Rename Tool Alternatives

Apps similar to Rename Tool include Bulk Rename Utility, which is free for personal use. Other options are Ant Renamer, ReNamer, Advanced Renamer and Rename X Pro. There's no shortage of File Renamers like Rename Tool, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux and the web.

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  1. NameChanger icon
     30 likes

    NameChanger is designed for the sole purpose of renaming a list of files.

    Add the files through the GUI or drag and drop files directly onto the App. These original filenames show up in the Original Filename column. Grayed out rows indicate files that you do not have permissio.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. Flexible Renamer is a powerful file/folder renaming utility,that supports Wildcards and Regular-Expressions. It offers a Window Explorer style interface with UNICODE support and large variety of renaming options.

    81 Flexible Renamer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. Name Mangler icon
     7 likes

    Name Mangler is designed to make it super easy to rename batches of files—anywhere from a few to tens of thousands—in one quick operation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. Transnomino icon
     7 likes

    A batch rename utility for the Mac. Rename many files at once, simple, powerful... and it's free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. Batch file renaming utility offering instant preview, 15 renaming categories, EXIF and ID3 metadata support, drag-and-drop, multi-step actions, reusable presets, regular expressions, droplets for automation, text file import, and conflict resolution.

    74 A Better Finder Rename alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. SKTimeStamp icon
     11 likes

    SKTimeStamp is a very simple shell extension which adds a new tab to the Explorer properties dialog. On that new tab, you can change the file/folder date and time.

    22 SKTimeStamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  7. Rename-It! icon
     7 likes

    Rename-It! can rename in seconds multiple files, that can be in different folders. It is incorporated in the Windows Shell (via Explorer's context menu).

    59 Rename-It! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Namexif icon
     9 likes

    Namexif is a free software to rename photos by date and time based on EXIF.

    79 Namexif alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Name Changer icon
     1 like

    Batch rename your files. Add a prefix, a suffix, replace some characters, truncate, or capitalize the words. Or put some EXIF data in your file names. You name it!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. pyRenamer icon
     16 likes

    pyRenamer is a batch renamer for GTK desktops. With pyRenamer you can change the name of several files at the same time easily.

    • You can use patterns to rename files.
    • You can use search & replace to rename files.
    • You can use common substitutions.
    • You can manually ren.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. PowerRenameExt is a cross-platform bulk renaming tool conceived as a powered-up version of Microsoft's PowerRename tool (part of the PowerToys suite), with extra added functionality such as the ability to use functions in order to compute the replacements, which in turn...

    58 PowerRenameExt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Siren icon
     12 likes

    The differential of this program is that it can extract information from audio (tags), images (EXIF and IPTC info), video, and many other file types, and use this information when renaming the files.

    40 Siren alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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