BeatDrop Alternatives

BeatDrop is described as 'Music Visualizer is a stand-alone implementation of the amazing Milkdrop2 Winamp plug-in. It lets you experience the stunning visual 2D effects with your music player of choice. No additional configuration steps needed! Just start BeatDrop and play your music' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BeatDrop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Android, Mac and Winamp apps. The best BeatDrop alternative is MilkDrop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BeatDrop are projectM, VZX Music Visualizer, Magic Music Visuals and ZGameEditor Visualizer.

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  1. MilkDrop icon
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    MilkDrop is an open source, hardware-accelerated music visualization plugin for Winamp, which was originally developed by Ryan Geiss. It uses DirectX and intelligent beat detection to render iterated images which blend seamlessly.

    34 MilkDrop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Media Player
    • Kodi
    • Winamp
     
    • MilkDrop is the most popular Windows alternative to BeatDrop.

    • MilkDrop is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BeatDrop.

    • MilkDrop is Free and Open SourceBeatDrop is also Free and Open Source
  2. projectM icon
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    projectM is an LGPL'ed reimplementation of Milkdrop under OpenGL. All projectM requires is a video card with 3D acceleration and your favorite music.

    35 projectM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • projectM is the most popular Android, Mac, iPhone & Linux alternative to BeatDrop.

    • projectM is Freemium and Open SourceBeatDrop is Free and Open Source
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    Music visualizer, VJ software, live video mixer, music video creator, and much more. Magic is a unique desktop application that gives you an intuitive, modular interface to create interactive animation and video effects for concerts, clubs, theater, movies, parties, art...

    35 Magic Music Visuals alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Magic Music Visuals is the most popular commercial alternative to BeatDrop.

    • Magic Music Visuals is Paid and ProprietaryBeatDrop is Free and Open Source
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    ZGameEditor Visualizer is a plugin variant of ZGameEditor engine built for audio visualization and bundled with FLStudio. Packed with scores of core visuals like linear and polar EQs and filter effects like Bloom, Blur and even Dot Matrix and...

    32 ZGameEditor Visualizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • FL Studio
     
  5. Plane9 icon
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    Plane9 is a revolutionary 3d visualizer where you never have to settle for just one view ever again. From the start you have over 150 predefined scenes to choose from. The scenes can be combined with one another to form a near endless supply of new views to experience.

    30 Plane9 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Winamp
     
  6. NestDrop icon
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    NestDrop allows you to perform with high-resolution high-fps visuals which react in realtime to the music and then broadcasts the video via Spout. Since the Milkdrop engine is at the core you can easily bring in your own Milkdrop presets.

    33 NestDrop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. DADIM icon
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    DADIM (do.adive.in) is an online music player with a sophisticated and highly configurable WebGL-based audio visualizer. Assemble playlists from SoundCloud links or local music files and enjoy audio-reactive visualizers spanning hundreds of presets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • DADIM is the most popular Web-based alternative to BeatDrop.

    • DADIM is Free and ProprietaryBeatDrop is Free and Open Source
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    Audio Glow music visualizer brings your music to the screen in an explosion of bright colors. A special premium version feature lets you use the visualizer as live wallpaper.

    35 Audio Glow Music Visualizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Audio Glow Music Visualizer is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to BeatDrop.

    • Audio Glow Music Visualizer is Freemium and ProprietaryBeatDrop is Free and Open Source
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    Overture Music Visualization is a music visualization experience for Windows, capturing audio in real-time from any source and creating effects that react to your music. It currently includes a stable desktop version, as well as a VR demo that supports the Oculus Rift.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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    Luminant Music is a music streamer and player that lets you visualizer music with gorgeous 3D scenes.

    31 Luminant Music alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Luminant Music is the most popular iPad alternative to BeatDrop.

    • Luminant Music is Freemium and ProprietaryBeatDrop is Free and Open Source
  11. Neon Trip icon
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    Take an immersive trip through retro-futuristic worlds of music and neon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • visionOS
     
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