Quintessential Media Player Alternatives for Mac

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   VLC Media Player

    7775 likes

   Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

   175 VLC Media Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • HUAWEI AppGallery
   • iPad
   • AppImageHub
   • Apple Watch
   • Snapcraft
   • Google Chrome
   • Apple TV
   • Flathub
   • PortableApps.com
   • F-Droid
   • Kindle Fire
   • Haiku
   • Android TV
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey

   

   

   

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2. 

   

   foobar2000

    1559 likes

   Audio player offering MP3, FLAC support, gapless playback, customizable interfaces, CD ripping, advanced tagging, ReplayGain, plugins, and is known for its freeware model, running on various Windows versions with high audio fidelity.

   209 foobar2000 alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • CD Ripper

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   

   

   

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4. 

   

   Clementine

    761 likes

   Free cross-platform audio player and library organizer featuring support for local files, internet radio, smart and dynamic playlists, playlist import/export, projectM visualizations, lyrics, artist info, album art, tag editing, transcoding, device sync, and remote control.

   253 Clementine alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   

   

   

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5. 

   

   Miro Player

    242 likes

   Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player.

   102 Miro Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Media Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

   +3

   

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6. 

   

   SPlayer

    102 likes

   SPlayer is a player that supports all popular formats, including DVDRip, HDTV, RMVB, QuickTime, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AC3/DTS, VP3/6/7, Indeo, XVD, OGG / OGM, APE, FLAC, TTA, AAC, MPC, 3GP/AMR, and subtitles.

   116 SPlayer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Media Player
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • China

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows

   

   

   

   +2

   

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7. 

   

   Vox Music Player

    111 likes

   It just sounds better! The beauty is in its simplicity, yet behind the minimal exterior lies a powerful music player with a ton of features & support for all audio formats you should ever need.

   151 Vox Music Player alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • iPhone
   • Apple Watch

   

   

   

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9. 

   

   Museeks

    20 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.

   132 Museeks alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

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    aTunes

     78 likes

    aTunes is a full-featured audio player and manager, developed in Java programming language, so it can be executed on different platforms: Windows, Linux and Unix-like systems.

    135 aTunes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Audio Player
    • Internet Radio

    Origin

    • Spain
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    Switch Player

     4 likes

    Switch allows you to play a variety of web and professional media formats, inspect and adjust the properties of the file and export a new file.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    

    

    

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12. 

    

    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.

    228 Roon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Synology C2

    

    

    

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13. 

    

    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.

    148 Swinsian alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

    

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    5KPlayer

     19 likes

    5KPlayer is a new-style free media player for Mac OS as all-in-one HD video/music player, AirPlay streamer and free online video/music downloader. It plays 4K/5K, MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, YouTube video, MP3 music & DVD on Mac flawlessly.

    193 5KPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Media Player

    Origin

    • China

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    

    

    

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