I feel like Ive tried every chart app out there and always found wanting more. Name the app and I assure you I probably have tried it - even very expensive ones. I randomly came across this app on Reddit. I must admit I did NOT have high hopes based off of my past experiences. Well, I was WRONG!!! This app is very well thought out and I’d even be willing to bet was made by a musician with the same past problems with apps as I had. The layout is superb. Its easy to use, easy to share, easy to change the roadmap, easy to save files, easy to upload files, and very customizable. I give it 5 stars but would make one suggestion… Please allow users to write directly on the chart with my Apple Pencil. The feature currently requires an extra step and does not allow for me to erase without erasing the entire note. If you are interested in improving, download the app OnSong, and play around with the note-taking ability and features. In my opinion, that is the ONLY thing I would change about this app. Absolutely brilliant! Please keep the improvements coming.

I was a user of OnSong until they stopped supporting the app that I had purchased and created an inferior subscription version. I found JustChords by chance and have been extremely happy with it. It works every bit as well as the original OnSong app and better in some circumstances. The app is constantly getting quality of life updates and has significantly improved over the last year and a half that I’ve been using it. There’s a a link within the app to a very lengthy list of items that have been improved upon; are in the process of being improved upon and are planned for future versions. The developer has also been very responsive to inquiries in the rare times that I’ve needed to reach out on something. If you get the app and like it, do give these guys a tip from time to time. I feel the amount of work that’s constantly being done definitely warrants a few bucks. I couldn’t say the same for OnSong.

This is just perfect how it is. Works with the air turn pedal. Scrapes existing chord sites. Able to edit, hide chords, transpose… basically anything a professional bar/restaurant musician could ever need. And it’s free. I downloaded. I donated. I use it at every gig. I can’t remember the last time I ever made a voluntary donation without being prompted for one. I literally went looking for a way to pay something for this. Absolutely wonderful, better than the expensive subscription apps by far. Just try it. You have literally nothing to lose. The only thing I wish I could figure out how to do is flip to the next song in the setlist without touching my iPad and instead using a Bluetooth pedal. For all I know it does, but I haven’t figured it out yet. Might just need a better pedal than the airturn pedpro. Can’t be happier with this app.

I’m really really impressed so far, and I’ll write more after I’ve had a chance to actually use this for playing live. The old-school process was to print out a bunch of songs with the lyrics and chords, put them in a binder, and put the binder on a music stand. This app allows you to do that, and much more…but the most important thing is, it needs to do the basics well: allow you to organize and flip through songs using your iPad as a virtual 3-ring binder. I think some of the other apps have lost sight of that fundamental need. This app seems to do it very well.