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 Stream What You Hear, SoundWire, AirPlay and WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker.
Porthole alternatives are mainly Audio Routers but may also be Screen Mirroring Apps or Music Streaming Services. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Porthole.- 19 Airfoil alternatives
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Audio Router
- Mac
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.
- - Airfoil is the most popular Mac alternative to Porthole.
- - Airfoil is the most popular free alternative to Porthole.
Airfoil Features
- 16 Stream What You Hear alternatives
- Free • Open Source
- Music Streaming Service
- Windows
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...
- - Stream What You Hear is the most popular Windows alternative to Porthole.
- - Stream What You Hear is the most popular Open Source alternative to Porthole.
Stream What You Hear Features
SoundWire lets you send any music or audio ("what you hear now") from your Windows or Linux PC to your Android mobile devices. Use it as:
- - SoundWire is the most popular Android & Linux alternative to Porthole.
- 17 AirPlay alternatives
- Free • Proprietary
- Music Streaming Service
- iPhone
- iPad
AirPlay lets you stream music throughout your entire house — wirelessly. AirPlay wireless technology will be fully integrated into speaker docks, AV receivers, and stereo systems from companies such as Bowers & Wilkins and Denon.
- - AirPlay is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Porthole.
AirPlay Features
- Free • Proprietary
- Audio Router
14 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternatives- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
Utility for turning your Android smartphone or tablet into a wireless speaker.
- - WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Porthole.
WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker Features
- 9 Stardock Acoustic Bridge alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
Acoustic Bridge gives you the power to redirect audio from one PC to the speakers of another PC. This enables you to send the sound from a PC with your music collection to any other PC on your network. You could even visit friends and redirect your PC audio output to their PC...
- - Stardock Acoustic Bridge is the most popular commercial alternative to Porthole.
Stardock Acoustic Bridge Features
- 8 SpeakerShare alternatives
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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.
SpeakerShare Features
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released in January 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
- 14 AirMyPC alternatives
- Paid • Proprietary
- Screen Mirroring App
- Windows
AirMyPC allows you to wirelessly AirPlay mirror your Windows PC screen and sound to your TV through 2nd/3rd AppleTV.
AirMyPC Features
- 8 Share Speaker Player alternatives
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
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.
Share Speaker Player Features
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.10, released in August 2009, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine