QuickTag

QuickTag is a tiny and portable application that gives you the possibility to edit the ID3 tags of one or multiple MP3 audio tracks at the same time. It features advanced options that can be easily tackled, even by less experienced users.

The interface is not particularly impressing but it has a tidy structure, where you can carry out operations in separate tabs for viewing and editing tags for a single and multiple files, setting tags by filename, and renaming files by tags.

You can get started by indicating a directory whose containing MP3 files you want to process. The app puts at your disposal an oldschool folder explorer in this regard, which is a bit inconvenient to manage.

In single file mode, you can pick an entry from the list to view its tags and edit the title, artist, album, genre, comment and year number. Alternatively, you can rename the file instantly using the artist and title. In multiple file mode, you can check the boxes of the tags you want to edit, set the new information, and click a button to confirm actions.

If you're interested in setting tags using the name of files, you can specify the field delimiter as well as convert underscore characters to space. The filename format can be viewed before committing modifications. The same rules apply to file renaming by tags.

The entire program's packed in just one .exe file that you can copy to a preferred directory on the disk or to a USB flash drive, in order to directly run QuickTag on any PC without setup. It doesn't change Windows registry settings, create files on the HDD without your approval, or need DLLs to run. Your configuration is remembered on exit.

Overall, QuickTag has simple options for editing tags and renaming files. However, it doesn't let you preview the new tags and file names (except for patterns), nor pick the preferred tags to take into account for file renaming.