Jingle Palette vs Soundplant

Jingle Palette is a free Windows desktop application for playing jingles in radio broadcast studios. It plays MP3, MP2, MP1, MPA, OGG and WAV files or streams; compressed WAV playback requires the appropriate system codec. Users can create unlimited palettes, with up to 30 jingles in each. Playback modes include manual triggering, automixing, autorepeating and touch play. Every jingle can have its own volume and loop settings. A time-announce function can schedule a signal once per hour together with a jingle. The application also plays audio streams through PC networks and the internet. Its graphical interface supports touch screens and can fill the display. A VU meter, clock, calendar and low-remaining-time warning provide playback information. The listed version 4.4.5 supports files on network drives. The site credits H. Árkosi Róbert (nagyrobi) as author and lists a contact email.

Soundplant is a desktop app that turns a computer keyboard into a sample trigger and playable instrument. Users can assign sound files to 88 keys by dragging and dropping them, or trigger sounds with MIDI. It supports playlists, recording, unlimited sound polyphony, and per-key effects such as volume, panning, EQ, pitch, reverb, and distortion. Soundplant runs on Windows and macOS; listed minimums are 64-bit Windows 10 or later and macOS 10.14 or later. The free version is for noncommercial use, supports 16-bit uncompressed WAV files, and includes 25 launches of paid features; after those, a reminder appears every five launches. A Single User License costs $69 as a one-time purchase and covers one user on Windows and Mac, with installation on multiple computers for that person. It lasts for the purchased version and includes 2 years of free upgrades. The standalone app works offline, has no ads or account requirement, and collects no user data.