Roon Alternatives

Roon is described as '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' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Roon for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Roon alternative is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try foobar2000 or AIMP. Other great apps like Roon are Winamp, MusicBee, Audacious and Strawberry.

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  1. Tomahawk icon
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    Tomahawk gives you to access to all of your favorite music in one powerful media player. Seamlessly jump from playing a song off your local machine, to one streaming from your other machines, to a recommendation from Spotify, to a pre-release on SoundCloud to your favorite...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  2. jetAudio icon
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    JetAudio is integrated, multimedia software made of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats.

    114 jetAudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  3. Resonic Player icon
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    Resonic plays music files, sounds, and samples out of your existing folders. It's built to be fast, reliable, and powerful. It does what it is supposed to do, without the bloat, and with exceptional usability.

    56 Resonic Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Amazon Music icon
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    Amazon's music service offers streaming and purchasing options, ad-free music and top podcast catalog for Prime. Upgrade to Unlimited for 100 million ad-free songs, offline access, audiobooks, and playlist import from other platforms. Free streaming options also available.

    79 Amazon Music alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Android Auto
    • Apple TV
    • Android Wear
    • Kindle Fire
    • Android TV
    • Apple Car Play
     
  5. AppRecs icon
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    The iOS and Android app search engine that can filter out fake reviews, alert you about price drops, and give you app recommendations based on your favorites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. XMPlay icon
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    A tiny and portable audio player. With a size of about 280 KiB it plays OGG, MP3, audio CDs, WMA and several less used formats like XM, IT, MOD, UMX and others. Furthermore it supports a wide range of plugins, skins and visualizations, works with tags, creates media library from...

    108 XMPlay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  7. Mtoc icon
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    Mtoc is a visually-rich music player and library browser that emphasizes a smooth, continuous experience with album artwork at the forefront.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  8. Nightingale icon
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    Nightingale is a free and powerfull music player for Linux, Windows and Mac based on the Songbird media player source code. A beautiful interface with a wide range of supported audio formats, all with multi-platform support!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9.  38 likes
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    cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Linux and *BSD.

    Input/Output Plugins Input: Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Musepack, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AAC, MP4, and everything supported by libmodplug Output: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS, libao, aRts, Sun, and WaveOut (Wind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. CPod icon
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    A simple, beautiful podcast app.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Plexamp icon
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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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    It's 10 times cheaper. It's far more reliable.

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    • Plexamp is Freemium and ProprietaryRoon is Paid and Proprietary
    • Plexamp is LightweightRoon is not according to our users
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