OnSong is an iOS app designed for the individual musician: manage your own sheet music library, display chord charts, move through your setlists on stage. On your own, it is a solid tool. But with a band — even three people — you quickly end up emailing files around, wondering who has the right version of a chart, and explaining where the chorus starts all over again at every rehearsal. Music Drive solves exactly those problems.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Music Drive | OnSong |
|---|---|---|
| PDF sheet music shared with the bandEveryone sees the same version | ✓ Real time | Individual |
| PDF annotationsHighlighting, notes, comments per bar | ✓ Shared, included | ⚠ Paid Premium |
| Chord chartsCreate, transpose, share | ✓ ChordsNinja | ✓ Advanced (ChordFlow) |
| Variable-speed player without pitch shiftSlow it down to learn it | ✓ SpeedShift | — |
| A/B audio loopsLoop a passage endlessly | ✓ VloopPro | — |
| Shared structure markersIntro, chorus, bridge on the waveform | ✓ Shared | — |
| Timestamped audio commentsAnnotate a track to the exact second | ✓ | — |
| Shared rehearsal recordings | ✓ | — |
| Setlists shared with the bandEveryone sees the same one | ✓ | Individual |
| Built-in calendar + RSVPRehearsals, gigs, attendance poll | ✓ | — |
| Advanced metronome14 patterns, tap tempo, muted click | ✓ | Via plugin |
| Chromatic tuner + virtual piano | ✓ | — |
| Autoscroll / scrolling charts on stage | ✓ SmartLive, included | ⚠ Paid Premium |
| Member and role management | ✓ | — |
| Dep up and running in 30 seconds | ✓ | — |
| Offline mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Available platforms | ✓ iOS, Android, Web | iOS only |
| Native multilingual interface | ✓ EN, FR, DE, IT, ES | — |
| Price | €8/month (band, everything included) | Free + $47.99/year for Premium |
What Music Drive actually changes
One single source of truth for the whole band
With OnSong, every musician maintains their own library. The result: your bass player has December's version, your guitarist has March's, and nobody has the leader's corrections. In Music Drive there is only one version of each chart — the band's. When the leader updates a file, everyone sees the new version immediately. No duplicates, no confusion, no email thread asking which version we are using.
Annotations: paid on OnSong, included everywhere on Music Drive
On OnSong, sheet music annotations are reserved for the Premium plan ($47.99/year). On Music Drive they are included in every plan — and, more importantly, they are shared with the whole band. The leader highlights a passage, marks a dynamic, fixes an entry: everyone sees it immediately on their phone or computer. These are not private annotations stuck on your own device — they are a shared resource, visible to all, updated in real time.
Android and web, not just iPad
OnSong is iOS only. If your drummer is on Android, your pianist prefers a laptop and your choir director has no iPad, they are simply shut out. Music Drive runs on iOS, Android and directly in the browser. No install at all for members who just want to reach the files from their computer. The PWA sits on a phone's home screen like a native app.
Work on a passage without leaving the app
OnSong has no audio practice tools. Music Drive includes SpeedShift to slow any recording down without changing the pitch, and VloopPro to loop a passage A/B with named structure markers visible to the whole band. No more shouting "from the intro" across the room — the marker is there, clickable and shared.
A dep ready in 30 seconds
One of your players drops out. You have found someone, but now they need the whole repertoire. With OnSong that is not possible — everyone keeps their own library. With Music Drive you generate an invitation link: within 30 seconds your dep has every chart, recording, setlist and rehearsal note. SpeedShift and VloopPro are there so they can prepare on their own before the rehearsal. After the gig, access is removed in one click.
Autoscroll on stage: paid on OnSong, included on Music Drive
On OnSong, autoscroll — the chart scrolling by itself during the performance — is a Premium feature, available only with the $47.99/year subscription. On Music Drive, SmartLive (charts scrolling in tempo on stage) is included in every plan at no extra cost. And it all stays in the same tool, from the first rehearsal to the night of the gig.
Everything included, no hidden paid add-ons
This is a fundamental difference of philosophy. On OnSong the essentials — annotations, autoscroll, backing tracks, MIDI — are reserved for the Premium plan ($47.99/year). On Music Drive every feature is available on every plan, with no add-on and no module to unlock. VloopPro, SpeedShift, ChordsNinja, SmartLive, the advanced metronome, the tuner, the virtual piano: all included. The only difference between Music Drive plans is the number of members, workshops and storage. Not the features.
The tools that come with it, nothing extra to install
Loop any audio passage or YouTube video. Named structure markers, shared with the whole band. Horizontal mirroring for guitarists and double bass players.
Slow a recording down without changing the pitch. To learn a difficult line, transcribe a passage, or get a dep ready quickly.
Create and share visual chord charts. One-click transposition. Reachable from every song, visible to the whole band.
14 subdivision patterns, time signatures from 2/4 to 7/8, tap tempo, random muted click, progressive tempo. Presets saved to your account.
Charts scrolling in tempo on stage. The same tool you rehearse with, tuned for live performance.
Real-time tuning through the microphone, and an interactive piano to give a note or check a harmony — with no extra instrument.
Who Music Drive is the right fit for
- Bands who want to share one repertoire with every member instead of each keeping their own library
- Ensembles with players on Android or PC, or who simply have no iPad
- Music directors who want to annotate charts and share notes in real time
- Bands who record their rehearsals and want them in one place alongside the charts
- Musicians who need to work on difficult passages (loops, slowed-down playback)
- Any band that regularly brings in deps or one-off guests
- Professional and amateur bands looking for one workspace that covers the whole cycle
Try Music Drive free for 30 days
No credit card required. Invite your members and share your repertoire in minutes — on iOS, Android or straight from a browser.
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