Band Central for Musicians

Setlists, Lyrics & Chords

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Manage your band. Perform with confidence. Band Central keeps your lyrics, chords, and setlists organized and ready to go, whether you're rehearsing, gigging, or jamming. Everything syncs across your devices and your whole band in real time, and it keeps working offline when the signal drops. BUILT FOR BANDS Create and manage multiple bands from a single account. Invite band members by email and share the same song library in real time. Each member can set their own default lyric version for any song, so the guitarist sees the chord chart while the vocalist sees the lyrics. Changes sync instantly across all devices so your whole band stays on the same page. SETLISTS THAT WORK ON STAGE Build setlists with drag-and-drop reordering. Insert timed breaks between sets with countdown timers. Swipe through songs during a performance and see total set time at a glance. Add a gig date, location, and notes to keep your schedule organized. LYRICS AND CHORDS YOUR WAY Enter lyrics in ChordPro format with a dedicated editor, or attach a PDF, Word document, or image. Search the web for chords and lyrics and import them directly into your library. Transpose on the fly with sharp and flat options. Scale text size to fit your screen and set auto-scroll speed so your hands stay on your instrument. CHORD DIAGRAMS See fingering diagrams for every chord in a song, right where you need them. Guitar, ukulele, mandolin, bouzouki, and piano are all supported. Diagrams update automatically when you transpose, so the shapes always match the key you are playing. Show them as a "chords used" summary at the top of the song, inline with the lyrics, or as a pinned strip. Label each diagram with fingering, note names, or intervals, and turn on left-handed or capo-aware options. MARK UP YOUR CHARTS Highlight harmonies, draw cues, and jot notes right on any chart with a pen or highlighter in four colors. Works on ChordPro lyrics and imported PDFs alike. Your markings stay separate from everyone else's, so bandmates' notes never collide, and when someone in your band is viewing the same song they see your marks appear in real time. Print or share a marked-up chart as a PDF. ONE SONG, EVERY ARRANGEMENT Keep an acoustic cut, a full-band chart, and horn parts side by side under a single song. Switch versions in a tap, and let each member play from the arrangement that fits their part. METRONOME Tap tempo or dial in BPM with a slider. Choose from wood block, digital click, stick, or silent mode. Set time signatures and count-in measures. Each lyric version can override the song's tempo, perfect when you play the same song at different speeds. FILE ATTACHMENTS Link audio tracks (MP3, WAV, M4A) and documents (PDF, Word, images) to any lyric version. Play audio with full controls right from the lyrics screen. Connect your Dropbox account to sync files across devices and automatically download updated versions. FOOT PEDAL SUPPORT Keep your hands free on stage. Works with AirTurn Bluetooth pedals and standard Bluetooth keyboard pedals. Configure up to 6 pedal ports for scrolling, page turning, auto-scroll, and navigating between songs. CUSTOMIZE YOUR VIEW Format chords, lyrics, section headers, and more independently. Choose fonts, sizes, colors, and styles. Save formatting at the user, band, or individual lyric level. Full dark mode support. ORGANIZE WITH TAGS Create custom tags to categorize songs by genre, set, mood, or anything else. Filter your library instantly. WORKS OFFLINE Songs, lyrics, and setlists are cached locally so you're never stuck loading on stage with a weak signal. Data syncs automatically when you're back online. EXPORT Export songs in ChordPro format to your device or Dropbox. Batch export your entire library with one tap. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Band Central 4.1 gives every tablet its own text size, adds accent patterns to the metronome, and brings the app to six more languages. TEXT SIZE ON EACH DEVICE - New setting in the new lyric view: Settings > Lyrics > Keep text size on this device. Turn it on and that device keeps one text size of its own for every song, no matter what size your bandmates pick on their iPads or tablets. - Leave it off and text size works as before, shared with the other devices in your band. - The new lyric view is out of preview. The setting is now simply called Use new lyric view. METRONOME - Accent patterns: choose which beats are accented for each song in Edit Song > Accents. - Pick a click sound per song. - The metronome on the lyric page now follows the song's time signature, so a song in 6/8 counts six beats instead of four. - Clicks are cleaner, with no pop at the end of each beat. SHARING AND SETLISTS - Share many songs to another band at once: Select Songs to Share in the songs menu. - Sharing a song with several lyric versions now keeps only your default starred in the other band, so Set as Default is available again. - When adding songs to a setlist, a Songs to add strip shows everything you have picked, even after you search. - Song numbers in the lyric viewer now match the setlist. Breaks no longer take a song number. - Your setlist sort order is remembered. - A setlist that showed no song count or total time corrects itself when you open it. - Breaks created on the website show their real length, and opening a break no longer resets it to 0:00. YOUR FILES - If some of your band's files are only on one device, the band owner sees a reminder with a Move them button to upload them, so the rest of the band can open them. - The plans screen now shows Band Central Storage and how much storage each plan includes. SIX MORE LANGUAGES - Band Central is now available in Italian, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Danish and Greek. - German, Spanish and French are now fully translated. FIXES - A band member can now edit the details of a song they added. - A foot pedal can move on from a PDF or Word chart: at the end of the chart, press again to go to the next song. - Songs and setlists stay up to date when you come back to the app after it has been in the background. - Fixed a rare case where removing a shared attachment could leave a broken file link. Thanks for using Band Central. Questions or feedback: support@bandcentral.com

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Seller
  • SET LIST HELPER INC.
Size
  • 36.3 MB
Category
  • Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 8 more
  • English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
  • Small Band $29.99
  • Duo $14.99
  • Medium Band $59.99
  • Extra Large Band $99.99
  • Large Band $79.99
Copyright
  • © 2026 Setlist Helper LLC