In the coming weeks, PraiseTune 1.0 is arriving — the biggest update the app has ever had: the navigation changes, the way you organize songs and songbooks changes, and sharing your setlist with the whole group finally becomes easy, with or without a Team subscription.
Here’s what’s changing, in order.
No more home screen: you’re already inside your team
The biggest change is this: the old home screen is gone. Before, you’d open the app, land on a general screen, and choose what to do from there. Now you open the app and you’re already inside your team, on the screen with all its songs ready to play.
If you belong to more than one team (say, your church and your band, or two different churches), you switch between them with a tap, without ever passing through an intermediate screen. If you don’t have a team yet, the app still opens directly on “My Songs,” your personal library, so you’re never staring at an empty screen.
Inside every team you can create songbooks to organize your repertoire (by season, event, or instrument-specific repertoire) and add the songs you want to share with the whole group: this is the core flow this version of the app is built around.
Three tabs: Team, Explore, Profile
At the bottom, the app now has three fixed tabs.
- Team, the heart of the app: this is where your team’s songs and songbooks live, or your own if you don’t have a team
- Explore, to search the public repertoire and discover songs already shared by other users
- Profile, for your account, subscription and settings
Team and songbook: two different words for two different things
This update also changes the app’s language, to better reflect how you actually use it.
- A team is the top level: your group, your church, your band. It’s the unit that subscribes, and it’s built to be shared
- A songbook is a subset of songs inside a team (or inside “My Songs”), useful for organizing by liturgical season, event, recurring setlist, or a single instrument’s repertoire
The key point about teams stays the same as always, just more visible now: one person pays for and manages the subscription, every other invited member joins for free with full access, including all premium features. If you run more than one group, each one gets its own separate team.
Switch team or songbook without losing your place
The side menu for switching between teams is now a real drawer, which opens by dragging in from the left edge of the screen (or tapping the dedicated button at the top). Inside, you’ll find “My Songs” pinned at the top, then the list of all your teams, and a button to create a new one at the bottom.
Moving around inside a team has changed too: tapping a songbook in the carousel no longer takes you to a separate page. The songbook is selected in place, instantly filtering the song list without ever leaving the team view. Tapping it again deselects it and brings back the whole team’s songs. It’s the same mechanism already used for setlists, now extended to songbooks.
Share a songbook without creating a team
Not every situation calls for a full team. Think of a hymnal or songbook you want dozens of people to read, without giving anyone permission to edit it — before, the only option was subscribing a team with as many members as the people you wanted to reach.
Now a single songbook can be shared with an unlimited number of users, in read-only mode, with no Team subscription required. Whoever gets access sees the songs, lyrics and chords exactly as you organized them, but can’t edit or delete them, or take screenshots: they can only read and play. It’s the simplest way to distribute a repertoire to a large group, for example the musicians of a church all using the same songbook, without managing roles or team invites.
Share a song with the whole team
Sharing a single song now also reaches an entire group more easily. On a song’s sharing page, alongside searching for and adding individual users, you can now pick a team directly: the song joins the shared library and becomes visible to its members, following the same rules as always about who can edit it and who can only view it.
Free stays unlimited on creation
With this update, Free accounts no longer have any limit on the number of teams, songbooks or setlists you can create. The only remaining limit is on songs (50 songs), same as before. If you’re still deciding which plan is right for you, the full guide on how much PraiseTune costs breaks down the differences between Free, Solo and Team.
One single place to subscribe
The subscription screen has also been merged into a single view, with Team as the main, pre-selected option, and Solo shown alongside as an alternative for anyone who uses the app alone and doesn’t want a recurring subscription. Prices are visible right away, without having to first choose which team to subscribe — that choice only comes up when you confirm the purchase.
In short
PraiseTune 1.0 doesn’t just add new features: it removes the home screen and puts you straight inside your team, with songbooks to create and songs to share with your whole group. If you also manage your team’s setlists, check out managing setlists and songs at church without chaos; if you’re evaluating the app for the first time, start with 3 reasons to use PraiseTune at church.
Frequently asked questions
What happens to the old home screen? It’s gone. Opening the app now takes you straight inside your team (or “My Songs” if you don’t have one yet), without an intermediate screen.
Are “team” and “songbook” the same thing with a different name? No. A team is the group that subscribes (church, band, worship group); a songbook is a subset of songs inside a team, or inside “My Songs,” for better organizing your repertoire.
Can I share a repertoire with many people without subscribing to Team? Yes. A single songbook can be shared with an unlimited number of users in read-only mode, with no Team subscription required.
Can someone with read-only access to a shared songbook edit it? No. They can read and play it, but they can’t edit, delete, or take screenshots of the songs inside it.
Does the Free plan still have a limit on teams and songbooks? No. Free lets you create unlimited teams, songbooks and setlists; only the 50-song limit remains.
When is this update coming out? PraiseTune 1.0 launches in the coming weeks, free for all users.
PraiseTune 1.0 is arriving in the coming weeks. In the meantime, if you haven’t yet, download PraiseTune on App Store and Google Play.