Comparison

Songbook XP vs TTAVPlayer

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

Head to head
About

Songbook XP

Features
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Songbook XP is a focused, offline viewer for .songbook archives — collections of songs, lyrics and audio recordings stored in a portable open format. Open a .songbook file from email, AirDrop, Files or your downloads folder and start flipping through pages. Tap song numbers to jump anywhere in the book. Search by title or by number. Play attached audio with lock-screen transport controls — perfect for hands-free practice or rehearsal. FEATURES • Page-flip viewer with verse and chorus layout faithful to the upstream Swift app • Search by title (full-text across song titles and verses) or by song number • Audio playback of one or more takes per song • Lock-screen and Control Center transport controls — play, pause, scrub • Background audio playback survives screen-off and app-switch • Accessibility font picker with two typefaces designed for readers with low vision: APHont and Atkinson Hyperlegible • iOS Guided Access aware — phantom Play commands suppressed during GA sessions • Light theme tuned for high contrast and long reading sessions PRIVACY Songbook XP runs entirely on your device. No analytics. No telemetry. No advertising. No third-party SDKs. Your imported books, your font preference and your current page never leave the device. OPEN FORMAT The .songbook archive format is open and documented. Receive books via email, AirDrop or any sharing tool. Build your own using the format documentation in the GitHub repository. Use files produced by the upstream Swift app — both apps share the same archive format. ACCESSIBILITY The two included typefaces are designed for readers with low vision. APHont was developed by the American Printing House for the Blind. Atkinson Hyperlegible was commissioned by the Braille Institute. Tap the Aa button to switch. SUPPORT Bug reports and feature requests: https://github.com/vbullinger/SongbookXP/issues Privacy policy: https://vbullinger.github.io/SongbookXP/privacy Support: https://vbullinger.github.io/SongbookXP/support

About

TTAVPlayer

Features
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TTAVPlayer is a simple, privacy-friendly media player for the music and videos you already own. Import your own files and enjoy them with beautiful synced lyrics — no account, no streaming. Everything stays on your device. KEY FEATURES • Audio & video playback — common formats including MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, MP4 and MOV. • Synced lyrics — load .lrc files and watch each line highlight in time with the music. • Plain lyrics — import .txt lyrics and follow along. • Full-screen lyric subtitles — show the current line as a subtitle over your videos. • Quick skip controls — jump back or forward 5 or 15 seconds in full screen. • Background playback — keep listening with the screen off, with Lock Screen and Control Center controls. • Fit or fill — pinch to change how video fills the screen. • Share your lyrics and files — export lyrics as .lrc/.txt (some sharing features may require an in-app purchase). • Multilingual — English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. TTAVPlayer plays media files you add yourself. It does not download or stream copyrighted content. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Songbook XP4 screens
TTAVPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Songbook XP and TTAVPlayer 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 Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Songbook XP versus TTAVPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSongbook XPTTAVPlayer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVINCENT ANDERS BULLINGERTIANCHENG ZHUO

In-app purchases

None

Songbook XP

No in-app purchases

None

TTAVPlayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Songbook XP free?
Songbook XP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TTAVPlayer free?
TTAVPlayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Songbook XP or TTAVPlayer have ads?
Neither Songbook XP nor TTAVPlayer shows ads.

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