SongBook Chordpro

The learning curve can get frustrating. Instruction for very beginners is hard to find. The Search feature only works half the time - the other half you need to go through all the songs alphabetically and find it yourself. I’ve seen Search Settings somewhere but I’ll be dangled if I could find them again - maybe I was dreaming. With the latest iPad upgrade, the Search line is hidden behind the Song Playlist General choice thingy on top. This app is becoming useless in a live setting.

I have used SongBook Chordpro for many years now, and have enjoyed the progression of features. The simplicity of operations from converting text to chordpro, two-click key changes, auto font sizing and on and on, are all due to well-thought-out design and attention to detail. Andreas has been very responsive, also, to feature requests and troubles encountered over time. There are few applications that "just work" as well as this one. I rely on it extnsively and it does not diasppoint.

I’ve using this app for years and have never been disappointed. As a church musician having all your music at hand is of upmost importance. Transposing on the fly with chord symbols over lyrics is a really a blessing. Chord charts for different instruments, importing and exporting and synchronization with other devices in your band. Adding chords to lyrics is a breeze. I highly recommend this app!

App is no longer syncing across devices via the ‘songs’ tab.

I play in multiple bands mostly covers. We share set lists and songs making our own arrangements and I write all my originals and others that I record on. I fix all songs that are wrong on line and add times and BPMs. We share playlists and arrangements. My only suggestion is when you share a pdf, for printing, I wish there was a way to add all the details besides the keys and titles(times, bpm, notes), then it would be 5 stars. Tom Morse

Better support needed

Don’t hesitate. This program is perfect. Change keys, scroll, download any song you want. I’ve used this program for years. LOVE it.

I’ve been using this app for over 10 years, and I’m here to stay. It’s my favorite chord chart app. I tried a couple of others but the simplicity of this, along with some nice functionality is what keeps me using it. One turnoff from some of the other apps is that they are subscription based. I bought this outright, and all features are available to use. Not locked behind a paywall. I use this with Dropbox, where I store PDF and text file charts. Songbook syncs to Dropbox and loads all the songs. Once loaded, it doesn’t need a connection. The app lets you search for chords on the internet, and import them in, then save it in your song list. I play in a wedding band and have to learn songs constantly. This is a nice feature, because I’m usually importing in songs, then transposing them in the app, then revising them in the app. I incorporate MIDI Program Changes in my chord charts, which Songbook supports. This has been huge for me. I send MIDI messages from MainStage to change charts while performing. The one thing I wish I would be able to do is use the PDF charts with MIDI. It only seems to work for the .txt files. Not a huge deal because most of my charts are in .txt format. Support for this app seems good as well, as I had to reach out with a question once, and someone got back to me with a helpful answer.

This is a terrific app. I have hundreds of songs in memory. It is convenient for searching for new songs. It is easy to edit. I especially like the dictation capability.

I’ve been using songbook for years! Bring a musician doing solo gigs, I need a tool that I can have while performing that is easy and flexible and songbook is just that. You can edit songs, modify chords, add comments, etc. songbook works great for a performing musician…I highly recommend it!