Is BANDANA tour management software?

No. BANDANA handles per-show advances, repertoire, and venue collaboration. It does not do routed-tour logistics like travel and day sheets.

Comparison

BANDANA vs Master Tour for indie bands

Reviewed August 2026

Master Tour is professional tour management software aimed at touring operations with dedicated staff — day sheets, itineraries, logistics across a routed tour. BANDANA is free and aimed at the band playing regional shows without a tour manager: the advance runs on a shared page with the venue, and the band's songs, set lists, recordings, and stage plots live alongside it.

BANDANA dashboard on a phone listing a band and a venue the same person runs — One dashboard for every band you play in and every room you run.

BANDANA song library on a phone listing a band's songs with keys and recordings — The band's song library, with keys and recordings attached to each song.

Lyrics with chords positioned above the words on a BANDANA song page — Chords sit above the lyric they belong to, not in a separate document.

BANDANA set list on a phone showing the running order and a maybe section — Drag songs into order and park undecided ones in the "maybe" section.

BANDANA set list showing the offline banner while the phone has no connection — Set lists you have opened stay readable when the venue has no signal.

Transposition controls on a BANDANA song shifting every chord into a new key — Shift the whole song up or down and the key badge follows.

Downloading a lyrics and chords PDF from a BANDANA song page — Export the chart as a PDF in whatever key you just transposed to.

Rehearsal recordings listed underneath a song in BANDANA — Rehearsal takes live on the song itself, not in a group chat.

A rehearsal recording playing in BANDANA with playback controls — Playback keeps going when the screen locks on iOS.

Proposed rehearsal time slots listed on a BANDANA band event — Propose rehearsal times instead of polling the group chat.

Band members voting on rehearsal time slots in BANDANA — Everyone votes, and the winning slot is obvious at a glance.

A band's stage setup and input needs attached to a BANDANA gig page — Your stage plot and input list, attached to the show before load-in.

A top-down BANDANA stage plot showing drums, keys, bass, guitar, two saxes and amp positions — Save a band setup once, then attach its stage plot to any gig.

Guest list entries submitted by a band on a BANDANA gig page — Each band fills its own guest list quota — no spreadsheet at the door.

A band filling out a venue's booking request form in BANDANA — Bands submit dates, links and their bio in one pass.

A BANDANA gig advance page showing set times, backline and band details — One advance page the venue and every band on the bill share.

What Master Tour focuses on

Professional tour management for organizations running routed tours with dedicated staff.

BANDANA and Master Tour, side by side

Competitor details below are from their own public pages, checked August 2026. Pricing changes — confirm on their site before you decide. Master Tour pricing

Intended scale: BANDANALocal and regional shows, no tour manager required; Master TourProfessional touring — their site cites use on more than 190,000 tours
Platform: BANDANANative iOS app on iPhone and iPad, plus a full web app on Android and desktop; Master TourMaster Tour Mobile app plus the web platform for the desktop workflow
Price: BANDANAFree for bands; Master TourFree Mobile tier; Professional is $74.99 a month, or $64.99 billed annually
Advance workflow: BANDANAOne shared gig page the venue edits too; Master TourYes, and deeper: a dedicated Advance section with reusable advance templates
Who the venue talks to: BANDANAThe same page — venues are first-class users; Master TourThe tour's own staff — venues are not users of the product
Repertoire: BANDANASong library, chords, transposition, set lists, recordings; Master TourNot published — it is not a songbook product
Stage plots: BANDANAReusable setups attached per gig; Master TourNot confirmed on their public pages — check their site

What you get	BANDANA	Master Tour
Intended scale	Local and regional shows, no tour manager required	Professional touring — their site cites use on more than 190,000 tours
Platform	Native iOS app on iPhone and iPad, plus a full web app on Android and desktop	Master Tour Mobile app plus the web platform for the desktop workflow
Price	Free for bands	Free Mobile tier; Professional is $74.99 a month, or $64.99 billed annually
Advance workflow	One shared gig page the venue edits too	Yes, and deeper: a dedicated Advance section with reusable advance templates
Who the venue talks to	The same page — venues are first-class users	The tour's own staff — venues are not users of the product
Repertoire	Song library, chords, transposition, set lists, recordings	Not published — it is not a songbook product
Stage plots	Reusable setups attached per gig	Not confirmed on their public pages — check their site

Choose Master Tour if

You are running a routed tour with a tour manager and crew
You need day sheets, itineraries, and travel logistics at scale

Choose BANDANA if

You book your own shows and advance them yourself
The venue is the other side of the conversation, not a row in a spreadsheet
You want repertoire and logistics in one free tool

Common questions

Is BANDANA tour management software?: No. BANDANA handles per-show advances, repertoire, and venue collaboration. It does not do routed-tour logistics like travel and day sheets.