Sonata Alternatives

Sonata is described as 'Elegant GTK+ music client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD). It has been forked from the unmaintained Pygmy project in order to fix bugs, introduce new features, and proceed down a different path' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Sonata for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best Sonata alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sonata are foobar2000, Clementine, Audacious and Winamp.

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Sonata is an elegant GTK+ music client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD). It has been forked from the unmaintained Pygmy...

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Sonata alternatives page was last updated Feb 18, 2021
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  1. Swinsian icon

    Swinsian

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    Swinsian is a sophisticated music player for macOS with wide format support, folder watching, advanced tag editing and designed to be responsive even with the largest libraries.

    151 Swinsian alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Swinsian screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Vast format support
    2.  Smartlists
    3.  Lossless Audio
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  Artwork
    6.  Find and Delete Duplicate Songs
    7. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    8.  Built-In ID3 Tag Editor
    9.  Sync iTunes Libraries
    10.  ITunes-like user interface

    Swinsian VS Sonata

     

    • Swinsian is the most popular commercial alternative to Sonata.

    • Swinsian is Paid and ProprietarySonata is Free and Open Source
    • Swinsian is LightweightSonata is not according to our users
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    MOC

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    MOC (music on console) is a console audio player for LINUX/UNIX designed to be powerful and easy to use.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    MOC screenshot 1

    MOC Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Works Offline

    MOC VS Sonata

     

  4. mpc

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    A minimalist command line interface to MPD.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    mpc VS Sonata

     
  5. JuK icon

    JuK

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    Juk is a music player and a music manager. JuK is, well, at its heart, a jukebox. As is typical with many jukebox applications, JuK allows you to edit the tags of your audio files, and manage your collection and playlists. JuK is part of the KDE Multimedia package.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
    Main

    JuK VS Sonata

     
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    Napster

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    Napster is the ultimate digital music service, offering MP3 downloads and unlimited on-demand streaming. Enjoy any track in Napster.s multi-million-song library and discover new music through personalized recommendation tools.

    145 Napster alternatives

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
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    Napster Features

    1.  Music Store

    Napster VS Sonata

     
  7. GNOME Music icon

    GNOME Music

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    Music is the new GNOME music playing application. It aims to combine an elegant and immersive browsing experience with simple and straightforward controls.

    134 GNOME Music alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    GNOME Music screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Integrated Web Browser
    6.  Add collaborators/moderators

    GNOME Music VS Sonata

     
  9. GOM Audio icon

    GOM Audio

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    GOM Audio is a free audio player designed to make it simple to listen to CDs, MP3s, M4As, and other popular audio formats on your PC. GOM Audio implements many of the features and shortcuts used in GOM Media Player to further enhance the playback experience.

    FEATURES

    • Play au.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    GOM Audio screenshot 1

    GOM Audio Features

    1.  Radio Player
    2.  Sound Effects
    3.  Create Playlist
    4.  Skinnable

    GOM Audio VS Sonata

     
  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.

    118 Music Player Mp3 Player alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    Music Player Mp3 Player screenshot 1
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    Music Player Mp3 Player screenshot 3

    Music Player Mp3 Player Features

    1.  Mp3 Cutter

    Music Player Mp3 Player VS Sonata

     
  11. PlayerXtreme icon

    PlayerXtreme

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    PlayerXtreme Media Player is the most popular cross-platform audio, video, movie and online streaming Player for your device. With this Free Media Player you can watch movies, music, videos, and others with mesmerizing audio video results, on the go from anywhere even if they’re...

    222 PlayerXtreme alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
    • Fire TV
    PlayerXtreme screenshot 1
    PlayerXtreme screenshot 2

    PlayerXtreme Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Watch Videos Together
    3.  Hardware Accelerated
    4.  Chromecast Support
    5.  Crossfading
    6.  Stream video to Apple TV
    7.  Support for MOV files
    8.  Support for subtitles

    PlayerXtreme VS Sonata

     

  12. ncmpc

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    ncmpc is a fully featured MPD client, which runs in a terminal (using ncurses). Its goal is to provide a keyboard oriented and consistent interface to MPD, without wasting resources.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    ncmpc VS Sonata

     
  13. ^3 (Cubed) icon

    ^3 (Cubed)

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    ^3 a.k.a. Cubed is a music player for Android. At its core, ^3 is a visual experiment that explores different visualizations of one's music library.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    ^3 (Cubed) screenshot 1
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    ^3 (Cubed) Features

    1.  Music Library

    ^3 (Cubed) VS Sonata

     
  14. Mp3blaster icon

    Mp3blaster

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    Mp3blaster is an mp3 player for computers running a UNIX-like operating system, e.g. Linux, Free/Net/OpenBSD, etc. Its interface is entirely text based, thereby eliminating the need for a graphical environment like X-Windows.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Mp3blaster screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update on 2017.

    Mp3blaster Features

    1.  Command line interface

    Mp3blaster VS Sonata

     
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