Comparison

Tag Master vs The Score Stack

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

Head to head
About

Tag Master

Access a vast library of barbershop tags with search, filtering, and sorting options. Save favorites, browse classics, and access sheet music and learning tracks. Rate tags, watch videos, and even play the key note.

Highlights
  • Search tags by name or lyrics
  • Favorite tags for quick access
  • Browse classic and recent tags
  • Filter by voice parts and resources
  • Sort tags by various criteria
  • View sheet music and listen to learning tracks
  • Play key note for practice
Features
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Tag Master puts the barbershop tag collection from BarbershopTags.com in your pocket. Find something new to sing, revisit an old favorite, or teach a tag to friends. Keep your afterglows glowing late into the night! With Tag Master you can: - Search for tags by name or lyrics. - Save favorite tags and keep a separate list of tags you know how to teach. - Organize tags into your own lists, such as "Easy tags" or "High and lows", and see at a glance which lists a tag belongs to. - Browse Classic Tags, see the latest additions, or try a random tag. - Filter by the number of voice parts and the availability of sheet music or learning tracks. - Sort by title, downloads, date added, or rating. - View sheet music and listen to learning tracks when available. - Adjust the left/right balance on stereo tracks to bring out a part. - Watch performance and teaching videos when available. - Rate tags on BarbershopTags.com. - Open tag links in the app and share favorites with friends. - Press and hold the pitch button to hear a tag's starting note before you sing. On a tablet, browse tags beside the selected tag's details. Light and dark appearances suit rehearsals and late-night singing alike. Questions, problems, or feature requests? Email support@davidpoll.com.

About

The Score Stack

This app centralizes sheet music, practice tracks, rehearsal schedules, and group chat for vocal ensembles. Singers can access music offline, customize practice with MIDI tracks, and directors can manage markings and playlists. It also includes features for event RSVPs, attendance, and audience engagement.

Highlights
  • Sheet music and practice tracks
  • Customizable MIDI practice tracks
  • Learning playlists
  • Director's markings
  • Rehearsal calendar and RSVPs
  • Group and section messaging
  • Setlists and live program pages
Features
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Everything your chorus needs, in one app. Sheet music, practice tracks, the rehearsal calendar and the group chat, together on every singer's phone, with music that still opens when the rehearsal room has no signal. MUSIC AND PRACTICE TRACKS Scores and learning tracks in the same place, listed Soprano to Bass, so a singer can read and listen without switching apps. Turn on Offline Music and a group's songs download to your phone. MIDI TRACKS THAT FOLLOW THE SCORE Make your part louder, hear it alone, or leave it out and sing against everyone else, at any speed. The music turns its own pages and keeps the current bar on screen, and you can loop a tricky passage with a bar's run-up. Directors can upload MusicXML scores and the app lines the bars up with the PDF. LEARNING PLAYLISTS Put the songs you are learning, from all your groups, into one queue. Choose the tracks you sing with for each song and mark it ready when you know it. Directors can share a playlist with the whole group and see how ready each section is, song by song. DIRECTOR'S MARKINGS Mark up a score once and push it to the whole section. Everyone rehearses from the same breath marks and cuts. CALENDAR, RSVPS AND ATTENDANCE Rehearsals and performances with RSVPs and attendance check-in, plus a feed your singers can subscribe to in their own calendar app. MESSAGING THAT STAYS Group and section conversations with replies, threads and reactions that do not scroll away, and announcements that reach everyone. SETLISTS AND SHOWTIME Build the setlist for a concert and sing straight through it. Publish a live program page, put its QR code on the printed program, and the audience follows along. FOR BARBERSHOP CHAPTERS A built-in tag library with all four parts recorded, alongside your chapter's sheet music, section tracks and rehearsal schedule. GET YOUR SINGERS IN QUICKLY Share one QR code at rehearsal and the room joins at once, or read out the short join code for anyone who has to install the app first. WHO IT IS FOR Barbershop choruses and quartets, community choirs, church and worship teams, school and college choirs, and small ensembles of every kind. Free for groups of 8 or fewer. No card required.

Screenshots

Tag Master4 screens
The Score Stack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Score Stack at 100% against Tag Master's 54%. The Score Stack also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Score Stack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Tag Master's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Score Stack's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tag Master ships an update every 3 months, The Score Stack every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tag Master versus The Score Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTag MasterThe Score Stack
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (25 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB68 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDepollsoftThe Stack Technologies LLC

Customer experience

Tag Master

All ratings25 ratings
Positive56.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative34.6%

The Score Stack

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tag Master

No in-app purchases

None

The Score Stack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tag Master free?
Tag Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Score Stack free?
The Score Stack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tag Master or The Score Stack?
The Score Stack is rated higher. Tag Master averages 3.4 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while The Score Stack averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Tag Master or The Score Stack have ads?
Tag Master shows ads; The Score Stack does not.
Which is updated more often, Tag Master or The Score Stack?
Tag Master ships an update every 3 months, and The Score Stack every 10 days. Most recently, Tag Master was updated on November 1, 2026 and The Score Stack on November 4, 2026.

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