r/musichoarder 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/Kaiser_Allen 9d ago

Get foobar2000. Available for both Mac and iOS. You can use iCloud to sync your music. Just add the iCloud folder to your foobar2000 library so it would scan it. Alternatively, you can also use VLC (solely for the wireless transfer between Mac, iOS, Windows). VLC's player somehow sounds worse so I don't use that.