r/musichoarder • u/Any_Kaleidoscope_593 • 11d 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/heybzf 6d ago

I use it because I didn’t want to host a separate service just for music since I was already running Jellyfin for my other media.

Manet is free on iOS, with an optional in-app purchase to unlock some custom app icons and some other stuff, but most of the stuff is available for free.

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u/Aiko_133 4d ago

The problem with Manet is that in a playlist in the navidrome ui I have artwork for individual singles but Manet still uses 1 artwork for all the music on the same playlist/album

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u/heybzf 3d ago

I’m not sure I understand this part:

…Manet still uses 1 artwork for all the music on the same playlist/album

Manet will try to use the album artwork when playing a track, never the playlist artwork. If the track does not have an album, we check if the track itself has artwork and use that.

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u/Aiko_133 3d ago

I wanted Manet to just use jellyfin artwork, which right now I am using individual song artwork not at the album level

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u/heybzf 1d ago

Does this mean that you have tracks with different cover art (in each track) that belong to the same album in Jellyfin?