A listener who misses Saturday's show looks for it on Sunday. If the replay sits in your station's app, next to the live stream, they stay with you instead of drifting elsewhere. GoodBarber apps can now list the public shows of a Mixcloud account in an Article section, newest first, each one playing in Mixcloud's official player: a station or a DJ that already uploads its replays to Mixcloud no longer has to add them to its app one by one.
Mixcloud, a new source for your app's Article sections
The short version. Mixcloud is an extension of GoodBarber, the no-code app builder, that adds a Mixcloud account as the source of an Article section. The section lists the account's public shows, newest first, with their cover, date and tags. Each show opens on its own page, where it plays in Mixcloud's official player, above its description. You connect it with the account name, or the link to its profile: no key and no developer account. It is free for Content apps.
| Mixcloud extension | |
|---|---|
| Section of the app | Article |
| What you enter | The account name, or the link to its profile |
| What the app lists | The account's public shows, newest first |
| With each show | Cover, date, tags and description |
| Playback | Mixcloud's official player, on the show's page: no offline or background listening |
| Updates | About every 30 minutes |
| Price | Free for Content apps |
Mixcloud was built for long-form audio: radio shows, DJ mixes and podcasts. By its tenth birthday, in February 2020, 1.7 million creators had uploaded 50 million shows to it, according to Mixcloud's blog. Here is why replays matter for a station's audience, and how the extension plays out for a community station that uploads its shows every week.
Why do replays keep listeners loyal?
A missed show is the moment a listener can drift to another station, a playlist or a podcast, and a replay in your app is what brings them back.
That choice now happens online. In the UK, online listening reached a record 29.8% of all radio listening at the end of 2025, ahead of AM/FM at 25.4%, according to RAJAR figures reported by RadioToday in February 2026. On a phone, every other audio app is one tap away.
A replay in your own app keeps that listener with your station. Your live stream and last week's shows sit in the same place, under your station's name, and a listener who comes back for one show finds the next one waiting. Mixcloud keeps hosting the audio; your app is where your audience finds it. If you present shows yourself, our page for radio hosts shows what else your app can hold.
What happens when the station uploads last night's show?
A new upload reaches the top of the app's Mixcloud section within about 30 minutes, since GoodBarber checks the account that often.
Take a community station in Bristol. On Saturday night, it airs its two-hour reggae show. On Sunday morning, the presenter uploads the recording to the station's Mixcloud account, with a cover and a few tags. Shortly after, the show sits at the top of the Mixcloud section of the station's app.
It arrives with what Mixcloud knows about it: its title, cover, date and tags, which become the article's categories, along with the name and picture of the account. Its description shows on its page, under the player. A listener who missed the show on Saturday opens it from the app on Sunday and presses play.
How does the Mixcloud player work in the app?
Each show plays in Mixcloud's official player, at the top of the show's page, with the show's cover, its title, the account's name and a progress bar. The Mixcloud player is subject to Mixcloud's terms of use.
The player is the only way in. Mixcloud does not give apps access to the audio itself, only to its player: shows play through Mixcloud, and they cannot be downloaded for offline listening. Playback also lasts only while the show's page is open: unlike a Podcast section, an Article section does not keep playing when the listener leaves the page or the app goes to the background. The section lists the public shows the account has uploaded itself; its reposts and favorites stay on Mixcloud. Your live stream keeps its place in your app's Live section, and Mixcloud carries the replays.
How do you connect your Mixcloud account to your app?
It takes three steps and the account name: no key, no password and no developer account.
- Find the account name: it is the part after mixcloud.com/ in the profile link, for example "yourstation" in mixcloud.com/yourstation/.
- In your back office, add a section and choose Mixcloud in the "Bring your content from…" block.
- Enter the account name in "Mixcloud account", or paste the link to the profile, then save the section.
The extension only reads what the account makes public: it does not post or change anything on Mixcloud. The Mixcloud page of our Extension Store details each step.
How do you add Mixcloud to your GoodBarber app?
Open your back office and add a section, or start from the Mixcloud page of the Extension Store. Building an app for your station? Our radio station app page shows what else it can hold, from the live stream to dedications, and Radio Ticino's story shows how a station's app can reach a new audience. Playing weddings and events rather than running a station? Our app page for DJs shows how an app can hold your mixes next to your bookings.
Mixcloud is one of five extensions we are releasing together for radio stations: the others read AzuraCast and Spinitron.
If your station needs something this version does not do, tell our support team from your back office.