AirPlay Alternatives
AirPlay is described as 'Wireless streaming technology enabling music and multimedia sharing across homes, integrated in speakers, AV receivers, TVs, and more' and is a Music Streaming service in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AirPlay for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best AirPlay alternative is FCast, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AirPlay are Airfoil, Audiout, TheOpenPresenter and Snapcast.
Alternatives list
33 Airfoil alternativesSend 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.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United States
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On a Mac, only Apple's own Music and TV apps can send audio to more than one AirPlay speaker. Everything else, Spotify, YouTube, a game, reaches one output at a time. Audiout removes that limit.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Germany
EU
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Free and open source, web-based presentation software for churches and live events, with real-time collaboration and remote control from any device.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Docker
United Kingdom
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10 Snapcast alternativesSnapcast enhances audio players, creating a multiroom solution with synchronized playback via client-server architecture. It allows simultaneous audio feeds and client grouping, integrating well with MPD and Mopidy for perfect audio distribution.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Germany
- EU
17 WiFi Audio Wireless Speaker alternativesUtility for turning your Android smartphone or tablet into a wireless speaker.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
19 SoundWire alternativesSoundWire lets you send any music or audio ("what you hear now") from your Windows or Linux PC to your Android mobile devices.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Raspberry Pi
- United States
17 Stream What You Hear alternativesStream 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...
Platforms
- Windows
7 TuneBlade alternativesTuneBlade - Stream audio to Airport Express, Apple TV, AirPlay compatible speakers and HiFi Receivers.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Redirects and centralizes audio between PCs, enabling sound transfer across network for applications like chat, music, and alerts with easy toggling and up to four shared installations.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
22 Gnomecast alternativesThis is a native Linux GUI for casting local files to Chromecast devices. It supports:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- GNOME
Watch the latest news, live sports events, YouTube and music videos on TV. Requires only phone/tablet and an optional connected TV. Supports Samsung TV, LG TV, Sony TV, Apple TV, XBox, Chromecast... and of course your mobile screen.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
- United States
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