Easy Set List vs Midiboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Set List
Manage all your song details, lyrics, and chord charts in one readable format for live performances. Quickly build setlists, utilize a performance mode that keeps the screen awake, and sync with your bandmates. Supports offline use and offers various plans for solo musicians and bands.
- Centralized song library (keys, BPM, lyrics, charts)
- Rapid setlist creation and editing
- Readable performance mode with screen awake
- Real-time band synchronization
- Integrated metronome and backing tracks
- Printable and shareable setlists
- Offline and privacy-focused operation
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The setlist app built for the people doing the gig. Easy Set List keeps your whole repertoire ready — songs, keys, BPMs, chord charts, lyrics, and backing tracks — in one place you can actually read on stage. Build a setlist in two minutes. Hit Perform. Get through the night. No spreadsheets. No "where's the chart" texts at soundcheck. No squinting at a 9pt PDF. WHAT MAKES IT EASY • A library that grows with you. Add a song once — title, artist, key, BPM, capo, lyrics, chord chart, notes. Reuse it forever, across every gig. • Setlists in minutes. Drag songs into sets, breaks, and talking moments. Reorder mid-rehearsal. See total runtime as you build, so a "45-minute slot" actually lands at 45 minutes. • Performance Mode that disappears. Lyrics and inline chord charts scale up to readable sizes the second you tap Perform. Swipe to the next song. The screen stays awake. Notifications get out of the way. • Band Sync. Flip it on and the whole band follows your screen. Song changes, key changes, click track — everyone lands on the same downbeat without a single text message. • Click track and backing tracks. Attach audio to a song and have it auto-start when you swipe in. The metronome locks to the BPM. Send click to in-ears, full track to mains — your call. • Charts in your key. Import PDF chord charts or write them inline. Transpose on the fly when the singer pulls an audible. Capo, key, and BPM live with the song so you stop second-guessing. • Templates for the gigs you repeat. Save your 3-set brewery, your ceremony + reception, your Tuesday acoustic slot, your Sunday morning worship flow. Spin up next month's setlist in one tap. • Free Play. Rehearsal mode for any song in your library, no setlist required. Great for jams and last-minute requests. • Print and share. Big-text, single-page PDFs that look right on a music stand. Send to the drummer. AirDrop to a sub. Or share the live setlist with the whole band. BUILT FOR WORKING MUSICIANS Easy Set List started as a tool for gigging musicians who got tired of duct-taping Google Docs, Notes, GarageBand, and a Dropbox folder together every week. Every screen is tuned for stage conditions — high contrast, big type, no taps in the wrong place. Every choice asks one question: does this help me play the next song? PRIVACY-FIRST BY DEFAULT You can use the entire app — library, setlists, Performance Mode, charts, tracks — without an account, fully offline, on a single device. Your library stays yours. Sign in only when you want to sync across devices or share with the band. No ads. No third-party tracking. No selling your data. PLANS • Free: full single-device library, setlists, and Performance Mode. Plenty for a solo musician or a single iPad on stage. • Personal Pro: cloud sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, plus advanced exports and unlimited storage. • Band: shared workspace for one group, Band Sync follower mode, real-time setlist edits, role-based access. • Band Plus: everything in Band, with up to five owned band workspaces and expanded shared storage for multiple bands, artists, or projects. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://northmacservices.com/privacy-policy/ IF YOU GIG, THIS APP PAYS FOR ITSELF THE FIRST TIME YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPRINT A SETLIST AT 7:55 PM. Questions, requests, or war stories? hello@easysetlist.app.
Midiboard
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Your phone, as the controller you actually wanted. Midiboard turns an iPhone into a Bluetooth MIDI controller you lay out yourself. Drop a widget on the grid, drag it where your hand goes, size it to the reach you actually have. Save the screen, build the next one, and flip between them with one tap while the song is running. Every other phone controller hands you someone else's idea of a surface. This one hands you the grid. BUILD THE SURFACE • Pad grids of any size, tuned chromatically or in fourths, fifths, thirds or octaves — a grid in fourths keeps every chord shape the same wherever you move it • Keyboards of any span, starting on any note, with glissando between keys • Chord buttons you write note by note. C, E, G#, D is as valid as a minor triad • Pitch and mod wheels shaped like the ones beside your keyboard, plus 270° arcs and endless rotaries • Faders and two-axis XY pads, with relative pickup so grabbing one mid-song does not throw the sound • Step sequencers where every step names the note it plays, each with its own run button • Footswitch banks where exactly one lamp is lit — press a switch and the last one goes out, so a glance tells you which preset you are actually on • Transpose controls that move a group of widgets, so a bass bank and a lead move independently on the same page PLAY IT • Set a key per widget: notes outside it either step back but stay playable, or snap into the key • Poly, mono, legato and glide, per widget • A clock with tap tempo, MIDI clock out, note repeat and an arpeggiator — or follow your computer's tempo instead • Set the travel of any control, so a fader only ever moves between two settings that are useful on the other end • Panic always within reach, and haptics you can tune per control KEEP IT • As many saved layouts as you like. Export one to a file, send it to someone, import theirs • Two colour palettes, and note names that match whatever your software calls them CONNECTS TO WHATEVER YOU PLAY Two routes, and you pick the one your rig has. Over Bluetooth LE MIDI, Mac, iPad and iPhone connect directly and Windows pairs through a Bluetooth MIDI bridge. Over Wi-Fi it is an RTP-MIDI session — built into macOS, and on Windows through rtpMIDI — which is the one to reach for when Bluetooth is crowded or the computer has none. It can also open a MIDI port for other apps on this same phone or iPad. No cable, no dongle, no account, and nothing to sign into. Midiboard collects nothing: no analytics, no crash reporting, no accounts, no tracking. Over Wi-Fi it uses your local network to reach the computer you chose, and the only thing it ever puts on it is MIDI. PRO Midiboard is free, with pad grids, keyboards, faders and labels. Pro adds every other widget, and starts with a free trial; after it, a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase keeps it. The subscription renews monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://safabulat.github.io/midiboard-site/privacy.html
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Verdict
Easy Set List and Midiboard are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Easy Set List sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Midiboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Easy Set List | Midiboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steve Schramm | MAHMUT SAFA BULAT |
In-app purchases
Easy Set List
- Pro$4.991 Month
- Band$19.991 Month
- Band Plus$49.991 Month
Midiboard
- Midiboard Editor$9.99








