iTunes Alternatives

iTunes is described as 'Organizes audio, video, and playlists, streams Internet radio, syncs with devices, manages purchases, imports CDs, supports audiobooks, and runs on Windows or macOS' and is a leading Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to iTunes for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best iTunes alternative is MusicBee. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Clementine or AIMP. Other great apps like iTunes are foobar2000, Winamp, Audacious and Strawberry.

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iTunes alternatives are mainly Audio Players, but if you're looking for Media Players or Internet Radio Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Self-Hosted + Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to iTunes.
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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. Elisa icon
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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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft

    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

     
  2. Rune Player icon
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    Enhance your music experience with a player that combines classic design and advanced tech. Features dynamic playlists, community-driven development, and privacy-first approach, all tailored for seamless and visually appealing music exploration.

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • SteamOS

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Audio playback
    7.  Audio Analysis
    8.  Music Recommendation
    9.  Material design

    Rune Player VS iTunes

     
  3. Tauon Music Box icon
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    A music player for the desktop. Designed to be powerful and streamlined, putting the user in control of their music collection.

    34 Tauon Music Box alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flatpak
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Drag and Drop
    3.  Audio scrobble
    4. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Music Looper
    9.  Album shuffle mode
    10.  Subsonic API
    11.  Playlists management

    Tauon Music Box VS iTunes

     
  4. iMazing icon
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    Empower your iOS device with versatile management and seamless transfer of music, photos, contacts, and app data on Mac and Windows, ensuring backup safety, ringtone personalization, and Safari data export.

    22 iMazing alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    iMazing Features

    1.  iPhone Backup
    2.  iOS Data Recovery
    3.  Data transfer
    4.  Automatic Backup
    5.  Launchpad pads
    6.  Battery Health
    7.  iPhone/iPod sync

    iMazing VS iTunes

     
    Comments about iMazing as an Alternative to iTunes
    Guest
    Positive Aug 9, 2019
    0

    iMazing is a very good iTunes alternative, because it does local backups and on top of it, it allows you to browse and edit your backups and safely store them on your Mac or Windows computer.

    Guest
    Positive Aug 9, 2019
    0

    It lets me backup my iPhone locally and the Music Transfer to my iPod is much easier.

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

    • iMazing is Freemium and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
  5. Amazon Music icon
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    Amazon's music service offers streaming and purchasing options, ad-free music and top podcast catalog for Prime. Upgrade to Unlimited for 100 million ad-free songs, offline access, audiobooks, and playlist import from other platforms. Free streaming options also available.

    77 Amazon Music alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
    • Apple Car Play
    • Apple TV
    • Apple Watch
    • Android Auto
    • Android TV
    • Android Wear

    Amazon Music Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Personalized Recommendations
    3.  Music Store
    4.  Support for Lyrics
    5. Alexa icon  Alexa integration

    Amazon Music VS iTunes

     
    Comments about Amazon Music as an Alternative to iTunes
    Most Recent Comment
    KevinTrumbull
    Negative May 25, 2016
    0

    It's not a desktop application!

    Guest
    Negative Jul 19, 2020
    0

    It's a web-based music streaming platform. Not a music library manager

    Guest
    Positive Jun 8, 2016
    -1

    A music manager, but a poor one at that. Frequently freezes or crashes. Can only manage 40K songs. Only good if you use Amazon Music services.

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

    • Amazon Music is Freemium and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
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    Beautiful Material Music Player for Android.

    99 Retro Music Player alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Music Library
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  Support for Gestures
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Crossfading
    11. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    12.  Gapless Playback

    Retro Music Player VS iTunes

     
  7. Exaile icon
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    Exaile is a cross-platform music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python and is easily extensible via plugins. It incorporates automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, streaming Internet radio...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    Exaile Features

    1. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler

    Exaile VS iTunes

     
    Comments about Exaile as an Alternative to iTunes
    Hasan Yildiz
    Positive Feb 9, 2022
    0

    I haven't used it, but it looks like a good program.

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    • Exaile is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
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