AirPlay Alternatives
AirPlay is described as 'Wireless streaming technology enabling music and multimedia sharing across homes, integrated in speakers, AV receivers, TVs, and more' and is a Music Streaming service in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AirPlay for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and iPhone apps. The best AirPlay alternative is Airfoil, which is free. Other great apps like AirPlay are Stream What You Hear, SoundWire, Snapcast and WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker.
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AirPlay alternatives are mainly Audio Routers but may also be Music Streaming Services or Media Servers. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AirPlay.- Music Streaming Service
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69 likes23 Airfoil alternativesSend any audio to the AirPort Express. Send any audio to AirPort Express units, Apple TVs, and even other Macs and PCs, all in sync! Airfoil for Mac gives you your audio - everywhere.
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16 likes16 Stream What You Hear alternativesStream What You Hear (SWYH) is a Windows application to broadcast the sound of your computer (ie: “what you hear”) on an UPnP/DLNA device such as TVs, amps, network receivers, game consoles, etc...
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- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
Stream What You Hear Features
DiscontinuedThe latest version (1.5.0) is from May 2020.
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14 likes16 SoundWire alternativesSoundWire lets you send any music or audio ("what you hear now") from your Windows or Linux PC to your Android mobile devices.
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- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Raspberry Pi
SoundWire Features
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2 likes10 Snapcast alternativesSnapcast enhances audio players, creating a multiroom solution with synchronized playback via client-server architecture. It allows simultaneous audio feeds and client grouping, integrating well with MPD and Mopidy for perfect audio distribution.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
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19 likes15 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternativesUtility for turning your Android smartphone or tablet into a wireless speaker.
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- Free • Proprietary
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- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker Features
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18 likes7 TuneBlade alternativesTuneBlade - Stream audio to Airport Express, Apple TV, AirPlay compatible speakers and HiFi Receivers.
DiscontinuedThe latest version (1.8.0.0) is from December 2018.
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3 likes18 Stardock Acoustic Bridge alternativesAcoustic Bridge gives you the power to redirect audio from one PC to the speakers of another PC. This enables you to send the sound from a PC with your music collection to any other PC on your network. You could even visit friends and redirect your PC audio output to their PC...
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- Paid • Proprietary
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- Windows
Stardock Acoustic Bridge Features
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2 likes1 FCast alternativesFCast is an open source protocol that enables wireless streaming of audio and video content between devices, supporting various stream types such as DASH, HLS, and mp4.
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6 likes20 Gnomecast alternativesThis is a native Linux GUI for casting local files to Chromecast devices. It supports:
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- Free • Open Source
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- Linux
- GNOME
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2 likes27 Mkchromecast alternativesCast audio and video from your macOS or Linux desktop to Google Cast or Sonos speakers. Supports lossy and lossless formats, high-res audio, multi-room playback, and includes a system tray menu. Utilizes Python, node.js, ffmpeg, and avconv for seamless streaming.
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8 likes26 Flipps alternativesWatch the latest news, live sports events, YouTube and music videos on TV. Requires only phone/tablet and an optional connected TV. Supports Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, Apple TV, XBox, Chromecast... and of course your mobile screen.
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4 likes8 SpeakerShare alternativesThis is a Java application to use the speaker connected to other computer on the network. It transfers audio in uncompressed PCM format and uses 172 kilobyte per second bandwidth.
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released in January 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
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Comments about Stream What You Hear as an Alternative to AirPlay
About 5 seconds delay but works great. Even works if the streaming PC is muted.