Is StageFloww a worship planning tool?
No. It is a setlist and lyrics tool for the people on the platform. It holds the order of songs for a service, shows lyrics and chords on each member's own phone or tablet, and moves each screen to the next song when the leader moves on. It does not plan who serves on which Sunday.
It helps most when the team sings in an Indian language and some members speak that language but read English letters faster than the script. This page is written with congregations outside India in mind, where some singers grew up reading English.
What does a worship team need, and what does StageFloww cover?
| A worship team needs | StageFloww | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| The song order for the service on each member's device | Yes | Each signed-in member's screen follows the leader. Needs internet on each device. |
| Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Punjabi or Bengali lyrics in English letters | Yes | Converted by fixed rules, with a switch on each song. The words are respelled; the meaning is not explained. |
| Chords above the words, with transpose and capo | Yes | Paste ChordPro text, or fetch chords where they are available. Chord accuracy varies. Check each chart before the gig. |
| A different key for a different leader | Yes | Each song holds a key and a performance key. |
| Silent signals from the leader | Yes | Coloured cues such as "last chorus" appear on the team's screens. Needs internet. |
| Volunteer scheduling and rotas | No | Not part of the product. |
| CCLI or other licence reporting | No | StageFloww does not report song use to anyone. |
| A link to Planning Center or other church software | No | There is no connection and no import. |
| Lyrics on a screen for the congregation | No | Live Mode is a view for singers and players on their own devices. |
| Sheet music, PDF charts, MIDI or backing tracks | No | Lyrics and chords are shown as text. |
| A library of worship lyrics to look up | No | You paste the lyrics, or fetch them where they are available. |
How does a Tamil and English service work?
The Tamil songs go in as Tamil script, and each one has a switch between the original script and English letters. A singer who reads Tamil leaves the switch alone. A singer who grew up abroad flips the Tamil songs to English letters on their own phone, and the two of them sing from the same setlist. The English songs are shown as typed.
The conversion follows fixed rules, so a word is spelled the same way in each song. It may not match the spelling on a lyric sheet someone in your church typed by ear. To see how a verse comes out, paste it into the free lyrics in English letters tool. The scripts covered are listed on the transliteration page.
How do you set up Sunday's songs?
- Create a setlist for the service. Add the date and the place.
- Add each song. Search by title or by a line you remember. When search misses, add the song by hand.
- Paste the lyrics in their original script. Lyrics pasted in English letters stay as they are.
- Add chords if the team plays from them. Paste your own ChordPro text and set the key.
- Label the parts of the service. Labels are your own words, for example Opening or Response.
- Send the invite link to the team. Each member joins with a free account and pays nothing.
- Open each song before the service. Before the gig, open each song in the setlist once on the device you will use, while you are online.
What happens during the service?
The leader moves to the next song and each signed-in member's screen follows. Band sync moves the song, not the scroll position, and it stops when a device loses its connection. Lyrics already opened on that device stay readable.
When the leader wants to repeat a chorus or end early, a band signal puts a silent coloured cue on the team's screens. To bring a later song forward, open the setlist drawer and tap Play next.
What does it cost a church team?
One account owns the setlist and the rest of the team joins free. The Free plan gives that account 1 active setlist of up to 40 songs, so a team that edits the same setlist each week can stay on it. Keeping a separate setlist for each service needs Pro: ₹3,999 a year in India. Outside India, Pro is charged by card in your region's currency: US$79.99 a year in the United States, £64.99 in the UK, €79.99 in euro countries and A$119.99 in Australia. Other countries pay in US dollars, between US$14.99 and US$79.99 a year depending on the country. See Free and Pro pricing.
If your team sings in English only and already has charts in a worship planning tool, StageFloww adds little. The page for Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam singers covers concert and stage-show use of the same lyrics view.
Good fit
- Small teams that sing in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada or Hindi
- Congregations outside India where some singers read only English letters
- Teams on a mix of Android phones and iPhones
- Leaders who change the order during the service
Not the right tool
- Churches that need volunteer scheduling or rotas
- Teams that need CCLI reporting from their song tool
- Teams that project lyrics for the congregation from the same tool
- Musicians who read sheet music or PDF charts