Convert ALAC to CAF
ALAC is great for lossless music libraries on iPhone, iPad and Mac, but CAF is the better choice for iOS app sounds and Apple developer workflows. Convert ALAC to CAF in seconds, right in your browser.
- No upload — 100% private
- Fast, lossless when possible
- Free & unlimited
- Works on iPhone & Android
Keep this tab open — the conversion runs on your device, nothing is uploaded.
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How to convert ALAC to CAF
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Tap Choose files and select one or more ALAC files (or drag them in).
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Check that CAF is selected. Use Advanced options for bitrate, channels or trimming.
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Press Convert. Everything happens on your device — no upload, no waiting in a queue.
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Your CAF downloads automatically. Converting several files? Grab them all as a ZIP.
ALAC vs CAF
Both ALAC and CAF are lossless, so the conversion is bit-perfect: you get exactly the same sound in a different container.
| ALAC | CAF | |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Apple Lossless Audio Codec | Core Audio Format |
| Type | Audio | Audio |
| Compression | Lossless | Lossless |
| Developed by | Apple | Apple |
| Introduced | 2004 | 2005 |
| Plays on iPhone | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Plays on Android | ◐ Partly / with an app | ✕ No |
| Plays on Windows | ◐ Partly / with an app | ✕ No |
| Plays on Mac | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
About ALAC and CAF
ALAC: ALAC is Apple's lossless format. It compresses audio to roughly half the size of WAV with zero quality loss and plays natively in Apple Music, iTunes and on every iPhone. It is saved with the .m4a extension.
CAF: CAF is Apple's flexible audio container used inside iOS and macOS apps and by GarageBand. Files can be any length and hold many codecs.
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