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The best alternative to iTunes is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Winamp or Amarok. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to iTunes and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to iTunes are Dopamine, Crates, Elisa and Lollypop.

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Organizes audio, video, and playlists, streams Internet radio, syncs with devices, manages purchases, imports CDs, supports audiobooks, and runs on Windows or macOS.

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iTunes alternatives page was last updated May 18, 2025
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  1. foobar2000 icon

    foobar2000

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    Audio player offering MP3, FLAC support, gapless playback, customizable interfaces, CD ripping, advanced tagging, ReplayGain, plugins, and is known for its freeware model, running on various Windows versions with high audio fidelity.

    185 foobar2000 alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Foobar custom.

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Audio Conversion
    4.  Replay Gain
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    9.  Portable
    10.  Audio processing/resampling
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  File Organizer

    foobar2000 VS iTunes

     
    Comments about foobar2000 as an Alternative to iTunes
    ccier7u87wl2pvvz7o
    Negative May 8, 2018
    12

    Mac version is not currently under active development

    mecube
    Positive Apr 21, 2018
    6

    Nice Library managment, support for lot of formats

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    • Most users think foobar2000 is a great iTunes alternative.

    • foobar2000 is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to iTunes.

    • foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • foobar2000 is Customizable and LightweightiTunes is not according to our users
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    Winamp

     885 likes
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    Media player for Windows offering ease of use, skinnable design, advanced audio visualizers, and support for plug-ins, playlists, music library, and various audio formats. Known for extensibility, music visualization, and online community support.

    238 Winamp alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    Media Library

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Internet Radio
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Skin customization
    4.  Crossfading
    5.  Playlists management
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Lossless Audio
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Shoutcast streaming

    Winamp VS iTunes

     
    Comments about Winamp as an Alternative to iTunes
    Guest
    Positive Sep 8, 2015
    2

    similar functionality basically

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    Winamp icon

    • Some users think Winamp is a great iTunes alternative, some don't.

    • Winamp is the most popular Web-based alternative to iTunes.

    • Winamp is Free and ProprietaryiTunes is also Free and Proprietary
    • Winamp is LightweightiTunes is not according to our users
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    Amarok

     404 likes
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    Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before — and it looks good doing it.

    161 Amarok alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Overview

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Ad-free
    4. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    5.  Podcast Subscription
    6.  Music Library
    7.  Multiple languages

    Amarok VS iTunes

     
    Comments about Amarok as an Alternative to iTunes
    Most Recent Comment
    Hasan Yildiz
    Positive Feb 9, 2022
    0

    Difficult to use. It's confusing.

    ewanneil
    Negative Sep 13, 2021
    0

    Not really up to the job. It made a total mess of my collection of around 40k tracks. I couldn't find anything. For example, it stuck lots of my single artist albums into "various" and missed out a whole host of second discs from double albums. To make matters worse it crashed or failed to respond more often than not. I think iTunes is pretty poor but this is considerably worse.

    Guest
    Negative Mar 25, 2018
    -29

    No music store. Also not available for Mac. GPL, which is copyleft, and I really don't care for copyleft. I care more for open source, but I most care that it's free. I don't hate open-source though. Any other software licensed under MIT or BSD?

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    • Some users think Amarok is a great iTunes alternative, some don't.

    • Amarok is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Amarok is Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
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    Dopamine

     55 likes
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    Dopamine is an audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. It can play wav, mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, wma and m4a/aac.

    58 Dopamine alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Dopamine screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Clean design
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Theme Customization
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    8.  Support for Lyrics
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Automatic Lyrics Finder
    11.  WASAPI Output
    12.  Auto fetch album covers

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    Crates

     16 likes
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    Crates is a user-focused, next generation music app, that merges all user’s music collections into one, enables them to own their data, listen from any source and discover new music recommended by the community.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GR flagGreece
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Crates screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Lossless Audio
    3.  Music Library
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  AirPlay Support
    7.  File Tagging
    8.  Personalized Recommendations
    9. Discogs icon  Discogs Integration
    10. Basecamp icon  Basecamp integration
    11.  Community-based
    12. Apple Music icon  Apple Music integration

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    Elisa

     29 likes
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    Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible product to account for the different workflows and use-cases of our users.

    62 Elisa alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft
    Elisa Albums View

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Playlists
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Lossless Audio
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Dark Mode

    Elisa VS iTunes

     
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    Lollypop

     42 likes
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    A GNOME music player.

    28 Lollypop alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GTK+
    • GNOME
    Lollypop screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Auto fetch album covers
    4.  Crossfading
    5.  No registration required
    6. Android icon  Android Sync
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Gtk
    10.  Connect with internet radios
    11.  Radio Player

    Lollypop VS iTunes

     
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