Meta for Mac
Native macOS music tag editor with batch editing, Discogs lookups and album art search.
Updated · AppBreakup editorial · macOS
Is Meta for Mac free?
No, it's a paid product
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MusicBrainz PicardOpen source
Kid3Open source
puddletagOpen source
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- 4
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About Meta for Mac
Meta is a paid music tag editor for the Mac, made by the small indie studio NBE Software (it has nothing to do with Meta Platforms). You load a folder of tracks, select as many as you like, and edit their tags together in a sidebar, so fixing an album's artist, year or genre takes one change instead of dozens. It can look up release details and cover art on Discogs and match the results to your tracks, rename files and build folders from tag patterns, pull tags out of file names, and run find-and-replace with patterns across tags. It reads and writes all the common formats, including MP3, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, M4A, Ogg and DSD files, and keeps the Apple Music and Doppler libraries in sync after edits. It suits DJs, people ripping vinyl and anyone with a large local collection on macOS. It is a one-time purchase, sold directly or through the Mac App Store, and it runs only on macOS.
Best for: Mac users who hand-edit tags and artwork on large local music collections.
Pros and cons
What works
- Batch edits across any selection from one shared sidebar
- Discogs lookup for tags and high-resolution cover art
- Pattern-based renaming, folder creation and tag extraction
- Wide format support, including FLAC, AIFF and DSD files
Why people leave
- macOS only, with no Windows or Linux version
- Paid app, while Picard and Kid3 are free
- Online lookups use Discogs rather than MusicBrainz
Meta for Mac vs MusicBrainz Picard, Kid3 and puddletag
From each app's listing and the prices verified on its own site. A dash means we haven't verified it yet.
| Attribute | Meta for Mac | MusicBrainz Picard | Kid3 | puddletag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Open source | Open source | Open source |
| Verified price | — | — | — | — |
| Free plan | No | Free app | Free app | Free app |
| Open source | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | No | No | No |
| Platforms | macOS | Windows, macOS, Linux | Linux, Windows, macOS, Android | Linux |
Top Meta for Mac alternatives
See all 4- 1MusicBrainz Picard68.8
Free and open source, matching files by acoustic fingerprint against the MusicBrainz database.
- 2Kid364.8
Free, open-source batch tag editor that also runs on Windows and Linux.
- 3puddletag61.8
Free spreadsheet-style tag editor for Linux with similar pattern-based renaming.
- 4
TagScanner59.4Free Windows tagger with online lookups and renaming, for people leaving the Mac.
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Meta for Mac: common questions
What is Meta for Mac?
Meta for Mac: Native macOS music tag editor with batch editing, Discogs lookups and album art search. Best for mac users who hand-edit tags and artwork on large local music collections. Available for macOS.
Is Meta for Mac free?
No, Meta for Mac is a paid product.
Is Meta for Mac open source?
No, Meta for Mac is not open source. Open-source alternatives include MusicBrainz Picard, Kid3 and puddletag.
What platforms does Meta for Mac run on?
Meta for Mac is available for macOS.
What are the best alternatives to Meta for Mac?
The highest-ranked Meta for Mac alternatives right now are MusicBrainz Picard, Kid3 and puddletag. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.
Meta for Mac vs MusicBrainz Picard: what's the difference?
Meta for Mac is a paid product; MusicBrainz Picard is free and open source. MusicBrainz Picard is open source and Meta for Mac is not. Only MusicBrainz Picard runs on Windows and Linux.