A portable music songbook for worship leaders and musicians.
OpenSongApp - Songbook is a feature-rich Android songbook for worship musicians, supporting the OpenSong format and format conversions. It provides dedicated modes for performance, staging, and lyric presentation, plus a fully indexed search and customizable display themes. The app is free with all features included and isn’t ranked in any top lists.
Pros & Cons
Free to use for a lifetime with all features included (no purchases)
Supports OpenSong format and converts multiple song formats for easy migration
Extensive live-sound features (modes, metronome, autoscale, autoscroll) and Bluetooth pedal support
OpenSongApp aligns with the Open Source OpenSong ecosystem across platforms (Linux/Windows/Mac) and compliments those tools
No explicit mention of 'setlists' or 'live charts' features in app description, unlike some competitors that use those terms
No top-list ranking present in the data, which may affect visibility against similarly categorized apps
Some competitor terms like 'pro', 'charts', or 'setlist' appear in competitor keywords but are not highlighted as app features here
About OpenSongApp - Songbook
OpenSongApp - Songbook is a music & audio app developed by Gareth Evans.
Download Statistics
OpenSongApp - Songbook has been downloaded 220 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.3 thousand times.
User Ratings
OpenSongApp - Songbook is rated 3.88 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 730 ratings.
App Information
OpenSongApp - Songbook is FREE to download. The APK download size is 27.83 MB. The latest version available is 6.8.8. The last update was on July 12, 2026.
Technical Requirements
OpenSongApp - Songbook requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2014.
Description
A songbook app designed for and musicians, singers, worship leaders, etc. that allows you to view chord charts and lyrics on your Android device and use it as a portable music songbook. The app uses the OpenSong format, but will also open and convert songs created in ChordPro and iOS style song formats. PDF documents are also supported on Android Lollipop+.
Please check the online help pages if you have problems: https://www.opensongapp.com
Features:
Performance (musician) mode Stage (tech team) mode Presentation (projecting lyrics) mode. Fully indexed search feature 4 fully customisable display themes (light, dark, etc.) Supports ALL Bluetooth pedals Transpose Autoscale Autoscroll Metronome (audio and visual) Built in pads (matching the key of the song) - 24 included Include your own backing tracks Song sticky notes Highlighter/drawing tool Import songs from UG and Chordie Use the camera to take a photo of a song sheet and use this Create and edit songs Show/hide chords Guitar tuner Set preferred keys (e.g. Gb or F#) View chord diagrams for guitar, ukulele, banjo, cavaquinho and mandolin. You can also create custom chords Support for European chord formats (es/is/Do re mi) and Nashville numbering. Create and edit sets of songs, slides, notes, scriptures Export and share songs and sets with others Songs in sets can be converted to 'Variations'. This allows you to modify songs in your set without changing the original Load in previously created/shared sets Allows images to be used as songs Will display PDF documents in performance mode (e.g. scanned sheet music) - this is only available on devices running API 21/5.0 (Android Lollipop) or above. Multiple page PDF files are supported. Current song can be looked up on YouTube via search button Fully compatible with iOS style songs, .pro and .chopro file format (songs are automatically converted into OpenSong format) Import all songs from an iOS 'alternative' app backup file Dual screen presentation of songs with custom background images and video Allows user choice of storing song on internal or external memory (SD card)
The app can be used as a replacement for any bulky paper based song folder for performing musicians.
I am constantly looking to improve and update this app and welcome suggestions, requests, etc.
OpenSongApp is designed to compliment the Open Source application for Linux/Windows/Mac called OpenSong that allows churches to project song lyrics, Bible verses, etc. You can check them out (and support them) at: http://www.opensong.org
If you're looking for an alternative to the other expensive apps out there that doesn't see you as a customer, someone to make money from, or someone to bombard with ads, you've come to the right place.
OpenSongApp for Android started out free of charge, is currently free of charge and will stay free of charge for the lifetime of the app. All of my features are available. No additional in app purchases, unlocks, adverts, enhancements, etc. You get it all, all the time! If you don't like it, no worries, move on, life is too short!
Recent changes: Improved search logic Folder list retrieval speed boost Bug fix for FireHD devices CrashLog collection able to catch more issues
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Wonderful app for Song lyrics, Feeling like, now I got Correct tool in my hand for organizing songs with my teammates. Thanks for all the developers of this app. I will Continue to pray for you, guys.
★★★★★Ryan Hughes· Jul 21, 2021
Awesome App! I've got a gig coming up and need a song cheat sheet for 50 songs. Song structure, pedal settings, notes/triggers, etc. I love the customizable interface and it's been working great so far. I'd recommend it to anyone
★★★★☆Richard Bragg· Mar 23, 2021
Most of the time this just works and issues with the app (bugs) are swiftly dealt with. Issues with the "songs" aren't likely to be the fault of the app. I like the ability to import from Websites including Worship Together saving lots of time trying to enter songs in. Imports from more main stream chord sites can be more down to whoever produced the download, sometimes chords don't line up with words, not a fault with the app that though. A means to share song directories with PC based versions (esp Linux) so you could more easily edit songs, move songs around, drop duplicates etc. would be really cool, e.g. backup to Dropbox, Megasync etc. and import from the same. I highly recommend this.
★★★★★A Google user· Feb 14, 2024
The constant development of this app by Gareth warrants 5 stars. Just adjusting to the testator update... but it's really good. The fact that you can share Open Song and other formats is ace.
★★☆☆☆Terry Mechan· Dec 14, 2025
Not intuitive when importing osb backing. You should just be able to click on osb, and it installs all existing songs folders and sets.
★☆☆☆☆robert treadaway· Jan 4, 2024
Worthless the phone app is easy to get to sheets and put in a folder, but I can't get the songs to load from the main folder the songs are there but can't load them The tablet app is worse very complicated and seems like 15 places to go to upload and load a song
★☆☆☆☆Carl Minchin· Jun 15, 2026
Unfortunately nonfunctional. After installing you are taken to a screen where you select your folder location. The problem is that the screen just loops infinitely instead of accepting any location regardless of internal or SD, root or documents or a new folder. Really a shame, I was excited to have a promising chords' app after songsterr took my money and ran.
★☆☆☆☆Jef· Sep 10, 2021
Not compatible with Chord Pro format. Does not convert well. Messy pasted songs from a text file with Chord Pro format. Not the least bit intuitive. I prefer SongBook Pro.
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Technologies used by OpenSongApp - Songbook
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Trust & Safety: Requested permissions include location, network, Bluetooth, camera, microphone, storage, NFC, and more, which align with live-performance features (bluetooth pedal control, scanner/import of sheet music, media access) and typical app functionality. The app uses a dynamic receiver permission noted as DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED, and relies on widely-used AndroidX libraries and Firebase, indicating standard security practices for an app of this scope.
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