Best iTunes Audio DRM Removal Tools
iTunes is the home to more than 43 million high-quality, DRM-free songs, over 100,000 movies and TV shows and audiobooks. It’s also where you can join Apple Music and stream - or download and listen offline - to over 40 million songs, ad-free. However, audiobooks, movies, TV shows, Apple Music and songs purchased before 2009 are DRM protected. You can only access them on authorized devices. To remove this limitation, you need to remove DRM. This passage will introduce you 4 iTunes DRM removal software for you to remove DRM from iTunes audio files, namely audiobooks, Apple Music and songs purchased from iTunes Store before 2009.
NoteBurner iTunes DRM Audio Converter
Ondesoft iTunes Converter
SoundTaxi
Aimersoft DRM Media Converter
| Name | NoteBurner iTunes DRM Audio Converter | Ondesoft iTunes Converter | SoundTaxi | Aimersoft DRM Media Converter |
| Platform | Mac/Windows | Mac/Windows |
Windows
with Free Media Processing plug-in installed |
Windows
with QuickTime installed |
| Input files | iTunes & Audible audiobooks, Apple Music songs, iTunes M4P songs | any kind of audio files, both protected and non-protected | any kind of audio files, both protected and non-protected | audio files purchased from iTunes, Audible, Zune, Napster and more |
| Output formats | MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV. | MP3, M4A, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4R, and MKA | MP3, M4A, WMA,WAV | MP3, M4A, AC3, AAC, WMA, WAV, OGG, APE, MKA, AU, AIFF, FLAC, M4R |
| Convert Apple Music songs without downloading them | No | Yes | No | No |
| Conversion Speed |
10X on Windows
20X on Mac OS 10.12 and earlier, 1X on 10.13 |
16X on Windows/Mac
1X for Apple Music songs on 10.13 |
6-50X | 6X |
| Price | $39.95 | $39.95 | $19.99-$59.99 | $35.95 |
| Trial version output limitation | 3 minutes | 3 minutes | 90 seconds | one minute |
Apple Music Converter
Download Apple Music songs, albums, playlists to MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF.
