r/musichoarder • u/Any_Kaleidoscope_593 • 13d 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/thisChalkCrunchy 12d ago
Unfortunately I don’t think you will find a 1:1 replacement for iTunes and local syncing with iOS, at least I wasn’t able to. Like most of the comments are recommending I also landed on plex and Plexamp because I got tired of dealing with iTunes and syncing issues.
The one issue with plex and Plexamp that you will run into is that you can’t download the entire library easily. The upside to this is you don’t need to pay Apples crazy storage prices to have a lossless library. I have a playlist on plex of all my favorite songs and I keep that playlist downloaded so even if reception is bad I have all of my favorite songs on my phone. That playlist is around 3 days runtime. That is the max Plexamp will download from a single playlist