Comparison

OnSong 2026 vs Practice Wheel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OnSong 2026

This app helps musicians prepare, practice, and perform by managing chord charts, lyrics, and setlists. It offers features like importing songs from various sources, hands-free control, and advanced video output for live performances.

Highlights
  • Import and manage chord charts and lyrics
  • Create and organize setlists
  • Hands-free page turning and autoscrolling
  • Transpose, capo, and format charts
  • Real-time sharing with band members
  • Video output for lyrics and backgrounds
  • MIDI event automation and stage lighting control
Features
Currently charting
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OnSong is the best app for musicians. Get ready to prepare, practice and perform with ease. Download the app for free, create your account, and get started importing and viewing up to 30 songs. You can even receive sets and play with other OnSong users. When you're ready to go to the next level with more songs and features, subscribe to OnSong Essentials or OnSong Premium. ALWAYS READY Import and build your library of chords and lyrics with built-in support for Dropbox, Google Drive, SongSelect, Planning Center, and more to work the way you do. Even scan your paper charts directly and extract text¹. OnSong supports text-based chord charts, Adobe PDF and many other file types you can import from any supporting app like Safari. OnSong Console¹ lets you manage your library from your Mac or PC in any web browser. Whether you have ten or ten-thousand songs in your repertoire², it's always lightweight and mobile so you can play anytime, anywhere. PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS Play more gigs with planning made easy. Pull your set lists in moments² and gather the band. Transpose, capo, and format your text-based chord charts² to look just right and then annotate or draw on the page to make special notes¹. When you're all done, share wirelessly with your team in real-time¹, or print, email, and export too². OnSong is as flexible as it is powerful. BUILT FOR PERFORMANCE OnSong is built for the stage. Tap to turn pages or go hands-free with wireless foot pedals or intelligent autoscrolling². No more clumsy page turning on cluttered music stands. Every aspect of the song is at your fingertips. Assign tempo and time signature for a reassuring click², sing a cappella with a digital pitch pipe², link to backing tracks to play along², or even send MIDI events to automate your stage¹, all without complicated or confusing equipment. BE SEEN AND HEARD OnSong features powerful video features that go well beyond other apps. Display lyrics on a projector or an HDTV with a video adapter, AppleTV, or Google Cast-compatible device¹. Compose custom backgrounds with still or motion graphics, or live video¹ feeds for dynamic performances. Stay on the same page with your band with confidence monitors you control on-stage. While you're at it, run stage lighting too¹. OnSong is the ultimate creative tool for musicians. GET STARTED WITH ONSONG® ESSENTIALS Add an unlimited number of songs to your library and enable the features that let you perform with confidence including: • Pulling sets and organizing songs into books. • Hands-free control with foot pedals and actions. • Writing your own songs with custom formatting. • Transposing charts, applying capo and diagrams. • Sharing with your team. ONSONG® PREMIUM MEANS MORE POWER While OnSong Essentials has many of the basic features you need, there are a few that are only available with a Premium subscription including: advanced actions, annotations such as sticky notes, clips, text, and drawings, timeline, backing tracks, click tracks, multitracks, video tracks, Connect and OnCue, Console, document scanner, live video and motion videos backgrounds, MIDI automation, scenes, and premium technical support. Want to learn more? Visit http://onsongapp.com/features to find out if OnSong is right for you. ¹ Requires an active Premium subscription. ² Requires an active Essentials subscription. Terms of Use http://onsongapp.com/premium/terms Privacy Policy http://onsongapp.com/privacy

About

Practice Wheel

This app transforms music practice into an engaging experience by letting you build a song library and use a spinning wheel to randomly select what to play. It helps you track your progress, organize music into folders, and includes a metronome and iTunes cleanup tools.

Highlights
  • Random song selection wheel
  • Organize songs into folders
  • Practice session tracking
  • Built-in metronome
  • iTunes metadata cleanup
  • Customizable themes
  • Teacher-student class management
Features
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Practice Wheel takes the guesswork out of practice. Build your repertoire, spin the wheel to pick what to play, and watch your progress add up. SPIN THE WHEEL Add your songs, spin, and play. Smart Spin leans toward the songs you've practiced least, so nothing gets forgotten. Spin from all your songs or from a set, like a recital program or your warm-ups. TAKE THE STAGE One tap starts a focused practice session: a timer toward your daily goal, a metronome with tap tempo, a tempo ladder that walks you up to full speed, and a built-in tuner. CHORD CHARTS Keep a chord chart with any song. Transpose it to a new key and let it autoscroll at your tempo while you play. On iPad it sits beside the timer. YOUR JOURNEY Every session is logged with how it felt and your notes. See your streak, a 16-week heatmap, milestones, and semester and year recaps. FRIENDS Share a friend code, cheer each other on, and collect stickers on your weekly cork board. FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Teachers create classes, share a join code, see each student's week at a glance, and send assignments and encouragement. Class spin picks who plays next and what they play, right in the lesson. Students join with a code and get their assignments in the app. MAKE IT YOURS Let each song's album art color the app, or choose from over a dozen themes, or build your own.

Screenshots

OnSong 20264 screens
Practice Wheel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Practice Wheel at 100% against OnSong 2026's 28%. Practice Wheel also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). OnSong 2026's advantage is ratings volume (5.7K vs 4) and chart position (#165 vs unranked). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. OnSong 2026 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Practice Wheel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Practice Wheel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OnSong 2026 has 5.7K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of OnSong 2026's written reviews are positive against 100% of Practice Wheel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OnSong 2026 ships an update monthly, Practice Wheel every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
OnSong 2026 versus Practice Wheel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnSong 2026Practice Wheel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.7K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.7K — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#165 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB25 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperOnSong LLCBlaine Asbury

Customer experience

OnSong 2026

All ratings5,642 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews684 reviews
Positive28.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative63.9%

Practice Wheel

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

OnSong 2026

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Songs and annotations randomly disappearing
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent behavior when importing/exporting songs
  • Sync and sharing issues between devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved sync and backup capabilities
  • More intuitive user interface
  • Ability to transpose songs easily
  • Better support for older devices and iOS versions

Practice Wheel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

OnSong 2026

Subscriptions4
  • Essentials (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Essentials (Annual)$29.991 Year
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  • Premium (Annual)1 Month trial$59.991 Year
None

Practice Wheel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OnSong 2026 free?
OnSong 2026 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Practice Wheel free?
Practice Wheel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OnSong 2026 or Practice Wheel?
Practice Wheel is rated higher. OnSong 2026 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 5.7K ratings, while Practice Wheel averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do OnSong 2026 or Practice Wheel have ads?
Neither OnSong 2026 nor Practice Wheel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OnSong 2026 or Practice Wheel?
OnSong 2026 ships an update monthly, and Practice Wheel every 2 days. Most recently, OnSong 2026 was updated on October 26, 2026 and Practice Wheel on October 24, 2026.

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