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The best free alternative to Audacity is Ocenaudio. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Audacity and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Audacity are Tenacity, WavePad, MixPad and Cakewalk.

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  1. Ocenaudio icon

    Ocenaudio

     150 likes

    Ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. ocenaudio also has powerful features that will please more advanced users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Ocenaudio version 3.7.19 running on Windows with an audio file open.
     
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    Ocenaudio vs Audacity Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    David
    6

    Ocenaudio has all the editing capabilities of Audacity but wrapped in a much more streamlined, modern and intuitive interface. It's not open-source, but it's free, doesn't have ads, is also cross-platform and runs fast at native speed.

    mariusVV
    0

    Unfortunately I couldn't do same thing as onn Audicity

    Olorin
    Positive
    2

    A great alternative to Audacity, if you don't need multi-track editing.

    3 of 8 comments
    • Ocenaudio is Free and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • Ocenaudio is an Audio Editor Audacity is an Audio Recording
  2. Tenacity icon

    Tenacity

     122 likes

    Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.

    91 Tenacity alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    Dark mode
     
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    Tenacity vs Audacity Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    k 4u
    1

    Hmmm I'll need to check this, considering Audacity can send data to China now :/ So sad...

    mariusVV
    Positive
    1

    This fork is not only better because of privacy but adding more useful tricks compared with Audacity which can't work properly in background…

    apolo-a00
    Positive
    2

    It is audacity without the bad stuff

    3 of 12 comments
    • Tenacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • Tenacity is an Audio Editor Audacity is an Audio Recording
    • Tenacity is Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
  4. WavePad icon

    WavePad

     50 likes

    Comprehensive audio editing software for Windows and macOS, offering recording, editing tools like cut, copy, paste, effects, batch processing, file format support, integration with MixPad, spectral analysis, text-to-speech, and audio restoration. Export to video or audio.

    59 WavePad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    WavePad Audio and Music Editor Main Screen
     
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    WavePad vs Audacity Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    3

    Clear interface, efficient zoom, lots of effects and very easy to use

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    0

    It’s not free I’m sure it’s great but please don’t put it at the top of the list generating the idea it’s the most similar only to find out after installing it’s not free and worse there’s no free version. It’s all or nothing Thank you for this website though! It’s exactly what I needed!

    Guest
    Negative
    2

    It costs $100 to get the features that comes with Audacity for free, and the UI is a mess.

    3 of 5 comments
    • WavePad is Freemium and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • WavePad is an Audio Editor Audacity is an Audio Recording
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  6. MixPad icon

    MixPad

     24 likes

    MixPad provides free audio mixing and recording with unlimited tracks, MIDI editor, low latency, various effects like EQ and reverb, and supports multiple audio formats and exporting. Perfect for creating professional audio with user-friendly drag and drop functionality.

    57 MixPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    Mixpad Music Mixer and Studio Recorder Track Settings
     
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    MixPad vs Audacity Comments
    Shaun
    Negative
    0

    Not free, I was able to save 3 files then my trial expired.

    fernandomanuelrodrigues
    Negative
    -1

    This is NOT an audio editor

    • MixPad is Freemium and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • MixPad is a Music Production Audacity is an Audio Recording
  8. Cakewalk icon

    Cakewalk

     85 likes

    Cakewalk, formerly SONAR, is a comprehensive audio software for music composition, audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering. It features a full suite of high quality audio and MIDI effects and instruments and composition tools ranging from drum sequencer and piano roll...

    126 Cakewalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Cakewalk screenshot 1
     
  9. TwistedWave icon

    TwistedWave

     17 likes

    TwistedWave is a very easy to use and powerful audio editor.

    It supports Audio Unit plug-ins and many file formats, including wav, aiff, caf, mp3, mp4, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis and ambisonic sound files.

    Good multichannel support. TwistedWave lets you easily add, remove or reorder chan.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    TwistedWave screenshot 1
     
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    TwistedWave vs Audacity Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    -6

    you have to have a pre made file

    • TwistedWave is Freemium and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • TwistedWave is an Audio Editor Audacity is an Audio Recording
  10. EasyEffects icon

    EasyEffects

     41 likes

    Tool for PipeWire providing limiter, compressor, equalizer, convolver, auto volume and spectrum analyzer, supporting input/output devices, effect profiles, real-time control, noise reduction, reverberation and integration with various Linux applications.

    26 EasyEffects alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    EasyEffects screenshot 1
     
  11. DaVinci Resolve Fairlight icon

    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight

     16 likes

    Every track includes real time equalization and dynamics processing to sweeten and fine tune your mix. This is in addition to your six real time track effects, making Fairlight far more powerful than other digital audio workstation software!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight screenshot 1
     
  12. Wavosaur icon

    Wavosaur

     40 likes

    Wavosaur is a cool free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert.

    50 Wavosaur alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window
     
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    Wavosaur vs Audacity Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    best 4 chop loop & clips. no multi track.

    • Wavosaur is Free and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • Wavosaur is an Audio Editor Audacity is an Audio Recording
  13. AudioMass icon

    AudioMass

     14 likes

    AudioMass lets you record, or use your existing audio tracks, and modify them by trimming, cutting, pasting or applying a plethora of effects, from compression and paragraphic equalizers to reverb, delay and distortion fx.

    119 AudioMass alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    AudioMass screenshot 1
     
  14. Android Audio Recorder icon

    Android Audio Recorder

     9 likes

    Audio recorder with custom recording folder, nice recording volume indicator, recording notification, recording lock screen activity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Android Audio Recorder screenshot 1
     
  15. DarkAudacity icon

    DarkAudacity

     9 likes

    DarkAudacity is a build/fork of the the well known free sound editor, Audacity, customized with a darker, more modern theme - and a few small tweaks. The audio engine underneath is the same audio engine. The same code powers it. Like Audacity, it is completely free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DarkAudacity screenshot 1
     
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    Discontinued

    The project seems no longer developed since 2019. Last version, 2.3.2, released in May 2019, can be still downloaded from FossHub. The GitHub page shows an older version (2.1.3) that dates back to 2016.

    DarkAudacity vs Audacity Comments
    Danilo Venom
    Positive
    0

    As a fork of the original Audacity, DarkAudacity can read mogg MultiTrack files too

    • DarkAudacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • DarkAudacity is an Audio Editor Audacity is an Audio Recording
    • DarkAudacity is Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
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