AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is an uncompressed audio format developed by Apple. It offers high quality but produces large file sizes.
FLAC is a lossless compressed format, so you get the same audio quality as AIFF but with a significantly smaller file size.
FLAC is supported by most modern media players, smartphones, and streaming apps. It is a widely adopted open format.
iOS does not natively support FLAC. You need a third-party app like VLC or Flacbox to play FLAC files on an iPhone.
Yes. FLAC supports embedded metadata including album art, track title, artist, album, and year.
FLAC typically reduces file size by 40 to 60 percent compared to AIFF while keeping identical audio quality.
Yes. FLAC is preferred for archiving because it is lossless like WAV but significantly smaller. It also supports metadata, which WAV does not handle well.