it can’t decide between iOS 6-style keyboard and iOS 7-style keyboard. |
Function3
Songs get tangled up, the Like feature is unusable, there’s no feedback that you’re actually downloading a song unless you bother to look in the list, audio quality is terrible for some songs, player starts and stops when it wants to sometimes, and the list goes on. |
Security8
Has built-in social sharing with location awareness. |
Battery9
Not a drainer, but it’s certainly not worth even one percent of your battery life (psst, get a different app). |
Price3
Not at all free, considering the constant nag screens and ads. Also, the price to unlock the full set of features is ridiculously high: $4.99 / €4.49. |
Compatibility8
Works well with all iDevices under iOS 5.1 and higher, no iPad version. |
There are plenty of apps that do much more for much less.
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 1.0.5
- reviewed version:
- 1.0.3
- developer:
- Splash Gene
- category:
- AUDIO
- os version req.:
- 7.0
- age rating:
- 4+
- in-app purchases:
- Yes. Upgrade to Pro (Unlock All & Remove Ads) $4,99
- hits:
- 1144