Gig, band and website tools
What Setlist Helper does on stage, and where GigTag fits
You know what you plan to play. What you do not know, until someone shouts it, is what the room would love to hear. GigTag gives your audience a code on the mic stand to request songs, see your next gig and enquire about booking you. If you were looking at Setlist Helper, think of this as the audience's half of the set list.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Why add GigTag to your Setlist Helper setup
Setlist Helper is built for the performer's eyes: lyrics, keys and the order of play. GigTag is built for everyone else in the room. It shows them the songs you offer, takes their requests into a live queue and gives them your next date and a booking form. One organises the set, the other makes it a conversation.
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Your song list becomes a menu
On Pro, the audience scans the tag and sees the songs you are happy to play. They pick one and it joins a live queue on your phone. Setlist Helper is built to hold your order of play. GigTag adds what people would choose from it, which is useful to know while there is still time to play it.
- 2
A quiet way to ask
Not everyone will walk up to a performer between songs. A scan from a seat is easier than a shout from the bar, and the page opens in the browser with no app and no account. More of the room can take part, including the people who would never have asked out loud.
- 3
Your next gig goes home with them
The page lists your next gig and your weekly residencies, and people add them to their own calendars. For a solo act with a regular night, that is the difference between hoping they return and giving them the date. Every gig and residency is included on the free plan.
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Bookings from the people listening
A booking enquiry form is on your page from the start, on the free plan. Someone who wants you for a birthday or a wedding can ask while you are still playing, and GigTag takes no commission on bookings. On Pro, you can send an invoice in your own design that they pay online.
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Print it once, keep using it
The code on the tag never changes, even if you rename the act. Design it, print it yourself from the print file or order it, and it works at every gig after that. It takes up no room in the gig bag beside the tablet and the foot pedal.
In short
Setlist Helper and GigTag, in four lines
- Setlist Helper keeps your lyrics, chords and running order on your own device.
- GigTag puts your song list in the audience's hands: they scan, pick, and it joins a live queue.
- The same scan shows your next gig and a booking enquiry form, with no app or account.
- Our recommendation: keep the set list app for yourself and add a GigTag for the room.
Side by side
GigTag vs Setlist Helper, topic by topic
The song list
A public song list the audience picks from
The GigTag song list is public. It shows the audience the titles they can ask for, and nothing else about the song.
Setlist HelperThe songbook is a searchable catalogue of your songs with lyrics, chords, key, tempo, duration and performance notes for your own use.
Order of play
A live queue of requests. Keep Setlist Helper for the order.
GigTag keeps a live queue of what has been requested during the set. You choose what to play and when.
Setlist HelperYou drag songs into a set, insert breaks and see the total duration. Set lists can be duplicated, printed and shared.
Hands-free on stage
Nothing to operate: a printed tag
The tag is a printed piece with nothing to operate. You check the request queue on your phone between songs.
Setlist HelperIts site describes auto-scroll matched to your playing speed and control from Bluetooth foot pedals, with AirTurn named as compatible.
Without a signal
No app for the audience, only a browser
The page opens in each listener's own phone browser when they scan the code, so nothing has to be installed beforehand.
Setlist HelperIts site says the app works offline, which it presents as important for stage use where there is no internet connection.
After the gig
The page keeps working after you pack up
The page stays live. People can still follow your links, save your next gig or send a booking enquiry after you have packed up.
Setlist HelperYour songs and set lists stay synced across your devices and the web, ready to reuse or edit for the next gig.
The quick view
| GigTag | Setlist Helper | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Setlist Helper, not that it is missing: see what Setlist Helper offers above, or ask on its site.
Setlist Helper or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from Setlist Helper
Your list versus their requests
Setlist Helper holds the order you intend to play. GigTag tells you what the room is asking for. On the Pro plan, people scan your tag and request from your song list, or anything if you open requests. Requests land in a live queue during the set. You can swap one into the next slot or pass on it. The set list stays yours.
A page for listeners, not players
Everything in Setlist Helper is for the performer: lyrics, keys, timings. GigTag's page is written for the audience. It shows who you are, where you play next, your weekly residencies, your socials and music links, and a booking enquiry form. It opens in the browser from one scan, with no app and no account, so even the least patient person at the bar can use it.
After the last song
Once you pack up, your set list has done its work for the night. The tag keeps going. Someone who scanned it at nine can add your next gig to their calendar at eleven, or send a booking enquiry the morning after. The code printed on your tag never changes, even if you rename the act, so the tag on your stand keeps leading to you.
A night with GigTag
A solo acoustic night in a cellar bar
It is a request night, which used to mean shouted song titles and scraps of paper. This time the tag is on your mic stand. You play two songs, then explain: scan the code and pick something. The room is small and everyone can see the tag from their seat. Your page opens in their browsers with your song list on it. On Pro, the choices arrive in the live queue on your phone, propped beside the tablet that shows your lyrics. You take them in an order that keeps the mood right.
Some people are not there for requests at all. They scan the tag to follow you, or to see that you are back in the same bar every Wednesday, a residency listed on your page that they add to their calendars. A couple by the door send a booking enquiry about an anniversary party. When you finish, the queue goes quiet and the page carries on working. You fold the stand, pocket the tag, and read the enquiry on the bus home in the GigTag app.
About Setlist Helper
What is Setlist Helper?
Setlist Helper is a set list maker, songbook and lyrics organiser for musicians who look after their own song library. Its site pitches it at gigging musicians, and it runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and in a web browser, with your data synced between them. Each song can hold lyrics, chords, key, tempo, duration and notes, so the songbook doubles as the place where your whole repertoire lives.
You build a set by dragging songs into order, add set breaks, and the app totals the running time. On stage it scrolls lyrics at the pace you choose, can be driven hands-free with a Bluetooth foot pedal, and works offline, which matters in a cellar bar. Songs can be transposed to a new key, and a finished set list can be printed or shared.
- Where
- Worldwide
- Website
- setlisthelper.com
How Setlist Helper works
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Fill the songbook. You add each song with its lyrics and chords, key, tempo, duration and notes. Its help pages describe searching for lyrics, writing your own, tagging songs and using ChordPro format for chords.
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Drag songs into a set. You build the set list by dragging songs into order and adding set breaks. The app adds up the durations, so you can see whether the set fits the slot you have been given.
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Sync your devices. Your library syncs between the iPhone, iPad and Android apps and the web version, so you can prepare at a computer and perform from a tablet.
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Play from the screen. At the gig the lyrics scroll at the speed you set, a Bluetooth foot pedal can turn pages hands-free, and the app works offline when the venue has no signal.
Who Setlist Helper is for
Solo performers. Singers and players who manage their own repertoire and want it searchable. Its site describes the product as made for musicians who look after their own song library, with every lyric, key and tempo in one catalogue.
Bands with a shared library. Groups working from one set of songs. Its site says a band can work from a shared library, and its help pages cover sharing songs and set lists and making a set list public for others to see.
Players who change key. Musicians who back different singers or adjust for their own voice on the night. Its site describes instant transposing and chord diagrams, so a song can be moved to a new key without rewriting the chart.
The verdict
GigTag or Setlist Helper: which should you choose?
The bottom line
For a solo act or small band, GigTag is the thing to add to the mic stand. Its strongest point is that it turns the song list you already keep into something the audience can use: they scan, choose, and you see it in a live queue. Setlist Helper is still the right tool for lyrics, chords and set order on your own screen, and GigTag does not replace it. Use both, one for you and one for them.
Use both. Setlist Helper sits on your tablet with the songs and the order. GigTag sits on the mic stand facing the audience. If you keep the song list on your GigTag page in line with your Setlist Helper songbook, people will only request songs you have lyrics and keys for, which keeps a request night under control.
- Step 1
Tidy the songbook first
Go through your songbook in Setlist Helper and decide which songs you would gladly play on request. Those are the titles worth showing to an audience.
- Step 2
Create your GigTag page
Add those songs to your GigTag song list, then your links, gigs and any weekly residency. Design the tag and print it or order it.
- Step 3
Run them side by side
On the night, keep lyrics on the tablet and the request queue on your phone. Play your planned set and drop requests in where they fit.
Choose GigTag if
You want the audience to request songs, find your next gig and book you from a code on your stand. GigTag is not a set list app.
Start freeSetlist Helper may still suit you if
You want your set list, lyrics and chords on a phone or tablet in front of you while you play.
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.
Questions
Setlist Helper and GigTag: what people ask
Something else? Ask us. A person reads every message.
Is GigTag better than Setlist Helper for a request night?
For the requests themselves, yes: taking requests from an audience is what GigTag is made for. On Pro, people scan the tag, choose from your song list and the request joins a live queue. Setlist Helper is made for your own lyrics and running order, so on a request night the two work as a pair.
What do I gain by adding GigTag to Setlist Helper?
An audience that can do something. They can request a song on Pro, save your next gig to their calendar, follow your socials and music links, or send a booking enquiry, all from one scan in the browser. Your set list app stays as it is. GigTag's free plan covers the tag, the page, your gigs and the enquiry form.
What is Setlist Helper?
Setlist Helper is a set list maker and song organiser for musicians. Its site describes a drag-and-drop set list builder, a songbook with lyrics and chords, transposing, auto-scroll, foot pedal control and offline use. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web, with syncing between devices. See its site for plans and prices.
Can GigTag replace Setlist Helper for lyrics on stage?
No. GigTag is not a set list or chord chart app and does not show lyrics. It holds a song list so your audience knows what they can request, and a live queue of those requests. For lyrics, chords and set order in front of you on stage, a tool such as Setlist Helper is the right choice.
I am a solo act using Setlist Helper. Is GigTag worth adding?
It depends what you want from the room. If you would like people to request songs, follow you, see your next date or enquire about a private booking, GigTag gives them one code to scan. The free plan covers the tag design, your page, links, gigs and the enquiry form. Requests are on Pro: £11.99 a month in the UK, AED 30 in the UAE, $15.99 elsewhere.
Does my audience need Setlist Helper to request a song?
No. Your audience does not need any app. They scan the QR code on your GigTag and your page opens in their phone's browser. Setlist Helper stays on your own device as your set list and songbook. The two are separate: one is for you, the other is for the people listening.
How do I run a request night as a solo musician?
Give the audience a list and a simple way to choose. With GigTag on Pro, they scan the tag on your mic stand and pick from your song list in their browser. Requests arrive in a live queue, so nobody shouts over the song you are playing and you can take them in the order you like.
Can the audience see my set list?
With GigTag they see your song list, which is the set of songs you are willing to be asked for, not your running order. Setlist Helper's help pages describe making a set list public if you want to share the order itself. You can keep the order to yourself and let requests bend it.
What if someone requests a song I do not know?
That depends on how you set requests up. If you keep requests to your own song list, everything asked for is something you play. If you open requests, people can ask for anything, and you decide whether to try it. Either way a request only joins a queue: you choose what gets played.
Does Setlist Helper connect to GigTag?
They are separate products and are used side by side. You keep your songs, lyrics and set order in Setlist Helper, and add the titles you want to offer to your GigTag song list. On stage that means lyrics on one screen and the request queue on another, with you deciding how the two meet.
Looking for Setlist Helper itself?
This page is GigTag's. Setlist Helper's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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Setlist Helper is the name of its owner's product; GigTag is not connected with it. What is said about Setlist Helper 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.
No app for your audience, nothing to download. Free to start.