# Campfire: Songbook & Chords — Chords, lyrics, and setlists

> Chords, lyrics, and setlists (iPhone/iPad app by PETER PANDULA.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/campfire-songbook-and-chords/id6815160850 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [PETER PANDULA](https://appshunter.io/developer/1803333004)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.3 · 88 MB
- Languages: American English, Hungarian
- Released: 2026-09-28
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Campfire?

Campfire is a songbook for the songs you play: your lyrics and chords, laid out to be read while your hands are busy with an instrument, with a metronome that knows the tempo of every song and a tuner for the minute before it starts.

Chords sit right above the syllables they belong to, and a song flows into as many columns as the screen has room for, so you turn as few pages as possible.

Campfire doesn't come with songs of its own. It is a home for yours. Write them in the built-in editor, paste a chord sheet copied from a website, or bring the ones you already have: text files, PDFs, Word documents, ChordPro files, whole zip archives, even another songbook app's backup.

Reading
• Turn the page with a tap, a key, or a Bluetooth page-turner pedal, and reach every line with Up and Down alone
• Long songs fit on fewer pages, and short ones fill the screen in centered columns
• Adjustable text size, foldable sections, cover art, and links to recordings
• A lyrics-only view for the people who only sing
• Read only mode keeps a stray tap from changing a song mid-set

Chords and scales
• Chord diagrams for guitar, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, or keyboard, in alternate tunings too, in the shapes you actually play
• A Chords tab with every key's common chords, and a Scales tab that draws and plays every scale on your instrument
• Every song suggests the scales that fit it, and its tabs are moved to your instrument
• Transpose and set the capo, and Campfire names the key the band hears
• Chords in standard, German (H), Latin (Do Re Mi), Nashville, or Roman numeral notation

Tuner
• Tune a guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, mandolin, or banjo string by string, in many tunings, or any instrument chromatically
• Reference tones to tune by ear, opened over the song you are about to play
• It listens only while it is on screen, and keeps nothing it hears

Metronome
• Every song keeps its own tempo, time signature, and accents, tempo changes included
• Tap tempo, subdivisions, and five sounds
• A flash on every beat, and it keeps clicking with the screen locked

Setlists
• Play through the whole set without stopping, the tempo changing on the next bar
• Every setlist remembers its own key, capo, and tempo for each song
• A date and a countdown for the gig, and the set's total running time
• Archive a setlist after the gig instead of deleting it

Organizing and editing
• Search by title, artist, or tag
• Select several songs at once to add them to setlists, tag them, or export them in one go
• Tags and languages stored inside the song files, with 14 tag colors
• Find a song's cover art and details online, only when you ask
• A ChordPro editor with syntax highlighting, mistakes marked as you type, and a live preview

Import, export, share, and sync
• Paste, drop, or share a chord sheet into Campfire, and chords written above the lyrics become real chords you can transpose
• Import ChordPro, text, PDF, and Word files, zip archives, and other songbook apps' backups
• Print-ready PDF export with your paper size and columns
• Share a song or setlist as a link or QR code that anyone opens in Campfire, kept up to date with your changes
• Optional sync through your own Dropbox, automatic after every change

Make it yours
• Light and dark themes, a sepia slider, and ten color schemes
• The app icon follows the color you choose
• Switch off any feature you never use
• English and Hungarian, switchable inside the app

Your songs are yours
Your library is a folder of ordinary ChordPro text files on your device. Campfire works offline, needs no account, and collects no data: no analytics, no tracking, and no ads. It goes online only for what you ask of it: to sync and share through your own Dropbox, with no server in between, to open a shared link, and to fetch cover images and song details. You can export everything at any time.

Campfire is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

## Is Campfire safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Campfire.

## Is Campfire legit?

Campfire: Songbook & Chords has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Campfire is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.0.1 — 2026-10-22

- Export: Redesigned screen with Link first and PDF options in sections.
- Sync: Other devices' changes reach an open song within seconds.
- Vibration: The metronome vibrates on subdivisions too, more lightly.
- Filters: Large screens no longer pin the filters panel.
- Log: Email, share, or save the app's log; sent after a crash if you agree.
- Metronome: Changing its sound while it plays no longer doubles a beat.

### 5.0.0 — 2026-10-21

- More instruments and tunings: Chord diagrams for mandolin and banjo.
- Scales tab: Every scale and mode on your instrument, suggested for each song.
- Chords tab: Each key's common chords, and any chord by name.
- Paste, share, or drop a song: It opens in the editor.
- Share songs and setlists as links: Create a link or QR code anyone can open.
- Import from more apps.

### 4.8.0 — 2026-10-12

- Tuner: A new tab tunes guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, mandolin, or banjo.
- Select multiple songs: Add them to setlists, tag them, or export them at once.
- Songs on fewer pages: Narrower columns and smaller text where that saves a page.
- Colored tags: Give each tag one of 14 colors, synced between devices.
- Metronome accents for each song: Each song keeps its own accented beats.
- Duplicate songs, right-click menus: Copy a song, or open a menu with a right click.

### 4.7.0 — 2026-10-10

- Metronome: A new tab with accents, subdivisions and five sounds; songs click at their own tempo.
- Chord diagrams: See how every chord is played on guitar, ukulele or keyboard.
- Capo and tempo on the song: Set them per setlist and sync them between devices.
- Sepia background: Warm the background towards old paper, with the contrast unchanged.
- Features in Settings: Hide the parts of the app you never use.
- More chord notations: Latin, Nashville numbers and Roman numerals.

### 4.6.1 — 2026-10-05

- Numbered sections: Sections without a name are headed Verse 1, Verse 2 and so on.
- Setlist running time: Setlist headers add up their songs' durations.
- Reorder songs: Setlist songs move only in Reorder songs mode, never by accident.
- Bottom sheet forms: Text fields stay above the keyboard, even on small phones.
- New song details: Add subtitle, album, composer, lyricist, year and duration.
- Duplicate archived setlists: Played sets can now be copied and deleted.

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All apps by PETER PANDULA: https://appshunter.io/developer/1803333004

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