Time-sensitive lyrics & chords autocue app and MIDI controller for musicians.
About BeatPrompter
BeatPrompter is a music & audio app developed by Steven Frew.
Download Statistics
BeatPrompter has been downloaded 3.4 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 31 times.
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App Information
BeatPrompter is FREE to download. The APK download size is 6.86 MB. The latest version available is 1.84. The last update was on August 9, 2025.
Technical Requirements
BeatPrompter requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2016.
Description
BeatPrompter is a teleprompter/autocue app for song lyrics and/or chords which places a greater emphasis on visibility, timing and rhythm than other similar apps. By defining such things as beats-per-minute, beats-per-bar, bars-per-line, etc, you can have a greater control over the display, and by knowing that the onscreen text will definitely be in the right place at the right time, BeatPrompter can display each line of the song in as large a font as possible, making it more readable from a greater distance, or for users with imperfect vision. Great for players of guitar, keyboard, mandolin, banjo, whatever, or even just vocalists.
Check out a video of BeatPrompter in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ5Tdwtgimc
BeatPrompter uses the popular ChordPro file format, with a few custom {tags} to control app-specific functionality. It reads song files from the (free) Google Drive, Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage services, or you can store files directly on your device.
BeatPrompter can output custom MIDI messages at precisely-timed moments to control any external devices you have attached, as well as outputting MIDI clock signals to synchronize external devices, such as looper pedals and drum machines. It can also optionally play backing tracks along with each song, and you can define multiple backing tracks for each song and choose which to play.
Recent changes: See version history document for details. https://github.com/peeveen/beatprompter/blob/main/docs/HISTORY.md
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I LOVE this app. It's a great concept and executed really well. Being able to have the lyrics display in large text perfectly in sync with your performance is a revelation, and the beat marker cues you in at just the right point. No more coming in on the wrong bar on a song you haven't played for a while! You just have to add a couple of extra tags to your existing tab files, and you're good to go. Really easy. If you're a singer in a band, or play in a band with a singer, then give this a try - all the other apps I tried just scroll small lyrics at a set pace, this is FAR better.
★★★★★A Google user· Nov 18, 2019
This is a very much underrated app for musicians, I absolutely love it. I use it to trigger backing tracks and read lyrics, chords and cues on the screen. It works great for my gigs, has all the options that I need. The Band Leader mode allows to mirror the screen to other band members screens, wonderful. I use it on my android phone (no tablet). The lyrics synchronize perfectly with the backing tracks. I have been searching this app for a long time, and I hope it gets more popular in the community. Bravo Steven!
★☆☆☆☆A Google user· Oct 11, 2018
Downloaded this thinking it might do the job that, at present, use my pc program for. Was disappointed that not only was it a limited trial, but also couldn't use my locally stored files. Also, most pc programs that do a similar job are freeware!
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Technologies used by BeatPrompter
BeatPrompter is requesting 13 permissions and is using 7 libraries.
Permissions
Development tools
test access to protected storage
Network communication
view network connections,
pair with Bluetooth devices,
full network access
Your accounts
find accounts on the device,
add or remove accounts,
use accounts on the device
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Android Jetpack core
Kotlin