SoundCloud ASO score: 83/100
SoundCloud scores 83/100 on Growdone's ASO audit of its App Store listing in the US (checked 25 October 2026). Its strongest area is metadata (100/100) and its weakest is keyword coverage (63/100). We found 5 things to improve; the top 3 are below.
App Store · Last checked 25 October 2026 · Refreshed monthly
SoundCloud: Discover New Music
New sounds before they blow up
SoundCloud Global Limited & Co KG · ★ 4.8 (2,057,962)
ASO score
Score by area
21 of 22 checks could run on public store data.
Metadata
100
Keyword coverage
63
Creatives
83
Ratings & reviews
71
Localisation & freshness
100
Top fixes for this listing
The first fixes from the free report, in order of impact.
- 1
1 keyword gaps where competitors rank top 10 and you are absent
Improvehigh impact · medium effortWhat we saw: Gaps: listen
What to do: Work the top 3 gap terms into title/subtitle; the rest into the description (Play) or keyword field (iOS).
- 2
70% of 1–2 star reviews mention bugs or crashes
Fixhigh impact · high effortWhat we saw: Sample of 200 recent reviews; 33% are 1–2 stars.
What to do: Fix the top crash and ship a release note that says so; reply to those reviews asking for an updated rating.
- 3
Ranks top 10 for 27% of high-volume terms
Improvehigh impact · high effortWhat we saw: 3 of 11 highest-volume terms rank in the top 10.
What to do: Target the gap keywords below: add them to indexed fields and build downloads velocity on them.
2 more fixes in the full report(1 high impact)
- Visible for 10 of 27 tracked terms
- No preview video
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Top keywords
The 5 most searched terms we checked, and where this app ranks (top 87 results).
music
In its title, description · demand 100/100 · difficulty 99/100
discover
In its title, description · demand 100/100 · difficulty 76/100
discovery
In its description · demand 92/100 · difficulty 70/100
blow
In its subtitle · demand 87/100 · difficulty 52/100
youtube music
Not in its listing text · demand 81/100 · difficulty 73/100
22 more keywords, with ranks and gaps, are in the full report.
Apps it competes with in search
Apps that rank for the same searches.
Audiomack - Play Music Offline
Audiomack, Inc. · ★ 4.8
Discz: Discover & Share Music
Novo North · ★ 4.8
Apple Music
Apple · ★ 4.9
See scoreSpotify: Music and Podcasts
Spotify · ★ 4.8
See scoreYouTube Music
Google · ★ 4.8
Reviews
From the 200 most recent public reviews.
0%
Replied to by the developer
33%
1–2 star reviews
70%
Reviews about bugs
What this listing gets right
- Title uses 30 of 30 characters
- Subtitle uses 30 of 30 characters
- No wasted words across title and subtitle
- Top keyword "music" is in the title
- Title contains a descriptive keyword, not just the brand
- Description is 1,696 characters
- Opening lines lead with a key search term
- No guideline-risky terms in title or subtitle
- Top-10 coverage matches or beats the competitor median (6 vs 6)
- 7 screenshots (max 10)
- Icon present
- Average rating 4.84 from 2,057,962 ratings
- Rating volume at or above competitor median
- Last updated 0 days ago
- Release notes present
- Localised in 10 languages
Checked 25 October 2026 from the public store listing. Scores are rule-based and repeatable: the same listing always gets the same score.
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