SixStrings vs Setlistory Lyrics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
SixStrings
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Your all-in-one guitar companion. Tune up, learn any song, build layered loops, and play along with real-time chord detection β all from one app. SixStrings listens through your microphone as you play. Using advanced audio analysis, it detects the chord you're playing in real time and scrolls the song for you, hands-free. Keep your eyes on the fretboard β the app follows you. **REAL-TIME CHORD DETECTION** Play a chord and SixStrings identifies it instantly. The song auto-scrolls as you progress, so you never lose your place. Voice filter, sensitivity, and timing controls let you tune detection for any environment. **PRECISION TUNER** A smooth pitch-trail graph shows your note over time, while a floating cents bubble displays exactly how sharp or flat you are. Green means you're locked on β simple and fast. **MULTITRACK LOOPER** Build performances on the fly with a Loopy-style looper. Record rhythm, bass, and lead loops in sync, then overdub or clear tracks live. Native iOS AVAudioEngine delivers rock-solid low-latency timing, with routing to external USB and Bluetooth audio interfaces for studio-grade sound. **FOOT-PEDAL CONTROL** Pair any BLE-MIDI or Bluetooth HID foot-switch to trigger looper pads, switch sections, or advance songs hands-free. Perfect for solo gigs and long practice sessions. **THOUSANDS OF SONGS** Search by title or artist and instantly pull up chords with lyrics. Hands busy on the guitar? Use voice search β tap the mic, say the song name, and start playing. **INSTANT TRANSPOSE** Too high or too low for your voice? Transpose the whole song up or down with a single tap. Every chord updates instantly. **INTERACTIVE CHORD DIAGRAMS** Don't know a chord shape? The diagram shows you exactly where to put your fingers β open strings, muted strings, and finger positions, updated as the song progresses. **PLAYLISTS & LIBRARY** Organize your repertoire. Build playlists for gigs, jam sessions, or practice drills. Swipe to remove favorites, reorder songs, and jump into any track in one tap. **CUSTOM SONGS & EDITOR** Can't find a song in the catalog? Write your own. The built-in editor lets you create custom songs from scratch with chords, lyrics, and section markers β they play back with the same chord diagrams, transpose, and auto-scroll as any other song. **MULTILINGUAL** Full interface in English, Russian, and Romanian. Voice search adapts to your language. The app follows your device's system language or lets you pick manually. **KEY FEATURES** β’ Real-time chord detection with auto-scroll β’ Chromatic tuner with pitch-trail visualization β’ Multitrack looper with external audio-interface routing β’ BLE-MIDI / Bluetooth HID foot-pedal support β’ Voice search for hands-free song lookup β’ Instant transpose, chord diagrams, capo support β’ Playlists, favorites, and a dedicated Library tab β’ Custom song editor β’ English β’ Π ΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ β’ RomΓ’nΔ
Setlistory Lyrics
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Setlistory Lyrics is a stage-ready lyrics prompter for musicians, singers and bands who manage songs and setlists in Setlistory. Sync your Setlistory account before rehearsal or a show, then keep your lyrics available on your device. Open a full setlist, move song by song, or jump directly to any song from your synced library. Built for performance: - Full-screen lyrics display for phones, tablets and stage screens - Setlist view with venue, city, date and next-song cues - Song library view for quick access outside a setlist - Offline access after syncing your data - Keyboard controls, including compatible footswitch-style controllers - MIDI control for play, pause, song changes, timestamps and font sizes - Timestamp-based lyric scrolling with play/pause progress - Manual timestamp jumps for precise control - Adjustable lyric font sizes, including pinch-to-size on supported devices - Optional song duration, key and BPM display - Optional breaks and encores in setlists - Dark and light display modes Setlistory Lyrics is a companion app for Setlistory. Create and edit songs, lyrics, timestamps, MIDI mappings and setlists in your Setlistory account, then sync the data to this app. A Setlistory account with lyrics access is required. The app does not provide a public lyrics catalog; it displays the songs and lyrics connected to your own Setlistory workspace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Setlistory Lyrics at every 5 weeks against SixStrings's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SixStrings ships an update every 3 months, Setlistory Lyrics every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | SixStrings | Setlistory Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 15.6 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandr Degteari | Ales Svetina |
In-app purchases
SixStrings
No in-app purchases
Setlistory Lyrics
No in-app purchases







