Great app that makes life easy for an active musician
I play worship guitar for Kolbe prison retreats and can’t express how much this app has simplified so many things. Instead of managing music folders, transposing different keys and fumbling through binders to find a song, I now am able to keep track of and organize my music effortlessly, change keys with a couple of taps, add pads over Bluetooth simply.
All this and I’m probably not even barely scratching the surface of what this app is capable of.
For anyone who is playing live with a dynamic or diverse group of musicians this app is well worth it. I got the full subscription and it is something I would not do without.
All this and I’m probably not even barely scratching the surface of what this app is capable of.
For anyone who is playing live with a dynamic or diverse group of musicians this app is well worth it. I got the full subscription and it is something I would not do without.
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Happy Dude
Great App
Sand paper TP is better
Absolute garbage app, garbage! G to the a to the r to b a g!
Here we go again…
Every time there’s an update they break something. I’ve used this for years unfortunately, which means it’s difficult to change to something else. It used to be a great program. I’ve even rebuilt my database from this year, and there’s always, ALWAYS a new problem.
OnSong continues to add more bloat which continues to wreck the most basic of features. Now, after the most recent iPad update, all my music is rendering with uneven boxy lines around the chords.
Thanks a lot. Just one more problem I didn’t need.
OnSong continues to add more bloat which continues to wreck the most basic of features. Now, after the most recent iPad update, all my music is rendering with uneven boxy lines around the chords.
Thanks a lot. Just one more problem I didn’t need.
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We love the program but we have a hard time connecting to every iPad of the band. We usually have 1 that doesn’t work every Sunday. It’s very frustrating but we love it when it works.
You need to fix basic features
I’ve paid real money for OnSong, and parts of it are genuinely excellent. Adding songs to the library, formatting charts, and organizing music is fast and flexible. That’s the reason I’m giving it two stars instead of one.
But sharing sets between devices is absolutely terrible.
I use multiple iPads and a MacBook for rehearsals, and Beam/OnSong Connect is wildly inconsistent. Devices appear, disappear, spin indefinitely, fail to send, or only work in one direction. Today I could send from an iPad to the Mac, but not from the Mac back to the iPad. I restarted the app and networking started working again, only for the Mac app to then open to a completely black window.
This is not some obscure secondary feature. Sharing a set with other devices and band members is a core live-music workflow. It needs to be rock-solid, not something you troubleshoot for half an hour before rehearsal.
The song-library side of OnSong is great. The device-sharing side is not remotely good enough for paid software. Please fix Beam and make set sharing boring, reliable, and predictable.
But sharing sets between devices is absolutely terrible.
I use multiple iPads and a MacBook for rehearsals, and Beam/OnSong Connect is wildly inconsistent. Devices appear, disappear, spin indefinitely, fail to send, or only work in one direction. Today I could send from an iPad to the Mac, but not from the Mac back to the iPad. I restarted the app and networking started working again, only for the Mac app to then open to a completely black window.
This is not some obscure secondary feature. Sharing a set with other devices and band members is a core live-music workflow. It needs to be rock-solid, not something you troubleshoot for half an hour before rehearsal.
The song-library side of OnSong is great. The device-sharing side is not remotely good enough for paid software. Please fix Beam and make set sharing boring, reliable, and predictable.
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A constant frustration
This app has become the biggest frustration for our group each time we prepare to play. Song sharing is impossible to do consistently, the file sync is frequently lost. A tool that is supposed to make things easier is anything but that
Can’t import songs from karaoke
Tried to get app help and could not get the message to go thru to app support. Very frustrated with this program
Asked me to do a review as I was playing a gig
Right in the middle of starting a gig and .... "hey, review our product!" One star for such desperate attention. Just asked for another review...
Frustrating as usual
I’ve been using OnSong on and off for probably 15 years and it has NEVER been reliable. Today all my hand written charts I wrote with the apple pencil completely disappeared when I opened the app for rehearsal. It’s ALWAY glitching and messing up for as long as it’s been around. If it was reliable it would be the best in the market. Apple pencil notations are definitely unreliable in Onsong, it will just disappear.
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So disappointing
Our group of about 30 users have been using this app for 3 years, it continues to get worse and worse after every update. We use to require our members to purchase, now we just recommend they use Ulti xxxx Guixxxx . Ironically, 2 of our members got grandfathered for life using version 2020, they don’t update, ever, and theirs are the only two ones that work consistently. The biggest issues are beaming, searching, random key assignments and extremely non-intuitive functioning (probably due due to the vast number of options). Compared to the other options, the price and inconsistency make this a terrible value.
Beaming.. Titles with no content, beams the previous song, changes the key when beaming, beams version that won’t save and/or can’t be modified.
Honestly we don’t need 90% of what it does, I wish they had a version that would just: Share, Save local, and allow editing/transitions . We don’t need or want all the rest!
Thanks for listening.
Beaming.. Titles with no content, beams the previous song, changes the key when beaming, beams version that won’t save and/or can’t be modified.
Honestly we don’t need 90% of what it does, I wish they had a version that would just: Share, Save local, and allow editing/transitions . We don’t need or want all the rest!
Thanks for listening.
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This app sucks
This is not worth it anymore so many bugs.
Hard to get started
No way to add your own song or any song. Defeats the purpose of the app, no?
Poor Customer Service
I have been trying to sign in now for 3 days. I can not get any support! The AI responds with a re-sign in message but the problem is the re-sign does not work and it will not connect! There is no one to talk to about this problem and no way to resolve the issue! Extremely frustrating!!!
Will let you down
Definitely do not use. Songs exist in the list, no problem. But now when I create a set list the file just shows the heading but not the song itself. I’ve wasted so much time trying to get it to work. Not sure what changed but it’s not good. And I have paid for a subscription. What a sucker I am. Avoid!!!
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DOES NOT WORK
I have an M3 MacBook Pro with the latest OS. The app opens with the welcome screen, but as soon as I click any button, the interface turns black and all the buttons disappear. Disappointing.
Don’t waste your time or money
What a complete joke of a program, crashes all the time, changes keys of songs randomly, doesn’t recognise titles of songs, scans really poorly.
Storing and transferring large files
Couldn’t imagine doing business with my associates without Dropbox.
Leider ist der Support eine Katastrophe
Probleme geschildert, 4 Wochen her keine Antwort. Das Problem das mein ganzer Account quasi nur noch verrückt spielt und ich beim Auftritt immer wieder Angst haben muss das er immer wieder hängt und einfach in mein Google Account immer und immer wieder sich wieder einloggen will ob ich im WLan habe oder nicht. Seit ich das Update auf OnSong 2026 spinnt alles aber du bekommst keine Hilfe also voll Katastrophe
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Response from developer
Hallo! Es tut uns sehr leid, das zu hören, und wir würden Ihnen sehr gerne weiterhelfen. Wenn Sie Probleme mit OnSong haben oder auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen, ist die Kontaktaufnahme mit unserem Support-Team der beste Weg, um sicherzustellen, dass sich jemand darum kümmert. Sie können dies tun, indem Sie die OnSong 2026-App auf Ihrem Gerät öffnen und zu „Utilities“ (Zahnrad-Symbol) > „Support“ > „Contact Us“ (Kontakt) navigieren. Sollten Sie diese Schritte bereits unternommen haben, aber – wie von Ihnen erwähnt – keine Unterstützung oder Antwort erhalten haben, teilen Sie uns bitte die Ticketnummer mit, die Sie beim Absenden Ihrer Support-Anfrage erhalten haben sollten. Wir werden diese dann an unser Support-Team weiterleiten, damit Sie schnellstmöglich eine Rückmeldung bekommen. Vielen Dank – wir freuen uns darauf, von Ihnen zu hören und Ihnen zu helfen!
The best!
I have tried all of the rest and this is the best!
