Everything to get started and play with ease.
The app is in closed beta: your band manager provides the Android install link (or ask via the Contact page). It is about 120 MB — use Wi-Fi.
1. Allow the install BEFORE tapping the file. Android will not open an .apk until the app opening it has permission — and it does not always say so: most often, tapping the file does nothing at all, no message, no error. Go to Settings → Apps → Special access → “Install unknown apps”, pick the app you will open the file from (Chrome if you use the download notification, otherwise Files or My Files) and turn the permission on. The exact wording varies by phone brand.
2. Open the file. In Downloads or in the Files app, tap the downloaded file. Check that its name ends in “.apk”: some browsers add another extension, and Android then no longer knows what to do with it.
3. Get past the warning. Google Play Protect will report an “unverified app” or an unknown developer. That is expected for an app distributed outside the store. Tap “More details”, then “Install anyway”.
If still nothing happens, three possible causes, in this order: the permission was granted to a different app than the one actually opening the file; the file does not carry the .apk extension; or the download was interrupted — compare its size against the expected 120 MB and start over if needed.
iPhone / iPad: via TestFlight, coming soon.
Open the app → Settings → Account → “Sign in with Google”, and pick your account.
Ask the leader for the invite code (6 characters). Settings → Active band → Join → enter the code. You're now a member.
The band's library syncs automatically. Open each song once while online to cache it — it stays playable offline afterwards. Before a gig, open the whole set once.
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The leader starts the session and shows a code (4 letters). You: home screen → Join → enter the code. Green “Synced” badge = you follow the leader, pages turn on their own. Orange “Out of sync” badge = network loss, you can keep reading locally.
No app? Anyone can follow from a browser: open liveband.toere.app/live and enter the session code (4 letters). Perfect for a sub or a guest — pages turn on their own, the screen stays awake.
Need to read at your own pace? Tap “Read at my pace” to detach from the sync and navigate on your own (‹ ›), then “Back to leader” to resync.
Brightness: swipe vertically along the left edge of the screen. Background & text size: buttons at the bottom of the reader (use the “Night” background on stage). The screen stays awake automatically during a session.
Visual metronome: on a song that has a tempo (BPM), tap the “♩” badge at the top of the reader to pulse a marker to the beat — purely visual, no sound or vibration.
Bluetooth pedal (Android): pair your pedal with the phone or tablet, then open a song — the right pedal turns the page, the left one goes back. During a session, the leader moves to the next song from the bottom of the current one: one press shows the next title, a second press within 3 seconds starts it for the whole band. A musician following the leader who presses their pedal switches to reading at their own pace. LEKATO pedal: set its switch to “iOS”, even on Android.
The repertoire is collaborative: as soon as you join a band (invite code), you can add songs, create and reorder setlists, and even be the leader on stage — open a setlist then “Start session”, and you turn the pages for everyone. Reserved for the band manager (the creator, or a member promoted to leader): inviting members, managing the fan page and the band profile (photo, cover, bio), and appearing in the public directory.
Three free tools, in any browser, with no app to install: the Metronome (tempo, time signature, tap tempo — save a song's tempo, it then shows in the app), the Studio (turn lyrics, an EPUB or a PDF into a clean EPUB score, with drafts and editing of your library, one-semitone transposing and chords in solfège) and Follow live (join a session with just a code, nothing to install). Signed in with your band's Google account, they connect to your library: load your songs, let AI format the chords, and save for the whole band.
In a setlist, keep songs “in reserve” alongside the main set (the “→ reserve” button): during a session you can pull from it, and your audience can request one from the fan page. Tidy up old sets with Archive (the “Archived” tab, restorable anytime), duplicate a setlist to start from an existing base, or assemble several into a new one (the “Assemble” button → tick 2 setlists or more). And find everything via search and sort, in your library and your setlists.
1. Become friend bands. In the app: Settings → Groups → “Invite a friend group”. On a computer: band space → Kiosk → “Friend bands” tab → “Invite a friend band”. Send the suggested message: it contains a link valid for 14 days. The other band opens it on a phone or computer and accepts, or pastes the code into “I received an invitation”. The friendship works both ways. Not to be confused with the 6-character code from Settings → Groups → “Invite”: that one brings a musician into your own band.
2. Manage your friends. The list is in Settings → Groups (app) and in the “Friend bands” tab (computer). “End friendship” cancels pending requests between your two bands; copies already made stay.
3. Free or protected. Free songs (public domain, for example): members of any band can import them. Protected ones, which means almost every cover, are only visible to your friend bands and only reach them through an accepted request. Everything you submit is protected by default; a song only becomes free after the team has checked it.
4. Share a song. In the app, long-press a song in your library → “Submit to the Kiosk”. It is protected and visible to your friend bands right away.
5. Ask, answer. On a protected song from a friend band, tap “Ask”: you follow your requests under Requests → Sent (you can cancel while it is pending). A received request shows as a red badge on “Requests” (and a number on the Kiosk tab); any member accepts or declines under Requests → Received.
6. What gets copied. The song lands in the other band’s Kiosk folder with its file, chords, key, tempo and notes; for a song under a free licence, its credit comes along too. If their library is full (free plan), nothing is copied and the request stays pending.
7. Report. Tap “Report” on a song or folder from another band. The item stays visible during the review; it is removed if the report is upheld.
8. Copyright. A cover is still its authors’ work: only share it with bands you know. What you can share and what is protected: Copyright.
To share a whole repertoire at once: in the app (Kiosk → Folders) or on a computer (band space → Kiosk → Folders). Under “My folders”, “Share with friend bands” makes the folder visible to all your friend bands (its name and song count, nothing else).
Your friends see it under “Folders from my friend bands” and tap “Request”. Any member of your band accepts under “Requests” → Received: every song in the folder is copied to them, into a folder with the same name, with its chords, key and notes.
If you add songs later, your friends tap “Ask again to complete”: only the songs they don’t have yet are added, and their own edits stay untouched. On the free plan, if the folder doesn’t fit in their library, nothing is copied.
“Withdraw” stops sharing and cancels pending requests; copies already made stay with your friends.
A folder received from a friend band can’t be shared again with your own friend bands.
The most common issues, fixed in one tap.
The song isn't synced on your device yet: open it once while online (4G/Wi-Fi) to cache it, then join.
Network loss or leader unreachable. Check your connection. Meanwhile, you can keep reading your song locally.
Make sure you have a working connection (4G or the venue's Wi-Fi). Stage tip: a 4G travel router guarantees stable latency.
Some EPUBs ship their own styling. In Settings, turn on the option to neutralize the EPUB's formatting, then adjust the background/font to your taste.
AI chord formatting is reserved for signed-in members. Open the Studio, sign in with your band's Google account, then reload the page — the button appears.