Soundboard Pro
For professional and amateur audio creators, including radio hosts, podcasters, educators, and live performers.
Soundboard Pro is a challenged music app that is free with in-app purchases. With a 3.2/5 rating from 100 reviews, it faces significant user friction. Users particularly appreciate flexible soundboard configuration allows users to organize audio clips for live performance scenarios, though aggressive subscription gating prevents users from testing core functionality before committing to payment remains a common concern.
What is Soundboard Pro?
Soundboard Pro is a live audio cue and soundboard management tool for creators on iOS and Android.
Users hire the app to manage complex, multi-deck audio sequences for live events, replacing manual or multi-device setups with a single-interface controller.
Current Momentum
v1.1 · 5mo ago
Maintenance- Ships minor bug fixes.
- Maintains stable grossing rank in Europe.
Active Nemesis
Soundboard Studio
By App Business Ventures
Other Rivals
7-Day Rank Pulse 🇺🇸
MusicNo ranking data
Rating Pulse 🇺🇸
Recent User Mood
What makes this app unique?
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What Are The Key Features?
Trigger audio tracks instantly via on-screen buttons or physical keyboard mapping
Automate audio cues at specific times for shows or presentations
Layer multiple audio files simultaneously for complex soundscapes
How much does it cost?
- Free tier with 1 deck and 5 tracks
- Pro Weekly at $6.99/week
- Lifetime access at $89.99
Restrictive free tier forces conversion to high-frequency weekly subscription or high-ticket lifetime purchase.
Who Built It?
Enrichment in progress
Publisher profile available very soon
What other apps does MSDC TECHNOLOGIES make?
Teleprompter Cue
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Utilidades
Stage Timer
Productivity
What do users think recently?
Low confidence · 33 reviews analyzed
How did the latest release land?
What is the recent mood?
Recent user voice shows a frustrated sentiment. Users appreciate flexible soundboard configuration allows users to organize audio clips for live performance scenarios, but report aggressive subscription gating prevents users from testing core functionality before committing to payment and ui scaling issues on high-density displays make text and controls difficult to read.
Limited review volume (33 reviews). Sentiment analysis will deepen as more data lands.
View the full user-sentiment analysis
Mood gauge, ratings & review-volume history, every praise / complaint / request, and sentiment over time.
What is the competitive landscape for Soundboard Pro?
Where is it available?
Localized markets (1)
How's The Music Market?
How does it evolve in the Music market?
Soundboard Pro holds a #41 Grossing rank in Sweden and #56 in Finland, signaling niche traction in European markets. The disparity between its utility-focused feature set and the $6.99/week subscription price creates a high-friction conversion funnel relative to category peers.
Rank progression
10 active rankings tracked — 30-day window
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
This app competes directly for the attention of audio enthusiasts by combining sound creation tools with radio-style consumption, mirroring the target's goal of being an all-in-one audio companion.
Contenders(4)
Competes for the power-user segment by focusing on deep MIDI mapping and infinite sound bank management.
Directly challenges the target's utility for performers by offering advanced real-time audio processing and MIDI integration.
Targets the professional live-performance segment of the soundboard market with high-quality sampling and layering.
Competes by offering specialized hardware-integrated audio playback, targeting the same creative music audience.
Same space(3)
Targets the performance preparation workflow, specifically for musicians organizing setlists and playlists.
Competes for the utility-focused music user who needs metadata management and recognition tools.
Occupies the high-end audio control space, competing for users who prioritize lossless playback and system integration.
Compare Soundboard Pro against every rival
All rivals in one side-by-side table — identity, store metrics, ratings & sentiment, and strategic intel — plus a head-to-head page for each.
The outtake for Soundboard Pro
Strengths to defend, gaps to attack
Core Strengths
- Flexible deck-based organization supports complex live audio arrangements
- Physical keyboard mapping enables low-latency control for professional performers
Critical Frictions
- Subscription-only trial blocks evaluation
- UI scaling issues on high-density displays
- Lack of streaming service integration
Growth Levers
- Renaming and duplicating deck features would reduce setup friction
- Expanding B2B partnerships for theater and education segments
Market Threats
- Soundboard Studio's superior reliability siphons power users
- Go Button's cue-based engine dominates the theatrical production segment
What are the next best moves?
Implement a 3-day full-feature trial because subscription gating is the #1 complaint → increase conversion
Aggressive gating is the most frequent complaint theme in sentiment data.
Trade-off: Pause the UI scaling audit — conversion impact of the trial is higher than current aesthetic fixes.
Ship deck renaming and duplication features because they are top-requested organizational gaps → improve retention
Users cite lack of organization as a primary churn driver for complex projects.
Trade-off: Deprioritize the developer mode testing tools — organizational features have higher daily utility.
A counter-intuitive read
The app's restrictive monetization is not a flaw but a deliberate filter to extract high-value revenue from professional users who prioritize low-latency stability over casual-user accessibility.
Feature Gaps vs Competitors
- Smart track automation (available in Soundboard Studio)
- Professional cue-based playback engine (available in Go Button)
- Real-time scrubbing and waveform manipulation (available in Hokusai Audio Editor)
Key Takeaways
Soundboard Pro provides critical live-performance utility, but its aggressive subscription gating drives high churn, so the PM must prioritize a functional trial to improve conversion and retention.
Where Is It Heading?
Mixed Signals
The music-utility market is consolidating around tools that offer deeper integration with professional workflows. Soundboard Pro remains exposed to churn as long as it prioritizes immediate subscription conversion over the user-evaluation experience.
The lack of a functional free trial prevents new user acquisition, which compounds the churn pressure from existing power users.
Recent updates focused on stability rather than feature expansion, leaving the app vulnerable to rivals with faster development cadences.