Free AirPlay Alternatives

The best free alternative to AirPlay is Stream What You Hear, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to AirPlay and 14 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to AirPlay are Airfoil, TuneBlade, SoundWire and WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker.

AirPlay alternatives are mainly Music Streaming Services but may also be Audio Routers or Media Servers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AirPlay.

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AirPlay

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Music Streaming Service

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Stream What You Hear
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Free • Open Source
Music Streaming Service
Windows
16 Stream What You Hear alternatives
Stream 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...
- - Stream What You Hear is the most popular Windows alternative to AirPlay.
- - Stream What You Hear is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AirPlay.
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Stream What You Hear Features
Stream audio
Support for DLNA
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About 5 seconds delay but works great. Even works if the streaming PC is muted.
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Airfoil
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Router
Mac
19 Airfoil alternatives
Send 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.
- - Airfoil is the most popular Mac alternative to AirPlay.
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Airfoil Features
1. AirPlay SupportAirfoil can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
Stream audio
Clean design
TuneBlade
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
7 TuneBlade alternatives
TuneBlade - Stream audio to Airport Express, Apple TV, AirPlay compatible speakers and HiFi Receivers.
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TuneBlade Features
1. AirPlay SupportTuneBlade can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
Stream audio
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SoundWire
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Linux
Android
Raspberry Pi
15 SoundWire alternatives
SoundWire lets you send any music or audio ("what you hear now") from your Windows or Linux PC to your Android mobile devices. Use it as:
- - SoundWire is the most popular Android & Linux alternative to AirPlay.
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SoundWire Features
Raspberry Pi Development
Send audio from PC to Android
Stream audio
Low Latency
WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Router
Windows
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
14 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternatives
Utility for turning your Android smartphone or tablet into a wireless speaker.
- - WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to AirPlay.
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WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker Features
Stream audio
Gnomecast
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Free • Open Source
Video Streaming App
Linux
21 Gnomecast alternatives
This is a native Linux GUI for casting local files to Chromecast devices. It supports:
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Gnomecast Features
1. Chromecast SupportCast your content to a Chromecast connected device with Gnomecast.
Mkchromecast
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
Chromecast
24 Mkchromecast alternatives
This is a program to cast audio and video from your macOS, or Linux desktop to your Google Cast devices or Sonos speakers. It is written in Python, and it streams via node.js, ffmpeg, or avconv.
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Mkchromecast Features
1. Chromecast SupportCast your content to a Chromecast connected device with Mkchromecast.
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ClickShare
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
iPad
2 ClickShare alternatives
Barco’s ClickShare product is a game changing way to collaborate, making meetings more productive, spontaneous and efficient. You can share content from your laptop by simply connecting a USB device and clicking a button.
- - ClickShare is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to AirPlay.
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ClickShare Features
1. Screen SharingYou can use ClickShare to share your screen with your colleages or friends.
Flipps
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Freemium • Proprietary
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
Kindle Fire
27 Flipps alternatives
Watch 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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Flipps Features
Support for DLNA
SpeakerShare
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Mac
Windows
Linux
8 SpeakerShare alternatives
This 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.
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SpeakerShare Features
Stream audio
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The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released in January 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
PlayJoom
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
2 PlayJoom alternatives
PlayJoom is a web based audio streaming server. It´s written in php and save the data about the audio files like mp3 music in a MySQL database.
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PlayJoom Features
Streaming
Share Speaker Player
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
8 Share Speaker Player alternatives
Share Speaker Player is an outstanding yet easy-to-use application to share speaker in LAN with high quality. It is a good way to decrease the cost of speaker in office, family, or other places especially with the world economy declining recently.
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Share Speaker Player Features
Stream audio
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.10, released in August 2009, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine