iTunes is one of the first and yet one of the best of all media managers — it would help organize your media files, be a media player itself, broadcast content over the internet and has lots more features.
Through the years, many alternatives came up to iTunes some of which rival and possibly outperform iTunes itself. These are our top 10 picks for iTunes alternatives over Windows, macOS and Linux based Desktop systems.
Waltr 2: Alternatives to iTunes
Waltr 2 is available on both Windows and macOS and is one of the best iTunes alternatives. It has a clean and convenient interface and also has a fast and secure transfer system of files.
Get it here: Waltr 2 (Free, $50)
WinX/MacX MediaTrans: iTunes Alternatives
The MediaTrans apps of WinX/MacX work respectively on the Windows and Mac platforms and provide an easy way of transferring photos, videos and music from iOS devices to desktops. One best feature it has is that it encrypts your files and keeps them secure!
Get it here: WinX MacX (Free, $39.95 Lifetime)
Musique: Free iTunes Alternative
Musique is a good music player for Windows, Mac & Linux and brings a clean and beautiful UI to the table. It presents all of your files exactly the way you organized. It also has a built-in system for finding lyrics, but the downside with it is that it might not be consistent all the time.
Get it here: Musique (Free)
Vox Media Player As Best iTunes Alternative
Vox Media Player is a simple and highly powerful media player that supports a lot of formats of files. Not only from Itunes or personal library of files, but it also allows streaming content from Soundcloud, Youtube or many other radio stations.
Get it here: Vox (Free, $4.99 / month)
MusicBee: Alternatives to iTunes 
MusicBee is a Windows only application that helps you manage your files and sync content between Windows and iOS devices. It also supports listening to podcasts, radio and integration with Soundcloud as well!
Get it here: MusicBee (Free)
Media Monkey: iTunes Alternatives
Mediamonkey is available only for windows and is great for people who have a large library of music and other media files. It has great features for shuffle playback of all the media and also can scan all of your files and identify any files that miss certain required information.
Get it here: Media Monkey (Free, From $24.95)
Fidelia: Alternatives to iTunes
Fidelia is a Mac application that has a host of features like equalizers … that will help you customize every facet of the music you listen to. It is highly suitable for people who want to listen to high-quality music and want deep customization options.
Get it here: Fidelia ($29.99)
Foobar2000: Free iTunes Alternative
Foobar2000 supports all highly used file formats and provides deep customization options. In addition to it, it offers a lot of plugins and options for playback.
Get it here: Foobar2000 (free)
PhoneRescue: Alternatives to iTunes
Though not a media player, it is a great tool for data recovery which can recover over 31 types of files which has an edge over iTunes itself. It also has a great UI which offers flexibility and lets its users to choose and retrieve missing data selectively.
Get it here: PhoneRescue (Free, $59.99)
Clementine: Free iTunes Alternative
Clementine lets you organize all of your files efficiently and with ease and also, lets you transcode your music files into different formats. It supports broadcasting over the internet and also is integrated over different cloud services. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Get it here: Clementine (Free)
These are the 10 impressive alternatives of iTunes for Windows, Mac and Linux. Every one of them would have their own advantages and disadvantages and a single best one cannot be picked!
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