AirPlay Alternatives for Windows
AirPlay is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is FCast, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to AirPlay and 11 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to AirPlay are Snapcast, WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker, SoundWire and Stream What You Hear.
Alternatives list
Snapcast 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.
16 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternativesUtility for turning your Android smartphone or tablet into a wireless speaker.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
18 SoundWire alternativesSoundWire lets you send any music or audio ("what you hear now") from your Windows or Linux PC to your Android mobile devices.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Raspberry Pi
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17 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...
Stream What You Hear vs AirPlay Comments
- Stream What You Hear is Free and Open Source
7 TuneBlade alternativesTuneBlade - Stream audio to Airport Express, Apple TV, AirPlay compatible speakers and HiFi Receivers.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Redirects and centralizes audio between PCs, enabling sound transfer across network for applications like chat, music, and alerts with easy toggling and up to four shared installations.
Enables real-time audio streaming to speakers on another networked computer using uncompressed PCM format. Designed for LAN use with basic TCP/IP, minimal latency, and simple setup via IP address entry, requiring Java runtime without special drivers or hardware.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
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About 5 seconds delay but works great. Even works if the streaming PC is muted.