Software Alternatives & Reviews

AirPlay VS Porthole

Compare AirPlay VS Porthole and see what are their differences

AirPlay logo AirPlay

AirPlay lets you stream music throughout your entire house — wirelessly.

Porthole logo Porthole

Play all audio from your Mac through multiple AirPlay speakers at the same time. iOS 11 and macOS 10. 13 High Sierra both add multi-room AirPlay support to the operating sytem, making Porthole redundant.
  • AirPlay Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-06-15
  • Porthole Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-10-03

AirPlay videos

AirPlay 2: Everything You Need To Know!

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Porthole videos

Porthole Magic Review

More videos:

  • Review - Avast Marine Top-Down Porthole - Video Review
  • Review - Review of Darryl Vanamburg's "Porthole"

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to AirPlay and Porthole)
Audio
63 63%
37% 37
Music Streaming
67 67%
33% 33
Audio & Music
61 61%
39% 39
Screen Mirroring
100 100%
0% 0

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing AirPlay and Porthole, you can also consider the following products

Airfoil - This software is from the Rogue Amoeba company, built to run on Mac and Windows platforms. It’s an audio-based software that allows the computers sound to play over a network device. Read more about Airfoil.

AudioRelay - Listen to your PC audio, use your phone as a mic or stream audio from your phone

SoundWire - SoundWire does audio mirroring (audio cast). You can use any music player on your PC or laptop like Spotify, YouTube, or iTunes and stream low-latency live sound over WiFi directly to your Android device.

StreamToMe - Huge range of supported formats.

Stream What You Hear - Stream What You Hear.

AirParrot - AirParrot is an interesting piece of software that allows you to view content from your Mac desktop through your television set if you have an Apple TV that can act as a bridge between the two devices. Read more about AirParrot.