FreeShow vs SongBeamer
FreeShow
freeshow.appSongBeamer
songbeamer.comSide by side
| Figure | FreeShow | SongBeamer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Church Presentation Software | 8.3 (#7) | 7.2 (#33) |
| Headquarters | Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States | Olching, Germany |
| Media | Users can add images and videos as slide backgrounds, and the features page also describes built-in YouTube and Vimeo players. | It can play videos, use videos as song backgrounds, display live video, show slideshows, and display PDF and XPS documents. |
| Purpose | FreeShow is an open-source presenter for creating and showing lyrics, slides, scripture, and media. | SongBeamer is software for displaying songs, scripture, photos, videos and DVDs to a congregation for distraction-free worship. |
| Security and compliance | The linked privacy policy describes security measures for ChurchApps services, including HTTPS encryption and firewalled databases, but does not specifically describe FreeShow application security or compliance certification. | The opened maker pages describe no security certification or compliance standard. |
| Support | The maker lists [email protected] and links to GitHub for bug reports and feature requests. | The contact form asks support requests to include the operating system and SongBeamer version, and the exact text of any error message. |
Plans
SongBeamer
- License for one PC$124, paid once
- License for up to 5 PCs$199, paid once
- License for 6 PCs or more (Site license)$299, paid once
In their own words
FreeShow
FreeShow is free, open-source presentation software for lyrics, slides, scripture, and media, with a focus on worship presentations. Its editor changes text font, size, and color, adds outlines and shadows, and allows edits during a presentation. Slides can autoplay on timers; countdowns and MIDI commands can control slide changes or external actions. FreeShow supports simultaneous output views, web output for mobile devices, NDI output, and mobile remote control. Images and videos can serve as slide backgrounds, and built-in YouTube and Vimeo players are listed. Users can look up scripture passages and create song slides from song-title searches; the features page describes access to over 200 Bibles through API.Bible. The software imports from PowerPoint, ProPresenter, EasyWorship, and OpenSong and exports content in multiple formats. Cloud sync supports collaborative work across computers, covering songs and settings; media uses a repository linked to the local file system. FreeShow runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The project began in late 2021, and its first release was in February 2022.
SongBeamer
SongBeamer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.