The iPad is the stage device. Fretlist runs on it full screen, and the same songs are on your phone and your laptop without a second purchase.
Hundreds of musicians, from practice to the stage34,000+ songs added94% of songs imported from other apps
The iPad has the best chord sheet apps, and most of them stay on the iPad. The gap shows when you want to type up songs on a laptop, or when a bandmate turns up with an Android tablet.
Fretlist runs in the browser on the iPad, Safari or Chrome or whichever you use, installs to the home screen, and works offline. The same account opens on a Mac, a Windows laptop, an iPhone or an Android phone, with the songs and setlists already there.
On iPad you install from Safari, Chrome or DuckDuckGo. It takes under a minute.
A Fretlist icon appears on your home screen. It opens full screen like any other app, and the songs are there without Wi-Fi.
| App | On iPad |
|---|---|
| OnSong | Yes, the iPad is its home. Subscription: Essentials $29.99 a year, Premium $59.99 a year (October 2026). |
| forScore | Yes, $24.99 one-time. Built for PDF sheet music rather than chord charts. |
| SongbookPro | Yes, a one-time purchase for iOS. Android and Windows are sold separately. |
| BandHelper | Yes, part of the subscription. |
| Fretlist | Yes. Installs from Safari, Chrome or any other browser, and the same account runs on every other device. |
Fretlist reads OnSong and SongbookPro backups directly, and imports ChordPro, PDF, Word and ZIP files in bulk. Paste a song from Ultimate Guitar and it comes in as a chord sheet. Songs, setlists, keys and capo settings all come across.
Full-screen chord sheets with auto-scroll, a metronome, section navigation and a wake lock so the screen stays on. A Bluetooth page turner or keyboard works for hands-free song changes. Dark mode included.
Your songs and setlists are saved on the device, so they keep working without internet. Rehearsal rooms and stages rarely have a good signal, and the app does not need one.
Change the key or set a capo and every chord in the sheet follows. The setting is saved per song and synced, so the tablet shows what you set on the laptop.
Edit on the laptop at home, it's already on your tablet at rehearsal. No cables, no exports, no “which version is the latest.”
Your songs and setlists are saved on your device, so they keep working without internet. At home, at rehearsal or on stage.
No store, no download. Add it to your home screen or dock from your browser and it opens full-screen like any other app.
“I was literally set up and ready to play within minutes! It's simple, and it just works!”
Open fretlist.com in your browser, add it to your home screen, and take your setlist to the next gig. Free to start.
How to play a whole gig from Fretlist: open a setlist in Play Mode, step through songs with a Bluetooth foot pedal, auto-advance between songs, and keep the screen awake and offline on stage.
20 June 2026 · 5 min read
Fretlist isn't in the App Store or Google Play Store. It installs straight from your browser onto an iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Mac, or Windows PC, so it lives on your home screen and works offline.
Updated 19 October 2026
Switching from OnSong? Fretlist imports your OnSong backup in one go and runs on iPad, Android, Windows and Mac, with offline Play Mode for the stage. Free to start.