TapTunes AlternativesAudio Players and other similar apps like TapTunes

TapTunes is described as 'With TapTunes, you will experience your music collection like never before. Touch, tap, drag, shake, swipe, pinch ? you've never been this close to your tunes!' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to TapTunes for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Linux, Mac and Android Tablet apps. The best TapTunes alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TapTunes are MPC-HC, MPV, PotPlayer and SMPlayer.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon
    VLC Media Player icon

    VLC Media Player

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    VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework. Owned by the non-profit organization VideoLAN.

    295 VLC Media Player alternatives
    VLC Media Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Apple Watch
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Haiku
    • Android TV
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    VLC Media Player screenshot 1
    VLC Media Player screenshot 2
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    VLC Media Player screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Video Converter
    3.  Video playback
    4.  Built-in Media converter
    5.  Support for subtitles
    6.  Integrated Codecs
    7.  Audio Recording
    8.  Cross-Platform
    9.  Internet Radio
    10.  Compatibility Layer
    11.  Support for Themes
    12.  Media Streaming
    13.  Replay Gain
    14.  Playback speed control
    15.  Multiple languages
    16.  Playlists management
    17.  Works Offline
    18.  No registration required
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    Comments about VLC Media Player as an Alternative to TapTunes
     
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    Always works for me. No matter what Ext

    Positive comment •Mar 27, 2018
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    TapTunes Icon
    VLC Media Player icon

    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to TapTunes.

    • VLC Media Player is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to TapTunes.

    • VLC Media Player is Free and Open SourceTapTunes is Paid and Proprietary
    • VLC Media Player is CustomizableTapTunes is not according to our users
  2. MPC-HC icon
    MPC-HC icon

    MPC-HC

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    Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows®. Media Player Classic Home Cinema supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback.

    136 MPC-HC alternatives
    MPC-HC screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    MPC-HC screenshot 1
    MPC-HC screenshot 2
    +5
    MPC-HC screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Stream audio
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Support for 4K
    7.  Support for Themes
    8.  Portable
    9.  Webcam recording
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  4. MPV icon
    MPV icon

    MPV

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    MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

    103 MPV alternatives
    MPV screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    MPV screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Minimalistic
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Integrated Codecs
    2.  Low resource footprint
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Video playback
    5.  Drag and Drop
    6.  Lua scripting
    7.  HDR source support
    8.  GNU/linux-libre
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Portable
    11.  Hardware Accelerated
    12.  Works Offline
    13.  Download YouTube Playlist
    14.  Dark Mode
    15.  Support for 4K
    16.  Support for subtitles
    17.  No registration required
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  5. PotPlayer icon
    PotPlayer icon

    PotPlayer

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    PotPlayer is a multimedia software player developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system by South Korean Internet company Kakao (formerly Daum Communications).

    124 PotPlayer alternatives
    Main Window. Desktop UI, playing YouTube video.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window touch UI
    Menu
    +2
    Preferences Window

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    2.  Graphical User Interface
    3.  Support for subtitles
    4.  Playback speed control
    5.  Skinnable
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Integrated Codecs
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Thumbnail preview
    10.  Video playback
    11.  Capture image from video
    12.  No registration required
    13.  Works Offline
    14.  Playlists management
    15.  Full keyboard shortcuts
    16.  Double subtitle support
    17.  Built-in Equalizer
    18.  Built-in subtitle search
    19.  Album shuffle mode
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  6. SMPlayer icon
    SMPlayer icon

    SMPlayer

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    SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. SMPlayer remembers the settings of all files you play.

    122 SMPlayer alternatives
    Playing video - Default Skin

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • mpv
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    Main Window - Dark Skin
    Option - Tablet Mode
    +4
    SMPlayer on a GNU/Linux Machine

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Multiplatform
    4.  Skin customization
    5.  Youtube support
    6.  Integrated Codecs
    7.  Built-in subtitle search
    8.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Portable
    11.  Multiple languages
    12.  No registration required
    13.  HDR source support
    14.  Chromecast Support
    15.  3D Support
    16.  Command Line Options
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  7. Media Player Classic icon
    Media Player Classic icon

    Media Player Classic

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    Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support and built-in...

    129 Media Player Classic alternatives
    Media Player Classic screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Media Player Classic Features

    1.  Support for subtitles
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. The currently active fork is MPC-HC icon MPC-HC . Latest version, 6.4.9.1, released in April 2011, can be still downloaded from FreeCodec.com

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  9. MPC-BE icon
    MPC-BE icon

    MPC-BE

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    MPC-BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows.

    MPC-BE is based on the original Guliverkli project and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project, contains additional features and bug fixes.

    112 MPC-BE alternatives
    MPC-BE screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MPC-BE screenshot 1
    MPC-BE screenshot 2
    +2
    MPC-BE screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Thumbnails
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Portable
    5.  Integrated Youtube support
    6.  Works Offline
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  10. MPlayer icon
    MPlayer icon

    MPlayer

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    MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.

    129 MPlayer alternatives
    MPlayer on Ubuntu (Linux)

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hardware Accelerated
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Integrated Codecs
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  11. KMPlayer icon
    KMPlayer icon

    KMPlayer

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    The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as TS (also from Technisat Digicorder), VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others.

    154 KMPlayer alternatives
    KMPlayer 32bit

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    KMPlayer Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Supports H265 Codec
    4.  Support for Batch Mode
    KMPlayer 64X
    KMPlayer 32bit
    +3
    Mac
    Bundleware

    Be careful during installation. https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

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  12. Quod Libet icon
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    Quod Libet

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    A extensible Music player with Podcast support, web radio, playlists and many more. As it is written in Python, writing new plug-ins is really easy.

    159 Quod Libet alternatives
    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
    The album browser, giving a visual anchor for a large library
    The cover grid browser, giving an even more visual anchor for libraries
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    The Soundcloud browser.

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Library Management
    2.  Tagging
    3.  Music Library
    4.  Media library
    5.  Built-in Tag editor
    6.  Waveform Seekbar
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Support for Themes
    10.  User Rating
    11.  Portable
    12.  Sorting
    13.  Sits in the System Tray
    14.  Columnar-panel navigation
    15.  Custom filters
    16.  Musicbrainz support
    17.  Hi-Fi Sound
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  13. MX Player icon
    MX Player icon

    MX Player

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    Powerful video and music player with advanced hardware acceleration and subtitle supports

    139 MX Player alternatives
    MX Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    MX Player screenshot 1
    MX Player screenshot 2
    +2
    MX Player screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Hardware Accelerated
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Audio playback
    4.  Support for subtitles
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Support for 4K
    8.  Lossless Audio
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Personalized Recommendations
    11.  Support for Themes
    12.  Chromecast Support
    13.  Playlists management
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  14. Windows Media Player icon
    Windows Media Player icon

    Windows Media Player

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    Windows Media Player is a video and audio player developed by Microsoft for Windows 11 and Windows 10. It is the successor to Groove Music (previously Xbox Music), Microsoft Movies & TV and the original Windows Media...

    209 Windows Media Player alternatives
    Windows Media Player screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Windows Media Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for DLNA
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Lossless Audio
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Bundled with Windows
    8.  Music Library
    9.  DVD Burner
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