What is the difference between Master Tour and Daysheets?

Master Tour is the long-standing desktop-first industry standard with the deepest production and accounting features, priced per editor (~$780/yr each). Daysheets is a newer, design-forward alternative built around native iOS and Mac apps with a free tier (up to 5 personnel, 1 admin) and paid tiers from $39/mo. Both are aimed at tour managers rather than self-managed bands.

Is Daysheets really free?

Daysheets has a genuinely usable free tier, but it is capped at 5 personnel and 1 admin. Beyond that you are into Plus at $39/month (billed annually), Pro at $70/month, or Teams at $249/org/month. For a band plus crew of more than five people, you outgrow the free tier quickly.

Which one should a DIY band choose?

If nobody in your band is a full-time tour manager, TourCog is built for your situation: whole-band access on the free tier, per-band (not per-seat) pricing, and band features like setlists, stage plots, and merch that TM-focused tools skip. If you hire a professional TM, they may prefer Master Tour or Daysheets — and that is a fine outcome too.

Does Daysheets work on Android?

Daysheets is strongest on Apple platforms — native iOS and Mac apps are its core experience, with web access. If half your band is on Android, a PWA like TourCog gives everyone the same installable app regardless of phone.

Can I use TourCog for free?

Yes — the free tier includes up to 5 active shows with your entire band and crew as members, plus day sheets, guest lists, setlists, calendar, and shareable links. Pro ($12/mo or $99/yr per band) unlocks unlimited shows, financials, analytics, and travel.

Comparison

Master Tour vs Daysheets (vs TourCog): The 2026 Comparison

Master Tour and Daysheets are the two names that come up when touring professionals talk software. They're both good — at different things, for different people. Here's how they actually compare on price, platform, and team model, plus where TourCog fits, with honest verdicts including the cases where you shouldn't pick us.

The three in one paragraph each

Master Tour (Eventric) is the veteran and the industry standard: desktop-first, extremely deep on itineraries, production schedules, and tour accounting, trusted on the biggest tours in the world. Priced per editor at $64.99/month billed annually ($74.99 monthly) — about $780/year per editor seat.

Daysheets is the modern challenger: fast, well-designed native apps for iPhone and Mac, built around — as the name says — beautiful day sheets and smooth advancing. Free tier capped at 5 personnel and 1 admin; paid plans are Plus at $39/month (annual), Pro at $70/month, and Teams at $249/org/month.

TourCog is built for a different user entirely: bands that manage themselves. It's a mobile-first PWA (any phone, installable, offline) priced per band — free up to 5 active shows with the whole band included, Pro at $12/month or $99/year for the entire org. It adds band-side features the TM tools skip: setlists with a performance mode, stage plots, merch tracking, guest list door check-in.

Side-by-side

	Master Tour	Daysheets	TourCog
Built for	Professional tour managers on arena/bus tours	Modern TMs and touring teams who live on iPhone/Mac	DIY and indie bands managing themselves
Pricing model	Per editor seat	Per admin seat (free tier capped)	Per band (org) — every member included
Price	$64.99/mo per editor (annual) or $74.99/mo monthly ≈ $780/yr per editor	Free (5 personnel, 1 admin) · Plus $39/mo annual · Pro $70/mo · Teams $249/org/mo	Free (5 active shows) · Pro $12/mo or $99/yr for the whole band
Platform	Desktop app (Mac/Windows) + companion mobile apps	Native iOS + Mac apps (Apple-centric), web	PWA — installs on any phone (iPhone or Android), works offline
Day sheets	Yes, deeply featured	Excellent — its core product	Yes, plus public shareable links for venues and crew
Advancing	Yes — pro-grade	Yes — strong advancing flows	Yes — venue advance portal + email advancing threads into the show
Financials / settlement	Deep tour accounting	Lighter	Settlements, income splits, per diems, expenses (Pro)
Setlists / stage plots / merch	Limited	Limited	Built in — setlists with performance mode, stage plots, merch tracking
Whole-band editing	Each editor pays	Admins pay; personnel are view-focused	Everyone edits within their role, no extra cost

Team model: the real differentiator

Price lists hide the most important difference — who pays, and who gets to edit. Master Tour charges per editor: every person who maintains data needs a ~$780/yr seat, while everyone else consumes read-only. Daysheets charges per admin seat, with personnel mostly viewing. Both models assume a small number of professionals maintain the tour for a larger passive audience.

Self-managed bands don't work that way. The workload is shared: one member books, another advances, another handles money. TourCog's per-band model means every member and crew person gets a login and can edit within their role (manager, artist, sound, merch, crew, agent, accountant) at one flat price. Nobody does per-seat math before adding the new drummer.

Honest verdicts

Choose Master Tour if you're a professional tour manager on bus/arena tours, need the deepest production and tour-accounting features, or work with promoters and production offices that already run on it. It's the standard for a reason.
Choose Daysheets if you're a working TM or a touring team that lives in the Apple ecosystem and wants a faster, better-designed day-sheet and advancing experience than the legacy tools — and the per-admin pricing fits how your team is structured.
Choose TourCog if you're a DIY or indie band without a dedicated tour manager: you want the pro workflows (advancing, day sheets, settlements) plus the band stuff (setlists, stage plots, merch, guest list check-in), everyone on any phone, priced per band instead of per seat — starting free.

Also see: the deeper Master Tour vs TourCog breakdown and our full 2026 roundup of tour management software.