In this page you can find a comparison between Aaru and other dump image managers or creators.
Comparison of optical discs image managers
| Aaru | DiscImageCreator | CDRWin | CloneCD | Alcohol 120% | IsoBuster | WinImage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opensource | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supported platforms | Windows, Linux, macOS¹ | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows |
| Supported formats | 12 | 3² | 1³ | 1⁴ | 1⁵ | 17⁶ | 1⁷ |
| Can dump Audio CD | Yes⁸ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Can dump Mode 0 tracks | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Can dump Mode 1 tracks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can dump Mode 2 tracks | Yes⁸ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can dump multisession discs | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Can dump discs with errors | Yes⁹ | Yes¹⁰ | No¹¹ | Yes¹⁰ | Yes¹⁰ | Unknown | Unknown |
| Reads subchannel | Yes | Yes | No¹² | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No |
| Reads lead-in postgap | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supports illegal TOCs | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supports error-based copy protections | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supports twin sectors based copy protections | Not yet¹³ | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supports position based copy protections | Not yet¹³ | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Supports dumping DDCD | Yes | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ | No¹⁴ |
| Supports dumping GD | Not yet¹⁵ | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supports dumping GameCube/Wii | Not yet¹⁵ | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supports dumping DVD¹⁶ ¹⁷ | Yes | Partial¹⁸ | No | No | Partial¹⁸ | Partial¹⁸ | Partial¹⁸ |
| Supports dumping HD DVD¹⁶ | Yes | Partial¹⁹ | No | No | Partial¹⁹ | Partial¹⁹ | Partial¹⁹ |
| Supports dumping Blu- ray¹⁶ ²⁰ | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports dumping Xbox Game discs | Yes²¹ ²² | Yes²² | No | No | No | No | No |
- macOS does not yet support dumping media, only managing existing images
- CDRWin, CloneCD and raw
- CDRWin
- CloneCD
- Alcohol 120%
- Alcohol 120%, BlindWrite 5, BlindWrite 6, CD-i OptImage, CDRWin, CloneCD, DiscJuggler, Easy CD Creator, IsoBuster, Nero, NTI, PlexTools, Prassi PrimoCD, Prassi PrimoDVD, raw, Virtual CD and WinOnCD
- Raw
- It can lose a few seconds from start of audio on some discs
- Depending on the drive it can recover data from sectors with errors
- Writes fake data in the place of sectors with errors
- Ignores errors or stops on error
- Only if it detects the disc is | No a CD+G
- Pending format support
- None of its supported formats support the DDCD media
- Feature will be added in next release
- Does not include encrypted video media
- Includes PlayStation DVD
- Customized PFI information, like PSN of start LBA in DVD-RAM will be lost
- Customized PFI information, like PSN of start LBA in HD DVD-RAM will be lost
- Includes PlayStation Blu-ray
- XGD2 are untested
- XGD3 are not supported