AnyBurn vs InfraRecorder

AnyBurn is Windows software for burning optical discs, working with disc images, and creating bootable USB drives. It supports CD, DVD, and Blu-ray media, including data discs, Audio CDs, and MP3 CDs. The program can create, extract, and convert ISO and other disc image files. It can make Audio CDs from MP3, M4A, FLAC, OGG, APE, WMA, and WAV files, and rip Audio CDs to audio files. USB tools create bootable drives and USB image files, write images to drives, and install Windows to USB. AnyBurn Free is free for personal and business use. AnyBurn Pro costs $39.95, paid once for a lifetime license and adds audio format conversion and Windows-to-USB installation; the license includes lifetime updates and unlimited email support. A fully functional portable version does not require installation. Listed supported systems range from Windows 2000 through Windows 11. The software checks for updates online, and its EULA says no personal information is transmitted during that process.

InfraRecorder is free CD/DVD burning software for Microsoft Windows. It creates data, audio, and mixed-mode projects and writes them to physical discs or disc images, including ISO and BIN/CUE formats. Disc copies can be made directly or through a temporary image. The program blanks rewritable discs using four methods, supports dual-layer DVDs, and can import multisession data before adding more sessions. Audio and data tracks can be saved as WAV, WMA, OGG, MP3, or ISO files. A Windows Explorer shell extension adds context-menu commands for recording images or saved projects and opening or editing them. Documentation describes a customizable Explorer-like interface, drag-and-drop project handling, and a separate Express application. UDF support remains in alpha, so InfraRecorder cannot create UDF-only filesystems. The project is licensed under GPL version 3, while its graphics are outside that license. SourceForge lists the project as Beta, and the files page lists ir053.exe, 4.2 MB, as the latest version. The listed audience is End Users/Desktop.