How to Keep SoundCloud Playing After Turning Off Your Phone

Part 1.Does SoundCloud Still Play After Turning Off Phone?

Yes, technically speaking, SoundCloud plays music after your turn off your phone screen. Whether you're a SoundCloud Free listener, SoundCloud Go user, or SoundCloud Go+ user, the music will continue to play in the background. The only difference in music playback is that Premium users can listen to music without ads and without an internet connection.

So why SoundCloud stops playing when screen is off? It may be that mobile operating systems such as iOS and Android restrict background activities to save battery, which will affect music playback in the background.

Another factor can be interspersed ads that sometimes interrupt playback, forcing you to unlock your phone in order to continue listening. This can be more noticeable for Free listeners. But how can you avoid such interruptions? We'll share some steps for uninterrupted SoundCloud playback on iPhone and Android. As for how to bypass the ads, there's also a hack for that in Part 3. Keep reading!

Part 2. How to Keep SoundCloud Playing After Locking Your Phone

2.1 On iPhone:

1. Disable Low Power Mode

Go to the Settings app, and scroll down and tap "Battery." Turn off "Low Power Mode." By doing so, you are telling your iPhone to prioritize application performance over battery savings. Therefore, it may minimize pauses on SoundCloud to the greatest extent possible.

2. Enable Background App Refresh

Go to "Settings > General > Background App Refresh."Find the SoundCloud app from the list. Toggle it to off to allow the app to run when locked. Also, do not swipe up the SoundCloud app preview in the App Switch.

3. Play SoundCloud in Safari

Open the Safari app on your iPhone. Visit soundcloud.com and sign in to your account. Select the song you want to play. If a pop-up window asks you to open the SoundCloud app, stay in Safari. Turn off your phone screen and you will see a play window on your lock screen, hit the play button.

4. Clear App Cache

Open "Settings > General > iPhone Storage > SoundCloud." Tap "Offload App," and then reinstall it from the App Store. This clears cached data that may cause playback glitches.

2.2 On Android:

1. Allow Unrestricted Battery Usage

Go to "Settings > Apps > SoundCloud > Battery. " Choose Unrestricted to let SoundCloud run freely. This may reduce battery power, and will allow the SoundCloud application to run fully in the background.

2. Disable Battery Optimization

Navigate to "Settings > Battery > Optimize battery use. " Find SoundCloud and set it to "Don't optimize." This also tells your Android phone to put performance ahead of battery optimization.

3. Clear App Cache

Open "Settings > App manager > SoundCloud > Storage." Tap "Clear data" and "Cache cache" to remove temporary files that may disrupt playback.

4. Use Chrome

Open the Chrome app and go to soundcloud.com. Sign in to your SoundCloud account and start playing the desired tracks and playlists in Chrome. Chrome can often bypass pauses caused by app errors or glitches.

Part 3. How to Listen to Ad-Free SoundCloud After Turning Off Phone

In addition to unexpected pauses, Free SoundCloud users also get annoying ads. We can work around and fix the SoundCloud pause problem, but the ads, they're there and officially, they won't go away unless you upgrade your plan. However, ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder ensures that you can play SoundCloud without ads even when your phone is locked.

ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder is a tool that helps all SoundCloud users batch download music directly to their devices for offline listening. It downloads unlimited tracks, playlists, albums and podcasts from SoundCloud and converts them to DRM-free formats such as MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF and more. ViWizard unlock the original sound quality for downloads, such as lossless sound quality. This way, you'll be able to seamlessly listen to SoundCloud music without ads and pauses.

Key Features of ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder

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• Download songs, playlists, albums, remixes, podcasts, and more from SoundCloud
• Export SoundCloud music to MP3, M4A, M4B, WAV, FLAC, and AIFF formats
• Convert SoundCloud tracks in bulk at up to 65× faster speed
• Preserve original SoundCloud audio quality, up to 320 kbps MP3

How to Download SoundCloud Music with ViWizard

Step 1Set Output Format

Download and install ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder. Launch it and click the menu icon (☰) at the top right and selecting Preferences > Conversion. Open the dropdown menu for format and choose a mobile-friendly format like MP3. You can also adjust the bitrate, sample rate, channel, and codec for optimal sound quality on your phone. Click OK to apply.

Step 2Choose SoundCloud

Return to the main interface of ViWizard software. The ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder supports 9 music streaming platforms so you will see 9 music icons displayed on this page. However, to download music from SoundCloud, you need to click on the SoundCloud icon to access the built-in SoundCloud web player.

Step 3Select Music

After ViWizard opens the built-in SoundCloud player, browse the songs, playlists, or albums you want to download. Once you're on the content page, click the "+" button in the bottom-right corner. Next, ViWizard will detect all available tracks on this page. In the pop-up window, click Add to List to queue them for download.

Step 4Download Music

Hit the Convert button and ViWizard start to convert the SoundCloud tracks to the setup format you choose and download them to your computer. After conversion, go to the History tab and click the folder icon next to the track to locate your downloaded audio files. Lastly, transfer them to your phone and you can enjoy uninterrupted, ad-free, offline playback, even with your screen off.   

Conclusion

Does SoundCloud still play after turning off your phone? Yes! This is a common problem that doesn't have much to do with subscriptions, but has to do with battery optimization of the mobile device and the cache stored by the app. To fix this issue, you can turn off low-power mode, reinstall the SoundCloud app, try using the SoundCloud web player through a web browser app, etc.

If you want a seamless, ad-free SoundCloud experience, ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder is the tool you must try! We're not saying it's the best choice for everyone, but its impressive batch download capabilities and audio quality processing will make you fall in love with it.