To develop music iOS app with the different features and approach will earn more fame and revenue than the standard music applications. Yes, we are here discussing about music applications for the iOS and its development. Under this category, we have different range of the applications – free radio, video community applications like Musical.ly.

In the video community apps, the user can create, upload and share the videos, though short one. Musical.ly works on the same format. It is being said and observed that Musical.ly is the clone of Vine, Dubmash and other video applications. It contains the feature similar to the Vine app, including other video app features.

Musical.ly allows user to record the video and share it on the application, adding the music to it. There are different effects available. User can add them well to upgrade the video. In fact the app allows to have more editing features if the user share the video to the app like Instagram. It is the most loved application by the young people, majorly between 13-24 years old age.

The app allows the user to even search for the short videos. Musical.ly is the complete social network app- numerous talented, and hilarious effects/ filters entertain the users. It works just like the Vine application- record the clip either in a minute or record different clips and get them altogether in a single frame- creating the fine video.

There are some great Musical.ly features which had led the app to be nominated for Google play Award 2016.

1. Contests & Challenges
It is the feature for the users to display their talent with this feature. People love to be competitive and win the challenges. Musical.ly app, that’s why have the feature- challenges and contests.

The trending topics rotating list for the users is available on the app for them to compete. With the single topic, completely focused on it – user can join the competition and display their talent to others.

You can create own version of the songs, tagging the circle with the album art, and so many things you can do with this feature on the Musical.ly app. The user have to make sure that the videos are shoot on the Portrait mode.

2. Private Musical.ly account
It is easy to make your Musical.ly account private. This will disable the other Musical users to not to view your Musical.ly videos but only those who you allow to.

3. Featured on Musical.ly
Several users get featured on the Musical.ly when they create entertaining, creative and original video. All these three qualities enable the users to get featured on the app, without paying anything.

The user to be featured on the app will have to check upon the latest trends with the hashtags, accessible from the ‘discover’ option. The user have to keep creating videos related to the latest Musical.ly trends.

So how does Musical.ly application make money or earn revenue?

In 2016, Musical.ly had raised the fund for $100 million from GGV capital and Qiming venture partners. This is because Musical.ly has gained lot of attention from the young people- 18-24 age group.

In the previous year, GGV had funded the application with $16.6M. Another way to earn the money is to get some space for the ads on the application. When you are developing music iOS app, advertisements help greatly to monetize it.

To become the profit earning app owner, it is important to learn the market basics, audience, and the business goals. As an app owner, you have to consider the aim first to develop iOS music app.

If your target to build the application is to promote your brand or the business, you will then, not consider the in-app purchases or the ads option on the application. Instead you will focus on the expansion of the customer.

You must have drawn and implement best strategy to do so, but it is wise to track your data, particularly when you are providing the free to paid upgrades on the application. With the collected data you can thus can innovate new things and sell it to the customers.

Final words
The Musical.ly application is more similar like to the Dubsmash app- making it as Video social network. The application is already popular among more than 60M teen users in the USA.

According to the company’s board member, Musical.ly is the opportunity to create the new form of expression. The app is much focused on the music video, yet there are some pending updates available making the app look similar to its old form.