Free iTunes Alternatives for Mac

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   Spotify

    2863 likes

   Enjoy unlimited music and podcast streaming. Explore tracks by artist, genre, or playlist, and experience seamless transitions across all devices. Upgrade to Premium for offline access and no ad interruptions.

   294 Spotify alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Music Streaming
   • Audio Player

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Chrome OS
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Apple Watch
   • Snapcraft
   • Android Auto
   • Apple TV
   • Flathub
   • Android Wear
   • Samsung Galaxy Store
   • Kindle Fire
   • Playstation
   • Fire TV
   • Apple Car Play
   • Xbox
   • Android TV
   • Tizen OS
   • Roku

   • Sweden
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Spotify vs iTunes Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Guest · Sep 27, 2017

   Because there is good music

   Top Negative Comment by Guest · Mar 24, 2015

   Spotify is a music streaming app, while iTunes uses an offline music library.

   Negative comment by Guest · Apr 20, 2026

   AI slop, platforms harmful material, ads everywhere, stream-only.

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   • Spotify is Freemium and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
   • Spotify is a Music Streaming iTunes is an Audio Player
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   foobar2000

    1567 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.

   228 foobar2000 alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • CD Ripper

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

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

   • Poland
   • EU

   

   

   

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   foobar2000 vs iTunes Comments

   Negative comment by ccier7u87wl2pvvz7o · May 8, 2018

   Mac version is not currently under active development

   Positive comment by mecube · Apr 21, 2018

   Nice Library managment, support for lot of formats

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   • foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
   • foobar2000 is Customizable, Lightweight, Privacy focused and MinimalisticiTunes is not according to our users
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   Clementine

    766 likes

   Free cross-platform audio player and library organizer featuring support for local files, internet radio, smart and dynamic playlists, playlist import/export, projectM visualizations, lyrics, artist info, album art, tag editing, transcoding, device sync, and remote control.

   267 Clementine alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Clementine vs iTunes Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Dec 8, 2016

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

   Positive comment by glengaldine · Jun 13, 2018

   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.

   Positive comment by phenn · Nov 7, 2017

   Easy to use. Doesn't nag constantly.

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   • Clementine is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
   • Clementine is Lightweight and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
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   Audacious

    306 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.

   151 Audacious alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku
   • Xfce

   • Global

   

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   Strawberry

    251 likes

   Music player and collection organizer featuring support for diverse audio formats, bit-perfect playback, playlist management, tag editing, advanced output controls, streaming from Subsonic, Tidal, Qobuz, scrobbling, CD playback, and cover art retrieval.

   254 Strawberry alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Player
   • Media Player

   Origin

   • Norway

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku
   • Mac

   • Norway

   

   

   

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   Strawberry vs iTunes Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Jan 12, 2021

   Fork from Clementine which was excellent.

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   • Strawberry is Freemium and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
   • Strawberry is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
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   Pocket Casts

    245 likes

   Podcast player supporting streaming and downloads, advanced search, cross-device 'Up Next', improved discovery, playback effects, and offline listening essentials.

   140 Pocket Casts alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Podcast Player
   • Podcast Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Chrome OS
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Apple Watch
   • Android Auto
   • Android Wear
   • Apple Car Play

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Pocket Casts vs iTunes Comments

   Negative comment by vasbinde · Jun 25, 2022

   Pocket Casts is a great program, but it is purely focused on podcasts, not on audio and video player and library management. For example, it cannot rip audio CDs or play movies.

   Negative comment by ccier7u87wl2pvvz7o · Nov 6, 2021

   It's just a podcast player

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   • Pocket Casts is Freemium and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
   • Pocket Casts is a Podcast Player iTunes is an Audio Player
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    Amarok

     410 likes

    Cross-platform music player featuring customizable interface, dynamic playlists, powerful tagging and sorting, contextual views, drag-and-drop menus, robust file tracking, language localization, bookmarking, database importing, script support, and audio CD playback.

    183 Amarok alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Media Player

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

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

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

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    Amarok vs iTunes Comments

    Positive comment by Hasan Yildiz · Feb 9, 2022

    Difficult to use. It's confusing.

    Negative comment by ewanneil · Sep 13, 2021

    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.

    Negative comment by Guest · Mar 25, 2018

    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?

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    • Amarok is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Amarok is Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
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    DeaDBeeF

     200 likes

    Lightweight desktop music player designed for multiple platforms, supporting major audio codecs, gapless playback, playlist management, customizable global hotkeys, 18-band equalizer, streaming audio, plugin extensions, and command line controls.

    195 DeaDBeeF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Audio Player

    Origin

    • Denmark
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce

    • Denmark
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Dopamine

     68 likes

    Audio player for Windows, Linux, and Mac offering a visually appealing, easy-to-use interface, support for major audio formats, music library organization, tag editing, album art retrieval, playlist management, gapless playback, and advanced searching capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Media Player

    Origin

    • Belgium
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    • Belgium
    • EU

    

    

    

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    iMazing

     59 likes

    Empower your iOS device with versatile management and seamless transfer of music, photos, contacts, and app data on Mac and Windows, ensuring backup safety, ringtone personalization, and Safari data export.

    29 iMazing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • iPhone File Manager

    Origin

    • Switzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    • Switzerland

    

    

    

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    iMazing vs iTunes Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · Aug 9, 2019

    iMazing is a very good iTunes alternative, because it does local backups and on top of it, it allows you to browse and edit your backups and safely store them on your Mac or Windows computer.

    Positive comment by Guest · Aug 9, 2019

    It lets me backup my iPhone locally and the Music Transfer to my iPod is much easier.

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    • iMazing is Freemium and ProprietaryiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • iMazing is an iPhone File Manager iTunes is an Audio Player
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    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.

    176 Quod Libet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Media Player

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Quod Libet vs iTunes Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · Jan 24, 2019

    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.

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    • Quod Libet is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Quod Libet is CustomizableiTunes is not according to our users
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    Crates

     25 likes

    Crates is a user-focused, next generation music app, that merges all user’s music collections into one, enables them to own their data, listen from any source and discover new music recommended by the community.

    64 Crates alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Player
    • Media Player

    Origin

    • Greece
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    • Greece
    • EU

    

    

    

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