Setlists and live sync for bands
Pick a song on your phone and it opens on every phone and tablet in the room. Jump to the second chorus and the whole band jumps with you. Same song, same spot, same key.
Free to start. Needs an internet connection; a phone hotspot is enough.
Every rehearsal loses time here. Someone shouts a page number across the room, three people are on the wrong version, and the guitarist changed the key without telling anyone.
BandSync takes that off the table. One person leads the session and everyone else follows automatically. It’s a tool for running a band, not another songbook to scroll through on your own.
How it works
One person sets the band up. Everyone else scans a code and plays.
Name the band and add your songs. Only the leader creates an account, with Apple, Google or email.
Play a whole setlist or jump straight to one song. A QR button in the corner of every session brings up the band’s invite for whoever turns up late.
They scan the QR or tap your invite link, in the BandSync app or any web browser, and type their name. No account, no password.
Pick the song, jump to the chorus, start autoscroll. Every screen follows, live.
In a session the leader can let everyone scroll or change songs, and a switch on the Band tab lets any member start a session. Handy for worship teams where the person leading changes week to week.
Your invite is a link. Opened in a browser, it makes your bandmate a member of the band on the spot: they type their name and follow live sessions right there. The app is there when they want it.
Live sync runs over the internet, so BandSync needs a connection; a phone hotspot or the venue’s Wi-Fi is enough. A phone that drops out reconnects on its own, and everyone gets a warning when the leader goes offline.
Following, your way
BandSync syncs the place in the song, not the pixels. A phone and a 13-inch tablet land on the same line, each laid out for its own screen and its musician’s own settings.
Set a capo and read the shapes you actually play. Nobody else’s chart changes.
Bigger for the drummer at the back, smaller to fit a whole verse on screen.
Singers can switch chords off and read the lyrics only.
Pin a note to a line, just for you or for the whole band.
Transpose a song once and every chart in the band follows, so nobody plays in the old key.
Songs and setlists
Getting songs in is where band apps usually lose people, so it’s where BandSync put the most work. Copy a chord sheet from anywhere and paste it in.
--- line, and they become separate songs.Build the running order for the gig. In a session the next song is always named on screen, one tap away.
Turn a setlist into a PDF: the running order plus every chart, with chords on or off. Share it, or print it for the music stand.
Tab in a pasted sheet is spotted and shown as a tidy card you can open full screen. Opening tabs full screen during a live session is part of Pro.
Attach PDFs and photos to a song: the drum chart, the horn parts, a lead sheet. Up to 10 per song, and they open mid-session.
Empty library? Pick a few popular songs with chords and try a session tonight. They’re yours to edit like any other song.
Get a link from the app and add or edit songs in your laptop’s browser, with a real keyboard. Each link works for 24 hours.
BandSync isn’t a lyrics catalogue. Apart from any starter songs you choose, your library holds what your band puts in it. Each song can also keep a YouTube or Spotify reference link.
Rehearsals
Every live session that runs more than a couple of minutes is saved as a rehearsal the band can look back on.
The phone that started the session records one take per song, and everyone sees the REC badge. Pause, restart a song or scratch a take as you go.
Takes upload in the background when the session ends. Close the app or lose signal and they wait on the phone, then carry on the next time you open BandSync.
Each rehearsal lists the date, how long you played, who was there and which songs, in order.
With Pro, every recorded song gets a player the whole band can use. Recordings are kept for 60 days.
Give each song a tempo, or tap it in. In a session one phone clicks out loud and every other screen flashes the beat, so everyone counts in together.
On stage
Everything you need mid-song is one tap, or one stomp, away.
Pair a Bluetooth page-turner like a keyboard. Forward scrolls a screen, and at the end of a song in a live session it moves to the next one. When you lead, the band moves with you.
Each song keeps its own speed. Start it from the bottom bar and the whole band scrolls along.
Section chips run across the top of the session. “From the second chorus” is one tap.
True black with maximum-contrast text for dark stages. A setting on each phone, never forced on the band.
Pricing
BandSync is free to start, live sync included. Pro is one subscription the band leader buys in the app, and it unlocks everything for every member.
To get the band going
€0for the whole band
No trial clock. The free tier stays free.
For bands that play every week
€44.99/ year
or €5.99 / month. Yearly saves 37%.
First year €22.49 for new subscribers on the yearly plan. In a four-piece band that’s under €0.50 per person a month. US: $39.99 / year, $4.99 / month, first year $19.99
One subscription, paid by the band leader, covers every member.
Prices shown for eurozone countries and the US. Elsewhere, the App Store and Google Play set the local price and show it before you buy. The first-year price is for accounts that haven’t subscribed to BandSync Pro before.
Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store or Google Play account.
FAQ
No. Only the band leader creates an account. Bandmates join with the band’s QR code, invite link or 6-letter code and type their name. They never pay: if the leader has Pro, the whole band has it.
No. The invite link opens in any web browser, and a bandmate who joins that way follows live sessions right there. The app for iPhone, iPad and Android is there for anyone who wants it.
Not for live sync. BandSync needs an internet connection to keep phones together; a phone hotspot or the venue’s Wi-Fi is enough. If a phone drops out or its screen locks, it reconnects on its own, and if the leader goes offline, everyone gets a warning so nobody assumes a change reached the band.
If you play somewhere with no signal at all, an app that syncs over a local network will suit you better.
The band leader, by default. In a session the leader can let everyone scroll or change songs, and a switch on the Band tab lets any member start a session.
Yes. Capo, text size, chords on or off and stage mode are set on each phone and never change anyone else’s screen. The key is shared: transposing a song changes it for the whole band, so everyone plays in the same key.
Not as a catalogue. There’s a small set of starter songs with chords you can add to try it out. Everything else is what your band pastes or types in.
Chord sheets with the chords above the lyrics, the way most websites show them, and ChordPro.
BandSync finds the sections and the key, spots guitar and bass tab, and flags any line it isn’t sure
about. To add many songs at once, separate them with a --- line or two blank lines.
Bluetooth page-turner pedals that connect as a keyboard and send arrow keys, Page Up / Page Down, or Space / Enter. If yours has modes, pick a keyboard mode, not MIDI. The Band tab has a pedal setup screen where you can test each press.
iPhone, iPad, Android phones and Android tablets. Bandmates can also follow along in a web browser on any phone or computer.
Recording is part of Pro. The phone that started the session records one take per song, up to 15 minutes each; takes under 10 seconds aren’t kept. When the session ends they upload in the background, and if that phone loses signal or the app is closed, they wait on the phone and the upload carries on next time. The whole band can play them back for 60 days, then they’re deleted.
The band leader subscribes in the app, through the App Store or Google Play, and Pro covers everyone in the band. It renews until cancelled, and you can cancel any time in your store account.
Read the privacy policy. Questions go to contact@joe-it-solutions.com.
Free on iPhone, iPad and Android. Set the band up tonight and run your next rehearsal from it.
