The Best Mp3tag AlternativesTop Mp3 Tag Editors and other similar apps like Mp3tag

Mp3tag is described as 'Edit and organize audio metadata easily with comprehensive support for batch editing and various audio formats. Available free for Windows; macOS version costs $20' and is a leading Mp3 Tag Editor in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Mp3tag for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Mp3tag alternative is MusicBrainz Picard, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mp3tag are Kid3, TagScanner, Puddletag and EasyTAG.

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Edit and organize audio metadata easily with comprehensive support for batch editing and various audio formats. Available free for Windows; macOS version costs $20.

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Mp3tag alternatives page was last updated Apr 30, 2025
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    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 -...

    66 MusicBrainz Picard alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • International

    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 VS Mp3tag

     
    Comments about MusicBrainz Picard as an Alternative to Mp3tag
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    Nov 15, 2020
    4

    The discription is wrong, it does download and save cover art.

    Top Negative Comment
    ChildishGiant
    Aug 5, 2021
    1

    If its automatic recognition fails, you're screwed as you seemingly cannot manually give a tag to a file.

    Most Recent Comment
    Roger Peartree
    Negative Nov 13, 2021
    -1

    No cover art download, no manual save of new discovered tag, you cannot manually give a tag to a file. Complelely useless.

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    • Most users think MusicBrainz Picard is a great Mp3tag alternative.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Mp3tag.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Mp3tag.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is Free and Open SourceMp3tag is Free and Proprietary
    • MusicBrainz Picard is LightweightMp3tag is not according to our users
  2. Kid3 icon
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    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...

    61 Kid3 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    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 VS Mp3tag

     
    Comments about Kid3 as an Alternative to Mp3tag
    Guest
    Positive Dec 5, 2024
    0

    I moved from windows to mac and now Kid3 is working as a great mp3 id3 tag editor, found a great software, thanks alternativeto

    Mp3tag Icon
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    • Most users think Kid3 is a great Mp3tag alternative.

    • Kid3 is the most popular Android alternative to Mp3tag.

    • Kid3 is Free and Open SourceMp3tag is Free and Proprietary
    • Kid3 is LightweightMp3tag is not according to our users
  3. TagScanner icon
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    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

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    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 VS Mp3tag

     
    Comments about TagScanner as an Alternative to Mp3tag
    Guest
    Positive Mar 13, 2016
    -1

    The best tag editor I've ever seen!

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    • Most users think TagScanner is a great Mp3tag alternative.

    • TagScanner is Free and ProprietaryMp3tag is also Free and Proprietary
    • TagScanner is LightweightMp3tag is not according to our users
  4. Puddletag icon
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    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.

    37 Puddletag alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Puddletag Features

    1.  Batch Rename Files
    2.  Portable
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Support for regular expressions

    Puddletag VS Mp3tag

     
    Comments about Puddletag as an Alternative to Mp3tag
    Guest
    Negative Jan 17, 2025
    0

    Unable to easily create directories from tags.

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    • Most users think Puddletag is a great Mp3tag alternative.

    • Puddletag is Free and Open SourceMp3tag is Free and Proprietary
  5. EasyTAG icon
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    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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Discontinued

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

    EasyTAG Features

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

    EasyTAG VS Mp3tag

     
  6. Tag&Rename icon
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    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.

    46 Tag&Rename alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest version (3.9.15) is from June 2018.

    Tag&Rename Features

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

    Tag&Rename VS Mp3tag

     
    • Tag&Rename is the most popular commercial alternative to Mp3tag.

    • Tag&Rename is Paid and ProprietaryMp3tag is Free and Proprietary
  7. beets icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    beets Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Music collection
    3.  Automatic Import
    4.  Artwork

    beets VS Mp3tag

     
  8. Meta for Mac icon
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    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….

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Clean design

    Features

    1.  Batch Editing
    2.  Batch Rename Files
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Artwork
    5.  Batch processing

    Meta for Mac VS Mp3tag

     
    Comments about Meta for Mac as an Alternative to Mp3tag
    Guest
    Positive Apr 5, 2020
    1

    Clean design, but more importantly, MacOS Catalina Support while MP3 tag is still working on porting over to native.

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    • Meta for Mac is Paid and ProprietaryMp3tag is Free and Proprietary
  9. SongKong icon
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    SongKong is a music organization and tagger app designed to simplify the task of managing your digital music collection automatically.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    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 VS Mp3tag

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Windows

    Tagger - Tag Your Music Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Musicbrainz support

    Tagger - Tag Your Music VS Mp3tag

     
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