Looking for an OnSong alternative?

If you use OnSong and want the chart to move itself instead of swiping, QMe Prompter is the closest alternative on iPad and iPhone: chords over lyrics, a scroll that follows your voice, setlists that run the show, and a way to bring your songs across. Here is a fair look at where the two differ and how to switch.

What OnSong does well

OnSong is a mature chord chart library. It has a huge feature list, deep file support, and a lot of musicians have years of songs in it. If it is doing everything you need, there is no reason to move. People look elsewhere when the chart is still a page they read and turn, when the setup feels heavier than the gig, or when they want something OnSong does not do, like lyrics on smart glasses or a service plan pulled straight from Planning Center.

Where QMe is different

• The chart moves itself. Voice Follow listens to you sing and keeps the line in front of you. Tempo scroll and pedal are there too, per song.
• Setlists run the show. Sets within a setlist, singer per song, run time, next song a swipe away, and a file you can send the band.
• Glasses. The same words on Even Realities G2 smart glasses, or on wired display glasses. Nobody else in this category does this.
• Planning Center. Worship teams connect once and pull a service plan in as a setlist, charts in the plan's key.
• A web console. Build and edit the library on a real keyboard at qmeprompter.com; it is on the iPad when you get to the gig.
• MIDI both ways. QMe switches your sounds per song or section, and a MIDI board can drive QMe.

What you would give up

• OnSong's very long list of niche features and file formats. QMe is deliberately narrower.
• Notation. QMe is lyrics and chords, not sheet music.
• Android. QMe is iPhone and iPad, with a browser follower for bandmates on anything else.

Moving your songs

Export your OnSong library as ChordPro files, then import them in bulk from the QMe web console and file them into a book. Keys, chords and section names come across. The step-by-step, including what to do with PDFs, is on the Switching from OnSong page.

Try it with ten songs first. The 30-day trial is enough to run a real gig on it before deciding.

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