Zune Software Alternatives

Zune Software is described as 'Full media player application with a library, an interface to the Zune Marketplace, and as a media streaming server' and is a popular app in the video & movies category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Zune Software for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Zune Software alternative is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Clementine or Amarok. Other great apps like Zune Software are Winamp, Dopamine, Exaile and Winyl.

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Zune Software is a full media player application with a library, an interface to the Zune Marketplace, and as a media streaming server.

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Zune Software alternatives page was last updated May 16, 2020
  1. foobar2000 icon
     1517 likes

    foobar2000 is an advanced multi-platform freeware audio player.

    184 foobar2000 alternatives
    Foobar custom.

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Audio Conversion
    4.  Replay Gain
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    8.  Portable
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Audio processing/resampling
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Gapless Playback
    foobar2000 iconZune Software Icon

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    Comments about foobar2000 as an Alternative to Zune Software
     
    Guest

    looking for software to access a zune, not an mp3 player

    Negative commentMay 16, 2020
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    foobar2000 icon
    • foobar2000 is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Zune Software.

    • foobar2000 is the most popular free alternative to Zune Software.

    • foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryZune Software is Free and Proprietary
    • foobar2000 is Customizable and LightweightZune Software is not according to our users
  2. Clementine icon
     729 likes

    Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...

    241 Clementine alternatives
    Clementine with lyrics pane

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Smart playlists
    2.  Podcast Player
    3.  Dynamic/Intelligent Playlists
    4. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    5.  Playlists management
    6.  Audio Visualization
    7.  Lossless Audio
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  No registration required
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Moodbar
    Clementine iconZune Software Icon

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    • Clementine is the most popular Linux alternative to Zune Software.

    • Clementine is the most popular Open Source alternative to Zune Software.

    • Clementine is Free and Open SourceZune Software is Free and Proprietary
    • Clementine is Lightweight and Privacy focusedZune Software is not according to our users
  3. Winamp icon
     878 likes

    Winamp is a media player for Windows developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev by their company Nullsoft, which they later sold to AOL, who sold to Radionomy in January 2014. Since version 2 it has been sold as freemium and supports extensibility with plug-ins and skins...

    243 Winamp alternatives
    Winamp screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Internet Radio
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Skin customization
    4.  Crossfading
    5.  Playlists management
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Lossless Audio
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Mix Music
    Winamp iconZune Software Icon

    Winamp VS Zune Software

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    • Winamp is the most popular Web-based alternative to Zune Software.

    • Winamp is Free Personal and ProprietaryZune Software is Free and Proprietary
    • Winamp is LightweightZune Software is not according to our users
  4. Amarok icon
     404 likes

    Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before — and it looks good doing it.

    165 Amarok alternatives
    Overview

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    2.  Podcast Subscription
    3.  Music Library
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Support for scripting
    7.  Multiple languages
    Amarok iconZune Software Icon

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  5. Dopamine icon
     52 likes

    Dopamine is an audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. It can play wav, mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, wma and m4a/aac.

    58 Dopamine alternatives
    Dopamine screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Clean design
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Theme Customization
    4.  Ad-free
    5. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  No registration required
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  Support for Lyrics
    10.  Auto fetch album covers
    11.  Automatic Lyrics Finder
    12.  WASAPI Output
    Dopamine iconZune Software Icon

    Dopamine VS Zune Software

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    Comments about Dopamine as an Alternative to Zune Software
     
    Guest

    Dopamine uses an interface very similar to the Zune interface.

    Positive commentMar 14, 2017
    2
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    Dopamine icon
    • Dopamine is Free and Open SourceZune Software is Free and Proprietary
    • Dopamine is Privacy focusedZune Software is not according to our users
  6. Exaile icon
     107 likes

    Exaile is a cross-platform music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python and is easily extensible via plugins. It incorporates automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, streaming Internet radio...

    142 Exaile alternatives
    Random Screenshot

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    Exaile Features

    1. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    Exaile iconZune Software Icon

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  7. Winyl icon
     40 likes

    Winyl is a free digital audio player and music library application for organizing and playing audio on Windows.

    363 Winyl alternatives
    Winyl screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Skinnable
    3.  Music collection
    4.  Music Library
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Built-in Equalizer
    8.  Crossfading
    Discontinued

    No updates since late 2018

    Winyl iconZune Software Icon

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  8. aTunes icon
     78 likes

    aTunes is a full-featured audio player and manager, developed in Java programming language, so it can be executed on different platforms: Windows, Linux and Unix-like systems.

    141 aTunes alternatives
    aTunes screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    aTunes Features

    1.  iPhone/iPod sync
    Discontinued

    last update: 22. June 2014

    aTunes iconZune Software Icon

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  9. Museeks icon
     17 likes

    A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.

    132 Museeks alternatives
    Museeks screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Music Library
    6.  Electron based
    7.  Playlists
    Museeks iconZune Software Icon

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  10. Volumio icon
     12 likes

    Volumio is a free and Open Source Linux Distribution, designed and fine-tuned exclusively for music playback. It runs on a variety of devices, typically small and cheap computers like the Raspberry PI, but also on low power PCs, notebooks or thin clients.

    168 Volumio alternatives
    Homepage

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi

    Volumio Features

    1.  Stream audio
    Volumio iconZune Software Icon

    Volumio VS Zune Software

    Is Volumio a good alternative to Zune Software?
     
    • Volumio is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Zune Software.

    • Volumio is Free and Open SourceZune Software is Free and Proprietary
  11. JuK icon
     7 likes

    Juk is a music player and a music manager. JuK is, well, at its heart, a jukebox. As is typical with many jukebox applications, JuK allows you to edit the tags of your audio files, and manage your collection and playlists. JuK is part of the KDE Multimedia package.

    128 JuK alternatives
    Main

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
    JuK iconZune Software Icon

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  12. musikCube icon
     26 likes

    Featuring a solid core set of functions, musikCube is very lightweight and fast, with an interface that will be immediately familiar to anyone who's used an iTunes or Amarok 1.x style player (that is, nearly everyone).

    96 musikCube alternatives
    musikCube screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    musikCube iconZune Software Icon

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