Case Study: SoundCloud launches its first Android app for artists with Novoda

SoundCloud launches first Android app with Novoda, reaching 99.9% crash-free

SoundCloud, the world's leading social sound platform, needed a trusted partner to develop its first Android app for artists. The challenge was to create a simple, high-quality application with functionality perfectly tailored for creators, all while ensuring the codebase was structured for an easy handover to their in-house team. They partnered with the Android engineering experts at Novoda to meet these high expectations.

Novoda's solution involved a deeply collaborative partnership, blending their agile processes with SoundCloud's own quality standards. Their approach emphasized zero tolerance for errors, code consistency, and close teamwork. The result was a highly successful app that achieved a 99.9% crash-free rating, a 4.1-star Play Store rating, and over 500,000 downloads, providing SoundCloud with a robust product and a seamless handover process.

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