How to play FLAC on Windows for free (and ALAC, APE, WavPack)
Short answer: install Audify Music Player from the Microsoft Store (free, no ads, nothing to buy), point it at the folders where your music lives, and FLAC plays natively — no conversion, no codec pack. The same build decodes ALAC, APE, WavPack, AIFF, OGG, Opus and 120-odd other audio and video formats because the decoders ship inside the app. It is a separate, newer build from the team behind the Android app with 100M+ installs; this page also says what it does not do.
Four steps
Open the Audify Player listing and install. It needs Windows 10 version 17763 (October 2018 Update) or later, or Windows 11, on a 64-bit PC; the download is about 121 MB. There is no account, no ad and no purchase anywhere in the desktop app.
Audify builds your library from your folders and file tags — in the Microsoft Store's own words, "point it at your folders and it finds everything". Songs, albums, artists, genres and folders are organised automatically; you can edit tags inside the app if a file is mislabelled.
Nothing is converted and nothing has to be installed alongside the app. Gapless playback, crossfade, ReplayGain volume leveling and loudness normalisation are built in, so album rips play as albums.
The 10-band equalizer (60 Hz–16 kHz) has presets and bass boost, and it imports AutoEQ headphone-correction profiles — see how to use AutoEQ profiles in Audify.
What plays on Windows
From the Microsoft Store listing and the shipped Windows build, checked August 2026.
Common questions
Does Windows play FLAC on its own?
Whether a built-in Windows app plays FLAC depends on your Windows version and its installed codecs, and library features, gapless playback and equalization vary. Audify brings its own decoders, so the result is the same on every PC that meets the requirement, and it adds a 10-band equalizer with AutoEQ import, gapless playback, ReplayGain, lyrics and internet radio.
Is Audify for Windows really free?
Yes — free on the Microsoft Store with no ads and nothing to buy. The free Android and iPhone apps are ad-supported with an optional Premium; the desktop apps are not.
Will it play my whole library, not just FLAC?
Yes. 127 audio and video formats with the decoders bundled: FLAC, ALAC, APE, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, OGG, Opus, WMA, MKA, plus MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV and WebM video, and tracker/module files.
Does it do bit-perfect / exclusive-mode output on Windows?
No. Exclusive, bit-perfect output is macOS-only in Audify (it is written against the CoreAudio HAL). On Windows the app plays through the shared system mixer. If WASAPI exclusive or ASIO is what you need, foobar2000 or MusicBee is the honest recommendation — see the Windows comparison.
Can I use the same app on my phone?
Audify is also on Android (Google Play, 100M+ downloads) and iPhone (App Store), and on Mac. They are separate builds by the same team; there is no cross-device library sync, so each device plays the files stored on it.
Get Audify for Windows
Free · Windows 10 and 11 · no ads, nothing to buy · no account
Android? The original Audify is on Google Play:
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