SoundCleod

If you are a music aficionado and expanding your general music knowledge as well as discovering new types of music are some of your biggest interests, then you surely already know all about SoundCloud.

This said, while using your computer, you can listen to SoundCloud using any modern web browser. Suppose that you want a less distracting environment for SoundCloud, then it is clear that you should be turning to a SoundCloud client or player.

SoundCleod is an uber-simplistic piece of software that acts as an unofficial SoundCloud client as it allows you to get the most of this service directly from your computer's desktop, without having to use a web browser.

The application can be deployed in just a couple of seconds thanks to a streamlined installer. As expected, upon first launching the app, you are met by the default SoundCloud login screen where, evidently, you are required to input either your official SoundCloud or Facebook credentials.

Since SoundCleod is basically a wrapper for the SoundCloud web app, it should come as no surprise that the interface is identical, apart from the menu bar section, of course.

Even though the application sports a bare-bones interface, some aspects of working with SoundCleod might seem a bit confusing, at least at first. For example, you can go back and forward within pages, as well as return to the Home page by simply visiting the History drop-down menu.

From the Controls menu, you can toggle between songs, as well as play or pause music. This is a good time to point out that the application comes with support for keyboard shortcuts, so everything that has been mentioned above can be done just by using your computer's keyboard.

Before we conclude, it is also worth mentioning is the fact that the application comes with support for media keys. It might also be of interest to point out that the utility can be deployed just as easily on Windows and macOS.

Taking everything into consideration, SoundCleod is a simplistic and unpretentious, cross-platform application that acts as a wrapper for the SoundCloud web app, by bringing it with all its functionality to your computer's desktop.

Since the SoundCloud web app is fairly neatly designed, there's really not much we can ask from an unofficial client, although, we should point out that we would have liked the app even more if it would integrate itself a bit better with Windows (taskbar icon, for instance) and maybe even provide us with a compact, hovering UI.