iTunes AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Media Players

The best Media Player alternative to iTunes is MusicBee. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try MusicBee or Clementine. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to iTunes and many of them are Media Players so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Media Player alternatives to iTunes are AIMP, Winamp, Audacious and Strawberry.

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  1. MusicBee icon

    MusicBee

     589 likes

    Offers library and playlist management, auto folder monitoring, podcast downloads, web radio, advanced tagging, custom ID3 tags, CD ripping with validation, syncing to iPods, iPhones, MTP, USB, converts and normalizes audio, fetches album art and tags from web.

    125 MusicBee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about MusicBee as an Alternative to iTunes
    Top Positive Comment
    John Fastman
    1

    The best non-open source app for Windows that plays music. Great at organizing music collections and even suggests local gigs based on bands you have stored in your library. But I would go for an open source alternative, and MusicBee doesn't help me have the same library on non-Windows machines.

    Top Negative Comment
    Robert Fisher
    -1

    Not really like iTunes at all. You can't sync and set device preferences for your iPhone with this program.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    A similar interface, supports using folders as playlists so in that sense it's even better than itunes, many beautiful themes, lightweight. Musicbee feels like home, coming from itunes.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 13 comments
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    MusicBee icon

    • Almost everyone thinks MusicBee is a great iTunes alternative.

    • MusicBee is Free Personal and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • MusicBee is Customizable and LightweightiTunes is not according to our users
  2. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     752 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...

    254 Clementine alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Comments about Clementine as an Alternative to iTunes
    glengaldine
    Positive
    2

    Really good. Started to use it in my Linux years (mostly on Arch), and using it still on macOS. Interface is a bit chaotic, but it's much better then iTunes so far.

    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Amazing playback and sync capabilites. Especially great for streaming or handling big music libraries.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    phenn
    Positive
    1

    Easy to use. Doesn't nag constantly.

    Clementine icon
    Clementine icon

    • Most users think Clementine is a great iTunes alternative.

    • Clementine is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Clementine is Lightweight and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
  4. foobar2000 icon

    foobar2000

     1540 likes

    Audio player offering MP3, FLAC support, gapless playback, customizable interfaces, CD ripping, advanced tagging, ReplayGain, plugins, and is known for its freeware model, running on various Windows versions with high audio fidelity.

    203 foobar2000 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Comments about foobar2000 as an Alternative to iTunes
    ccier7u87wl2pvvz7o
    Negative
    12

    Mac version is not currently under active development

    mecube
    Positive
    6

    Nice Library managment, support for lot of formats

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    foobar2000 icon

    • Most users think foobar2000 is a great iTunes alternative.

    • foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • foobar2000 is Customizable, Lightweight, Privacy focused and MinimalisticiTunes is not according to our users
  5. AIMP icon

    AIMP

     875 likes

    Feature-rich audio player for Windows and Android supporting diverse codecs and interfaces. Includes conversion tools, skins, plugins, and custom equalizer for enhanced audio streaming and podcast playback.

    345 AIMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
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  6. Winamp icon

    Winamp

     895 likes

    Media player for Windows offering ease of use, skinnable design, advanced audio visualizers, and support for plug-ins, playlists, music library, and various audio formats. Known for extensibility, music visualization, and online community support.

    263 Winamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Comments about Winamp as an Alternative to iTunes
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    similar functionality basically

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Winamp icon
    Winamp icon

    • Some users think Winamp is a great iTunes alternative, some don't.

    • Winamp is Free and ProprietaryiTunes is also Free and Proprietary
    • Winamp is LightweightiTunes is not according to our users
  7. Audacious icon

    Audacious

     300 likes

    Lightweight open-source audio player for Unix-like platforms focused on high sound quality, extensive codec support, playlist handling, Internet radio, plugins, Winamp-style skins, cue sheets, metadata display, effects, equalizer, and efficient resource usage.

    134 Audacious alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
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  9. Strawberry icon

    Strawberry

     249 likes

    Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs. It's written in C++ using the Qt framework.

    244 Strawberry alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Comments about Strawberry as an Alternative to iTunes
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Fork from Clementine which was excellent.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Strawberry icon
    Strawberry icon

    • Almost everyone thinks Strawberry is a great iTunes alternative.

    • Strawberry is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Strawberry is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
  10. MediaMonkey icon

    MediaMonkey

     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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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    Comments about MediaMonkey as an Alternative to iTunes
    ndlinn
    Positive
    1

    Probably the only app I’ve encountered that currently does all that iTunes does and more, but the layout is much more cumbersome and clunky and will take some serious getting used-to.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Better in all aspects: collection management, tag management, ripping and converting, art finder, etc.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Great way to store and sort your music library, create playlists.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    MediaMonkey icon
    MediaMonkey icon

    • Almost everyone thinks MediaMonkey is a great iTunes alternative.

    • MediaMonkey is Freemium and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
  11. Amarok icon

    Amarok

     411 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.

    168 Amarok alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about Amarok as an Alternative to iTunes
    Hasan Yildiz
    Positive
    0

    Difficult to use. It's confusing.

    ewanneil
    Negative
    0

    Not really up to the job. It made a total mess of my collection of around 40k tracks. I couldn't find anything. For example, it stuck lots of my single artist albums into "various" and missed out a whole host of second discs from double albums. To make matters worse it crashed or failed to respond more often than not. I think iTunes is pretty poor but this is considerably worse.

    Guest
    Negative
    -29

    No music store. Also not available for Mac. GPL, which is copyleft, and I really don't care for copyleft. I care more for open source, but I most care that it's free. I don't hate open-source though. Any other software licensed under MIT or BSD?

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Amarok icon
    Amarok icon

    • Some users think Amarok is a great iTunes alternative, some don't.

    • Amarok is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Amarok is Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
  12. Quod Libet icon

    Quod Libet

     169 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music
     
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    Comments about Quod Libet as an Alternative to iTunes
    Guest
    Positive
    -4

    The hi hat and cymbals on Mr Mister's "we belong to no one" are clearer than foobar the bass is deep but not annoying the entire playback of this song is extremely clear.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Quod Libet icon
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    • Almost everyone thinks Quod Libet is a great iTunes alternative.

    • Quod Libet is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Quod Libet is CustomizableiTunes is not according to our users
  13. Dopamine icon

    Dopamine

     62 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.

    66 Dopamine alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. Windows Media Player icon

    Windows Media Player

     263 likes

    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...

    222 Windows Media Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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