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. Eina icon

    Eina

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    Your music belongs to you

    Current music players are focused on managing your music collection, while using mandatory criteria about how they organize it.

    Eina does not care about it at all. If your are an organized person, chances are your music collection is organized too, and.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Eina screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last released was in 2011.

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  2. Listen Music Player icon

    Listen Music Player

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    Listen is an audio player written in Python. Thanks to it, you can easily organize your music collections.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Listen Music Player screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 0.6.5, released on March 2010, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

    Listen Music Player Features

    1.  Create Playlist

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  4. 5KPlayer icon

    5KPlayer

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    5KPlayer is a new-style free media player for Mac OS as all-in-one HD video/music player, AirPlay streamer and free online video/music downloader. It plays 4K/5K, MKV, MP4, AVI, WMV, YouTube video, MP3 music & DVD on Mac flawlessly.

    195 5KPlayer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    5KPlayer screenshot 1

    5KPlayer Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Supports H265 Codec

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  5. Noise icon

    Noise

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    The official elementary OS music player.

    Noise is a fast and beautiful GTK3 audio player with a focus on music and libraries. It handles external devices, CDs, and album art. Noise utilizes Granite for a consistent and slick UI.

    In elementary.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Noise screenshot 1

    Noise Features

    1.  Music Library

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  6. Rocket Player icon

    Rocket Player

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    Powerful Music Player and Song Streaming with Fantastic Streaming Features! 🎶 Fantastic Audio Streaming & MP3 Player Streaming by JRT Studio! 🎶

    164 Rocket Player alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Rocket Player screenshot 1

    Rocket Player Features

    1.  Chromecast Support
    2.  Sync iTunes Libraries
    3.  Artwork
    4.  Built-in Equalizer
    5.  Built-In ID3 Tag Editor
    6.  Create Playlist

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  7. LXMusic icon

    LXMusic

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    LXMusic is a minimalist xmms2 music player developed with GTK+ in pure C language. It features a very simple, clean, lightweight, and intuitive user interface. The UI looks quite similar to that provide by another famous music player under...

    64 LXMusic alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    LXMusic screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Music collection

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  9. Goggles Music Manager icon

    Goggles Music Manager

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    Goggles Music Manager is a music collection manager and player that automatically categorizes your music files based on genre, artist, album, and song. It supports gapless playback and features easy tag editing.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Goggles Music Manager screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Batch Rename Files
    2. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Create Playlist
    5.  Replay Gain

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  10. Xfmpc

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    A graphical GTK+ MPD client focusing on low footprint.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Xfmpc screenshot 1

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  11. RhythmCat icon

    RhythmCat

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    RhythmCat is a music player which can be running under Linux. It can be used as a normal music player, and it can also show lyrics in a single window, or even on the desktop. It can help you mix your voice into the original music.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    RhythmCat screenshot 1

    RhythmCat Features

    1.  Music Library

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  12. Listen: The Gesture Music Player icon

    Listen: The Gesture Music Player

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    Listen runs on gestures, not buttons. It’s perfect for anytime: on your way to work, while exercising, or on the go. Whether you are in your car, on your bike, or running a marathon, you’ll be lost in the music, not the interface.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Listen: The Gesture Music Player screenshot 1
    Listen: The Gesture Music Player screenshot 2
    Listen: The Gesture Music Player screenshot 3

    Listen: The Gesture Music Player Features

    1.  Support for Gestures

    Listen: The Gesture Music Player VS Sonata

     
  13. nPlayer icon

    nPlayer

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    nPlayer provides high quality video play performance and easy control-UI supporting almost all kinds of video formats and codecs without file converting efforts.

    200 nPlayer alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    nPlayer screenshot 1

    nPlayer Features

    1.  Chromecast Support
    2.  Support for DLNA

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  14. Evil Player icon

    Evil Player

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    Evil Player is a fast, powerful and flexible media player for windows. Some of Evil Player's key features include Shoutcast, Icecast and Icecast2 support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular formats (MP3, MP2, MP1, OGG, AIFF and MOD).

    Features

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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Evil Player screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last version, 1.31, was released on July 2009, but it is still downloadable from the official website.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Shoutcast streaming
    2. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler

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