Sonora vs VisualGIG

Sonora is a polished Navidrome client for iPhone that brings your self-hosted music library anywhere. Browse artists, albums, songs, and playlists with a fast, clean interface built for everyday listening.  Search your collection in seconds, stream your personal library on the go, and enjoy a music experience designed to feel simple, smooth, and native on iPhone. Sonora is built for self-hosted music lovers who want their own library without giving up a great mobile experience. Your music. Your server. Your way.

Your whole set, one tap away. VisualGIG turns your iPhone into a cue player for live performance. Build your sets at home, walk in, hit Live — and every track you need is one tap from the front of house. No accounts. No streaming. No waiting on a signal that isn't there. LIVE MODE IS A DIFFERENT SCREEN Because a stage is not a desk. Enter Live and the app strips down to what matters: your pads, what's playing, and the clock. Nothing to edit, nothing to navigate, nothing to tap by accident. • The screen never sleeps — no black display in the middle of a song • Pads keep the exact positions they had while you built the set, so your muscle memory still works • The next cue is marked NEXT, so you know where your thumb goes before you need it • A live timecode runs inside the playing pad and in the Now Playing panel • Getting out takes a deliberate one-second hold — a bumped screen can't drop you out mid-show And before you go live, VisualGIG reminds you to switch on airplane mode. One incoming call is all it takes to duck your audio in front of a room. Tell it you know what you're doing and it will never ask again. BUILT TO FIRE INSTANTLY Every audio file in your set is opened, decoded and armed the moment you open it — not when you press the pad. The engine runs on a short buffer, so the sound starts when your finger lands, not a beat later. Your files are copied into the app and played from the device. Airplane mode, dead venue Wi-Fi, no bars in the basement: none of it reaches your show. BUILDING A SET • Create a set for each night — name it, note the venue, give it a colour • Add a pad per cue, drop in the audio, label it, colour it • Import WAV, AIFF, MP3 or M4A straight from Files, iCloud Drive or anywhere else the picker reaches • Audition anything before you commit it to a pad • Tap to edit a pad, hold to remove it • Transport bar with scrub position, elapsed and remaining time, pause and stop • Pause holds your place; hitting play again picks up instantly Everything above is included in the app at no cost. No account, no trial timer. VISUALGIG PRO — OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION VisualGIG PRO is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks additional features. It is entirely optional: building sets and running a show in Live Mode work without it. • Apple Watch Control — fire cues from your wrist, hands on the instrument. The watch mirrors your setlist and transport. REQUIRES A VISUALGIG PRO SUBSCRIPTION. Subscription options: • VisualGIG PRO Monthly — 1 month, auto-renewing • VisualGIG PRO Annual — 12 months, auto-renewing Prices are shown in your local currency inside the app before any purchase is confirmed. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GIG Worship teams running service tracks. Theatre and dance running sound cues. Wedding and event DJs. Solo players with backing tracks. Anyone who has ever watched a laptop decide to update itself twenty minutes before doors. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO One cue at a time. VisualGIG plays a single pad, and starting the next one stops the last — it's a cue player, not a mixer. There's no crossfade, no layering, no MIDI, and nothing syncs to the cloud. Your sets live on your device. That's on purpose. Fewer things to go wrong at 9pm. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://visualgig.app/privacy