SoundWire Alternatives for Mac
SoundWire is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Airfoil, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to SoundWire and six of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to SoundWire are AudioRelay, SonoBus, SpeakerShare and Ses.
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.Airfoil
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo19 Airfoil alternatives- Freemium • Proprietary
- Audio Router
- Mac
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.
Airfoil Features
Comments about Airfoil as a Alternative to SoundWire
it is good it's available on all the platforms but there is a 2 second delay in audio transmission
0AudioRelay
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Freemium • Proprietary
- Music Streaming Service
9 AudioRelay alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
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.
AudioRelay Features
Comments about AudioRelay as a Alternative to SoundWire
TabbyzLower 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.
1SonoBus
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Audio Router
9 SonoBus alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
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...
SonoBus Features
SpeakerShare
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo8 SpeakerShare alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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.
SpeakerShare Features
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released in January 2014, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.
MacOS tray app to control Sonos speakers ecosystem.
Snapcast
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Music Streaming Service
5 Snapcast alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
Snapcast is a multiroom client-server audio player, where all clients are time synchronized with the server to play perfectly synced audio. It's not a standalone player, but an extension that turns your existing audio player into a Sonos-like multiroom solution.
Snapcast Features