Top 15 FLAC Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

1. WavPack

WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled performance and functionality.WavPack features include:- Compatible...... TpSort Score | 28,700,000

2. Apple Lossless

Apple Lossless (also known as ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music.Apple Lossless data is stored within an MP4 container with the filename extension .m4a – this extension is also used by Apple for AAC audio data in an MP4 container...... TpSort Score | 42,500,000

3. Opus Interactive Audio Codec

Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus is unmatched for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet, but also intended for storage and streaming applications. It is standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as RFC 6716 which incorporated technology from Skype's SILK codec...... TpSort Score | 1,800,000

4. Matroska

The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows....... TpSort Score | 18,600,000

5. LAME

LAME is a high quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder licensed under the LGPL. It is considered the best MP3 encoder at mid-high bitrates and at VBR. Both quality and speed improvements are still happening, probably making LAME the only MP3 encoder still being actively developed.Mike Cheng started it...... TpSort Score | 1,730,000

6. Vorbis

Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel. This places Vorbis in the same competitive class as audio representations such as MPEG-4 (AAC), and similar to,...... TpSort Score | 2,050,000

7. TAK

»TAK – [T]om’s lossless [a]udio [k]ompressor / [T]oms verlustfreier [A]udio[k]ompressor – is, as the name already suggests, a lossless audio compressor, similar to FLAC, WavPack and Monkey’s Audio. On average, lossless compression reduces the file size to about 50 percent of the original size; however the compression can vary between...... TpSort Score | 15,300,000

8. SID Player

SID Player is able to play music that was created on and for the Commodore 64. This version comes with all 42000+ SIDs from the High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC)....... TpSort Score | 128,000,000

9. Audio Recorder

‘Audio Recorder’ is a small utility for recording audio. It’s able to capture output from your soundcard, microphone, web browser – even Skype; basically if it plays through your speakers Audio Recorder can record it....... TpSort Score | 30,400,000

10. Klystrack

klystrack is a little chiptune composing tool that uses klystron. It is comparable to AHX on the Amiga....... TpSort Score | 28,300,000

11. Modizer

Modizer is a multiformat modules & chiptunes player which allows you to listen to computers and consoles music (C64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, PC, ...).Based on multiple high quality playback engines and using either the FTP server, the builtin WEB browser or the integrated Modland & HVSC databases you...... TpSort Score | 28,200,000

12. Virtual audio capture grabber device

virtual-audio-capture-grabber-device is an audio capture device allowing you to capture all the "wave out sound" that is playing on your speakers (i.e. record what you hear) for Windows 7/Vista....... TpSort Score | 2,560,000

13. Droidsound

Droidsound is a free multi-format music player for Android devices, made by Swimsuit Boys. It is available for free and can play several old and new formats, including MOD, SID, XM, MP3, SNDH, S3M, IT, NSF and VGM/VGZ. Relive those classic tunes from the old days, or discover the new...... TpSort Score | 28,800,000

14. FStream

FStream is a little WebRadio listener/recorder software.Functionalities- Decode MP3, AAC/AAC+, OGG Vorbis, WMA (via MMS) audio formats- Recognition of M3U/PLS/ASX playlists- Record streams in MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF on Mac- Record streams in WAV, AIFF on iPhone- Export recordings from iPhone to Mac via Wi-Fi FTP- Display of song/artist metadata-...... TpSort Score | 142,000

15. NodeBeat

Make music with NodeBeat, the intuitive and fun visual music app for all ages. Whether you're 5 or 105, NodeBeat will make you sound like a pro.Create your own music in a matter of minutes or listen to NodeBeat generate its own. Easily share your creations with others or save...... TpSort Score | 28,200,000