Comparison

ScoreShelf vs Setlist Manager

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

Head to head
About

ScoreShelf

Features
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ScoreShelf is a simple sheet music viewer designed to help you manage PDF scores comfortably on iPad. Import PDFs into your library, organize them as scores, and quickly resume practice from the last page you opened. With Apple Pencil support, you can write notes and marks directly on your scores, just like on paper. Bookmarks let you remember pages you often return to or important places in a score. You can also save current practice locations as “Practice Spots,” so you can return to the parts you want to work on next without searching. Practice History helps you look back on your practice in a quiet, visual way. You can view a calendar-style heatmap of your practice, see which scores you worked on in the past, and return directly to the score and page you were practicing. ScoreShelf is not an app that pushes you to practice or judges your progress. It is a quiet shelf for your daily practice, remembering the scores you need, your handwritten notes, your practice history, and the places you are working on. Main Features: ・Import and manage sheet music PDFs ・PDF score viewer ・Write with Apple Pencil ・Save handwritten notes per page ・Bookmarks ・Practice Spot management ・Practice History with calendar-style heatmap ・View previously practiced scores and pages ・Return directly to a score and page from practice history ・Remember the last opened page ・Show today’s time spent on each score If you manage sheet music as PDFs but find it hard to write notes, keep track of practice locations, or look back on what you have practiced, ScoreShelf is a simple and calm score management app for you.

About

Setlist Manager

Organize chord charts, lyrics, and sheet music into digital songbooks. Create setlists for performances and access all your music in one place. Supports various file types and allows for annotations.

Highlights
  • Create setlists for gigs and rehearsals
  • Organize song repertoire
  • Import PDFs, images, and text charts
  • Keep chord charts and lyrics together
  • Reorder songs for performances
  • Add sticky notes and annotations
  • Search song library quickly
Features
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SongDeck is a free, simple, minimal setlist manager and digital songbook for organizing chord charts, lyrics, sheet music, PDFs, and rehearsal notes. Import your songs, build setlists, and keep every chart ready for practice, rehearsal, sessions, or live gigs. SongDeck keeps your repertoire in one clean library so you can find the right song quickly without digging through files, folders, messages, or paper sheets. Create a setlist for each performance and arrange songs in the exact order you need. Open the active set, move through your charts, and stay focused on the music instead of the setup. SongDeck supports PDFs, images, text charts, chord sheets, lyrics, and documents. You can also add quick sticky notes or handwritten markings to remember intros, endings, key changes, repeats, solos, transitions, or arrangement cues. Features: • Create setlists for gigs, rehearsals, sessions, or practice • Organize your song repertoire • Import PDFs, images, text charts, and documents • Keep chord charts, lyrics, tabs, and sheet music together • Reorder songs for each performance • Tap left or right to switch songs instantly while on stage • Open charts in a clean, distraction-free reader • Choose between smooth vertical scroll or traditional page-turning modes • Add sticky notes to any song • Draw or mark up charts with handwritten annotations • Search your library quickly • Export or share setlist files in order • Works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Clean, modern, minimal interface Open SongDeck, import your songs, build your set, and keep every chart ready when it is time to play.

Screenshots

ScoreShelf1 screens
Setlist Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ScoreShelf at every 3 weeks against Setlist Manager's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScoreShelf ships an update every 3 weeks, Setlist Manager every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ScoreShelf versus Setlist Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScoreShelfSetlist Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroshi KojimaBaturay Koc

In-app purchases

None

ScoreShelf

No in-app purchases

None

Setlist Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScoreShelf free?
ScoreShelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Setlist Manager free?
Setlist Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ScoreShelf or Setlist Manager have ads?
Neither ScoreShelf nor Setlist Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScoreShelf or Setlist Manager?
ScoreShelf ships an update every 3 weeks, and Setlist Manager every 3 months. Most recently, ScoreShelf was updated on November 2, 2026 and Setlist Manager on November 5, 2026.

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