Exact Audio Copy AlternativesOnly apps categorised as CD Rippers

The best CD Ripper alternative to Exact Audio Copy is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Exact Audio Copy and many of them are CD Rippers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting CD Ripper alternatives to Exact Audio Copy are MediaMonkey, K3b, Format Factory and X Lossless Decoder.

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  1. fre:ac icon
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    fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.

    115 fre:ac alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
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    • Haiku
     
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    Comments about fre:ac as an Alternative to Exact Audio Copy
    Guest
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    Because EAC has problems with some CD drives but fre:ac does not. There is no alternative nearly as good as fre:ac.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • fre:ac is Free and Open SourceExact Audio Copy is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • fre:ac is LightweightExact Audio Copy is not according to our users
  2. MediaMonkey icon
     489 likes

    MediaMonkey is a music player and a music library manager with support for 50,000+ files and many features for organizing, tagging, converting and burning your music. It also has advanced podcasting and syncing features.

    125 MediaMonkey alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
     
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    Comments about MediaMonkey as an Alternative to Exact Audio Copy
    Guest
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    MediaMonkey is essentially a Music Library and Player software. Exact Audio Copy is a CD-DA ripping tool.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • MediaMonkey is Freemium and ProprietaryExact Audio Copy is Free Personal and Proprietary
  3. K3b icon
     258 likes

    K3b is a CD and DVD authoring application for the KDE desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks like creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as...

    52 K3b alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
     
  4. Format Factory icon
     222 likes

    Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter and ripper offering video, audio, and image conversion. It rips DVDs and CDs, handles PDF and archives, supports diverse formats, and includes a screen recorder. Optimized for various devices and easy to use.

    267 Format Factory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Warning

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    • Windows
     
  5. X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later. Supports: (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.

    31 X Lossless Decoder alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
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    Comments about X Lossless Decoder as an Alternative to Exact Audio Copy
    Guest
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    I've used XLD for years, makes a very good rip

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • X Lossless Decoder is Free and Open SourceExact Audio Copy is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • X Lossless Decoder is LightweightExact Audio Copy is not according to our users
  6. dBpoweramp icon
     65 likes

    dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with mp3 & Wave codecs, practically every audio codec can be installed from Codec Central, as well as Utility Codecs (perform...

    79 dBpoweramp alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  7. CDex icon
     66 likes

    CDex is a CD-Ripper, extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD. The application supports many Audio encoders, including WAV, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, VQF, Musepack, APE, and many others.

    34 CDex alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Bundleware
    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  8. CUERipper icon
     12 likes

    CUERipper is a utility for extracting digital audio from CDs, an open-source alternative to EAC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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    Comments about CUERipper as an Alternative to Exact Audio Copy
    yuuki76
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    In addition to AccurateRip, which is also used by EAC, information from the CTDB enables even more accurate ripping.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    Easy interface but powerfull ripper, good metadata and test database to be sure your rip of an audio CD is accurate

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • CUERipper is Free and Open SourceExact Audio Copy is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • CUERipper is LightweightExact Audio Copy is not according to our users
  9. abcde icon
     3 likes

    Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, AAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format.

    31 abcde alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  10. Asunder icon
     28 likes

    Asunder is a graphical Audio CD ripper and encoder for Linux. You can use it to save tracks from an Audio CD as any of WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, Opus, WavPack, Musepack, AAC, and Monkey's Audio files.

    45 Asunder alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. Max CD Ripper icon
     18 likes

    Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats, from compact discs or files.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
     
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