Ear Tag AlternativesMp3 Tag Editors and other similar apps like Ear Tag

Ear Tag is described as 'Simple audio file tag editor. It is primarily geared towards making quick edits or bulk-editing tracks in albums/EPs. Unlike other tagging programs, Ear Tag does not require the user to set up a music library folder' and is a Mp3 Tag Editor in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ear Tag for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Ear Tag alternative is MusicBrainz Picard, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ear Tag are Mp3tag, TagScanner, Kid3 and Puddletag.

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Ear Tag is a simple audio file tag editor. It is primarily geared towards making quick edits or bulk-editing tracks in albums/EPs. Unlike other tagging programs, Ear Tag does not require the user to set up a music library...

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Ear Tag alternatives page was last updated Nov 29, 2024
  1. MusicBrainz Picard icon
     402 likes

    Picard is the next generation MusicBrainz tagging application. This new tagging concept is album oriented, as opposed to track/file oriented like the ClassicTagger was. Picard is written in Python, which is a cross-platform language, and makes use of cross-platform libraries -...

    68 MusicBrainz Picard alternatives
    Main

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • PortableApps.com

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Automatic Tagging
    2.  Automatic album art download
    3.  Acoustic fingerprinting
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    6.  Fix missing information
    7.  AcoustID audio fingerprints
    8.  Autotagging
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Portable
    11.  Batch Rename Files
    12.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    MusicBrainz Picard iconEar Tag Icon

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    • MusicBrainz Picard is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Ear Tag.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ear Tag.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is Free and Open SourceEar Tag is also Free and Open Source
    • MusicBrainz Picard is LightweightEar Tag is not according to our users
  2. Mp3tag icon
     615 likes

    Mp3tag is a metadata editor for audio and video files.

    65 Mp3tag alternatives
    Mp3tag screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Top Mp3tag Features

    1.  Batch Editing
    2.  Metadata Editor
    3.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    4.  Batch Rename Files
    5.  Automatic album art download
    6.  Artwork
    7.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Support for regular expressions
    12.  Support for Unicode
    Mp3tag iconEar Tag Icon

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  3. TagScanner icon
     143 likes

    TagScanner is a multifunction program for organizing and managing your music collection. It can edit tags of mostly state-of-the-art audio formats, rename files based on the tag information, generate tag information from filenames, and perform any transformations of the text...

    57 TagScanner alternatives
    Edit tab

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Portable
    4.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Batch Rename Files
    10.  Lossless Audio
    11.  Info & Tracklist rtf files w/t 1 click
    12.  Rename folders & files by storable presets
    TagScanner iconEar Tag Icon

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  4. Kid3 icon
     62 likes

    If you want to easily tag multiple MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV and AIFF files (e.g. full albums) without typing the same information again and again and have control over both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags, then Kid3 is the program you...

    59 Kid3 alternatives
    Kid3 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    2.  Batch Editing
    3.  Batch Rename Files
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Portable
    10.  No registration required
    Kid3 iconEar Tag Icon

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    • Kid3 is the most popular Android alternative to Ear Tag.

    • Kid3 is Free and Open SourceEar Tag is also Free and Open Source
    • Kid3 is LightweightEar Tag is not according to our users
  5. Puddletag icon
     36 likes

    Puddletag is an audio tag editor (primarily created for) GNU/Linux similar to Mp3tag and Kid3. Unlike most taggers, it uses a spreadsheet-like layout so that all the tags you want to edit by hand are visible and easily editable.

    38 Puddletag alternatives
    Puddletag screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Puddletag Features

    1.  Batch Rename Files
    2.  Portable
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Support for regular expressions
    Puddletag iconEar Tag Icon

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  6. Album Art Downloader icon
     40 likes

    The Album Art Downloader is a program designed to make life easier for anyone who wishes to find and update their album art for their music collection. The sources for the pictures can be defined by creating plugin scripts.

    20 Album Art Downloader alternatives
    Main window with active album art search

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Album Art Downloader Features

    1.  Artwork
    2.  Automatic album art download
    3.  Audio tagger
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.05) is from 2020.

    Album Art Downloader iconEar Tag Icon

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  7. Tagger - Tag Your Music icon
     3 likes

    An easy-to-use music tag (metadata) editor.

    40 Tagger - Tag Your Music alternatives
    Tagger - Tag Your Music screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub

    Tagger - Tag Your Music Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Musicbrainz support
    Tagger - Tag Your Music iconEar Tag Icon

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  8. EasyTAG icon
     101 likes

    EasyTAG is a versatile utility for viewing and editing tags on various audio files with features like auto-tagging, undo/redo changes, and CDDB support.

    49 EasyTAG alternatives
    Editing

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce

    EasyTAG Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Tagging
    3.  Automatic Tagging
    4.  Automatic file renaming
    5.  Video tagging
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.4.3, released in December 2016, is still available from GitLab

    EasyTAG iconEar Tag Icon

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  9. beets icon
     31 likes

    Beets is the media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks. The purpose of beets is to get your music collection right once and for all. It catalogs your collection, automatically improving its metadata as it goes using the MusicBrainz database.

    38 beets alternatives
    beets screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    beets Features

    1.  Music collection
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Artwork
    4.  Automatic Import
    beets iconEar Tag Icon

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  10. SongKong icon
     26 likes

    SongKong is a music organization and tagger app designed to simplify the task of managing your digital music collection automatically.

    36 SongKong alternatives
    SongKong screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top SongKong Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    6.  Batch Rename Files
    7.  Batch Editing
    8.  Acoustic fingerprinting
    9.  Artwork
    10.  Full Automation
    11.  Musicbrainz support
    12.  Automatic Tagging
    SongKong iconEar Tag Icon

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    • SongKong is the most popular commercial alternative to Ear Tag.

    • SongKong is Paid and ProprietaryEar Tag is Free and Open Source
  11. Meta for Mac icon
     13 likes

    Meta is a powerful yet easy to use music tag editor for Mac. Batch edit audio metadata, rename files, replace characters, embed artworks, create playlists and more….

    41 Meta for Mac alternatives
    Meta for Mac screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Meta for Mac Features

    1.  Batch Editing
    2.  Batch Rename Files
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Artwork
    5.  Batch processing
    Meta for Mac iconEar Tag Icon

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  12. Tag&Rename icon
     59 likes

    Tag&Rename is a music files tag editor that easily handles all popular digital audio formats. No matter what music compressor you prefer, you can keep your music collection organized with Tag&Rename.

    45 Tag&Rename alternatives
    Main window with rename options

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Tag&Rename Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Artwork
    3.  Music collection
    Discontinued

    The latest version (3.9.15) is from June 2018.

    Tag&Rename iconEar Tag Icon

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