For most web users, SoundCloud is just a quick repository of sound files for playing back in a browser - Imgur for songs and audio clips, if you will. But for those users that get deep into the highly specialized community of artists and designers on the platform, SoundCloud offers its premium "Go" package. $10 a month gets you an expanded selection of exclusive tracks, ad-free browsing and listening, and offline listening in the Android app. Today the service is shaking things up a bit: there's a new mid-tier service level for just .99 a month, while the old plan is now called "SoundCloud Go+."

So what do you get for five bones a month? Some of the tracks and the "no preview" function. Specifically, the full paid library is 150 million tracks, while the $5 version is limited to 120 million. That seems like a pretty good deal, so long as you don't mind getting previews. SoundCloud's press release does say that the company will be announcing more exclusive features for the pricier Go+ tier later this year, but so far there's no indication of what they might be.

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SoundCloud Go and Go+ don't require a contract and can be purchased using the Play Store's recurring payment system.

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