SoundWire Alternatives

SoundWire is described as '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:' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SoundWire for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Mac, Linux and iPhone apps. The best SoundWire alternative is Airfoil, which is free. Other great apps like SoundWire are AudioRelay, WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker, Stream What You Hear and Retro Sonic Player.

SoundWire alternatives are mainly Music Streaming Services but may also be Audio Routers or Audio Players. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of SoundWire.

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Airfoil
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Router
Mac
19 Airfoil alternatives
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 SoundWire.
- - Airfoil is the most popular free alternative to SoundWire.
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Airfoil Features
1. AirPlay SupportAirfoil can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
Stream audio
Clean design
Comments about Airfoil as a Alternative to SoundWire
Some users think Airfoil is a great SoundWire alternative, some don't.
Guest
it is good it's available on all the platforms but there is a 2 second delay in audio transmission
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AudioRelay
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Freemium • Proprietary
Music Streaming Service
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
9 AudioRelay alternatives
Listen to your PC audio, use your phone as a mic or stream audio from your phone.
- - AudioRelay is the most popular Windows, Android & Linux alternative to SoundWire.
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AudioRelay Features
Low Latency
Stream audio
Comments about AudioRelay as a Alternative to SoundWire
Almost everyone thinks AudioRelay is a great SoundWire alternative.
Tabbyz
Lower sound latency compared to soundwire. AudioRelay has a more intuitive and nicer looking UI (in my opinion) and allows you to control the phone volume from your pc.
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WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Router
Windows
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
14 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternatives
Utility for turning your Android smartphone or tablet into a wireless speaker.
- - WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to SoundWire.
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WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker Features
Stream audio
Comments about WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker as a Alternative to SoundWire
Most users think WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker is a great SoundWire alternative.
Guest
Small,Simple, free, no annoying sound like "free soundwire version", low network uses(Use Compression by default, compression is not free in soundwire) , no difference in sound quality.
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Stream What You Hear
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Free • Open Source
Music Streaming Service
Windows
16 Stream What You Hear alternatives
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 Open Source alternative to SoundWire.
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Stream What You Hear Features
Stream audio
Support for DLNA
Retro Sonic Player
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Free • Open Source
Music Streaming Service
Audio Player
Android
35 Retro Sonic Player alternatives
Android Material You Design Music Player for airsonic/subsonic API.
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Retro Sonic Player Features
1. Ad-freeRetro Sonic Player doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Privacy focusedRetro Sonic Player is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
3. LightweightRetro Sonic Player consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Dark ModeRetro Sonic Player supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
5. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
AirPlay
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Free • Proprietary
Music Streaming Service
iPhone
iPad
17 AirPlay alternatives
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 SoundWire.
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AirPlay Features
1. AirPlay SupportAirPlay can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
iTunes integration
Add a screenshot
TuneBlade
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
7 TuneBlade alternatives
TuneBlade - Stream audio to Airport Express, Apple TV, AirPlay compatible speakers and HiFi Receivers.
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TuneBlade Features
1. AirPlay SupportTuneBlade can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
Stream audio
VLC
SonoBus
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Free • Open Source
Audio Router
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
9 SonoBus alternatives
SonoBus is an easy to use application for streaming high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio between devices over the internet or a local network. Simply choose a unique group name (with optional password), and instantly connect multiple people together to make music, remote...
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SonoBus Features
Low Latency
Stream audio
Connecting audio streams
Remote monitoring
Voice Recording
Voice Chat
Audio Conferencing
Audio Share
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Free • Open Source
Android
F-Droid
9 Audio Share alternatives
Audio Share can share Windows computer's audio to Android phone over network, so your phone becomes the speaker of computer.
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Audio Share Features
Audio Sharing
Stardock Acoustic Bridge
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
9 Stardock Acoustic Bridge alternatives
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 SoundWire.
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Stardock Acoustic Bridge Features
Stream audio
SpeakerShare
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
8 SpeakerShare alternatives
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.
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SpeakerShare Features
Stream audio
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released in January 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
AirAudio
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Streaming Service
Android
7 AirAudio alternatives
AirAudio streams all audio from any app to every receiver Supports Apple AirPlay, DLNA, SONOS, Google Cast, Qualcomm® AllPlay™, Denon HEOS, Amazon Fire TV, Roku & Samsung Multiroom.
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AirAudio Features
1. AirPlay SupportAirAudio can stream or share content to your Mac, Apple TV, or compatible smart TV.
2. Chromecast SupportCast your content to a Chromecast connected device with AirAudio.
Streaming
Support for DLNA
Hi-Fi Sound
Stream audio