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Set List Creator vs OnSong

This is less of a competition than it looks. OnSong is a performance tool — it puts chord charts on a screen in front of you and turns the page. Set List Creator is a planning tool — it decides what order the night runs in and whether your singer survives it. Bands quite reasonably use both. If you came here to pick one, the honest answer depends on which problem is actually hurting.

OnSong pricing, as published

Free tier available. Pro US$9.99/month or US$99/year.

Set List Creator

NZ$7.95/month (about US$4.75). Band members included at no extra cost. 30-day free trial, no card.

OnSong's details checked on 2026-07-15 against their own site. Prices change and ours is in New Zealand dollars — check theirs before deciding. Where a row says “not listed among its features”, that means exactly that: it is absent from their published feature list, not that we tested it and it failed.

Capability
OnSong
Set List Creator
Display chord charts on stage — advantage: the other one
Yes — ChordPro, PDF import, the core of the product
No. Charts attach to songs and export in the gig pack
Transpose on the fly — advantage: the other one
Yes, live transposition
No
Auto-scroll during a song — advantage: the other one
Yes
No
Pace the vocalist across the night — advantage: Set List Creator
Not listed among its features
Never stacks more than two demanding vocal numbers in a row
Shape an energy curve — advantage: Set List Creator
Not listed among its features
12 presets or a custom curve, shown as a live energy graph
Auto-generate a set — advantage: Set List Creator
Not listed among its features
Generates against pacing and freshness in seconds
Harmonic key mixing — advantage: Set List Creator
Not listed among its features
Camelot-wheel key matching for smooth transitions
Built for — advantage: roughly even
Worship leaders and solo performers, chart-heavy players
Cover, function and wedding bands with a vocalist to protect
Price — advantage: Set List Creator
US$9.99/month or US$99/year
NZ$7.95/month (about US$4.75), 30-day free trial, no card

When OnSong is the better buy

If your problem is on stage — you need the chart in front of you, in the right key, scrolling at the right speed — OnSong is built for exactly that and Set List Creator does not attempt it. It is especially strong for worship leaders and solo players working from charts all night. Set List Creator earns its place before the gig, not during it: deciding the running order, protecting the singer, and keeping a residency from going stale.

OnSong wins 3 of the 9 rows above. We would rather you knew that than found out after paying us.

Read: setlist pacing and vocal health

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