Release Notes
Version 23.0 – October 2023
- Added song zoom live button
- Added support for importing images
- Improved support for non-english languages in PDF exports
- Lots of other improvements and bug fixes
Version 22.1 – December 2022
- Added MIDI support
- Added pinch-to-zoom when adding handwritten notes
- Added auto-backup
- Added QR codes when printing songs with links
- Improved compact sidebar mode
- Lots of other improvements and bug fixes
Version 22.0 – May 2022
- Import OnSong backup/archive files
- Added auto layout mode
- Added support for left-hand chord charts
- Option to hide the app bar
- Option to set preferred chord variants for songs
- Option to randomise a set list
- Added page numbers when printing
- Lots of other improvements and bug fixes
Version 21.1 – November 2021
- More options when importing duplicate songs
- Improved ChordPro rendering
- More styling options for songs
- Option to hide chord charts you know
- Option to change the default auto-scroll speed
- Option to filter songs by key
- Lots of other tweaks and fixes
Version 21.0 – June 2021
- Added backing track support
- Launch SongbookPro Manager without manually copying the IP address
- Customise tap areas on the main screen
- A new compact sidebar mode
- An undo option and more enhancements to the song editor
- High contrast live button mode
- Option to add chord diagrams to pdf exports
- Lots of other tweaks and fixes
Version 20.3 – December 2020
- Improved support for Apple Pencil and other active styluses
- Banjo and Mandolin chord diagrams are now supported
- Auto-scroll can now be fine-tuned by long pressing the auto-scroll button
- Separation between song sections can now be enlarged
- More statistics show in the advanced menu
- SongbookPro Manager now remembers Chord-over-lyric/chordPro preferences
- Lots of other tweaks and fixes
Version 20.2 – July 2020
- You can now add full-page notes, timers and stopwatches to set lists
- You can now add song numbers to your songs and sort by number
- The web player search now supports Spotify
- Long lines can now be automatically split without reducing the font size
- Importing word documents now automatically corrects font alignment for common fonts
- Added a teleprompter mode
- Lots of other improvements and bug fixes
Version 20.1 – May 2020
- Added chord diagrams for Guitar and Ukulele.
- Added to option to pin the sidebar open.
- Added support for Nashville notation.
- Added the option to print all songs in a set list.
- Added the option to return to the search list after saving a song in the online search.
- Added Hungarian translations, many thanks Levente
- Multiple fixes and performance improvements for PDF file rendering.
Version 20.0 – March 2020
- Freehand notes have been added! Use the button in the bottom right to enter drawing mode.
- SongbookPro Manager has had a major update. Now folders and sets can be edited using the web app.
- Songs can now be set to minor keys
- Song sections can be re-ordered using the new ‘Section Order’ field in on the song edit page.
- Songs can be printed in color.
- The artist field is now properly shown again in ChordPro songs.
- Google Drive sync added.
- Lots of other fixes and improvements.
Version 19.5 – October 2019
- Printing directly from the app or exporting as PDF documents is now supported
- Custom font colors can now be used
- The background and color of notes can now be customized
- The auto-scroller can be configured to pause for a set amount of time when it is triggered
- Audio metronome ticks have been added (you can disable them from the settings)
- A new quick action button has been added for quickly accessing advanced functionality. The new button can be enabled from the settings.
- Added support for Latin notation
- Options have been added for selecting all songs
- Minor keys can now be displayed in the key changing menus
- WebDAV support has been added to the Online Sync feature
Version 19.4 – September 2019
- This release is only available on iOS, these changes will be included in version 19.5 on Android.
- Added compatibility with iOS
- Added a pedal option to move to the next/previous song in sets
- Fixed a bug that crashed the app when opening sets with lots of pdf-based songs in
- Added several performance optimizations to opening sets
Version 19.3 – August 2019
- Added ‘Piano mode’ to allow for negative transposition. Check out the setting from the general settings menu.
- Added the option to import chord charts from E-Chords.com
- You can now set a duration for your songs in the song edit screen. This allows the total duration of set lists to be calculated.
- The maximum duration of the auto-scroller has been increased to 10 mins.
- Lots of bug fixes and improvements.
Version 19.2 – May 2019
- Folders have been added! Sort your songs into separate folders to keep your library nicely organized.
- You can now connect SongbookPro to a computer directly, allowing songs to be added and edited with a keyboard and mouse. Open SongbookPro Manager from the app bar to get started.
- Dropbox Sync: you can now sync via Dropbox instead of OneDrive.
- Fullscreen mode has been added. Double-tap the center of the home screen to toggle it on and off (or use the button at the top of the Quick Actions menu)
- Automatic cropping has been added to trim pdf documents as you import them.
- .zip files can now be imported. If you import a .zip file, any compatible files within it will be imported.
- An advanced settings option has been added to allow customization of how accidentals (#/b) are handled.
- More options have been added for showing information about the next song in the command bar
- Editing the auto-scroll duration of a song in the Quick Actions menu, will now show a preview of the duration.
Version 19.1 – March 2019
- Text-based songs can now be zoomed using a pinch gesture.
- Notes are now supported! Tap the new live button to set text-based notes for a song or set item and configure how the notes are displayed.
- The screen for adding songs to sets has been re-designed for simpler user experience.
- Song can now be searched for by their first line and the initials of the title. E.g. ‘ctf’ for ‘come thou fount’ and accented characters should be handled better.
- A progress indicator has been added, showing your progress through the set. Customize it from the general settings menu.
- Info displayed in the app bar can now be customized, tap on the text to change it.
- Individual lines can now have custom colours and highlighting applied. Add the {textcolor: colour} or {textfill: colour} chordpro tags to your songs. Reset the colours with empty {textcolor} and {textfill} tags.
- Several new advanced settings have been added, check them out in the advanced settings page.
Version 19.0 – January 2019
- Songs that have been transposed can be edited in their transposed key, check out the new settings page in the edit screen for this option
- The UltimateGuitar.com search can now search for Bass tab and Ukulele chords in addition to Guitar chords and tabs
- A copyright field has been added to songs, any copyright information associated with a song will be displayed in the bottom of the screen/song
- The next song can now be displayed in the app bar when playing from a set list. Swipe the app bar horizontally to cycle through the options.
- Songs can be imported in ‘Chord over Lyric’ style, just use a .txt file
- The last sync time is how shown on the ‘Backup and Sync’ page
- A new sync mode has been added: ‘Sync on Start’
- {soc} and {eoc} ChordPro tags now have full support
- Several bug fixes and minor improvements have been added
Version 2.2 – December 2018
- Deep song search: When searching for your songs within the app, the first line of the first verse and chorus will be included in the song search
- Tabs can now be downloaded from UltimateGuitar.com in addition to chord sheets
- All results can now be found when searching on UltimateGuitar.com rather than just the first page
- Times and dates are now formatted correctly in more languages
- A number of bugs have been fixed
Version 2.1 – December 2018
- Multi-column support has been added! When the display mode is not set to “Scroll Songs”, as many columns as fit will be used.
- Foot pedal support has been added
- Added support for .pro files
- A number of bugs have been fixed
Version 2.0 – November 2018
- SongbookPro is out of Beta!
- The song list can now be ordered by artist and date modified
- WorshipTogether.com has been added as a new way to download songs from the web
- The web importer can now automatically remove any extra text that the author may have added to the top of the song
- The web importer can now transpose songs before adding to your library
- Tags can be added to songs for quick filtering
- Swiping a set in the list of current sets now gives options to share or delete the set
Version 1.5 – November 2018
- PDFs can now be cropped to remove excessive margins
- A metronome has been added to the live buttons (bottom right of the display) with a built-in tap to time
- Automatic synchronizing can now be set up, synchronizing with OneDrive every 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes
Version 1.4 – October 2018
- PDF songs can now be zoomed in/out with a pinch gesture
- A preview of PDF songs is displayed in the song edit window
- The command bar can now show the song’s key and the current time in addition to the song title
Version 1.3 – October 2018
- Auto scrolling has been added
- Meta data fields can be enabled and disabled from the settings
- Improvised error handling when web searching
- Fixed bug causing blank screen while resuming the app
Version 1.2 – October 2018
- Songs can now be split over several pages instead of scrolling.
- .onsong files can now be imported.
- A web search option has been added to the quick actions menu.
- Multi-select can be entered by long-pressing on a song or set.
- Lyrics mode has been added (toggle in the quick actions menu).
- A warning is given when tabs are in the wrong key due to transposition.
Version 1.1 – September 2018
- Added options to customize the font size and color of ChordPro songs.
- Added a light theme.
- Added options to customize the accent color.
- Added options to customize the color of the song display background.
- Fixed a bug where importing from google drive crashed the app.
Version 1.0 – September 2018
Version 23.0 – October 2023
- The app has been updated to match the iOS and Android version. See the iOS / Android tab for full details of changes.
Version 20.1 – May 2020
- You can now delete songs from folders without deleting from your library
- You can now return to the song search list after saving a song from the web
- This version adds sync compatibility with version 20.2 and higher on other platforms.
Version 20.0 – February 2020
- Folders have been added! You can now organize your song library with folders
- The pedal system has been redesigned with more options
- Songs can now be set to minor keys
- Word documents can now be imported
- Dropbox and WebDAV sync has been added
Version 19.0 – February 2019
- Notes are now supported! Tap the new live button to set text-based notes for a song or set item and configure how the notes are displayed.
- Chord patterns can be searched and displayed. Open the top right settings menu to open the chord view.
- The screen for adding songs to sets has been redesigned for a simpler user experience.
- Song can now be searched for by their first line and the initials of the title. E.g. ‘ctf’ for ‘come thou fount’
- Copyright information can now be added to songs
- It is now possible to disable the section headers of songs
Version 4.5 – October 2018
- PDF documents can now be displayed in pages as well as scrolling
- PDF documents can be automatically cropped on import to remove extra white space
- The background color can now be changed to any color
- Files can now be imported by dragging and dropping into SongbookPro
- A memory leak has been fixed along with other fixes
Version 4.4 – September 2018
- The OneDrive sync system has been rewritten for better reliability and performance.
- A piano mode has been added (can be activated in the settings). This changes the capo option into a transpose option (allowing negative values) and hides all guitar tabs from songs.
- An option has been added to the web importer which automatically removes any extra text that the author may have added to the top of the song.
- Sets can now be exported and printed directly from the command bar as well as songs.
- SongbookPro backup files can now be opened and imported just by double-clicking from within windows.
- Several bugs have been fixed.
Version 4.3 – June 2018
- Pad backing track support has been added and follows the key of the active song. Use the ‘play’ live button to toggle it on and off and off.
- Live buttons are now customizable. Configure which buttons show up and their order from within the settings.
- Importing songs from the OpenSong file format is now supported.
- Sets on the same day are now ordered alphabetically.
- German translations have been added. Many thanks to Björn.
- Several fixes and performance improvements.
Version 4.2 – April 2018
- Songs found online can be transposed before saving to your library.
- |, / and characters are now fully supported in chord lines.
- The auto-scroll button now lights up when active.
- Lyric sheets and set lists can now be printed in addition to chord sheets.
- Italic and bold formatting of song sections is available.
- French translations have been added. Many thanks to Dan Maltais.
- Several minor features and bug fixes.
Version 4.1 – February 2018
- The share option is back! I finally managed to track down a Microsoft bug that was causing it to crash so the feature is re-enabled and working (please let me know if you discover otherwise)!
- A new display mode has been added that fits the current song onto a single screen, adjusting text size and number of columns accordingly.
- The color of PDF documents can be inverted, so now you can have black pdfs on the dark theme.
- You can now add tags to songs to help organization, add them from the song edit.
- A new web icon has arrived in the quick access menu, you can assign this button to any URL on a song by song basis, or if nothings assigned it’ll run a YouTube search.
- PDFs now display their key (if set) in the library.
Version 4.0 – January 2018
- Addition of the ‘Command bar’ for quick access to all common settings and key info
- PDF support has been vastly improved, including support for viewing pages side by side and cropping margins
- The user interface has been overhauled with new colors and animations
- Songs and sets can now be exported to word for printing
- A metronome has been added to the live buttons (bottom right of the display) with a built-in tap to time (press and hold/right click for settings)
- Tab notation is now supported and displays in monospace font
Version 3.1 – October 2017
- You can now download chord sheets straight from WorshipTogether.com
- Can now order library by artist and last modified as well as by title
- Many small tweaks and improvements
Version 3.0 – October 2017
- Added Auto-Scroll feature
- PDF support added
- .onsong file support added
- Improved chord and lyric styling
Version 2.0 – September 2017
- OneDrive sync
- Improved hotkey support
- ‘German’ chord notation added
Version 1.0 – September 2017