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The best Audio Player alternative to MusicBee is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try foobar2000 or AIMP. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MusicBee and loads of them are Audio Players so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Audio Player alternatives to MusicBee are Winamp, Audacious, Strawberry and MediaMonkey.

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  1. foobar2000 icon

    foobar2000

     1542 likes

    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.

    204 foobar2000 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    foobar2000 vs MusicBee Comments
    Ian James
    Positive
    0

    Simple to use, customizable, stable. A Great program. For my uses, the best one out there.

    Melatonin-Samba
    0

    Takes long time to set it up not to look awful and be usable. Barely usable out of the box. Absence of built-in album art grid for browsing library is huge disadvantage for me. Can be added with some extensions tho. With time you can make it look really how you want and it is fast too

    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Way too ugly, it's more of a music player, a very capable, but not a music manager.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryMusicBee is also Free Personal and Proprietary
    • foobar2000 is Privacy focused and MinimalisticMusicBee is not according to our users
  2. AIMP icon

    AIMP

     878 likes

    Feature-rich audio player for Windows and Android supporting diverse codecs and interfaces. Includes conversion tools, skins, plugins, and custom equalizer for enhanced audio streaming and podcast playback.

    347 AIMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
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    AIMP vs MusicBee Comments
    Nightcall
    Positive
    0

    Beautiful interface, waveform seekbar, portable, customizable, lightweight

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    A player with a music library, free no patreon, no ads, no bs full functionality. Far better than foobar can dream, but still not as complete as musicbee

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    I can't display the album covers centrally i-Tunes style

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • AIMP is Free and ProprietaryMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • AIMP is Privacy focusedMusicBee is not according to our users
  4. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     755 likes

    Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...

    255 Clementine alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Clementine with lyrics pane
     
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    Clementine vs MusicBee Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    -15

    Clementine is easier than musicbee

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Clementine is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Clementine is Privacy focusedMusicBee is not according to our users
  5. Winamp icon

    Winamp

     896 likes

    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.

    265 Winamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    Media Library
     
  6. Audacious icon

    Audacious

     300 likes

    Lightweight open-source audio player for Unix-like platforms focused on high sound quality, extensive codec support, playlist handling, Internet radio, plugins, Winamp-style skins, cue sheets, metadata display, effects, equalizer, and efficient resource usage.

    135 Audacious alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
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    Audacious vs MusicBee Comments
    F0rZ3r0
    1

    Not as intuitive or cleanly built. Functions okay, and may very well be functional for what you require, but lacks any music collection management as noted previously. I'm not the hugest fan.

    Guest
    Negative
    2

    No music collection management

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Ruhart Solnacht
    Positive
    0

    One of my favorite music players in Linux and a great alternative to MusicBee. Unfortunately, it doesn't work so well with Windows, but that's what MusicBee is for.

    Comes very barebones, so no playlist or library management or minimize to taskbar by default, but all these features and more can be found as official plugins and attached to the main player through modular placement features.

    A+ for Linux, C for Windows (long startup time, very unresponsive when opening the window from taskbar).

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Audacious is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
  7. Strawberry icon

    Strawberry

     249 likes

    Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs. It's written in C++ using the Qt framework.

    245 Strawberry alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Strawberry vs MusicBee Comments
    Curt-West
    Negative
    0

    It requires payment to use in Windows

    Nopoditor
    Positive
    0

    FOSS and the closes in functionality

    • Strawberry is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Strawberry is Privacy focusedMusicBee is not according to our users
  9. MediaMonkey icon

    MediaMonkey

     489 likes

    MediaMonkey is a music player and a music library manager with support for 50,000+ files and many features for organizing, tagging, converting and burning your music. It also has advanced podcasting and syncing features.

    127 MediaMonkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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    MediaMonkey vs MusicBee Comments
    Peter Mello
    Positive
    0

    MediaMonkey was the first of the lineage of music library managers/players that has spawned the likes of JRiver, MusicBee and others. While development has slowed and it's not as naturally performant as some of the others and the interface is a little clunky, it still retains all the power that made it the best tool for the job for many years.

    • MediaMonkey is Freemium and ProprietaryMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
  10. Amarok icon

    Amarok

     411 likes

    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.

    169 Amarok alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    Overview
     
  11. Rhythmbox icon

    Rhythmbox

     434 likes

    Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software that is designed to work well under the .

    153 Rhythmbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • GNOME
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    Rhythmbox vs MusicBee Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    6

    this software doesn't keep your music library organized at all which is the main reason why people use musicbee over just a plain music player

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Rhythmbox is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
  12. DeaDBeeF icon

    DeaDBeeF

     199 likes

    DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line control, and has an 18-band equalizer.

    184 DeaDBeeF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
    DeaDBeeF screenshot 1
     
  13. Euphonica icon

    Euphonica

     17 likes

    Euphonica is an MPD client with integrated spectrum visualiser, metadata downloading & more.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Euphonica screenshot 1
     
  14. Dopamine icon

    Dopamine

     62 likes

    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.

    67 Dopamine alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    Dopamine screenshot 1
     
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