Setlist Manager vs PDF Songbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
PDF Songbook
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Your music. Always ready. PDF Songbook is a modern stage-work hub for musicians, vocalists, bands, and teachers. It organizes your repertoire and supports your workflow from preparing materials to performing the final song on stage. PDF LIBRARIES Create separate libraries for bands, projects, lessons, and different types of performances. Use search, the A–Z index, favorites, and metadata to quickly find the material you need. SETLISTS AND STAGE MODE Arrange your songs in the right order and start a performance directly from a prepared setlist. Stage Mode provides clear access to your materials, navigation controls, performance time, metronome, and autoscroll. TELEPROMPTER Create and edit your own lyrics and text. Adjust the font size and automatic scrolling speed to reduce the need to touch the screen during a performance. ANNOTATIONS AND NOTES Add handwritten markings and text notes directly to your materials. Mark entrances, repeats, dynamics, and any other information you may need during a rehearsal or performance. HANDS-FREE CONTROL Control selected functions using compatible Bluetooth foot pedals and MIDI messages. DEVICE SYNC Connect devices over a local network. A Master device can share a setlist and the required PDF files with Follower devices — no internet connection required. IMPORT, EXPORT, AND BACKUPS Transfer metadata and protect the contents of your libraries using backup files. FREE VERSION Start with your own library, up to 10 PDF documents, and your first setlist. PDF SONGBOOK PRO A one-time purchase unlocks: • unlimited PDF documents, libraries, and setlists, • teleprompter, • device synchronization, • annotations and notes, • backups. No subscription. PDF Songbook was created by a musician for real rehearsals, live performances, and everyday repertoire work. Prepare. Organize. Perform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Setlist Manager at none against PDF Songbook's 1. PDF Songbook's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. PDF Songbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Setlist Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Setlist Manager ships an update every 3 months, PDF Songbook monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Setlist Manager | PDF Songbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baturay Koc | JAKUB MACIEJ FURMAN |
In-app purchases
Setlist Manager
No in-app purchases
PDF Songbook
- PDF Songbook Pro$12.99
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