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Instead of Max, try one of these 10.

Every alternative is lined up against Max on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Max sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
MaxWhat you have now
HBO series and Warner Bros movies, rebranded.
PricePaid
from $10/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
fre:ac#1
Batch audio converter and CD ripper supporting many codecs.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux
Exact Audio Copy#2
Meticulous Windows ripper focused on secure, bit-perfect extraction.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win
X Lossless Decoder#3
Mac tool for decoding and splitting lossless audio files.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Mac
CDex#4
Classic Windows CD ripper with broad encoder support.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win
dBpoweramp#5
Commercial suite bundling ripping, conversion and tagging tools.
PricePaid
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac
EZ CD Audio Converter#6
Paid all-in-one converter, ripper and disc burner for Windows.
PricePaid
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win
Asunder#7
Simple GTK CD ripper for Linux with many output formats.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Linux
Sound Juicer#8
Minimal GNOME CD ripper built on GStreamer.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Linux
Goobox#9
GNOME CD player that can also extract tracks.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Linux
Elegant Converter#10
Native macOS batch audio and video format converter.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Mac

How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.

Max alternatives at a glance

Max is a paid video streaming app (from $10/mo). We compared 10 alternatives: 5 are open source, 7 are completely free, 0 can be self-hosted and 10 work fully offline. The most popular is fre:ac, with 256 likes.

Most liked overallfre:ac

Batch audio converter and CD ripper supporting many codecs.

Free · Open source · Works offline
Best free optionExact Audio Copy

Meticulous Windows ripper focused on secure, bit-perfect extraction.

Free · Works offline
Best open-source optionX Lossless Decoder

Mac tool for decoding and splitting lossless audio files.

Free · Open source · Works offline
Best for offline useCDex

Classic Windows CD ripper with broad encoder support.

Free · Works offline

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