Multimedia (2159 programs)

Pros: Many output formats. Choose variable or constant bitrate. Error protection. Slick, easy to use interface.

Cons: Toolbox installs apps. freeDB CD album details. Free version only converts to MP3.

Pros: Excellent video authoring solution for professional video editors. Fully compatible with other Adobe tools. Supports the newest technology: Blu-Ray, digital tapeless cameras. Work natively with a huge number of video formats.

Cons: Complex for beginners.

Pros: Does what it does with ease and speed.

Cons: Deeper options hard to grasp. Most people will have no real use for it.

Pros: Intuitive to use. Integration with iTunes. Plenty of features and customization options.

Cons: Speed and completion time depends on hardware and audio setting used.

Pros: Supports batch downloads. Automatically transfers files to iTunes. Lets users choose video quality. Gives lifetime user license.

Cons: Only supports M4A and MP4 formats.

Pros: Support wide range of media files. Subtitle support for SSA and SRT. Works with QuickTime 7.6.6.

Cons: May not play all media types. No longer under development. Does not work with QuickTime 10 or above.

Pros: Works quickly and accurately. Provides high quality tagging.

Cons: Cannot edit cover art. No download feature.

Pros: Fairly simple music composition. Produces professional results.

Cons: Requires MIDI equipment. Beginners will still find it tricky at first.

Pros: Supports multiple UI languages. Streaming is stable. Easy to use. Allows you to broadcast your channel online.

Cons: Ad-supported app. Aggressive installer. Very random selection of channels. A number of channels are not in English.

Pros: Slick interface. Print books and calendars. Excellent presentation options. Unified search function. Integrated with OS X including Maps. Support for iOS camera filters.

Cons: Limited editing features. Builds a large library file. Full screen mode awkward.

Pros: Simple, easy-to-use interface. Minimal system demands. Convenient downloading of YouTube videos. Thumbnail image is a handy visual reminder.

Cons: Relatively limited feature set. Annoying bundled software installation.

Pros: Ideal for drummers. Subdivisions are extremely handy. 10 microsecond accuracy. 28 unique time signatures.

Cons: No countdown timer. No auto-escalating tempo. Doesn’t display current BPM setting. Tempo cannot be manually modified.