freeTunes 5 puts your music into any format: 9 target formats, verified CD ripping with checksums, Red Book compliant burning and track-accurate recording of system playback.
freeTunes 5
Four tools, one workflow: convert, rip, burn, record — plus playlist ordering, cover art and audiobook features.
MP3, AAC, FLAC, ALAC, Opus, OGG, WAV, AIFF and M4B — with quality presets, batch processing, parallel jobs, file-naming templates with placeholders and drag & drop. Loudness normalization per EBU R128 is stored losslessly as a tag.
Use several drives at once, optionally with multiple read passes and checksum comparison. Track data arrives automatically from online databases, CUE sheets are read and written, and the disc ejects when ripping is done.
Red Book compliant audio CDs (16 bit/44.1 kHz, converted automatically) play in every CD player — including your car. MP3 CDs get numbering for car stereos. With capacity display, media check and clear drive error messages.
Captures system playback (loopback) with per-app source selection: auto-start on sound, stop on silence, splitting at track changes, ad filter and automatic track identification.
Paste a playlist link from popular streaming services or a track list as text, CSV or M3U: recordings are matched and get a number, a clean file name and a folder named after the playlist — regardless of playback order. With a checklist and counter.
Automatic cover search across online sources — per track, for all tracks, or fully automatic with the best match per album and just one download per album. Your own image files work too.
Lossless joining with cuts at speech pauses and M4B with chapter marks. USB sticks are written in your preferred order — with 8.3 names, a flat structure and volume leveling.
Mini player, watched folder with automatic conversion, full interface in 11 languages. freeTunes sends no data by default — no ads, no tracking, no forced account.
Pricing
freeTunes 5 is a one-time purchase: the licence never expires, updates are included for one year. Available for 1 or 3 devices, no automatic renewal.
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FAQ
freeTunes 5 converts music into 9 formats, rips audio CDs with verification, burns audio and MP3 CDs, records system playback track by track and can organize the results using a playlist template.
freeTunes records only the system's own audio output (loopback) — no copy protection is circumvented and no service account is accessed. Use is limited to private, personal copies; the copyright law of your country applies.
Target formats: MP3, AAC, FLAC, ALAC, Opus, OGG, WAV, AIFF and M4B. As sources, all common audio and video containers work — the audio track is extracted from videos.
On request, every track is read multiple times and compared via checksums (verified ripping). Deviations are reported instead of silently ignored.
Yes. Before burning, every track is automatically converted to CD-DA (16 bit, 44.1 kHz, stereo) — Red Book compliant. Such CDs play in every CD player. MP3 CDs additionally get numbering for car stereos.
It is purely an organizing aid: recorded tracks are matched against the list and receive a number, a clean file name ("03 - Artist - Title") and a folder named after the playlist — no matter the playback order. Unmatched tracks are kept unchanged.
Depending on the edition purchased, on 1 or 3 devices. Switching devices is supported and does not void your license.
freeTunes checks for new versions at most once a day. Before every installation, checksum and code signature are verified — this protection cannot be disabled. One year of updates is included in the purchase price.
None by default. The anonymous usage statistics are opt-in (default: off) and contain neither names, email addresses, license keys nor any content.
Windows 10/11 (x64 and ARM64) or macOS 12 Monterey or later. On the Mac there are separate, notarized builds for Apple Silicon and Intel. For burning, any CD/DVD burner recognized by the system will do, including USB drives.
No. freeTunes 5 is a one-time purchase with one year of updates — with no automatic renewal.
Yes. Every download runs for 14 days with the full feature set. After that, a licence key is required for activation — your data and settings are kept.
Download
Pick the right build for your system. All downloads are signed — Windows with an EV certificate, macOS notarized by Apple. Every download doubles as the demo: full feature set for 14 days, then activation with a licence key.