Comparison

Auto Scroll Chords vs PCO Songbook

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

Head to head
About

Auto Scroll Chords

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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).

Screenshots

Auto Scroll Chords4 screens
PCO Songbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Auto Scroll Chords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PCO Songbook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Auto Scroll Chords versus PCO Songbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuto Scroll ChordsPCO Songbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjaeyung kimJosiah Oslund

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Auto Scroll Chords

One-time1
  • Lifelong collection$0.49
None

PCO Songbook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Auto Scroll Chords free?
Auto Scroll Chords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PCO Songbook free?
PCO Songbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Auto Scroll Chords or PCO Songbook have ads?
Neither Auto Scroll Chords nor PCO Songbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auto Scroll Chords or PCO Songbook?
Auto Scroll Chords ships an update every 3 weeks, and PCO Songbook every 3 weeks. Most recently, Auto Scroll Chords was updated on October 24, 2026 and PCO Songbook on October 31, 2026.

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