The Next App Gallery Update

We’re making some changes to how we manage our
App Gallery and wanted to take some time
to explain them to you, our developer community. The…

The Next App Gallery Update

September 18th, 2012 by Amir Shaikh

We’re making some changes to how we manage our
App Gallery and wanted to take some time
to explain them to you, our developer community.

The App Gallery is where we highlight interesting and useful
SoundCloud powered apps and services for our users. As our developer
community continues to grow, it’s even more important that we keep a
high bar for apps found in App Gallery. Having a high standard
protects the value of being featured in App Gallery for all of our
developers while giving our users a sense of confidence in the caliber
of content we’re showcasing there.

When evaluating a newly submitted app for App Gallery, we consider the following:

• Is the app both high quality and adhering to our API Terms of Use?

• Does it enable new and valuable experiences for SoundCloud users?

• Has it shown notable traction in gaining connected users?

Moving forward, we’ll be proactively reaching out to folks who meet
this criteria about adding their apps to App Gallery instead of
accepting mass submissions like we have in the past. Our long term
hope is to completely rebuild App Gallery to work in conjunction with
Next SoundCloud in a way that better serves our entire developer
community. That includes ideas like better attribution of content
within SoundCloud products and easier, relevant discovery within App
Gallery for SoundCloud users.

If you’re confident your app meets our criteria and we haven’t gotten
in touch with you, feel free to drop us a line at api@soundcloud.com.

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