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24 alternatives to Home Rec

Capture any sound your Mac plays

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Backtrack▲359
Record audio from the past
2019 · its alternatives →
2
Audio Hijack 3▲182
Record any audio on your Mac.
2020 · rogueamoeba.com · its alternatives →
3
Soundboard Mac App▲92
Play your favorite sound samples all across over macOS
2021 · app.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
4
Recordia▲200
Simple audio recorder that lives in your macOS menu bar
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
Audio Hijack 4▲163
Record any audio on MacOS
2022 · rogueamoeba.com · its alternatives →
6
SpotMenu▲259
Spotify and iTunes in your macOS menu bar
2017 · kmikiy.github.io · its alternatives →
7
Emcee▲63
See what's playing on iTunes or Spotify in you Mac menubar
2015 · ilyabirman.net · its alternatives →
8
PlugTalk▲88
Your Mac talks back when you plug things in
Jun 2026 · plugtalk.thenightwatcher.online · its alternatives →
9
Play Spotify together by Remotion▲227
Talk and listen to music like you’re side by side
2022 · multi.app · its alternatives →
10
Background Music▲218
Control the audio on your Mac apps from the menu bar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
SoundSource 3.0▲102
The sound control that should be built into MacOS
2017 · rogueamoeba.com · its alternatives →
12
BetterRecorder▲113
Record screen, video and audio on Mac
2021 · expireddomains.com · its alternatives →
13
pickupnote▲128
Capture your music memories. Anytime. Anywhere.
2025 · pickupnote.com · its alternatives →
14
Reamp▲158
Audio player for Mac with Winamp classic skins support
2021 · re-amp.ru · its alternatives →
15
Simplify for Mac▲220
The simplest way to control Spotify, Music, iTunes and Vox
2015 · mmth.us · its alternatives →
16
Vinyl for Mac▲65
Vinyl puts a photorealistic animated turntable on your Mac desktop. Connects to Spotify and Apple Music. A beautiful way to customize your Mac. $4.99, one-time purchase.
Aug 2026 · vinylformac.com · its alternatives →
17
Skip Tunes▲115
Control iTunes, Spotify, or Rdio from your Mac's menubar
2015 · skiptunes.com · its alternatives →
18
Audio for Mac▲75
The music manager for collectors and professionals
2019 · its alternatives →
19
Soundbar▲213
A lightweight SoundCloud player for Mac
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Tuneful▲115
Native way to control your music on macOS
2025 · tuneful.app · its alternatives →
21
SoundBar▲82
Realtime audio level meter for mac menu bar
2025 · macsoundbar.com · its alternatives →
22
PortAura▲69
See what’s listening on your Mac
Sep 2026 · portaura.pages.dev · its alternatives →
23
Audio Playr▲72
Audio playback, playlists and export simplified
2018 · bitfield.se · its alternatives →
24
Signal Recorder SR-7▲101
My friend built this and I'm blown away with how much fun it is and the high level of polish. It renders 9 different strange attractors (Lorenz, Rössler, Aizawa, Chen, etc.) as particle systems — thousands of particles tracing chaotic paths in real time. You can rotate and zoom with touch/trackpad in 3D. The sound is the part that surprised me. It's not a soundtrack — the audio is generated from the motion itself using spatial audio, so tones shift as the attractor's behavior changes and the sound moves around you as you rotate the form. Put on headphones. The Playdate version uses the…
Jun 2026 · fieldbw.com · its alternatives →

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