Monkey's Audio (.APE) Alternatives

Monkey's Audio (.APE) is described as 'Monkey’s Audio makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies of your music, exactly the same as the original. You can decompress your lossless .APE files back to the original files. Think of it as a beefed-up Winzip to perfectly recreate the original music CD' and is a Audio Codec in the audio & music category. There are four alternatives to Monkey's Audio (.APE) for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Winamp and Android. The best alternative is FLAC, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Monkey's Audio (.APE) are WavPack, Apple Lossless and TAK.

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Monkey's Audio (.APE)

Free • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Windows

Monkey’s Audio makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies of your music, exactly the same as the original. You can decompress your...

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FLAC
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8 alternatives to FLAC
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed...
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1. Lossless AudioFLAC has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
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WavPack
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
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Linux
7 alternatives to WavPack
WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer...
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Apple Lossless
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
7 alternatives to Apple Lossless
Apple Lossless (also known as ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music.
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TAK
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Windows
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10 alternatives to TAK
»TAK – [T]om’s lossless [a]udio [k]ompressor / [T]oms verlustfreier [A]udio[k]ompressor – is, as the name already suggests, a lossless audio compressor, similar to FLAC, WavPack and Monkey’s Audio.
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1. Lossless AudioTAK has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.

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Apple Lossless

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