Yate Alternatives

Yate is described as 'Was developed for people who are serious about tagging and organizing their audio files. The application was designed from the ground up for Mac users. It is a 100% Cocoa written application and uses its own tagging library. Yate will tag mp3, m4a and FLAC files' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Yate for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and Flathub apps. The best Yate alternative is MusicBee. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try MusicBrainz Picard or Mp3tag. Other great apps like Yate are Kid3, Tagger - Tag Your Music, SongKong and Meta for Mac.

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Yate alternatives are mainly Mp3 Tag Editors but may also be Audio Players or File Renamers.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Yate.
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Yate was developed for people who are serious about tagging and organizing their audio files. The application was designed from the ground up for Mac users. It is a 100% Cocoa written application and uses its own tagging...

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Yate alternatives page was last updated Jan 7, 2025
  1. MusicBee icon
     576 likes

    MusicBee makes it easy to manage, find, and play music files on your computer. MusicBee also supports podcasts, web radio stations and SoundCloud integration.

    116 MusicBee alternatives
    Promo 1: Main Features

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Library Organization
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Skins
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Music Library
    6.  Automatic Lyrics Finder
    7.  Artwork
    8.  Library Management
    9.  Playlists management
    10.  Auto fetch album covers
    11.  Auto tag music
    12.  No registration required
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    MusicBee VS Yate

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    Comments about MusicBee as an Alternative to Yate
     
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    MusicBee is a music player whereas Yate is a music tagger

    Negative commentJan 16, 2024
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    • MusicBee is the most popular Windows alternative to Yate.

    • MusicBee is the most popular free alternative to Yate.

    • MusicBee is Free Personal and ProprietaryYate is Paid and Proprietary
    • MusicBee is CustomizableYate is not according to our users
  2. MusicBrainz Picard icon
     402 likes

    Picard is the next generation MusicBrainz tagging application. This new tagging concept is album oriented, as opposed to track/file oriented like the ClassicTagger was. Picard is written in Python, which is a cross-platform language, and makes use of cross-platform libraries -...

    68 MusicBrainz Picard alternatives
    Main

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • PortableApps.com

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Automatic Tagging
    2.  Automatic album art download
    3.  Acoustic fingerprinting
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    6.  Fix missing information
    7.  AcoustID audio fingerprints
    8.  Autotagging
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Portable
    11.  Batch Rename Files
    12.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    MusicBrainz Picard iconYate Icon

    MusicBrainz Picard VS Yate

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    • MusicBrainz Picard is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Yate.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is the most popular Open Source alternative to Yate.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is Free and Open SourceYate is Paid and Proprietary
    • MusicBrainz Picard is LightweightYate is not according to our users
  3. Mp3tag icon
     615 likes

    Mp3tag is a metadata editor for audio and video files.

    65 Mp3tag alternatives
    Mp3tag screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Top Mp3tag Features

    1.  Batch Editing
    2.  Metadata Editor
    3.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    4.  Batch Rename Files
    5.  Automatic album art download
    6.  Artwork
    7.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Support for regular expressions
    12.  Support for Unicode
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  4. Kid3 icon
     62 likes

    If you want to easily tag multiple MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV and AIFF files (e.g. full albums) without typing the same information again and again and have control over both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags, then Kid3 is the program you...

    59 Kid3 alternatives
    Kid3 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    2.  Batch Editing
    3.  Batch Rename Files
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Portable
    10.  No registration required
    Kid3 iconYate Icon

    Kid3 VS Yate

    Is Kid3 a good alternative to Yate?
     
    • Kid3 is the most popular Android alternative to Yate.

    • Kid3 is Free and Open SourceYate is Paid and Proprietary
    • Kid3 is LightweightYate is not according to our users
  5. Tagger - Tag Your Music icon
     3 likes

    An easy-to-use music tag (metadata) editor.

    40 Tagger - Tag Your Music alternatives
    Tagger - Tag Your Music screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub

    Tagger - Tag Your Music Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Musicbrainz support
    Tagger - Tag Your Music iconYate Icon

    Tagger - Tag Your Music VS Yate

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  6. SongKong icon
     26 likes

    SongKong is a music organization and tagger app designed to simplify the task of managing your digital music collection automatically.

    36 SongKong alternatives
    SongKong screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top SongKong Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    6.  Batch Rename Files
    7.  Batch Editing
    8.  Acoustic fingerprinting
    9.  Artwork
    10.  Full Automation
    11.  Musicbrainz support
    12.  Automatic Tagging
    SongKong iconYate Icon

    SongKong VS Yate

    Is SongKong a good alternative to Yate?
     
    • SongKong is the most popular commercial alternative to Yate.

    • SongKong is Paid and ProprietaryYate is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Meta for Mac icon
     13 likes

    Meta is a powerful yet easy to use music tag editor for Mac. Batch edit audio metadata, rename files, replace characters, embed artworks, create playlists and more….

    41 Meta for Mac alternatives
    Meta for Mac screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Meta for Mac Features

    1.  Batch Editing
    2.  Batch Rename Files
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Artwork
    5.  Batch processing
    Meta for Mac iconYate Icon

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  8. TidyTag Music Tag Editor icon
     1 like

    Easily handle music organization with TidyTag, supporting various audio formats and metadata standards. Features include batch tagging, duplicate file cleaning, manual lyric addition, and file renaming. Enjoy seamless music playback while editing.

    54 TidyTag Music Tag Editor alternatives
    TidyTag Music Tag Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    TidyTag Music Tag Editor iconYate Icon

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  9. Ear Tag icon
     2 likes

    Ear Tag is a simple audio file tag editor. It is primarily geared towards making quick edits or bulk-editing tracks in albums/EPs. Unlike other tagging programs, Ear Tag does not require the user to set up a music library folder.

    52 Ear Tag alternatives
    Ear Tag screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Ear Tag Features

    1.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Gtk
    Ear Tag iconYate Icon

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  10. Jaikoz icon
     54 likes

    Jaikoz is a powerful music tagger application that can automatically fix your music collection, and with powerful spreadsheet like editing as well.

    46 Jaikoz alternatives
    Jaikoz screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Jaikoz Features

    1.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Batch Rename Files
    5.  Batch Editing
    6.  File Tagging
    7.  Automatic Tagging
    Jaikoz iconYate Icon

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  11. Media Tagger icon
     26 likes

    Tagger is application that auto tags audio files. It also supports batch tag editing.

    47 Media Tagger alternatives
    Multiple files can be edited at once.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Media Tagger Features

    1.  Automatic Tagging
    2.  Batch processing
    3.  Support for Batch Mode
    4.  Artwork
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 1.8, released in July 2014, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

    Media Tagger iconYate Icon

    Media Tagger VS Yate

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  12. Tagr icon
     4 likes

    Tagr is an application for Mac OS X that helps you organize your MP3 / M4A (MP4) collection.

    33 Tagr alternatives
    Tagr screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Tagr Features

    1.  Artwork
    2.  Drag and Drop
    Tagr iconYate Icon

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