SongBook Chordpro vs HelloBand
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SongBook Chordpro
Manage your song collections with lyrics and chords, featuring chord variants, instrument libraries, and performance tools. Organize large libraries, transpose songs, and utilize features like auto-scrolling and metronome. Supports Chordpro format, PDFs, and offline use with optional cloud sync.
- Chord variant display
- Extensible instrument chord libraries
- Song transposition
- Auto-scrolling and auto-zoom
- Metronome
- Playlist creation for performances
- Chordpro, tab, and PDF support
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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. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HelloBand
This app helps performers manage fan engagement and their music business through a customizable landing page accessible via a QR code. Artists can receive instant messages, digital tips, and build an email list, all while tracking fan interactions.
- QR code fan engagement
- Customizable landing pages
- Instant fan messaging
- Digital tipping
- Email list building
- Gig promotion
- Performance analytics
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HelloBand is a fan engagement app designed to help performers manage their music business all in one app! With a valid HelloBand user account, this app will be your control center to create and manage your HelloBand Landing Page. Our “One Scan Does it All” method makes it easy for an artist to build, manage and communicate with a fan database. Your unique HelloBand QR code gets generated and is used on all your marketing materials. Once a potential fan sees your QR code at a live show, they scan it with their mobile device, then their phone’s browser will open to your landing page. They immediately will have access to “All things you” on your custom programmable landing page that they will see instantly, all without having to download an app, or sign up for anything. HelloBand Features: INSTANT MESSAGE “HELLO” FEATURE Fans can scan your QR code, press the Say Hello button and message you instantly on stage! They can say hello, request a song from your in-app songlist, ask for a birthday shout-out, or even just tell you how cool you are. No need to advertise your cell number for texting, or advertising your email address for messaging. No need to promote a social media messaging app, that is tracking your every detail. Our HelloBand Say hello feature is a direct-to-you private message that you receive instantly on your device that you have on-stage. TIPS With fewer people carrying cash, and the younger generations using their hand-held devices for almost everything, HelloBand makes it simple to receive digital tips via whatever digital cash provider you use. Venmo, CashApp, PayPal… what ever digital payment provider you already use, your fans will see and have a choice to use it, even all of them if you use multiple providers. Your TIPS go right to you – Instantly! No middleman here. FOLLOW The follow feature makes it easy for a fan to join your email list. It asks for their First Name, email address and zip code. You can manage this list in your app, and even export it as csv file to your current email manager. SPOTLIGHT Create a unique tile for your landing page that directs fans to where you want. Choose an icon, color it, give it a name, tagline and URL and your fan will be directed right to it with a simple click. Promote your merch store, EPK, endorsed products, your favorite charity and so many more options! SOCIALS Fans can see and link to whatever social sites you allow on the landing page. Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? They will see them all if you choose. GIGS Your fans can see a list of all your upcoming gigs with date, time, venue name and address, and any special notes about the show. STATS See the daily totals of how many people visited your landing page, and what they took interest in and clicked through to. All clicks are tracked including individual digital payment sites, social media sites, and even your own custom spotlights! SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS The Standard Plan provides you access to all of the HelloBand features listed above as well as hosting of your custom Landing Page, accessible to fans via a custom QR Code. Your subscription will automatically renew monthly or annually, and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings. Privacy Policy - https://helloband.io/privacy Terms of Use - https://helloband.io/terms Thanks for using HelloBand! We'd love to hear from you. Email us at support@helloband.io.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HelloBand at Free against SongBook Chordpro's $19.99. HelloBand also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%). SongBook Chordpro's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 27) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
HelloBand is free to download; SongBook Chordpro costs $19.99 up front. SongBook Chordpro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and HelloBand sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for SongBook Chordpro against 4.9 for HelloBand. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SongBook Chordpro has 2.4K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of SongBook Chordpro's written reviews are positive against 100% of HelloBand's.
SongBook Chordpro ships an update every 3 weeks, HelloBand every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SongBook Chordpro | HelloBand |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) | 4.9 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #69 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LinkeSOFT GmbH | William Edmondson |
Customer experience
SongBook Chordpro
HelloBand
Bugs and requests
SongBook Chordpro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing songs and playlists
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
- Keyboard issues when editing songs
Requested features
5 requests- Improved PDF handling and printing
- More customization options for formatting
- Integration with Apple ecosystem (iCloud, Files)
- Better support for different input formats
- Easier navigation and organization of songs
HelloBand
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SongBook Chordpro
- Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
HelloBand
- Standard14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Standard (17% off)14 Days trial$99.991 Year
Questions
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