Auto Scroll Chords vs PCO Songbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Auto Scroll Chords
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Scroll Chord is a dedicated chord/sheet music viewer that automatically organizes chord scores neatly and scrolls them in sync with the tempo, ensuring a seamless performance flow. It eliminates the hassle of having to lift your hand to turn the score during a performance, and the inconvenience of viewing complex, disorganized text chords. Scroll chord scrolls smoothly in sync with the tempo and offers various features to enhance readability. You can play naturally and seamlessly in any situation, whether busking, practicing, performing, or playing in an ensemble.
PCO Songbook
Transform your iPad into a digital songbook. Connect to Planning Center, download service plans, and easily navigate chord charts and sheet music. Features include automatic key transposition, annotation tools, and offline access.
- Connects to Planning Center Services
- Downloads service plans and songbooks
- Offline chord chart and sheet music access
- Automatic key transposition for instruments
- Annotation tools with Apple Pencil support
- Full-screen viewing with tap/swipe navigation
- Metronome and backing pad integration
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Turn your iPad into a digital songbook. Connect to Planning Center, download your service plans, and navigate chord charts and sheet music with confidence. Seamlessly connect to your Planning Center Services account and access all your service plans in one place. Download complete songbooks with PDF chord charts and sheet music. Everything syncs and works perfectly offline. Automatically displays chord charts in the correct key for your service. No manual transposing needed. Mark up your charts with notes, highlights, and reminders using Apple Pencil. All annotations save automatically. Full-screen, distraction-free viewing with tap navigation, swipe gestures, and support for Bluetooth page turners. Invert PDF colors for low-light environments. Perfect for dimly lit stages and late-night rehearsals. A Metronome that automatically tracks a song's detected bpm/meter - tap button to play, long-press for metronome options Backing pads that follow detected song key. Tap button to play, long-press to adjust pad volume. Crossfade duration can be set in settings. Audio Player (if the song key has audio attachments) with 10-sec skip/loop. Tap button to play/pause, long-press for enhanced player. While playing, the 10-second back button appears. Tap to repeat the last 10 seconds. Long-press to loop the last 10 seconds. The crossfade duration setting applies to audio playback between songs as well as pad in/out. The metronome, pads, audio playback feature can be disabled/enabled in Settings as desired. MIDI control so external devices can control page turns, trigger pads, metronome, audio playback, 10-sec skip back Screen Mirroring - Display a "2-up" view (current and next page) of your songbook on an external screen (via airplay or HDMI adapter) that includes any annotations and follows the device screen "Stage Sync" - Control multiple devices over your local network. One device acts as the 'Lead' and others 'Follow' along. Instrument Transposition: Want to play with the rest of the band - but the charts are all for "C" instruments? Select your instrument (Trumpet, Alto Sax, etc) and all transposable ChordPro-based charts will automatically transpose to your instrument! ** A Planning Center Services account is required to use this app (there is no functionality without signing in).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PCO Songbook at none against Auto Scroll Chords's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Auto Scroll Chords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PCO Songbook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Auto Scroll Chords | PCO Songbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jaeyung kim | Josiah Oslund |
In-app purchases
Auto Scroll Chords
- Lifelong collection$0.49
PCO Songbook
No in-app purchases
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