Comparison of iPod managers

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Contents 1 Different Managers 2 General 3 Operating system support 4 Transfer features 5 Miscellaneous features 6 Compatibility 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Different Managers

Although according to Apple, iTunes is supposed to be the primary manager of all iPods and iPhones, other software has been created that can be used to sync or update iPods and iPhones with different media.

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[edit] General

Manager	Creator(s)	First public release date	Latest stable version	Free?	Software license	Homepage
Amarok	Mark Kretschmann	2003-06-23	2.2.1  (2009-11-16; 18 days ago)	Yes	GPL	[1]
Anapod Explorer	Red Chair Software	?	9.0.6 (2007-08-05)	No	Proprietary	[2]
Banshee	Aaron Bockover	2005-08	1.5.2  (2009-11-20; 14 days ago)	Yes	MIT	[3]
CopyTrans Manager	WindSolutions	2007-06-05	0.866 (2009-09-28)[1]	Yes	Proprietary	[4]
CopyTrans	WindSolutions	?	3.29[2]	No	Proprietary	[5]
EphPod	Joseph Masters	2001-12	?	Yes	Proprietary	[6]
Floola	Tomas Camin	?	5.3.1	Yes	Proprietary	[7]
foo_dop (for foobar2000)	?	2006-05-30	0.6.4.4 (2009-05-23)	Yes	?	[8]
gnupod	Adrian Ulrich	2002-09-29	0.99.7	Yes	GPL	[9]
gtkpod	Jorg Schuler	?	0.99.12	Yes	GPL	[10]
iMPware	?	2008-01-01	1.13	Yes	Proprietary	[11][12]
iPhone Transfer	ImTOO	2007	2.1.38 (2009)	No	Proprietary	[13]
iPod Access	Findley Designs	?	4.2.6	No	Proprietary	[14]
iPodRip	The Little App Factory	September 2003	1.2.5	No	Proprietary	[15]
iPodRobot	iPodRobot.com	2009-03-10	4.3.0	No	Proprietary	[16]
iTunes	Apple Inc.	2001-01-08	9.0 (70)	Yes	Proprietary	[17]
Media Center	J. River	2003-07	14.0.46  (2009-08-07; 3 months ago)	No	Proprietary	?
MediaChest	Dmitriy Rogatkin	2004-07-03	1.7.1	Yes	BSD	[18]
Mediamonkey	Ventis Media Inc.	2003-08-25	3.2.0.1294  (2009-11-19; 15 days ago)	Yes (Standard)	Proprietary	?
MediaWidget	Bootstrap Development, LLC	2007-02-15	5.0[3]	No	Proprietary	[19]
ml iPod (for Winamp)	?	2004-03-31	3.08	Yes	?	[20]
piTunes	Pavel Petrenko & LebedzTek	2009-01-06	1.000	Yes	?	?
Pod to Mac	myPod Apps	2009-03	1.0 beta 3	No	Proprietary	[21]
Pod to PC	myPod Apps	2008-08	2.51	No	Proprietary	[22]
Rhythmbox	Colin Walters	2004-04	0.12.5  (2009-09-18; 2 months ago)	Yes	GPL	[23]
Senuti	FadingRed	?	0.50.5	No	?	?
SharePod	Jeff Harris	?	3.8.9	Yes	?	[24]
Songbird	Pioneers of the Inevitable	2006-02-08	1.2  (2009-6-18; 5 months ago)	Yes	GPL	[25]
TouchCopy	TouchCopy.com	2007-09-06	9.34	No	Proprietary	[26]
TuneAid	DigiDNA	2008-10-17	3.07	No	Proprietary	[27]
Winamp native	Nullsoft	1997-06	5.5.6.2512  (2009-07-01; 5 months ago)	Yes (Bundle and full. Not lite)	Proprietary	[28]
XPlay	Mediafour	2002-06-24	3.1.4	No	Proprietary	[29]
Yamipod	Tomas Camin	?	1.7	Yes	?	[30]
Manager	Creator(s)	First public release date	Latest stable version	Free?	Software license	Homepage

[edit] Operating system support

Manager	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux
Amarok	Experimental	Experimental (leopard)	Yes
Anapod Explorer	Yes	No	No
Banshee	No	Experimental	Yes
CopyTrans Manager	Yes	No	No
CopyTrans	Yes	No	No
EphPod	Yes	No	No
Floola	Yes	Yes	Yes
foo_dop (for foobar2000)	Yes	No	No
gnupod	No	Yes	Yes
gtkpod	No	No	Yes
iMPware	Yes	No	No
iPhone Transfer	Yes	Yes	No
iPod Access	Yes	Yes	No
iPodRip	Yes	Yes	No
iPodRobot	Yes	No	No
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No
Media Center	Yes	No	No
MediaChest	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mediamonkey	Yes	No	No
MediaWidget	Yes	No	No
ml iPod (for Winamp)	Yes	No	No
Pod to Mac	No	Yes	No
Pod to PC	Yes	No	No
Rhythmbox	No	No	Yes
Senuti	No	Yes	No
SharePod	Yes	No	No
Songbird	Yes	Yes	Yes
TouchCopy	Yes	Yes	No
TuneAid	Yes	Yes	No
Winamp native	Yes	No	No
XPlay	Yes	No	No
Yamipod	Yes	Yes	Yes
Manager	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux

[edit] Transfer features

Manager	Copy Music	Copy Videos	Copy Smart Playlists	Copy Album Artwork	Extract DRM-Free Music	Extract DRM-Free Videos	Extract Playcounts	Extract Playlists	Copy Content to iPod
Amarok	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Anapod Explorer	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
Banshee	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?
CopyTrans Manager	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
CopyTrans	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
EphPod	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	?	?
Floola	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
foo_dop (for foobar2000)	Yes	Partial6	Yes	Yes	via foo_fileops	Partial6	via foo_playcount)	?	?
gnupod	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
gtkpod	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iMPware	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
iPhone Transfer	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes
iPod Access	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	No
iPodRip	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
iPodRobot	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	No
iTunes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Media Center	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?
MediaChest	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mediamonkey	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?
MediaWidget	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ml iPod (for Winamp)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Pod to PC	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pod to Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rhythmbox	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Senuti	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
SharePod	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Songbird	Yes	Yes	Yes[citation needed]	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
TouchCopy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TuneAid	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?
Winamp native	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
XPlay	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yamipod	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes
Manager	Copy Music	Copy Videos	Copy Smart Playlists	Copy Album Artwork	Extract DRM-Free Music	Extract DRM-Free Videos	Extract Playcounts	Extract Playlists	Copy Content to iPod

[edit] Miscellaneous features

Manager	Download Podcasts	Rebuild iPod Database	Portable	6th Gen. Firmware	iPod touch / iPhone support	Photo support	Supports Gapless Metadata
Amarok	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	?	?
Anapod Explorer	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
Banshee	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	?	?
CopyTrans Manager	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	via CopyTrans Photo	Yes
CopyTrans	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	via CopyTrans Photo	Yes
EphPod	No	Yes	?	?	No	?	?
Floola	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
foo_dop (for foobar2000)	via foo_podcatcher	?	Yes	Yes	Yes *limited	No	Yes
gnupod	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
gtkpod	No	?	?	Yes2	?	?	Yes
iMPware	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iPhone Transfer	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iPod Access	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	via iPod Access Photo	?
iPodRip	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
iPodRobot	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
iTunes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Media Center	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
MediaChest	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	Yes
Mediamonkey	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	?
MediaWidget	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ml iPod (for Winamp)	Yes	Yes	?	Yes3	Partial (2.x firmware read only)	Yes	?
Pod to Mac	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No
Pod to PC	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Requires Pod Photo Transfer	No
Rhythmbox	Yes	?	?	?	?	No	No
Senuti	No	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
SharePod	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Songbird	Yes	?	?	?	No	?	?
TouchCopy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TuneAid	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Winamp native	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
XPlay	No	Yes	No	?	?	Yes	?
Yamipod	?	?	Yes	?	No	?	?
Manager	Download Podcasts	Rebuild iPod Database	Portable	6th Gen. Firmware	iPod touch / iPhone support	Photo support	Supports Gapless Metadata

Note 2: gtkpod developers have found a workaround [31].

Note 3: As of Version 3.02 [32].

[edit] Compatibility

Manager	iPod touch / iPhone Firmware up to 1.1.4	iPod touch / iPhone FW 2.x	iPod touch / iPhone FW 3.0	iPod touch / iPhone FW 3.1
Amarok	No	No	No	No
Anapod Explorer	No	No	No	No
Banshee	No	No	No	No
CopyTrans Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CopyTrans	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EphPod	No	No	No	No
Floola	No	No	No	No
foo_dop (for foobar2000)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
gnupod	Yes	No	No	No
gtkpod	Yes	Yes	No
iMPware	Yes	No	?	?
iPhone Transfer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
iPod Access	Yes	?	No	No
iPodRip	Yes	Yes	No	No
iPodRobot	Yes	Yes	No	No
iTunes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Media Center	?	?	?	?
MediaChest	?	?	?	?
Mediamonkey	Yes	Yes	No	No
MediaWidget	Yes	Yes Read only	Yes Read only	Yes Read only
ml iPod (for Winamp)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Pod to Mac	Yes	Yes	No	No
Pod to PC	Yes	Yes	No	No
Rhythmbox	?	?	?	?
Senuti	Yes	Yes	No	No
SharePod	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Songbird	No	No	No	No
TouchCopy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TuneAid	Yes	Yes	No	No
Winamp native	No	No	No	No
XPlay	Yes	Yes Read only	Yes Read only	Yes Read only
Yamipod	No	No	No	No
Manager	iPod touch / iPhone Firmware up to 1.1.4	iPod touch / iPhone FW 2.x	iPod touch / iPhone FW 3.0	iPod touch / iPhone FW 3.1

[edit] See also

• iPod
• iTunes

[edit] References

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