# Competition App - Host a contest, powered by SoundCloud

DevFeed: [Competition App - Host a contest, powered by SoundCloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/competition-app-host-a-contest-powered-by-soundcloud-2013.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//competition-app>)

Published: 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [HTML5](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html5.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [iphone](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iphone.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [branding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/branding.md>), [html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html5.md>), [iphone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iphone.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces Competition, an open-source app powered by SoundCloud for hosting fan contests. It describes pages and features for presenting contests, submitting tracks, voting, commenting, sharing, and promoting prizes or creators. The app is designed for web and mobile participation, using an HTML5 player fallback and an elastic layout that adapts to device screen sizes.

## Source excerpt

Competitions are a great way to get your fans involved around a particular theme or release. They encourage original content creation and tend to be extremely viral due to the high level of self-promotion involved with participating. The infrastructure you choose to throw these contests on should be accessible from any device while also providing a nice aesthetic backdrop to apply your branding. Users should be able to submit, vote, and comment no matter where they're coming from: Web, iPhone, Facebook Tab, etc. Today we're putting forth an open-source app called Competition which we think is a great solution to the problem.