Play AlternativesAudio Players and other similar apps like Play

Play is described as 'By Stephen F. Booth (sbooth) is a simple lightweight Mac application for playing and managing audio files' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Play for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone and Linux apps. The best Play alternative is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try foobar2000 or Winamp. Other great apps like Play are Plexamp, Winyl, Museeks and Roon.

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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.

    198 foobar2000 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • foobar2000 is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Play.

    • foobar2000 is the most popular free alternative to Play.

    • foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryPlay is Free and Open Source
    • foobar2000 is Customizable and MinimalisticPlay is not according to our users
  2. Winamp icon

    Winamp

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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.

    258 Winamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    Media Library
     

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

    • Winamp is Free and ProprietaryPlay is Free and Open Source
  4. Vox Music Player icon

    Vox Music Player

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    It just sounds better! The beauty is in its simplicity, yet behind the minimal exterior lies a powerful music player with a ton of features & support for all audio formats you should ever need.

    149 Vox Music Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • Apple Watch
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  5. Plexamp icon

    Plexamp

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    Plexamp is a small music player for your desktop, with a number of unique features.Throw your best FLACs at it and experience sonic bliss!.

    143 Plexamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    • Plexamp is the most popular Linux alternative to Play.

    • Plexamp is Freemium and ProprietaryPlay is Free and Open Source
  6. Winyl icon

    Winyl

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    Winyl is a free digital audio player and music library application for organizing and playing audio on Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Winyl is the most popular Open Source alternative to Play.

    • Winyl is Free and Open SourcePlay is also Free and Open Source
  7. Museeks icon

    Museeks

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    A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Roon icon

    Roon

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    Roon identifies your music files and streams, and then overlays a ton of rich metadata to add context to what you're listening to. That information drives Roon's unique experience of browsing, discovering, and organizing music.

    231 Roon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Synology C2
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    • Roon is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Play.

    • Roon is the most popular commercial alternative to Play.

    • Roon is Paid and ProprietaryPlay is Free and Open Source
  10. Music Player Mp3 Player icon

    Music Player Mp3 Player

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    Music player for Android that supports multiple file formats like mp3, mp4/m4a (incl. alac), ogg, wma*, flac, wav, ape, wv, tta, mpc, aiff create ring tones best music player with Ring tone maker, Equalizer, Shuffle, shake, Multi select.

    117 Music Player Mp3 Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  12. Song Director icon

    Song Director

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    Song Director is a program that plays and keeps track of all your music files. Easier to use and understand than iTunes or Windows Media Player. It unleashes the full power of a modern database system in an extremely simple, easy to use manner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Album Player

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    Album Player (Freeware, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10) is designed for composing and listening to compilations of music albums on your hard drive and CD/DVD. The Album Player plays audio files of popular formats, such as WAV, FLAC, APE, WavPack, ALAC, AIFF, TAK, MP3, MP4, OGG, MPC...

    132 Album Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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