How to Convert APE to MP3 for Apple Devices

Convert APE to MP3 without all the converting headache. Apple decided to make you decode your rare APE songs into WAV and, after that, convert them into ALAC (Apple Lossless) via iTunes. But there’s a much more friendly way.

For those who don’t know, the APE (Monkey) audio format is mainly used by Windows users. It is a free, lossless audio compression format with an extremely competitive compression algorithm.

Although the software is accessible for Linux, Monkey’s Audio is unpopular among users of this operating system. Its decompression speeds are not too fast compared to other lossless audio codecs.

Here’s how to convert APE to MP3 for iPhone

Follow the three-step guide below to get all your Monkey music to your iPhone in an absolutely painless way:

Step 1: Download & install WALTR

The download is free and safe – no worries 🙂

Since APE music is neither supported nor played by all modern audio players that iPhone/iPad has, you’re bound to use various tools to get it done.

WALTR is a shockingly powerful tool that automatically converts your APE files to MP3 and syncs them for proper playback in iOS native Music apps. Providing the highest quality possible.

Step 2: Launch WALTR & plug in your iPhone via USB

After you plugged it in, a window will pop up asking you drop files that you want on your iPhone – in ANY format.

WALTR won’t bother choosing any codec settings or figuring out the best format to convert for the highest-quality playback on iPhone. WALTR PRO does it for you automatically by choosing universally supported Apple formats and converting any file to them!

More essential features that WALTR holds:

• Native iOS playback for APE, FLAC, AVI, MKV & other Apple’s unsupported files.
• No need to convert files.
• Sync files directly using drag & drop without that old extra hassle a.k.a. iTunes.
• Live 24/7 Phone + E-mail Support
• Supports any iPhone, iPad, iPod ever created
• ePUb +PDF files support

Step 3: Drop APE files into WALTR, sit back & relax.

After you drop the songs in APE audio format that you want your iPhone to play in super high quality, WALTR PRO will automatically sync your device using its own technology and put the finalized files right into your iPhone’s native Music app.

And you’re done! Freackin’ easy, right?

Indeed, it is. And there are no strings attached. WALTR allows us to break that format barrier that Apple decided to create when they introduced iTunes.

By the way, WALTR also supports the high-res FLAC file format, and here's how to play FLAC files on an iPhone (without converting).

APE Lossless Format: In a Nutshell

APE is the file format for lossless audio data compression. That is, a digital recording encoded to the APE format may be decompressed into an identical duplicate of the first sound data.

Monkey’s Audio, a.k.a. APE, successfully unites traditional lossless compression approaches (linear prediction and route coupling) with a straightforward Neural network.

It uses Range coding, which is altered to function very well with constant values that are more or less, to save the output values of its prediction measure.

Monkey’s Audio’s chief opponent is FLAC, which has more features than Monkey’s Audio (streaming support, for example) and hardware support to its edge. However, its compression efficiency isn’t as great.

However, APE adopts a symmetric algorithm, which implies comparable resources are taken by the decoding to encoding, so it has limited support on software platforms. You cannot import APE to iTunes, and it is not a compatible audio format.

Nevertheless, AAC is the standard format for iTunes audio and for lossy sound compression.

When CD-quality audio files are compressed into smaller files, some information that does not impact the listening experience of the file is removed. That is, the AAC format cannot be decompressed into an indistinguishable duplicate of the initial data.

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In Conclusion

You no longer have to worry about the right way to convert APE to MP3 for iPhone/iPad on Windows and MacOS. WALTR PRO is one-of-a-kind software to this date. It eliminates the extra step always in the way of a seamless transfer for APE converters on Mac & PC.

It not only automatically converts your Apple’s unsupported files into the best format for native iPhone playback but also syncs them to your iPhone—this means that you don’t have to launch an extra app (iTunes).

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