Alternatives to Mp3tag
A tag editor that fixes the metadata of a whole music folder at once, with online database lookups. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Mp3tag
A tag editor that fixes the metadata of a whole music folder at once, with online database lookups.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Mp3tag.
MusicBrainz Picard
The official MusicBrainz tagger, which identifies music by its audio fingerprint and fills in the tags.
MusicBrainz Picard is free and open source with a Linux build, identifying files by AcoustID fingerprint and matching whole albums, though its album-first workflow suits singles poorly.
Kid3
Edit audio-file tags individually or in batches.
Kid3 is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, editing multiple tag formats in batches and renaming files, so macOS users avoid Mp3tag's paid version.
TagScanner
Rename music files and edit their tags in batches.
TagScanner is a free, closed-source Windows-only tool for batch tag editing, renaming files from metadata and retrieving tags online.
Metatogger
Clean up music tags and filenames with a Windows library utility.
Metatogger is a free Windows-only utility for batch metadata editing and identifying recordings, proposing automatic changes that need review.
beets
Organize a music library from the command line.
beets is free and open source under MIT on Windows, macOS and Linux, improving metadata during imports but working only from the command line.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Mp3tag as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
puddletag
An audio tag editor for Linux with a spreadsheet-style layout, modelled on Mp3tag.
Mp3tag is the closed-source tool puddletag is modelled on, with more features, free on Windows and paid on macOS after a trial, and no Linux build.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
foobar2000
A light, deeply configurable audio player for people who care about their local music library.
MusicBee
A Windows music manager for people with a large local library and opinions about tags.
Flacon
Split a full-album audio file into separate tagged tracks.
Strawberry Music Player
A Clementine fork aimed at collectors, with proper support for high-resolution files and CD ripping.
Swinsian
A macOS music player and library manager with wide format support and advanced tag editing.
Exact Audio Copy
A Windows CD ripper that reads audio CDs precisely and reports any errors it cannot correct.
