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Apple

Who runs Apple, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest digital media store alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Part of apple.com
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Spotify

Measured from Apple’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Apple

Apple itunes.com

The latest macOS offers the world’s best way to play — and add to — your collection of music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.

Company
No imprint we could read
Part of
apple.com Runs this domain’s DNS
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Apple tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 18 alternatives below has fewer; 12 have more.

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Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Apple’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Apple

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Apple, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    Spotify spotify.com Top 100 English 2 trackers

    Spotify - Web Player: Listen to Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks Online

    Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs, podcasts, and audiobooks. Listen to your favorites online now.

    Compare Spotify with Apple →
  2. 02
    Deezer deezer.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Deezer | 1 Month Free | Music Streaming app online

    Try Deezer at 0EUR! 120+ million tracks & podcasts in high resolution audio quality, ad-free, offline unlimited music and playlists. Plans from 11,99 €/month.

    Compare Deezer with Apple →
  3. 03
    Microsoft microsoft.com Top 100 English 2 trackers

    Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps

    Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface and more.

    Compare Microsoft with Apple →
  4. 04
    Pandora pandora.com Top 10K No trackers

    Pandora

    American music streaming and recommendation website

    Compare Pandora with Apple →
  5. 05
    Amazon amazon.com Top 100

    American multinational technology company

    Compare Amazon with Apple →
  6. 06
    Rakuten Kobo kobo.com Top 10K

    Canadian subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten

    Compare Rakuten Kobo with Apple →
  7. 07
    Wynk wynk.in English 1 tracker

    Music Online - Listen to Latest Mp3 Songs | Download New & Old Songs | Wynk Music

    Download & Listen to the Latest MP3 songs, Genres of Music & Podcast Online on Wynk Music. Create your Playlist to Enjoy Hindi, English, Bollywood, Regional, Old Songs & much more.

    Compare Wynk with Apple →
  8. 08
    Audible audible.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Audible | Listen to Audiobooks, Podcasts, & Originals

    Try Audible free for 30 days. Discover best-selling audiobooks, free podcasts, and exclusive Audible Originals. Listen offline with the Audible app.

    Compare Audible with Apple →
  9. 09
    Podimo podimo.com English No trackers

    Podimo: Listen to Podcasts and Thousands of Audiobooks

    Podimo offers podcast only available in our app, thousands of audiobooks and a lively community of creators and listeners.

    Compare Podimo with Apple →
  10. 10
    Plex plex.tv Top 10K English No trackers

    streaming media service

    Compare Plex with Apple →
  11. 11
    Ableton ableton.com English 1 tracker

    Creative tools for music makers | Ableton

    Ableton makes software, hardware and other creative tools for a global community of music makers.

    Compare Ableton with Apple →
  12. 12
    bandcamp.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Client Challenge

    American online music distributor

    Compare bandcamp.com with Apple →
  13. 13
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English No trackers

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

    Compare YouTube with Apple →
  14. 14
    Libsyn libsyn.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    The Best Podcast Hosting Platform | Libsyn

    The best podcast hosting, distribution & monetization platform. Detailed stats | Excellent service | Start for free

    Compare Libsyn with Apple →
  15. 15
    Transistor transistor.fm English 1 tracker

    Host Unlimited Shows • Best Audio and Video Podcast Hosting • Transistor

    Upload once and distribute your video and audio podcast to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and more. Unlimited shows, detailed analytics, free podcast website, and real human support.

    Compare Transistor with Apple →
  16. 16
    serif.com English 2 trackers

    Unsupported client

    It seems you are using an old or unsupported browser. To continue enjoying our product, please update to a recent version of one of the following browsers:

    Compare serif.com with Apple →
  17. 17
    Fox Broadcasting Company fox.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Stream Live News, Sports, TV Shows & Entertainment | FOX One

    Live TV streaming service for sports, news and entertainment. Watch FOX live, stream TV shows on demand, and more. Start your 3-day free trial.

    Compare Fox Broadcasting Company with Apple →
  18. 18
    Shazam shazam.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Shazam - Music Discovery, Charts & Song Lyrics

    Identify the music playing around you. Explore the music you love. Discover songs, lyrics, and artists on Shazam.

    Compare Shazam with Apple →
  19. 19
    TuneCore tunecore.com English 1 tracker

    ♫ TuneCore: Digital Music Distribution Services | Start Now!

    Sell your music worldwide with our digital music distribution services & enjoy your royalties! Get your music online in 150+ stores. FREE SIGNUP! ✔

    Compare TuneCore with Apple →
  20. 20
    Shoutcast shoutcast.com English 4 trackers

    Home Page - Shoutcast

    media streaming software

    Compare Shoutcast with Apple →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Apple’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Apple uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Apple adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 0 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
41 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Apple’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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