Musicboard faces outages and Google Play removal

Musicboard, a music discovery and recommendation application, is experiencing ongoing service disruptions, including website downtime and removal from Google Play, the Android app store. The platform’s servers went down on Monday, February 9, 2026, and they remain down as of February 11, 2026. While users have reported a lack of clear communication from the operators, the Musicboard team provided a statement to TechCrunch addressing the situation. The statement, which was shared from the Musicboard team email address and signed simply as Musicboard, did not explain the longer-term issues, and follow-up questions went unanswered. The statement dismissed the outages as temporary downtime and did not explain the longer-term issues affecting the platform. The Musicboard team stated: “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.”

The ongoing disruptions have caused concern among the app’s active user base. According to market intelligence provider Appfigures, the app has been downloaded around 462,000 times. In response to the silence from the app’s operators, some users have organized an unofficial, volunteer-run campaign called the Help Save Musicboard initiative. Led by a user known as Lavarini, the group aims to address the platform’s future. According to Lavarini, the campaign is designed to raise awareness and foster discussion regarding the long-term viability of the independent app and its user base. Lavarini also noted that the users’ efforts to help save the app will continue.

Meanwhile, the founders of Musicboard, Johannes Vermandois and Erik Heimer, have focused on other business activities. The founders have been involved with Frank AI, an artificial intelligence application published on the App Store by Dreamsands, Inc. Dreamsands, Inc. also operates another app called Helm, which is an AI therapist. Frank AI was previously positioned for an acquisition; however, the potential acquirer, Freedom Holdings, Inc., terminated its letter of intent to acquire the app in September 2024.

Why it matters

The situation highlights the vulnerability of indie apps when communication breaks down, leaving a community of around 462,000 users in the dark about the platform’s future.