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What’s New Version 6.3
- Support metronome also for PDFs
Description
Great for professional and amateur musicians alike, SongBook manages your song collections with lyrics and chords. Tap on any chord name to see its variants. Comes with comprehensive, extensible chord libraries for many instruments like guitar, ukulele, banjo and piano.
Tons of features: transpose songs, auto-zoom, auto-scrolling, metronome, external display, pedal support, MIDI and much more.
Manage big song collections: sort songs in categories, filter by tags, or define playlists (sets) for performances.
Based on the popular chordpro format, also supports tab/crd files and PDFs. Support for right-to-left languages.
Fully offline capable, no Internet connection required. Optional cloud sync and Play Together feature.
Please refer to our web site for full documentation with screenshots and demo videos.
In-App Purchases US pricing
SongBook Cloud Sync Subscription
Yearly · Yearly 7-day free trial$19.99
Monthly · Monthly 7-day free trial$1.99
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Version history 25 versions
Build 886605940v6.32026-06-06 17:07:12
- Support metronome also for PDFs
Build 885580494v6.2.32026-05-12 19:23:55
- Fixes for Play Together
Build 885130747v6.2.22026-05-01 00:01:52
- New passive mode for Play Together
- Fixes an issue with deleting songs in SongBook Cloud
Build 884469412v6.2.12026-04-13 23:03:01
Various small improvements and corrections
Build 882565383v6.22026-02-18 22:23:38
- Improved capo setting on iPad
- Support user/instrument specific zoom setting in song
- If a playlist is moved to a category, marks songs which are not in the same category (for band sharing)
- Various fixes for iOS/iPadOS 26
Build 881589459v6.12026-01-18 01:19:41
- Select multiple files when adding songs from the Files app
- Improved transpose/capo handling
- Context menu (long press) for playlist songs
- Various fixes for iOS 26
Build 881050908v6.0.12025-12-29 00:55:50
Improved handling of playlists
Edit/rename songs directly from the song list
Fixes for SongBook Cloud Sync
Build 880594508v6.02025-12-18 15:47:04
Optional sync with SongBook Cloud
Highlight texts in song on iPad with Apple Pencil or finger
Streamlined user experience
Build 877847084v5.12.22025-09-05 02:20:23
- Song display setting to mark chords in [], e.g. to make them stand out more when Inline Chords is also active
- Change category for a playlist (useful if you share individual categories/folders with others)
- New chord band option to show only chords defined in the song (useful if you know most of the chords already)
- Reorganized chord settings, most settings are now available from the Chords menu in song view
Build 877829626v5.12.12025-09-04 12:32:44
Fix for iOS 12
Build 877722959v5.122025-09-01 15:09:15
- Song display setting to mark chords in [], e.g. to make them stand out more when Inline Chords is also active
- Change category for a playlist (useful if you share individual categories/folders with others)
- New chord band option to show only chords defined in the song (useful if you know most of the chords already)
- Reorganized chord settings, most settings are now available from the Chords menu in song view
Build 874333221v5.11.22025-04-28 20:55:45
Warning about upcoming discontinued Google Drive sync
Build 873173151v5.11.12025-03-12 11:30:05
Fixes for playing backing tracks
Build 873090030v5.112025-03-10 21:33:04
- Adjust playback speed of backing tracks
- Improved rendering of piano chords
- Search for chords by notes, e.g. A C E -> Am
- Support multiple {midi: } lines for better structuring, will all be send together
- Support multiple {musicpath: } backing tracks, select which one to play when tapping the music icon
Build 871492819v5.10.52025-01-02 21:29:46
- Metronome settings now on metronome toolbar in song display
- Fixes an issue with search on older iOS versions
Build 871151751v5.10.42024-12-15 14:57:31
Tab bar no longer overlaps search field on iPadOS 18.
Build 870947164v5.10.32024-12-06 21:20:46
- Fixes an issue with opening links on iOS 18
Build 870870421v5.10.22024-12-03 21:32:59
- Mirror song display option (teleprompter mode)
- Drag files from other apps into song list (on iPad)
- Small corrections
Build 866544981v5.10.12024-06-08 19:16:51
Fixes a problem with displaying the next song title
Build 866222463v5.102024-05-26 09:09:17
- Search for categories and tags
- Allow whitespace in pseudo chords, e.g. [Verse 1]
- Improved tab conversion
- Support for user/instrument specific MIDI commands
- Option to rotate view on external display
- Confirmation popup if sync would delete more than 10 files in a folder/category
Build 862720651v5.92024-01-08 02:12:59
- Support time signatures like {time: 3/4} for metronome ticks
- Edit PDFs, e.g. to mark text
- Option to show larger chord diagrams
- Fixes for Files Sync with iCloud Drive
Build 858674706v5.82023-08-31 13:24:14
Sync with a folder from the Files app, e.g. in iCloud Drive (iOS 14 or higher)
Print all songs of a playlist
Button in Settings to delete all local files (to start over with a fresh sync)
Send MIDI command with metronome tick/flash e.g. for Tap Tempo
Build 858608697v5.7.22023-07-20 10:10:49
Fixes an issue on iOS 12
Build 858623661v5.7.32023-07-20 17:36:34
- Another fix for crashes on older iOS versions
Build 858555120v5.7.12023-07-18 14:23:20
- fix for Dropbox sync
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Change log 29 changes · US
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releaseNotes updated
- Support metronome also for PDFs
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description updated
Great for professional and amateur musicians alike, SongBook manages your song collections with lyrics and chords. Tap on any chord name to see its variants. Co
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subtitle updated
Your lyrics and chords
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name updated
SongBook Chordpro
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Version 6.3 released
- Support metronome also for PDFs
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Version 6.2.3 released
- Fixes for Play Together
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Version 6.2.2 released
- New passive mode for Play Together
- Fixes an issue with deleting songs in SongBook Cloud
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Version 6.2.1 released
Various small improvements and corrections
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Version 6.2 released
- Improved capo setting on iPad
- Support user/instrument specific zoom setting in song
- If a playlist is moved to a category, marks songs which are not in the same category (for band sharing)
- Various fixes for iOS/iPadOS 26
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Version 6.1 released
- Select multiple files when adding songs from the Files app
- Improved transpose/capo handling
- Context menu (long press) for playlist songs
- Various fixes for iOS 26
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Version 6.0.1 released
Improved handling of playlists
Edit/rename songs directly from the song list
Fixes for SongBook Cloud Sync
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Version 6.0 released
Optional sync with SongBook Cloud
Highlight texts in song on iPad with Apple Pencil or finger
Streamlined user experience
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Version 5.12.2 released
- Song display setting to mark chords in [], e.g. to make them stand out more when Inline Chords is also active
- Change category for a playlist (useful if you share individual categories/folders with others)
- New chord band option to sh
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Version 5.12.1 released
Fix for iOS 12
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Version 5.12 released
- Song display setting to mark chords in [], e.g. to make them stand out more when Inline Chords is also active
- Change category for a playlist (useful if you share individual categories/folders with others)
- New chord band option to show
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Version 5.11.2 released
Warning about upcoming discontinued Google Drive sync
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Version 5.11.1 released
Fixes for playing backing tracks
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Version 5.11 released
- Adjust playback speed of backing tracks
- Improved rendering of piano chords
- Search for chords by notes, e.g. A C E -> Am
- Support multiple {midi: } lines for better structuring, will all be send together
- Support multiple {musicpath:
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Version 5.10.5 released
- Metronome settings now on metronome toolbar in song display
- Fixes an issue with search on older iOS versions
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Version 5.10.4 released
Tab bar no longer overlaps search field on iPadOS 18.
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Version 5.10.3 released
- Fixes an issue with opening links on iOS 18
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Version 5.10.2 released
- Mirror song display option (teleprompter mode)
- Drag files from other apps into song list (on iPad)
- Small corrections
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Version 5.10.1 released
Fixes a problem with displaying the next song title
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Version 5.10 released
- Search for categories and tags
- Allow whitespace in pseudo chords, e.g. [Verse 1]
- Improved tab conversion
- Support for user/instrument specific MIDI commands
- Option to rotate view on external display
- Confirmation popup if syn
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Version 5.9 released
- Support time signatures like {time: 3/4} for metronome ticks
- Edit PDFs, e.g. to mark text
- Option to show larger chord diagrams
- Fixes for Files Sync with iCloud Drive
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Version 5.8 released
Sync with a folder from the Files app, e.g. in iCloud Drive (iOS 14 or higher)
Print all songs of a playlist
Button in Settings to delete all local files (to start over with a fresh sync)
Send MIDI command with metronome tick/flash e.g. for
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Version 5.7.3 released
- Another fix for crashes on older iOS versions
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Version 5.7.2 released
Fixes an issue on iOS 12
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Version 5.7.1 released
- fix for Dropbox sync