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.Stream What You Hear
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo16 Stream What You Hear alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Music Streaming Service
- Windows
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.
Stream What You Hear Features
Comments about Stream What You Hear as a Alternative to AirPlay
About 5 seconds delay but works great. Even works if the streaming PC is muted.
0Airfoil
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo19 Airfoil alternatives- Freemium • Proprietary
- Audio Router
- Mac
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.
Airfoil Features
TuneBlade
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo7 TuneBlade alternatives- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
TuneBlade - Stream audio to Airport Express, Apple TV, AirPlay compatible speakers and HiFi Receivers.
TuneBlade Features
SoundWire
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo15 SoundWire alternatives- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Raspberry Pi
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.
WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
- Audio Router
14 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternatives- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
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.
WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker Features
Gnomecast
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo21 Gnomecast alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Video Streaming App
- Linux
This is a native Linux GUI for casting local files to Chromecast devices. It supports:
Gnomecast Features
Mkchromecast
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo24 Mkchromecast alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- Chromecast
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.
Mkchromecast Features
ClickShare
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
2 ClickShare alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
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.
ClickShare Features
Flipps
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Freemium • Proprietary
27 Flipps alternatives- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
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.
Flipps Features
SpeakerShare
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo8 SpeakerShare alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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.
SpeakerShare Features
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released in January 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
PlayJoom
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo2 PlayJoom alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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.
PlayJoom Features
Share Speaker Player
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo8 Share Speaker Player alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
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.
Share Speaker Player Features
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.10, released in August 2009, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine