In mid 2013 when I was 63, I joined Cali Rose & The CC Strummers ukulele group in Los Angeles. She had a extensive song book that kept growing and it didn't take me long to move to a tablet from a thick and heavy 3 ring binder. I did a quick test on my 9.7" iPad, but I found the screen to be too small. I've been a Macintosh user since 1986 and include all their devices, but at the time, the 12.9" iPad was out yet, so I went with a $200 Android based 13" off brand tablet.
It was not the most efficient hardware, but what made it worth using was finding MobileSheets Pro for Android. That tablet lasted a year or so when I found that Mike Zuber had a Windows tablet version, so I went with an off brand one for about $250. For me, both Android and Windows are rather awkward, especially with a stylus, but since I only used them for MobileSheets, I lived with it. What broke the camels back was when Windows would take over the tablet to update, a couple of times right in the middle of playing with my group.
About the same time, the iPad Pro 12.9" Apple Pencil came out, and although it was over $1000, I went to an Apple Store and tried them. In an instant I realized that they ran circles around Android and Windows tablets, but MobileSheets was not available for iOS. I looked at OnSong and forScore, and went with forScore because I could record my group directly into each song sheet.
That went on until this year when I did a close look at MobileSheets iOS to find it did everything I need, plus it has autonomous libraries, which forScore does not, and OnSong is too convoluted. It took me a couple of days to warm up to MobileSheets, but I got it working after a few stumbles, now I'm a very happy camper.
I've been in touch with Mike and praise him for being very helpful with my stumbles.
It was not the most efficient hardware, but what made it worth using was finding MobileSheets Pro for Android. That tablet lasted a year or so when I found that Mike Zuber had a Windows tablet version, so I went with an off brand one for about $250. For me, both Android and Windows are rather awkward, especially with a stylus, but since I only used them for MobileSheets, I lived with it. What broke the camels back was when Windows would take over the tablet to update, a couple of times right in the middle of playing with my group.
About the same time, the iPad Pro 12.9" Apple Pencil came out, and although it was over $1000, I went to an Apple Store and tried them. In an instant I realized that they ran circles around Android and Windows tablets, but MobileSheets was not available for iOS. I looked at OnSong and forScore, and went with forScore because I could record my group directly into each song sheet.
That went on until this year when I did a close look at MobileSheets iOS to find it did everything I need, plus it has autonomous libraries, which forScore does not, and OnSong is too convoluted. It took me a couple of days to warm up to MobileSheets, but I got it working after a few stumbles, now I'm a very happy camper.
I've been in touch with Mike and praise him for being very helpful with my stumbles.
Member Cali Rose & The CC Strummers; Bass Uke, Tenor Uke, Blues Harmonica, Tech Advisor