Porthole Alternatives
Porthole is described as 'With Porthole you can stream to multiple AirPlay devices and your Mac's speakers simultaneously, so you can enjoy music throughout your home' and is a Music Streaming service in the audio & music category. There are nine alternatives to Porthole for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and iPhone apps. The best Porthole alternative is Airfoil, which is free. Other great apps like Porthole are WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker, Stream What You Hear, SoundWire and AirPlay.
- Music Streaming Service
- Paid • Proprietary
- 25 Airfoil alternatives
Send any audio to the AirPort Express. Send any audio to AirPort Express units, Apple TVs, and even other Macs and PCs, all in sync! Airfoil for Mac gives you your audio - everywhere.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- 16 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternatives
Utility for turning your Android smartphone or tablet into a wireless speaker.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker Features
- 16 Stream What You Hear alternatives
Stream What You Hear (SWYH) is a Windows application to broadcast the sound of your computer (ie: “what you hear”) on an UPnP/DLNA device such as TVs, amps, network receivers, game consoles, etc...
DiscontinuedThe latest version (1.5.0) is from May 2020.
Stream What You Hear Features
- 18 SoundWire alternatives
SoundWire lets you send any music or audio ("what you hear now") from your Windows or Linux PC to your Android mobile devices.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Raspberry Pi
SoundWire Features
- 20 AirPlay alternatives
Wireless streaming technology that lets users share music and multimedia across homes via speaker docks, AV receivers, TVs. Compatible with diverse entertainment systems and licensed to third-party manufacturers for seamless integration.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
AirPlay Features
Redirects and centralizes audio between PCs, enabling sound transfer across network for applications like chat, music, and alerts with easy toggling and up to four shared installations.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Windows
Stardock Acoustic Bridge Features
This is a Java application to use the speaker connected to other computer on the network. It transfers audio in uncompressed PCM format and uses 172 kilobyte per second bandwidth.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released in January 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
SpeakerShare Features
- 17 AirMyPC alternatives
AirMyPC allows you to wirelessly AirPlay mirror your Windows PC screen and sound to your TV through 2nd/3rd AppleTV.
AirMyPC Features
Share Speaker Player is an outstanding yet easy-to-use application to share speaker in LAN with high quality. It is a good way to decrease the cost of speaker in office, family, or other places especially with the world economy declining recently.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Country of Origin
China
Platforms
- Windows
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.10, released in August 2009, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine
Share Speaker Player Features