So, what's going on with Musicboard? | TechCrunch

"Musicboard, an app for music discovery and recommendations, has been struggling, according to its users. Over the past several months, users said the app experienced outages, the website went offline, and the Android app disappeared from the Play Store. This has concerned its devoted, if small, user base. (The app has been downloaded around 462,000 times to date, according to market intelligence provider Appfigures.) On Reddit, users have been recommending alternatives and offering each other support as they wait for any update."

"While it's not surprising for an app to shut down, when there's still an active user base, apps typically provide some sort of communication from their operators. But Musicboard users say they haven't heard anything, leaving them to reach out to the press for help getting in touch with someone, if only to let them export their data."

"Some users organized an unofficial "Help Save Musicboard" initiative to bring more attention to the matter. The group is led by the Musicboard user known as Lavarini and run by volunteers. TechCrunch contacted Musicboard to help these users get some answers and was provided a short statement. However, the statement didn't explain the longer-term issues and dismissed the outages as "temporary downtime." The statement, shared from the Musicboard team email address and signed simply as "Musicboard," said the following: "App is not shut down. The servers had temporary downtime, which has now been quickly fixed. And we're working together with the Google Play team to get the app back up there. The app wouldn't shut down without a respectful timeline for the users and official communication. App is staying live." Follow-up questions went unanswered."

Musicboard has experienced outages, a temporarily offline website, and disappearance of its Android app from the Play Store over several months, worrying its roughly 462,000-download user base. Reddit communities have recommended alternatives and provided mutual support while users wait for updates. Users report no direct communication from Musicboard operators and have contacted the press to request contact or data export. Volunteers launched an unofficial "Help Save Musicboard" initiative led by the user Lavarini. A brief Musicboard statement called the issues temporary and said the app is staying live, but follow-up questions went unanswered. Founders have been involved in other projects.

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