Song request apps
Rockbot plays the room when you are off. GigTag is for your set
When you play in a bar or restaurant, the venue's sound system is not yours and neither are its screens. What you need is your own line to the audience. GigTag is that line: a tag on your mic stand for requests, your next gig and booking enquiries. If you searched for Rockbot, the venue's music platform, GigTag is the performer's side of the room.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Rockbot is the venue's. GigTag is the performer's
Rockbot runs background music and screens for a business, and GigTag does not replace it. What GigTag adds is everything a live act is missing in that room: requests for your own set, your dates in people's calendars, and a booking form in their hands.
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Your own request line
Requests through GigTag are for songs you perform, chosen from your list and delivered to your live queue. The venue's system is not involved. Rockbot's requests are for the recorded music a business has approved, which is a different job done for a different customer.
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The audience leaves with your name
A diner who liked your set scans the tag and has your page: your socials, your music links, your next gig. In a venue where the room belongs to the business, the tag is the one thing on stage that points to you and goes home in their phone.
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One code in every venue
You might play four different rooms in a month. Your GigTag code is the same in all of them and never changes, so regulars from each venue reach one page with all your upcoming gigs and residencies. A venue's system stays with the venue.
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Bookings without commission
Venue gigs lead to private ones. A guest sends a booking enquiry from your page on the free plan, GigTag takes no commission, and on Pro you invoice them online in your own design. The work you win from a night out stays between you and the client.
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Scan, browser, done
Nobody at the table needs an app or an account. They point the camera at your tag and the page opens. In a restaurant, where people will not interrupt a meal for long, a request or a saved date takes a few seconds.
In short
Rockbot and GigTag, in four lines
- Rockbot is a platform businesses use for licensed background music, screens and signage.
- GigTag gives the performer their own request line, separate from anything the venue runs.
- Your code is the same in every venue, carrying your next gig, links and booking form.
- Performers should choose GigTag, while Rockbot is the venue's choice, and the two work side by side.
Side by side
GigTag vs Rockbot, topic by topic
Where the music comes from
Requests for songs you play live
The music is you. GigTag takes requests for songs from your own list, which you then perform live in the room.
RockbotRockbot supplies fully licensed recorded music for businesses, with playlists chosen to suit the brand, played through the venue's own system.
Who is in charge
Your page, your code, your account
The act owns its page and code. You manage songs, gigs, enquiries and invoices from the website or the GigTag phone app.
RockbotThe business controls the library, the schedule and the screens from a dashboard, and its site says managers can do so remotely across locations.
Song requests
A live queue for your own set
Fans scan the tag and pick from your song list in their browser. Requests arrive in a live queue during your set.
RockbotGuests use the Request app to ask for songs and vote on what plays next. Choices are limited to a library the business has approved.
Screens and messages
Keep Rockbot for the venue's screens
Your page shows your next gig, your weekly residencies, your socials, website and music links, and a booking enquiry form.
RockbotDigital signage, TV content and audio messages for promotions run from the same platform as the music, according to its site.
Moving between venues
One permanent code in every venue
The tag travels with you. The code is the same in every venue and never changes, even if you rename the act.
RockbotA Rockbot system belongs to the business that installs it and serves that business's locations, whether one site or many.
The quick view
| GigTag | Rockbot | |
|---|---|---|
| A QR code your audience scans | Yes, one that never changes | – |
| Song requests from the crowd | Yes, on Pro | – |
| Tips by card or Apple Pay | Yes, on Pro, into your own Ziina or Stripe. GigTag takes 0% | – |
| Booking enquiries | Yes, on the free plan | – |
| Your gigs and weekly residencies | Yes, on the free plan | – |
| Invoices for bookings | Yes, on Pro | – |
| A printed tag for your mic stand | Yes, in your own design | – |
| Works without an app for the audience | Yes, it opens in the browser | – |
A dash means we did not confirm it for Rockbot, not that it is missing: see what Rockbot offers above, or ask on its site.
A Rockbot alternative
Where GigTag is different from Rockbot
Recorded music versus a live act
Rockbot plays recorded, licensed music through the venue's speakers. GigTag is for the person holding the guitar. When a fan scans the tag on your mic stand, they choose from your song list and the request reaches your live queue, for you to play. The venue's system and your set take turns in the same room: Rockbot before you start and in the breaks, you in between.
The venue's system, the act's code
With Rockbot the customer is the business: it chooses the music library, the screens and the messages. With GigTag the account is yours. The code and the page travel with you from venue to venue, and the printed code never changes even if you rename the act. A fan who scans in one bar can see that you are in another next Friday and add it to their calendar.
What a scan leads to
A Rockbot request is about the next song in the room. A GigTag scan can lead somewhere after the gig: the fan follows your socials, opens your music links, or sends a booking enquiry for their own party. On Pro you can then send an invoice in your own design that the client pays online. For a working musician, the scan is partly a way to find the next job.
A night with GigTag
A solo acoustic set in a restaurant
The restaurant's background music fades down at eight and you start. You are in the corner with a guitar, a small PA and the tag on your mic stand. Diners are mid-conversation, so nobody is going to call out a request. A table of four scans the tag instead. Your page opens in their browser and they choose a song from your list. It appears in the live queue on your phone, and you play it two songs later while their mains arrive.
Restaurant gigs reward patience. People who enjoyed the set scan on their way out to see where you play next, and some add your weekly residency to their calendar. One asks the manager who you are, and the manager points at the tag. A booking enquiry for a private dinner arrives through your page that evening. You read it in the GigTag app on the way home. When you pack up, the house music comes back on, and your code leaves with you.
About Rockbot
What is Rockbot?
Rockbot is an audio and visual platform for businesses. From one place, a business controls licensed background music, TV content, digital signage and audio messages played between songs, in a single site or across many. Its site lists restaurants, bars, gyms, shops, hotels, casinos and offices among its customers. It runs on Rockbot's own media players or on compatible equipment the business already has, and managers can control it remotely.
The part musicians hear about is Rockbot Request. Guests use the Request app to see what is playing, ask for songs and vote on what comes next. The choices come from a library the business has approved, so the music stays in keeping with the place. Staff manage it from a dashboard. It is a way for a venue to let customers shape the background music.
- Where
- United States
- Website
- rockbot.com
How Rockbot works
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Install the player. A business connects Rockbot through one of its media players or through compatible equipment it already owns, and links it to the speakers and screens on site.
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Choose the music. The business picks licensed music that suits its brand and can control what plays in real time, in one location or across many from a single dashboard.
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Add screens and messages. Digital signage, TV content and audio messages between songs can run from the same platform, so menus, promotions and music are all managed together in one place.
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Open requests to guests. With Rockbot Request, guests use the Request app to see what is playing, ask for songs and vote on what comes next, within the library the business has approved.
Who Rockbot is for
Restaurants and bars. Its site lists quick service restaurants, fine dining, cafés and bars. They use Rockbot for music that fits the brand, menus and promotions on screens, and audio messages, and can let guests request songs from an approved library.
Gyms and fitness clubs. Fitness facilities are among the business types on its site. Members can use the Request app to choose and vote on the music while they train, and the club keeps control of what is in the library.
Chains with many locations. Its site stresses central control: a retailer, hotel group or franchise can manage music, signage and TV across every site from one platform. It names retail, hospitality, casinos, healthcare and offices among the sectors it serves.
The verdict
GigTag or Rockbot: which should you choose?
The bottom line
If you are the one performing, GigTag is what you need, and Rockbot is not a substitute for it. The strongest reason is ownership: the code, the page and the audience's interest belong to the act and travel to every venue. Rockbot remains the right platform for a business that wants licensed background music, signage and guest requests from an approved library. In most rooms the two simply sit side by side, one for the house and one for you.
They work side by side without touching. A bar can run Rockbot for background music and screens all week, and book you for Friday. You bring your GigTag, put it on the mic stand, and take requests for your own set. When you finish, the venue's music takes over again. There is no need to choose between them, because they answer to different people.
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Agree the changeover
Ask the venue when its Rockbot music will stop and start around your set, so its system and your live music are never competing for the room.
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Put your tag on the stand
Set up as usual with the GigTag on your mic stand. Requests for your set come to your own queue, separate from anything the venue runs.
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Hand back to the house
At the end of your set, the house system comes back on. Your tag leaves with you, and the page behind it keeps showing your next dates.
Choose GigTag if
You are the live act, and you want your own code on your mic stand for requests, your gig dates and booking enquiries, wherever you play.
Start freeRockbot may still suit you if
You run a venue and want licensed background music, screens and signage, with customers able to request from an approved library.
GigTag FreeYour page, your tag design, every gig and residency, a booking form. One act.
GigTag ProSong requests, tips, invoices, more than one act. AED 30, £11.99 or $15.99 a month.
GigTag Printed tagFrom AED 100 in the UAE, £24.99 in the UK or €28.99 in the EU, delivered free, with a large size for more; $32.99 elsewhere, plus postage from the UK. Or print your own, anywhere, for free.
As a musician, do I need Rockbot or GigTag?
GigTag. Rockbot is bought by businesses to run recorded music and screens, so it is the venue's decision, not yours. GigTag is made for the performer: a tag on your mic stand that takes requests for your own set, shows your next gig and residencies, and lets people in the room send a booking enquiry with no commission.
What does a live act miss at a gig without GigTag?
A way for the audience to act while they are enjoying you. With GigTag they scan once and can request a song from your list, save your next date, follow your links or enquire about booking you. Rockbot handles the venue's background music before and after your set, and GigTag handles the part of the night that is yours.
What is Rockbot?
Rockbot is a platform that businesses use to run licensed background music, TV content, digital signage and audio messages from one place, in one location or many. Its Request app lets guests ask for songs and vote on what plays next, from a library the business has approved. Its customers are businesses such as restaurants, bars, gyms and shops.
Can a musician take song requests through Rockbot at a gig?
Rockbot belongs to the venue. Its request feature lets customers choose recorded songs from the venue's approved library, and the venue's system plays them. A live act that wants requests for its own set uses a tool made for performers. GigTag gives a solo act, duo or band a page with its song list, and requests arrive in a live queue.
Is GigTag a Rockbot alternative?
Only in the loose sense that both let people ask for a song. Rockbot is for a business managing recorded music and screens. GigTag is for a live act: one permanent QR code on a mic stand tag, opening a page with requests, gig dates, links and a booking enquiry form. A venue would not swap one for the other.
If a venue has Rockbot, can I still use GigTag there?
Yes. GigTag is yours, not the venue's: a tag on your own mic stand with a QR code that opens your page in the fan's browser. It needs nothing from the venue's sound system or screens. The venue's Rockbot music plays when you are not on, and your GigTag takes requests for the songs you play live.
How do guests request songs on Rockbot?
Its site describes Rockbot Request: guests use the Request app to see what is playing, request songs and vote on what comes next. The songs come from a library the business has approved, so the music stays suited to the place. It is a feature for the venue's recorded music, managed by staff from a dashboard.
What kinds of business use Rockbot?
Its site lists restaurants, bars, gyms, shops, salons, hotels, casinos, offices, healthcare sites and car dealerships, from a single location to large chains. They use it for licensed background music, digital signage, TV and audio messages. It is built for businesses, so an act playing in one of those venues brings its own tools.
Can fans add my next gig to their calendar?
Yes. A GigTag page shows your next gig and your weekly residencies, and a fan can add them to the calendar on their own phone. Listing every gig and residency is part of the free plan. Because your code never changes, the page they scanned tonight is the one they return to for future dates.
Can I link my Instagram and Spotify from my QR page?
On GigTag, yes. Your page carries links to your socials, your website and your music, wherever it is hosted, and fans can follow them straight after scanning the tag. Links are part of the free plan. GigTag itself is not a streaming service or a music store: it points people to the places you already use.
Looking for Rockbot itself?
This page is GigTag's. Rockbot's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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Rockbot is the name of its owner's product; GigTag is not connected with it. What is said about Rockbot here comes from its own public website, checked on 7 October 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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One code on your stand. Requests, tips and the next gig behind it.
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