[Software Review] Top 3 Best Free DRM Removal Software (Mac & Windows)

No 1. Requiem (Mac & Windows) - Best Free DRM Removal Software for iTunes

Requiem is a free iTunes DRM removal software, which can remove DRM from iTunes videos, music, eBooks. Unlike some fake DRM removal utilities that simply perform a screen recording of iTunes videos, Requiem is promised to remove iTunes DRM losslessly without re-encoding.

However, Requiem lost the war with Apple in 2012. It was stopped upgrading permanently since the release of iTunes 11 that year. The latest version remains in Requiem 4.1. That's to say, if you want to use Requiem to strip DRM from your iTunes media for free, the first thing you have to do is downgrading iTunes to version 10.7 or lower. To decrypt DRM from iTunes music and movies, Requiem 4.1 is the required version. For decrypting iBooks, the best combo would be Requiem 3.3.6 and iTunes 10.5.3.

Best Alternative to Requiem 4.1 - DRmare M4V Converter

Since Requiem is out of updated, you are suggested to try out the best alternative to Requiem 4.1.

Here we are talking about DRmare iTunes M4V Converter (Mac & Windows). It's not a free DRM remover, but it features lossless removing DRM copy protection from both rented and purchased iTunes movies and TV shows, as well as iTunes Extras.

It's able to keep original AC3 5.1 audio track, closed captions, subtitles. And it converts the iTunes M4V videos to DRM-free formats, including MP4, M4V, MOV, AVI, MKV, MPEG, etc. at 30X faster speed. Better than Requiem, it fully supports the latest iTunes and computer systems. For more details, you can read this tutorial: How to Remove DRM from iTunes Movies with DRmare.

No 2. myFairTunes (Windows) - Free DRM Removal Software for iTunes Music

myFairTunes is another free DRM removal program but mainly focuses on removing DRM from iTunes M4P songs. Although Apple already dropped out DRM from its iTunes music files since 2009, this freeware can still act as a great tool for iTunes users who collected thousands of protected songs from iTunes Store earlier than 2009.

Comes with a user-friendly interface, myFairTunes empowers you unlock iTunes FairPlay-encrypted songs and albums by converting the DRM-ed M4P music files to common MP3 format easily. Thus, you can share your iTunes songs to non-Apple devices freely after conversion.

Best Alternative to myFairTunes - DRmare Audio Converter

From the above pros and cons of myFairTunes, we could see that it only works for iTunes music and runs on Windows. Here we would like to introduce a powerful tool for you.

It is DRmare Audio Converter (Windows & Mac), which is designed to remove DRM from iTunes Music, Apple Music, Audible Audiobooks, etc. with original quality.

This tool can convert the audios to MP3, AAC, WAV and more common audio formats. And it can batch convert the music files for you at a faster speed with ID3 tags kept.

For more details, you could refer to this page: How to Remove DRM from Apple Music.

No 3. Calibre (Mac & Windows) - Best Free DRM Removal Software for eBook

Calibre is a free e-book application suite developed to help users manage their e-book collections, by converting, editing, creating and reading eBooks of different formats. It could be the best free way to remove DRM from eBooks. It supports a variety of formats, including Kindle books, Barnes and Noble, Adobe Digital Content, etc.

Best Alternative to Calibre - AzwSoft eBook DRM Removal Software

AzwSoft eBook DRM Removal is the best tool for you to rip DRM from eBooks. It can work with Adobe ADE DRM, Nook DRM and Kindle AZW/MOBI DRM. It can support almost all eBooks formats even several less common niche formats. And it is easy to use like other DRM removal apps and you can save the DRM-free audio files on your computer after converting.