The Best Free Audacity AlternativesTop Audio Editors & Audio Recorders like Audacity

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 TwistedWave.

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  1. Ocenaudio icon

    Ocenaudio

     142 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.

    48 Ocenaudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    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.

    Olorin
    Positive
    1

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

    Guest
    Positive
    2

    I needed to do spectral analysis of an audio file, but audacity didn't support hidpi. Ocenaudio does, and overall it is capable and pleasing to use.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 7 comments
    • Ocenaudio is Free and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
  2. Tenacity icon

    Tenacity

     112 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.

    87 Tenacity alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    Dark mode
     
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    Tenacity vs Audacity Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Trevor Vance
    14

    It's a fork of Audacity started when they added some questionable privacy policy changes.

    apolo-a00
    Positive
    1

    It is audacity without the bad stuff

    edmundlaugasson
    Positive
    1

    it has pretty much same plugins and othe functionality plus some more - details on Tenacity homepage https://tenacityaudio.org/

    3 of 11 comments
    • Tenacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • Tenacity is Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
  4. WavePad icon

    WavePad

     46 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.

    56 WavePad alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • 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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    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!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    2

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 5 comments
    • WavePad is Freemium and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
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  6. MixPad icon

    MixPad

     21 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.

    44 MixPad alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • 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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    fernandomanuelrodrigues
    Negative
    -1

    This is NOT an audio editor

    • MixPad is Freemium and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
  7. TwistedWave icon

    TwistedWave

     16 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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • TwistedWave is Freemium and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
  8. Cakewalk icon

    Cakewalk

     75 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...

    120 Cakewalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Cakewalk screenshot 1
     
  10. Wavosaur icon

    Wavosaur

     39 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.

    47 Wavosaur alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Main Window
     
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    Wavosaur vs Audacity Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    best 4 chop loop & clips. no multi track.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Wavosaur is Free and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
  11. DaVinci Resolve Fairlight icon

    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight

     13 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!

    14 DaVinci Resolve Fairlight alternatives

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

    DarkAudacity

     10 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.

    115 DarkAudacity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    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 Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
  13. Kwave icon

    Kwave

     9 likes

    Kwave is a sound editor that can record to, play, open, and edit many file formats. Kwave makes it simple to edit audio in many ways.

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • KDE Plasma
    • Haiku
    Kwave screenshot 1
     
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    Kwave vs Audacity Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    It's extremely limited in functionality

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Kwave is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
  15. Sneedacity icon

    Sneedacity

     5 likes

    Sneedacity (named after Sneed's Feed and Seed from The Simpsons episode, "E-I-E-I-D'oh") is a free (libre), open source, and privacy-respecting audio recording and editing suite forked from Audacity.

    104 Sneedacity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Sneedacity vs Audacity Comments
    stevetf
    3

    Another dead fork of Audacity.

    • Sneedacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • Sneedacity is Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
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