BandHelper 4+

Organizational suite for bands

Arlo Leach

    • 4.2 • 93 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Much more than a "songbook" app, BandHelper can organize your management tasks and power your live show.

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR REHEARSAL TIME
• Forget about managing binders or finding reference recordings
• Keep track of songs that need more work
• Note or record your good ideas for future reference

STREAMLINE YOUR STAGE SETUP
• Eliminate the dead space from flipping through pages
• Lead the band seamlessly through your set
• Automate effects settings, keyboard patches and lighting scenes

PROFESSIONALIZE YOUR BAND MANAGEMENT
• Simplify your scheduling tasks
• Easily integrate subs or new band members
• Raise the bar for band organization

ENJOY A MUSICIAN-CENTERED SERVICE
• Use a variety of devices on multiple platforms
• Don't renew automatically unless you want to
• Get personal support when you need it

Join thousands of bands around the world and "get your act together" with BandHelper!

*** If you have a problem or a suggestion, please contact me before writing a bad review. I can't troubleshoot problems through the review system, but I respond promptly to all help tickets and posts in my support forum. ***

What’s New

Version 2024-07-12

* Replaced the app notifications function with operating system push notifications. These will appear in your device's notification center instead of within the app, and then clicking a notification will open the app to the relevant page. This makes app notifications a good alternative to SMS notifications if you're having trouble with spam filtering. However, app notifications will only appear on devices where you have the app installed and you haven't disabled the notification permission.

! Added your email, phone and other notification settings to the Settings > General page, so you can adjust these without logging into the website.

! Changed the Notifications list that appears when clicking the alert icon in the top toolbar to an Action Items list. This list now shows events that are waiting for your response, contact actions that are due and checklist items that are due. Also, changed the alert icons next to project names in the Accounts list, and the numbered app badge, to indicate these action items instead of unread notifications.

• Added large response buttons near the top of the event edit page when the event is waiting for your response.

• Added notification icons to the Checklists list and the main menu shortcuts for checklists that have waiting items.

• Fixed the handling of bandhelper:// URLs from a text message to correctly open a specific page within the app.

* Added the ability to mark headings in the Lyrics and Chords fields with a # character. If you place this at the start of a line, the rest of the line will display with the heading size, color and style you set on the Settings > Appearance page. You can optionally place spaces before the # to indent the heading. Spaces between the # and the heading text will be ignored.

• Updated the transpose function to retain alignment of bar lines (| characters) even when repeated beats aren't marked with dashes. This allows a more horizontally condensed chord chart that can be sized larger without wrapping lines.

• Fixed the alignment of ChordPro chords within right-to-left text.

! Moved the Settings button from the Accounts list to the top toolbar so you can access the settings more quickly from anywhere in the app. If this results in more buttons than you want in the top toolbar, you can hide any you're not using from Settings > Appearance > Top Toolbar Buttons. Also moved the Apps list to the Repertoire menu and the Totals Report to the Help > Utilities menu.

• Added Settings > Appearance > Highlight Multiple Button Names to highlight the button icons and names in multiple MIDI, document, recording and marker buttons instead of just the icons.

• Removed the contact buttons from the Contacts list when the list is narrower than 360 pixels, and from the Actions and Checklists lists in all cases, to make the list contents easier to read. You can still access the contact buttons from contact or action edit pages by clicking an item in the Contacts or Actions list.

• Sorted actions on the contact edit page from newest to oldest to match the website.

• Fixed a crash when selecting different users on the event edit page.

• Stopped fading uneditable documents, recordings and MIDI presets on the song, event, contact and transaction edit pages, so make it more clear that you can still view them even if you can't edit them.

• Disabled the Image button in the formatting toolbar when the song has no JPEG documents attached.

• Set the Width In Lyrics to 100% by default when adding a new document.

• Fixed the Users setting for set lists in Basic accounts.

• Fixed the button colors in the print popup on the document and file edit pages.

Ratings and Reviews

4.2 out of 5
93 Ratings

93 Ratings

5454stevef ,

Easy to get started, exciting Midi features

The main reason I was interested in this app was to take advantage of its Midi capabilities. I use a guitar synth that has a very clunky interface, (looking at you, Roland) and was looking for a way to streamline selecting patches, mostly between songs. It works perfectly for this application, connecting to my synth using a bluetooth midi adapter, and after spending some time setting up program changes in the app, my entire song list now automatically activates the correct patch for each song. One non-obvious thing also, you can add as many Midi Presets to a song as you want, and use that song as a menu to select presets when a song is not on the set list… Brilliant! If that was all it did, it would be worth the monthly fee to me, but it has much more capability than I’ll ever need.

I have found it easy to navigate, and getting started was a breeze. I can see that its mainstream value is in set lists, with lyrics and chords in your device in many different configurations, but the midi stuff is the thing that seals the deal for me.

Also I would like to compliment the developer on the outstanding tutorials and support docs; very complete and easy to understand.

Halfassedreviewer ,

Great App, great support, love it...

After carrying around binders of music for years in our 5 piece band, I decided last year to try a digital approach. My band mates were afraid at first and two of them continued to use binders. After a few months of seeing how easy and convenient my setup was (and realize how nice it is to have back lit music in a dark bar) they made the switch and we have not looked back. I am continually learning how to do new things with this app that push me further into automation (which, as a control freak guitarist scares me, but also allows me to focus on performing and less on nonsense). I should have made the switch years ago and I very much so appreciate this app. There is a yearly subscription fee to use the app, but once you realize you can bring a guitar and all the music you have ever learned in one guitar bag, you won’t mind. Plus, the developer is making constant improvements so I think of it more as an investment than a fee. Don’t listen to the negative comments. There is a little learning curve, as with anything, but invest the time off stage so that you can focus on the music on stage.

Lesterh ,

Great app for guitarists

I love this app because of three important benefits:
1) Split screen option which allows you to see the set list on one side along with the chord sheet on the other.
2) Custom fields. Because I use up to four different presets on a song, I needed an app that can store the bank and preset number for each preset used for each song. BandHelper allows you to create a seemingly unlimited number of custom fields for each song - no more need to rely on an excel spreadsheet that shows the presets needed for each song.
3) Very flexible display options: pick what fields you want shown on the main display for a song chart as well as on the set list. When you create a custom field, it automatically creates two additional versions of the field corresponding to the next song in the set list and the one after that. So on the display for a particular song, it can show the bank and preset for the next song coming up, the title of the the next song, the key, etc. — very cool!
I used it on a gig for the first time last week, with a Donner tablet page turner footpedal, and the combination worked flawlessly.

App Privacy

The developer, Arlo Leach, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • User Content
  • Identifiers

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