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by Solance 458 days ago
I've spent the last 2 years building out my product, which is aimed at providing a fun and engaging way to discover and share music with your friends.

The app is called Solance and is available on both App Store and Google Play Store.

The best way to describe Solance is a social media platform (similar to Instagram), where you can see the music your friends are listening to (only on Spotify at the moment but Apple Music is on its way!), and interact with the songs they listen to through playing the song previews, likes, comments and also save songs you find and like directly to your Spotify Liked Songs. playlist.

I'm looking for music lovers who are willing to test the app with their friends and provide feedback on the current platform, as well as the types of features they'd want to see in the near future! The app is totally free so don't worry about having to fork out any money to help me! :D

There are currently just under 300 users but I really want to nail the next phase of the app and best capture what users would really want. I've used the app to find so many new songs that honestly I don't believe I would have discovered without it.

The biggest issue currently is that there isn't really too much value when you don't follow people e.g. your friends. I am working on a feature that will recommend you users with similar music tastes, that will also be used to populate the feed when you first sign up (which currently is empty) (really bad I know). Other than obvious features such as recommending other users, what other features do you think would make the most sense and really provide a lot of value at this early stage?

Any and all feedback is greatly valued and appreciated!