Performous vs Singa

Performous is free software combining karaoke, band games, and dancing on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its modes include vocals, lead, rhythm and bass guitar, drums, and dancing, with multiplayer support. Scored singing shows pitch so players can adjust their performance; karaoke mode displays lyrics without notes or scoring. The project says pitch detection works with laptop or webcam microphones. Controllers are autodetected, and the game can use a keyboard, microphones, USB guitars and drums, and dance pads. Supported song formats include Frets on Fire, UltraStar, SingStar XML, and StepMania. Composer edits and converts notes for music games, offering pitch analysis, zoomable timing, note synthesis, and format import and export. Composer lists SingStar XML, UltraStar TXT, and Frets on Fire MIDI formats. Free karaoke song packages are available under different libre and restricted license terms. The site says its free-song page does not yet include band-game or dancing songs. Performous is licensed under GNU GPL version 2 or later, with documentation, Discord, and a GitHub feedback page.

Singa is a karaoke streaming service for singing at home or at venues powered by Singa. Its licensed catalog has over 120,000 songs, including original artist recordings and tracks in English, Spanish and more than 40 other languages. Singers can change pitch, turn on guide vocals, manage a queue and use a pop-out player. AirPlay can send karaoke to a compatible television while users browse songs and control the queue on an iPhone or iPad. Consumer Freemium and Premium plans are for private use; commercial use requires a Business license. Singa Business serves venues, schools, care homes and nonprofits, and its Business Box offers session and time management, kiosk mode and prepared playlists for karaoke rooms. Premium costs $9.99 a month or $89.99 a year; both renew automatically unless canceled, and prices may vary by country. Singa Pro costs €99 a month and includes professional use. Songs stream online and cannot be downloaded as audio or video files, and the service has no performance-recording feature. Singa is available on Android, iOS and web.