SongSheet Pro Lyrics Songbook
Set List Maker & Chord Charts
Free · In-App Purchases
Swap that clunky notebook! Keep a vast collection of tunes on your iPad or iPhone with SongSheet Pro. Effortlessly edit songs, transpose on-the-go, enjoy autoscrolling, Bluetooth pedal use, lyric projection, setlists, swift searching, sharing, and dark mode. Ideal for performers, songwriters, music therapists, worship leaders, and music educators. It even takes the place of your old family songbook!
Here's a glimpse of what SongSheet Pro provides. For more details, check out the SongSheet website.
Manage Your Song Library and Setlists:
• Unlimited songs and setlists
• Compose your own tunes or simply copy and paste from the web or other sources
• Tag songs for easy organisation
• Fast search and filter functions
• Move and reorder songs and sets within a setlist
• Setlists show the total time for all songs
• Easily duplicate songs or whole setlists
• Support for Slide Over, Split View, and multiple open SongSheet windows
• Drag and Drop for managing your song library, including importing and exporting
• Import and export songs in formats like PDF, .doc, .docx, ChordPro, RTF, plain text, OnSong, and DSBsoft's Song Sheet 5 for Windows
• Import tunes via AirDrop, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or other apps
• Scan songs using your device's camera right into your library
• Built-in support for importing songs from WorshipReady.com
Powerful Song Editing:
• Custom editor for WYSIWYG chord chart creation with comment and tablature support
• Instantly transpose or set a capo; all chords adjust automatically
• Editable chord palette for easy chord input
• Drag and drop text from other apps into the editor
• Rearrange stanzas with drag and drop
• Perfect chord placement using drag and drop
• Quickly edit chords via the chord editor
Easy Sharing and Printing:
• Share tunes and setlists via AirDrop, Messages, and email
• Print setlists and songs to AirPrint printers with options like page size, orientation, margins, font styles, line spacing, and chord inclusion
Perform in Style:
• Stunning, clear chord charts
• Use auto-scroll, create arrangements, or a Bluetooth foot-pedal to navigate seamlessly
• Built-in metronome to stay on time
• Remotely control SongSheet Pro on your iPad with the free SongSheet Remote app for iPhone or iPod Touch
• Built-in themes for various performance settings or craft your own
• Show lyrics on a big screen for audience sing-alongs, perfect for congregational singing in churches
• Add backing tracks from your music collection
SongSheet Pro is regularly updated and enhanced. Got ideas? We'd love to hear from you!
Email: support@songsheetapp.com
Web: http://songsheetapp.com
Terms of Use: http://songsheetapp.com/terms.html
more - Standardised wording from "set list" to "setlist" across the app.
- Help > On the Web now includes a YouTube link for SongSheet Pro and shows the SongSheet logo beside songsheetapp.com.
- iPadOS 26: Fixed an issue where returning from compact to regular width could make Library edge-swipe reveal appear in split mode instead of overlay.
- iPadOS 26: Fixed an issue where dismissing Print / PDF preview after compact-to-regular resizing could leave the song view navigation bar hidden.
- Fixed an issue where tapping the full-screen play button could also accidentally select a stanza.
2026.5 10 Mar
- Fixed sharing songs and set lists on the latest version of iOS.
- iPadOS 26: Fixed an issue in the song view where swiping from the left edge would navigate to the previous song instead of revealing the Library view.
2026.4 2 Mar
Fixed a rare crash in the song lyrics editor.
2026.3 12 Feb
Modernised the layout of the export format chooser window.
2026.2 29 Jan
- Added the option to edit the default set of chords that will be added to the chord palette when creating a new song. The default chord list (in the key of C major) is C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim. The option to edit this list is found in SongSheet's "Song Editing" settings.
- iPad: Increased the default size for the file import browser on iPadOS 26.
- Improved the algorithm for transposing chords when changing the capo.
- The song editor chord palette sorting now takes into account capo as well as the current key.
- Fixed an issue where the chord editor would not highlight the selected note for a chord if it was modified with sharp or flat.
- Fixed a crash in the song editor that could occur when deleting text after an auto-correction was applied.
- Fixed saving the specified song key and capo when using OCR during a scanned document import.
- Fixed various issues around the song editor re-scrolling to the current caret location when interacting with other parts of the song.
2026.1 14 Jan
Song Library
- You can now choose separately whether to show artist name, key, capo, tempo and song duration in your song lists.
Document Scanning
- When importing with the document scanner, SongSheet Pro now automatically detects song metadata in the scanned lyrics.
- Optionally choose to convert a scanned document to text format in the import preview.
Song Editing
- You can now change the capo directly in the song viewer, even when you’re not in edit mode.
- New setting to show or hide the capo when viewing a song, if no capo has been set.
- The time signature picker now supports anything from 1/1 through to 16/64.
- Time signature is now optional for songs.
- Tempo can now be set by typing a value as well as using the slider.
- A song’s key is now only shown if you’ve explicitly set one (it no longer defaults to C major).
- Added a button to clear the song key in the set key/transpose popover.
- If a song has no key set, tapping “Set key” will now try to guess the key from the chords and suggest it in the selector.
- You can now edit tempo, time signature, capo, year and copyright in the metadata editor, including for PDF, RTF and Word files.
- Choosing a song key in the metadata editor now happens in a popover.
- Chords in the chord palette are now ordered according to the current key.
- Transposing between keys now chooses chord names and modifiers (sharp, flat, etc.) more musically, based on their position in the key.
- Transposed chords can now use double-flat or double-sharp modifiers. When exporting such songs to formats like ChordPro, these are automatically simplified to enharmonic equivalents.
- Added initial support for Nashville Number chords (for example “1”, “#3”, “b5”, “1/3”). The chord editor doesn’t yet offer tools for building these directly, but custom chord names entered in the correct format will be recognised as Nashville Number chords.
2025.19 20/12/2025
- Added RTF to editable songs conversion.
- Enhanced song-to-text conversion with improved metadata recognition and chord placement.
- Added an option to force OCR usage when converting a song, useful if song PDFs use text for metadata but images for lyrics and chords.
2025.18 18/11/2025
- Fixed an issue that could cause the wrong backing track to be queued for playback.
- Improved presentation of the song metadata editor.
- The pinch gesture now also changes the font size of an RTF song.
- Updated the layout of the backing track detail view so that it is consistent across iPhone and iPad.
2025.17 12/11/2025
Fixed a crash when sharing a song or set list.
2025.16.1 08/11/2025
- Added the ability to convert .doc and .docx files to editable songs.
- Improved chord line detection when converting songs to text.
- Improved stanza name detection when converting songs to text.
- Added a more capable song metadata editor for SongSheet's native song format.
- Fixed an issue preventing stepping through timed arrangements.
- iPad: Changes from adding, editing, and removing songs in your song library are now synced across multiple open SongSheet windows on the same device.
- iPadOS 26: Fixed an issue where the "Done" button could disappear from the song view while in editing mode and the window was being resized.
- iPhone: Selecting a new timeline mode (e.g. autoscroll, backing track, arrangement, etc) no longer automatically dismisses the mode selection view.
2025.16 05/11/2025
- Minor tweaks to PDF conversion, improving the detection of stanza boundaries.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in stanzas being highlighted accidentally when using the watermarked play/pause button.
- Reduced the area in which the stanza dragging gesture is initiated, so as to clash less with positioning the editing cursor.
- The long press that initiates a stanza drag operation now also selects the entire stanza text when the stanza is released, providing a quick shortcut for selecting all text in a stanza.
- Added ESC (or CMD+.) as a keyboard shortcut to deselect the currently selected chord in the chord editor.
- Fixed not being able to tap to bring up the Paste from clipboard option on an empty song.
- Fixed an issue where the song editor scroll position could glitch while typing text, especially on longer songs.
- Fixed an issue where when the cursor was placed towards the end of a long song, tapping the tempo, choose key, etc, buttons, would scroll the view back to the cursor position without showing the tempo or key editor.
2025.15 13/10/2025
Song Editor
- Reintroduced dragging to reorder stanzas in a song, and made it easier to activate - now just long press anywhere in the stanza to begin the drag operation.
- Chord palette entries now require a long press instead of double-tap in order to show the edit/delete menu for a chord.
- Tapping to select a chord no longer automatically shows the chord cut/copy/delete actions. A second tap on the selected chord now shows these actions in a context menu.
- Updated the style of the choose stanza and line type menus.
- Fixed moving selected chord left/right using cursor keys in the song editor.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the display of the song lyrics and chords to appear "squished" vertically when the length of the song was less than the height of the visible area.
- Fixed various crashes that could occur while editing song text.
Other changes
- Made sure that the Choose Export Format dialog is always displayed in dark mode when a dark theme is active.
- iPadOS 15-18: Fixed an issue with single-page PDFs that could prevent scrolling to see the top or bottom of the file.
- iPadOS 15, 16: Fixed an issue with keyboard shortcuts/bluetooth pedal controls not always being available after initially displaying a song.
- iPadOS 26: Fixed layout issues in various places.
- iPad: Better handling on expanding the width of the song editor window so that the song editor remains the front-most view, rather than automatically showing the Library view.
- iPhone: Added missing Library button to show the song list when phone is in landscape orientation.
2025.14 09/10/2025
- Fixed a bug in the autoscroller.
- Resolved an issue where toggling jazz chord notation didn't refresh the song view unless the theme was also changed.
2025.13 27/09/2025
- Added song copyright field to CSV export for song lists.
- Fixed CSV export to handle commas and quotes in titles or artist fields without breaking.
- Fixed issue causing song editor to jump while editing lyrics.
- iPad: Ensured buttons for lyrics and stanza options remain visible, even with shortcuts bar off.
- iPadOS 26: Fixed a bug that resulted in the stanza name selector being immediately dismissed without allowing a selection when a hardware keyboard was connected.
- iPadOS 26: Enhanced song editor scrolling behind on-screen keyboard in window mode.
2025.12 20/09/2025
- Updated the interface to support Liquid Glass on iOS/iPadOS 26.
- Improved app icon, now supporting light, dark, clear, and tinted modes.
- Additional compatibility updates and fixes for iOS/iPadOS 26.
2025.11 17/09/2025
- Fixed an issue where sometimes SongSheet would launch with an active light theme even though the device was in dark mode.
- iPad: Changes to the currently active external display styles are now immediately applied to the external display.
- iPad: Fixed an issue where the buttons to blank the external display did not actually hide the currently shown lyrics.
- iPad: Fixed a crash when trying to edit themes for external display, when the previously selected external display theme had recently been deleted.
- iPhone: Added a close button to the font selector within the theme editor.
- iPhone: Fixed an issue in the theme editor that prevented re-selecting the same theme as the one just being edited after tapping the back button.
- iPhone: Fixed an issue where the button to re-show the auto scroll bar was not visible when the auto scroll bar was also hidden.
- iPhone: Fixed an issue where the add songs to setlist view did not always display in dark mode when a dark application theme was active.
- iPhone: Fixed an issue where the font and colour selectors did not always display in dark mode when a dark application theme was active.
2025.10 10/09/2025
Fixed a critical bug in the song editor.
2025.9.1 29/08/2025
- Fixed an issue where the top of short RTF files would be hidden beneath the top navigation bar.
- iPhone: Fixed a display issue with the line spacing selector in the Print / PDF view.
- iPad: Fixed an issue with song text layout after SongSheet returns from being in the background.
- iPad: Fixed an issue where sometimes the tempo chooser would appear over the current tempo, making it impossible to see the tempo as it is being edited.
- iPadOS 15 & 16: Fixed a crash while editing set lists that occurred when reducing the width of the visible SongSheet window in split view multitasking.
2025.9 28/08/2025
- Resolved an issue where some song-related keyboard shortcuts were inactive when they should have been.
- Fixed a crash that happened when duplicating setlists.
- Fixed an issue where new or edited song arrangements didn't always save.
- Addressed some layout/size issues with new song text.
2025.8 25/08/2025
- Completely revised SongSheet's theme engine so that it primarily applies to the song viewer, and controls light vs dark mode in the general user interface. This results in a more consistent user experience across the app as well as better integration with the operating system itself.
- Added the ability to filter the song list to show only PDF, Word .doc or .docx, or RTF files.
- Added ESC (CMD+.) keyboard shortcut to quickly return to the Library view from the song view.
- Fixed untranslated entries in the plain text import line type selector.
- Fixed an issue where attempting to import a file from an external app (e.g. Files) would not show the import preview if SongSheet was not already open in the background.
- iPhone: Tweaked the presentation of the font selector for lyrics and chords in the Print/PDF view.
2025.7 21/08/2025
- Fixed display size of Print/PDF line spacing selector on iPhone.
- Added current line spacing value to Print/PDF view.
2025.6 22/07/2025
- Added more flexible bluetooth pedal configuration options.
- Improved the UI for picking a background texture in the theme editor.
- Added the ability to choose the colour for lyrics and chords when printing and generating PDFs.
- Improved the display of any active purchases/subscriptions in SongSheet's help menu.
- Added extra detail to the email template generated when selecting "Email the developer" from the help menu.
2025.5 06/06/2025
- Added context menus to items in the Library view for easy access to operations on tags and set lists.
- Increased the maximum font size for lyrics and chords to 128pt.
2025.4 04/04/2025
Adjusted the way backing tracks are handled if the saved ID doesn't match any tracks in the device's Music library.
2025.3 06/03/2025
- Added support for Indonesian, Italian, and Korean languages.
- Set list editor now auto-scrolls to display newly added sets or songs.
- Fixed issue that reset scroll position of a set list upon update.
- Resolved display issues with song list entry updates.
2025.2 04/03/2025
- Standardised wording from "set list" to "setlist" across the app.
- Help > On the Web now includes a YouTube link for SongSheet Pro and shows the SongSheet logo beside songsheetapp.com.
- iPadOS 26: Fixed an issue where returning from compact to regular width could make Library edge-swipe reveal appear in split mode instead of overlay.
- iPadOS 26: Fixed an issue where dismissing Print / PDF preview after compact-to-regular resizing could leave the song view navigation bar hidden.
- Fixed an issue where tapping the full-screen play button could also accidentally select a stanza.
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