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The best alternative to iTunes is MusicBee. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try MusicBee or Clementine. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to iTunes and 18 are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to iTunes are Poweramp, Swinsian, CopyTrans and Guayadeque.

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  1. MusicBee icon

    MusicBee

     591 likes

    Offers library and playlist management, auto folder monitoring, podcast downloads, web radio, advanced tagging, custom ID3 tags, CD ripping with validation, syncing to iPods, iPhones, MTP, USB, converts and normalizes audio, fetches album art and tags from web.

    127 MusicBee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    MusicBee vs iTunes Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    John Fastman
    1

    The best non-open source app for Windows that plays music. Great at organizing music collections and even suggests local gigs based on bands you have stored in your library. But I would go for an open source alternative, and MusicBee doesn't help me have the same library on non-Windows machines.

    Top Negative Comment
    Robert Fisher
    -1

    Not really like iTunes at all. You can't sync and set device preferences for your iPhone with this program.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    A similar interface, supports using folders as playlists so in that sense it's even better than itunes, many beautiful themes, lightweight. Musicbee feels like home, coming from itunes.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 13 comments
    • MusicBee is Free Personal and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • MusicBee is Customizable and LightweightiTunes is not according to our users
  2. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     756 likes

    Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...

    253 Clementine alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Clementine vs iTunes Comments
    glengaldine
    Positive
    2

    Really good. Started to use it in my Linux years (mostly on Arch), and using it still on macOS. Interface is a bit chaotic, but it's much better then iTunes so far.

    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Amazing playback and sync capabilites. Especially great for streaming or handling big music libraries.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    phenn
    Positive
    1

    Easy to use. Doesn't nag constantly.

    • Clementine is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Clementine is Lightweight and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
  4. Euphonica icon

    Euphonica

     17 likes

    Euphonica is an MPD client with integrated spectrum visualiser, metadata downloading & more.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. Poweramp icon

    Poweramp

     112 likes

    A comprehensive music player offering diverse audio format support, equalizer with presets, customizable theme, visualization options, playlist management, Hi-Res Output, lyrics display, Android Auto support, and Internet Radio Service.

    151 Poweramp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Android Auto
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  6. Swinsian icon

    Swinsian

     27 likes

    Swinsian is a sophisticated music player for macOS with wide format support, folder watching, advanced tag editing and designed to be responsive even with the largest libraries.

    151 Swinsian alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Swinsian vs iTunes Comments
    Alec Kinnear
    Positive
    0

    Swinsian just works. You add music files to it and it plays them. Doesn't move them, doesn't crash, doesn't complain. Very easy to build playlists which also don't just disappear. Swinsian just helps you listen to music in a simple and easy environment, while allowing you to build playlists as you go.

    • Swinsian is Paid and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Swinsian is LightweightiTunes is not according to our users
  7. CopyTrans icon

    CopyTrans

     45 likes

    CopyTrans transfers iPhone and iPod music, other audio files and videos to PC and iTunes in just one click including playlists, ratings, artwork and play-counts. The Smart backup feature ensures all the needed tracks and playlists get copied over.

    31 CopyTrans alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    CopyTrans vs iTunes Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    it is for moving files, not playing them

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Allows transfer of music files from any folder on your PC to iPod etc and does not modify any files on your PC. Also, is more reliable than iTunes

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • CopyTrans is Paid and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
  9. Guayadeque icon

    Guayadeque

     43 likes

    Guayadeque is a music management program designed for all music enthusiasts. It is a full featured Linux media player that can easily manage large collections and uses the Gstreamer media framework. Using it, Guayadeque has all the format support that entails.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Museeks icon

    Museeks

     19 likes

    Minimalist cross-platform player offering clean UI, support for multiple formats, playback speed adjustment, cover art, playlists, queue management, shuffle, loop, dark theme, library auto-refresh, sleep mode blocker, and m3u import/export.

    135 Museeks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Roon icon

    Roon

     9 likes

    Roon identifies your music files and streams, and then overlays a ton of rich metadata to add context to what you're listening to. That information drives Roon's unique experience of browsing, discovering, and organizing music.

    230 Roon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Synology C2
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  12. Waveform Music Player icon

    Waveform Music Player

     3 likes

    The modern music Player for Windows. Waveform manages your music library in a beautiful, user-friendly application. It automatically finds music from your PC to populate your library, where you can browse your music by Track, Album, Artist, Genre and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Browse and play your PC's music library.
     
  13. Audion icon

    Audion

     Like

    Audion is a light, simple and powerful audio CDs and MP3s player.

    Features

    • MP3 Player
    • CD Player High-quality, smooth MP3 playback Reorder, remix, and affect your CDs
    • Net Audio Player
    • Alpha-Channel Interfaces Smoothly stream Icecast or Shoutcast The first on the Mac! *.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. bliss icon

    bliss

     10 likes

    bliss performs all the hard work in organizing your music collection; making it consistent, correct and complete with little effort.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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