What's New in Setcraft

August 1, 2026 Current

Version 1.5.1

Databases now repair themselves on launch. Two long-standing migration bugs are fixed: an install whose preferences table held duplicate rows now merges them cleanly (the old repair failed silently every time), and an interrupted photo-counter rebuild no longer leaves the database wedged in a state it could never recover from. Both repairs were verified against deliberately broken databases.
Setlist photos taken sideways now import right side up. Phone cameras store portrait shots as rotated data plus an orientation tag. The analyzer now honors the tag, so a two-column setlist photographed in portrait keeps its sets in the right order instead of swapping them.
Onboarding polish. The setup wizard's theme previews now show each theme's real artwork instead of a flat color. Welcome dialogs wait until a tutorial tour finishes instead of covering it. The tour dims the page less. The sample band's songs no longer trigger achievement celebrations on a brand-new install.
The free version and trial watermark is now described accurately in the app as a watermark overlay across each page.

Version 1.5.0

Setcraft now runs on Intel Macs. There are two downloads: one for Apple Silicon (M1 and later) and one for Intel. The download page picks the right one for you, and the file names say which is which. If you move to a new Mac, get the download that matches it; your library and license carry over the same way they always have.
Fixed: the app would not open on macOS 12, 13 or 14. Setcraft has always said it needs macOS 12 or newer, and that was wrong. Every version up to 1.4.18 actually needed macOS 15. On an older system it would install, look fine, and then fail to open, with no useful explanation. 1.5.0 genuinely runs on macOS 12 and up, which is what the app claimed all along. If a bandmate ever told you it just would not start, this is why, and this is the fix.
Printed setlists are unchanged. Every part of the printing engine was replaced underneath. Setlists, cue sheets and PRO reports were compared page by page before and after, on real shows, and they come out identical, down to the pixel. Intel and Apple Silicon print identically too.
Fixed a font-handling fault that could have caused the app to close unexpectedly on an Intel Mac while making a PDF.

Version 1.4.18

The builder's City highlight now casts a real net. Shows within 50 miles count as the same market, so a night in Ypsilanti lights up your Ann Arbor history. City lookups run against an offline city map bundled with the app; nothing leaves your Mac. Same-named cities in different states no longer collide, and a same-named venue in another city no longer matches.
The history bar now tells you when you were last there. "Last at The Ark · 120 days ago" in Venue mode; in City mode it says "Last in" or "Last near" and names the neighboring town when that's where the history came from.
Highlighted library songs now carry a "played here" tag (or "played nearby" in City mode), so the highlight explains itself.
The freshness meter reads correctly in City mode. It now compares tonight against the same songs the highlight marks, instead of hiding when the rest of town had no history.
Printed setlists name the setlist's band. Printing another of your bands' setlists stamped the active profile's name across the top; the sheet now belongs to the band that played it.
Nav switch show/hide preferences now survive relaunches.

Version 1.4.17

Between-song notes on the tech cue sheet now print as white-on-black bars, bold enough to catch from the board in low light.
The cue sheet has more room between rows. Each set already prints on its own page, so the extra space costs nothing.
Removed the "Generated by Setcraft" credit from the tech cue sheet and the PRO report. It printed on every copy, licensed or not, and could push the cue sheet onto an extra page. Free and trial exports keep the standard watermark.
Pre-show and post-show notes on the cue sheet print without stray blank lines, and an empty notes box no longer prints at all.