APE Converter

Convert Monkey's Audio or DNA files (APE) online for free


Drop or upload your .APE file
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How to convert your APE file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your APE file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert APE to another file type

The converter easily converts your APE files to various formats - free and online. No Monkey's Audio or other Audio software needed.

Convert a file to APE

To convert other file formats to the "Lossless Compressed Audio" file type, you need software like Monkey's Audio or a similar tool.


About APE files

The .APE file extension primarily represents a Monkey's Audio lossless compressed audio file. A secondary use is for annotated DNA sequence files created by A Plasmid Editor (ApE). Monkey's Audio files offer excellent compression ratios, saving storage space without losing audio quality. However, this format has severe real-world disadvantages. The compression algorithm is highly symmetric, meaning it requires intense CPU processing power to decode during playback. Because of this high battery and processor drain, almost no portable audio players, smartphones, or modern car stereos natively support .APE. Furthermore, Apple devices and standard web browsers cannot open these files. If you have an .APE file used for genetics, it contains plasmid map data. Viewing this outside of specialized software often results in formatting errors. To solve these playback and compatibility limits, conversion is necessary. For audio archiving and lossless playback on nearly any device, convert .APE to FLAC. For web use or mobile devices with limited storage, convert to MP3 or AAC. For biology data, convert to standard FASTA or GBK formats. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your APE file.

Users also converted CUE, APF, EAC, AEP, ACSM, AIF, AIFF, CMF, FLAC, MP3, WAV and MP4 files.


FAQ

If you want to convert APE file to M4A or ALAC, you can use Monkey's Audio or similar software from the "Lossless Audio Compression" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to APE, try Monkey's Audio or another comparable tool in the "Lossless Audio Compression" category.



The APE Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our APE converter.