AudioPad vs Linux Show Player
AudioPad
audiopad.vercel.app
Linux Show Player
linux-show-player.orgSide by side
| Figure | AudioPad | Linux Show Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Soundboard Software | 8.0 (#9) | 7.6 (#13) |
| Integrations | The maker lists Discord, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, OBS Studio, Steam, and Slack, and says it works with any application that reads a microphone. | It can send and receive MIDI and OSC. |
| Purpose | AudioPad plays music, memes, sound effects, and voice clips through your microphone in voice chat, meetings, streaming software, and games. | Linux Show Player is a free cue player intended mainly for sound playback during stage productions, including musical plays and theatre shows. |
| Support | The maker invites users to support the project on Patreon and directs press inquiries to GitHub or the project repository. | The project directs bug reports and feature requests to GitHub Issues and support discussions to GitHub Discussions or Gitter/Matrix chat. |
Plans
In their own words
AudioPad
AudioPad is a desktop soundboard for sending music, memes, sound effects, and voice clips through a microphone in voice chats, meetings, streams, and games. It runs on Windows 10 and 11 and Linux, with deb, rpm, and AppImage packages. The app accepts MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, and M4A files directly. Global hotkeys with custom bindings can trigger sounds from anywhere, and playback latency is described as sub-20ms. AudioPad mixes clips with a live microphone, or can send sound without the mic. The maker lists Discord, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, OBS Studio, Steam, and Slack, and says the app works with any software that reads a microphone. It runs on the user's machine without accounts, cloud services, analytics, or telemetry; crash reporting is opt-in. The free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited sounds and custom hotkeys. First installation requires admin rights to register a virtual audio device; routine use does not.
Linux Show Player
Linux Show Player has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.