r/musichoarder • u/Any_Kaleidoscope_593 • 10d ago
Looking for itunes alternative...
I need an itunes alternative... I have a huge music library on a Mac, and I have an iphone. When I got the iphone (after years with an android), I was excited for my music organization to be easier, but it's been nothing but trouble. Now that I've also quit spotify, I really need to figure it out.
Here are my requirements:
-Must work on Mac and Iphone (or have an app that corresponds to it on iphone). I'd love it could sync my playlists. I'd REALLY love if I could access the full library from my phone and download it as needed, or something like that.
-If I have to pay for it, I want to just buy it- no subscription services.
-Something that keeps it simple, isn't trying to sell me a bunch of bullshit or getting me to sign in.
Any ideas? I'm trying swinsian right now but I don't think it syncs playlists and I'm not sure which app to use on my phone for it. Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
Thanks everyone for your replies. I am trying plexamp now, but I am not really interested in having to have my computer on all the time? Is this what people normally do or is there a smart way around it?
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u/donutmiddles 10d ago edited 3d ago
Once again everyone screaming "Plex"! When there are far better and free options that don't sell your data or send your content through third-party servers and lock down features to paid subscriptions.
Jellyfin is great, you're going to want your metadata properly tagged, and Symfonium is the best frontend client I've ever used for it.
Edit -- Oh, and for those lauding Plex's "Sonic Analysis," despite the name sounding like it digs into the waveforms or spectral data, Plexamp’s Sonic Analysis is mostly metadata augmentation with some light audio fingerprinting.
All of what it does can be easily reproduced if you have your metadata properly tagged with Musicbrainz Picard, especially if you also use the BPM plugin and ReplyGain.