Compare Apple Lossless alternatives
Compare top-ranked Apple Lossless alternatives by score, license, and supported platforms.
| Alternative | Score | License | Platforms |
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| FLAC | 99% 1087 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows, Mac, Linux, Android |
| LAME | 99% 579 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Vorbis | 99% 539 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Opus Interactive Audio Codec | 95% 63 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Matroska | 90% 41 votes | Free, Open Source | Windows, Mac, Linux, Android |
| Nero AAC Codec | 27% 11 votes | Free, Personal | Windows, Linux |
| TAK | 29% 7 votes | Free | Windows |
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Score: 99%
FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinuxAndroid
More FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Audio similar to MP3, but lossless FLAC audio format, which compresses without loss of quality. This Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Android,BSD
Alternatives 4
Score: 99%
FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
More Under the LGPL lame licensed high-quality MPEG audio layer III (MP3) is a woman. V is considered to be the best MP3 encoder and bit-to midnight. And Quality Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD
Alternatives 6
Vorbis
Score: 99%
FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
More Ogg Vorbis high quality (medium to 8kHz48 completely open, General-purpose compressed audio format.Fixed and variable 0kHz 16+ bit polyphonic) audio and music Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux
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Score: 95%
FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinux
More Opus full-open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. To transfer the Opus interactive speech and music over the internet, is unique, but at the same time provided Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux
Alternatives 10
Score: 90%
FreeOpen SourceWindowsMacLinuxAndroid
More Matroska multimedia container is an open standard free container format, an unlimited number of video file format, audio, picture or subtitle tracks Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,Android
Alternatives 12
Nero AAC Codec
Score: 27%
FreePersonalWindowsLinux
More Ultra high (58 CDS), starting with the Nero AAC reference quality MPEG-4 AVC audio codec compression ratio a seizure! 1 (2.5:) many thanks to Sound, absolutely for Features:Free,Personal,Windows,Linux
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Score: 29%
FreeWindows
More "Plug the name suggests, lossless audio compressor, similar to [T]om [audio [k]audio [k] - compressor / [T]oms lossless[A]ompressor a] – lossless, says, Features:Free,Windows,Winamp,foobar2000
Alternatives Apple Lossless alternatives FAQ
What is the best Apple Lossless alternative?
FLAC is currently the top-ranked option on this list based on community votes and item score.
Are there free Apple Lossless alternatives?
Yes. Free, freemium, or open-source options in this list include FLAC, LAME, Vorbis, Opus Interactive Audio Codec, Matroska.
Which platforms are covered?
The alternatives in this list include options for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, depending on each product.
How are alternatives ranked?
Alternatives are ordered by community voting signals, item score, and the available product details collected for each option.