Convert APE to ALAC
APE is great for lossless CD rips, but ALAC is the better choice for lossless music libraries on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Convert APE to ALAC 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 APE to ALAC
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Tap Choose files and select one or more APE files (or drag them in).
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Check that ALAC 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 ALAC downloads automatically. Converting several files? Grab them all as a ZIP.
APE vs ALAC
Both APE and ALAC are lossless, so the conversion is bit-perfect: you get exactly the same sound in a different container.
| APE | ALAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Monkey's Audio | Apple Lossless Audio Codec |
| Type | Audio | Audio |
| Compression | Lossless | Lossless |
| Developed by | Matthew Ashland | Apple |
| Introduced | 2000 | 2004 |
| Plays on iPhone | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
| Plays on Android | ✕ No | ◐ Partly / with an app |
| Plays on Windows | ◐ Partly / with an app | ◐ Partly / with an app |
| Plays on Mac | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
About APE and ALAC
APE: APE (Monkey's Audio) is a lossless format with very high compression, often used for CD rips shared online.
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.
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