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How do I change Songbook settings and get app updates?

Describes the Songbook settings, the About screen, and how app updates arrive.

Songbook's Settings hold your display, language, accessibility, and foot pedal choices, plus the About this app details support may ask for. Settings are saved on each device, so your iPad and your phone can be set up differently.


Change a setting

  1. Open Settings. On an iPad, it's at the bottom of the rail on the left. On a phone, tap the ☰ button and choose Settings.

  2. Tap the setting you want to change, and choose an option.

What each setting does

  • Account - your name, email, and church. These show who is signed in and where, and can't be changed here.

  • Storage > Downloads - opens your downloaded plans. The row shows None or a total such as 3 plans · 142 MB.

  • Appearance > Theme - System, Light, or Dark. Chart pages, the practice tools under them, and the Perform stage always stay dark so charts read well under stage lights.

  • Appearance > Language - English, Spanish, Korean, or Japanese. Songbook starts on the first of your device's preferred languages that it offers, otherwise English.

  • Accessibility > Haptics - small vibrations on taps and confirmations. On by default.

  • Accessibility > Reduce Motion - calmer animations. When your device's own Reduce Motion is on, this stays on and says Controlled by system Accessibility settings.

  • Foot pedal > Pedal control - lets a Bluetooth pedal turn pages. On by default.

  • Other Stuff > About this app - details about the app and your device. See below.

Below the settings is Log out, which asks "Are you sure you want to log out?" first. The last line shows the app version and your church, such as One Church Songbook 1.0.0 · Grace Fellowship.

Songbook takes its colors from your church's mobile app settings on the website. Until those load, or when the app starts without a connection, it uses its own default blue.

Copy your app details for support

  1. Go to Settings > Other Stuff > About this app.

  2. Tap the copy icon at the top right to copy everything on the screen. To copy one row, tap that row.

  3. Paste the details into your message to support.

About this app lists the App version, Operating system, OS build, Device, Runtime version, Church ID, and Update. Android also shows its API level. Together they tell support exactly which version of Songbook you have, which device it's on, and which church you're signed in to.


App updates

Songbook gets updates in two ways:

  • Store updates - from the App Store or Google Play, like any other app. Some changes can only arrive this way.

  • In-app updates - most fixes download in the background while you use Songbook. Opening the app never waits for one.

Install an in-app update

  1. When an update has downloaded, Songbook shows Update available with Restart to get the latest version.

  2. Tap Update now to restart Songbook with the update right away, or tap Later. After Later, the update takes effect the next time you fully close Songbook and open it again.

Songbook asks once each time you use it, and never over a chart or the Perform stage, so an update can't interrupt you mid-song. It waits and asks as soon as you leave the chart.

On the About this app screen, the Update row shows which in-app update you're running. A dash means you're running the version exactly as it came from the store.

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