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Goodby paper. Hello organization.
This app is incredible. Over the course of a few days I eliminated four binders of guitar music collected over 40+ years and provided organization to my music that previously had only been a dream. Songbook Pro is intuitive and easy to learn. The user interface is really slick! One of the best features of the app is the direct link to Ultimate Guitar which makes loading music simple and straight-forward. Annotation is easy, writing with a finger, or better yet with a stylus. Since music is stored as PDF, backups are easily done with Dropbox and others. Scrolling is easily set up for each song and the setting stays with the song. Music is easily arranged by genre, sorted by title, or sorted by artist. Gig lists are a snap to create and organize. Songbook Pro is simply a great sheet music app, probably the best there is, especially for the price.Show lesssuntiger66
Great App (except for one thing)
This is the first time I’m using an app like this and it is great overall. Easy to navigate. Easy to make changes. Easy to annotate. However, and I haven’t seen this issue in any of the other reviews. The eraser doesn’t always work. Most of the time when I make a mistake and go to the eraser, it removes each step backwards, much like the undo command. However, if I want to revisit notes that I made previously, the eraser won’t work. This is very frustrating and I’d like to know the fix for this. When I need to erase old notes to make new ones, I need the eraser to work. I don’t want to lose any of my sets & songs, and I’m concerned I will if I delete the app and reload it again. Can someone help me with this? Thanks.Show lesslouikoc
Very Impressed
I’ve only just started using this app but so far I am very impressed. I’ve used other apps similar to this and Songbook Pro does everything I need and more. Features are great, interface is easy and intuitive. Ran into a small bug with the known chords function not working properly. Reported the issue and that same day received a response from the developer Jon that he would be working on it. This bug is minor and in the grand scheme of things does not hinder the usage of the app too much but it is good to see how responsive they are to issues in the system. Makes me hopeful for the long term use of it as I use my iPad for displaying my music while playing at church and need something that works reliably. I already bought the full version knowing that I’ll easily get my money’s worth out of it. Works with all the major page turner pedals and even has a web interface that you can use from a desktop on the same network to make editing songs much easier. I don’t leave reviews too often but I had to share my experience so far with itShow lessnotcaptainamerica
Love the app and developer response
I’ve been using this for 5-6 months. It took me a while and lot of reading to adjust to how it works, but that’s on me. When I asked some questions, the developer was awesome! He was quick to respond and help! That is called customer service! This is very reasonably priced! Please support him and buy the app. I’m very happy!Show lesscrowrock
Very Awesome!
Want to replace your songbook with a tablet, be able to change keys on the fly, highlight and or add notes to your song sheets, easily create setlists, then this is for you. I love it. Getting your own song sheets in the app is a bit challenging, but doable. I take a pic of them, then convert them to a pdf, save it to MyFiles on my iPad then I can easily import them into my song database. Would love to have the ability to make the drawing tool have a few different thicknesses of the line available, but you can’t go wrong with this app and get the pro version...you pay that much for a hamburger.Show lessChristhemisicman
Fabulous Alternative
I used Onsong for years before they began moving to the subscription based program. After that, I didn’t want to pay 50$ a year for something that did exactly the same thing. So when I found Songbook, I purchased the whole thing and found that it was like what Onsong used to be. I love this app, and for unlimited access to pretty much any song I want or need, it’s a perfect price.
I would highly encourage anyone looking for a cheaper alternative to come this way. I love it.
-LWShow lessAnonomys Drummer
great value for money
This is a great app — fairly simple but totally functional — for a one-time purchase.
Edit: I already had five stars but now I want to add another because I just discovered the Web-editing feature. It’s really well done, and lets you edit/paste/import/clean up charts using an editor on your computer’s browser. Nice!
Pros:
* Smooth transposition * Very smooth pasting — it doesn’t always get everything (like {title: } but it’s pretty darn good. * Beautiful print/pdfs * Automatic backups to Dropbox (and some other services) * It’s got setlists and stuff, although I don’t use those features…
Cons:
* The edit box is super awkward, even with an external keyboard. (Fortunately, I don’t use it much — I edit with other programs first, or paste from the Web.) * Extra ChordPro attributes are omitted from the printouts (like {composer: } for example) * Syncs are in a proprietary format. I would love to have just a directory of .crd files, so I can edit in other places or with a text editor. Those are pretty minor cons, though, and I don’t even take off a star for them.Show lessDoodaddy
This is a really great app!
I like how I can look up a song that I want to learn. Not only do find what I was looking for, you get different interpretations of the song. I find the one that works for me and I have a great time playing. You get the lyrics, chords and even tabs. I like the auto scroll feature as it can be set to any speed. I use this app quite often and I highly recommend it. Whether you are just beginning guitar or you have been playing guitar for years, this app is a great tool! Rock on!Show lessJoeC787
Additional comments
After my initial review and using the app quite a bit, I like it even more. I have now converted all my songs over to Sunbird Pro or at least most of them that I use regularly.
One other person had written in his review that it would be nice to be able to import multiple songs at a time, And I agree with that.
One other thing that I need help with or maybe I’m not able to do it is being able to organize my Setlist. For some reason it should be a simple thing but I can’t find how to organize the Setlist. When I make them I’d like to be able to move them in order. Maybe there’s a way already but I’m not finding it maybe you can give me a heads up. ThanksShow lessMullenSteelMan
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback, if there are any features that you are missing please let me know at info@songbook-pro.comLike this app!
I have found this app to be helpful on gigs when a request comes in that I don’t know. The changes tend to be pretty good - not always as exact as what I would like, but the ability to make adjustments to the shared song info and the ability to transpose into any key is invaluable.
One area that I find very frustrating is making sets from the songs in SongbookPro. I am having a very frustrating time over staying to put songs into sets. There has to be an easier way. If there is information that would help me, I would like to know it.Show lessPFV - NYC
