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This article is about alternative software applications (besides iTunes) to manage iPod contents. This includes the transferring of music, photos, and videos between iPod and computer. 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, often to work around restrictions in iTunes - for example, if a user transfers music to an iPod using iTunes, they cannot transfer the music from the iPod to another computer (or even the same computer after reinstalling the operating system).

General

Manager Creator(s) First public release date Latest stable version Free? Software license Windows Mac OS X Linux Homepage
Amarok Mark Kretschmann 2003-06-23 3.1 (August 2, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-08-02)) [±] Yes GPL Experimental Experimental (leopard) Yes [1]
Anapod Explorer Red Chair Software ? 9.0.6 (2007-08-05) No Proprietary Yes No No [2]
Banshee Aaron Bockover 2005-08 2.6.2 (February 18, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-18)[1]) [±] Yes MIT Experimental Experimental Yes [3]
CopyTrans Manager WindSolutions 2007-06-05 0.940 (2011-04-08) Yes Proprietary Yes No No [4]
CopyTrans WindSolutions ? 4.61 (2011-04-08) No Proprietary Yes No No [5]
Clementine David Sansome, John Maguire February 2010 0.6 (11 December 2010) Yes GPLv3 Yes Yes Yes [6]
DoubleTwist Monique Farantzos & Jon Lech Johansen ? 1.0b15 r2806 for Mac[2] 2.7.0.3282 for Windows[3] Yes Proprietary Yes Yes No [7]
EphPod Joseph Masters 2001-12 ? Yes Proprietary Yes No No [8]
Floola Tomas Camin 2006-10-20 5.8 (Jul 11, 2010) Yes Proprietary Yes Yes Yes [9]
iPod Manager for foobar2000 (aka "foo_dop") MusicMusic before 2006-06-15 iPod Manager 0.6.8.8 (Dec 8, 2010), foobar2000 2.1.6[4] Edit this on Wikidata (19 September 2024) [±] Yes Proprietary Yes No No [10]
gnupod Adrian Ulrich 2002-09-29 0.99.7 Yes GPL No Yes Yes [11]
gtkpod Jorg Schuler ? 1.1.0 (Aug 10, 2010) Yes GPL No No Yes [12]
MGTEK dopisp MGTEK 2006-11-22 5.0.2412 No Proprietary Yes No No [13]
iGadget Purple Ghost Software, Inc. 2005-09-06 6.2 (Mar 31, 2010) No Proprietary Yes Yes No [14]
iPod/iPhone Transfer Cucusoft 2008-01-01 5.4.0 (2009) No Proprietary Yes No No [15]
iPod Access Findley Designs ? 4.2.6 No Proprietary Yes Yes No [16]
iRip The Little App Factory 2003-09 1.2.5 No Proprietary Yes Yes No [17]
iPodRobot VOWSoft, Ltd. 2009-03-10 4.3.0 No Proprietary Yes No No [18]
iTunes Apple Inc. 2001-01-08 Yes Proprietary Yes Yes No [19]
Media Center J. River 2003-07 28.0.63 (September 10, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-10)) [±] No Proprietary Yes No No ?
MediaChest Dmitriy Rogatkin 2004-07-03 1.7.1 Yes BSD Yes Yes Yes [20]
Mediamonkey Ventis Media Inc. 2003-08-25 5.0.4.2690 (November 23, 2022; 23 months ago (2022-11-23)) [±] Yes (Standard) Proprietary Yes No No [21]
MediaWidget Bootstrap Development 2007-02-15 5.0[5] No Proprietary Yes No No [22]
Songbird Pioneers of the Inevitable aka POTI Inc. February 8, 2006 1.9.3 (February 9, 2011) Yes GPLv2 Yes Yes Yes, and Android [23]
SyncPod iSkysoft 2009-10-02 1.5.6 No Proprietary No Yes No [24]
Pod to Mac myPod Apps 2009-03 1.0 beta 3 No Proprietary No Yes No [25]
Pod to PC myPod Apps 2008-08 2.51 No Proprietary Yes No No [26]
Rhythmbox Colin Walters 2004-04 3.4.4 (January 4, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-01-04)) [±] Yes GPL No No Yes [27]
Senuti FadingRed 2006-04-26 1.1.7 (Oct 6, 2009)[6] No ? No Yes No [28]
SharePod Jeff Harris ? 3.9.7 (Nov 27, 2010) Yes ? Yes No No [29]
TouchCopy Wide Angle Software 2007-09-06 9.34 No Proprietary Yes Yes No [30]
TuneAid DigiDNA 2008-10-17 3.6 No Proprietary Yes Yes No [31]
Winamp native Nullsoft 1997-06 5.9.2 Build 10042[7] (April 26, 2023; 18 months ago (2023-04-26)) [±]


Yes (Bundle & Full) Proprietary Yes No No [32]
Winamp via ml iPod MusicMusic 2004-03-31 3.10 Yes ? Yes No No [33]
XPlay Mediafour 2002-06-24 3.5.0 (Dec 30, 2009)[8] No Proprietary Yes No No [34]
Yamipod Tomas Camin ? 1.7 Yes ? Yes Yes Yes [35]
Manager Creator(s) First public release date Latest stable version Free? Software license Windows Mac OS X Linux Homepage

Media organization and 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 Yes Yes Yes
CopyTrans Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
DoubleTwist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes, PC only
EphPod Yes ? Yes No Yes No ? ? ?
Floola Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iPod Manager for foobar2000 (aka "foo_dop") 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
MGTEK dopisp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
iGadget Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
iPod/iPhone Transfer Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes
iPod Access Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes No
iRip 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 Yes Yes
MediaWidget Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SyncPod Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pod to PC Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Pod to Mac Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Rhythmbox Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Senuti Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
SharePod Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
TouchCopy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
TuneAid Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No
Winamp native Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Winamp via ml iPod Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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

iPod syncing and maintenance features

Manager Download Podcasts Rebuild iPod Database Portable 6th Gen. Firmware 5th Gen. nano Firmware shuffle3G Firmware iPod touch / iPhone support Photo support Supports Gapless Metadata
Amarok Yes ? ? Yes ? No Yes4 ? ?
Anapod Explorer ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Banshee Yes Yes ? No ? ? Yes ? ?
CopyTrans Manager No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes via CopyTrans Photo Yes
CopyTrans No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes via CopyTrans Photo Yes
DoubleTwist Yes Yes No Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes No
EphPod No Yes ? ? No No No No No
Floola Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No
iPod Manager for foobar2000 (aka "foo_dop") via foo_podcatcher ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes *limited No Yes
gnupod Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes No No
gtkpod No ? ? Yes2 Yes4 Yes4 Yes, jailbroken only ? Yes
MGTEK dopisp No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
iGadget No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
iPod/iPhone Transfer ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes
iPod Access Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes via iPod Access Photo ?
iRip Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iPodRobot No No ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes ?
iTunes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Center Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MediaChest Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes
Mediamonkey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
MediaWidget Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SyncPod No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Pod to Mac ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? No
Pod to PC ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes Requires Pod Photo Transfer No
Rhythmbox Yes ? ? ? No ? Yes4 No No
Senuti No ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
SharePod ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes ?
TouchCopy Yes No Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes
TuneAid No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes via PicsAid No
Winamp native Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Winamp via ml iPod Yes Yes ? Yes3 No No Partial, 2.x firmware read only Yes ?
XPlay No Yes No ? ? ? ? Yes ?
Yamipod No Yes Yes ? No No No No No
Manager Download Podcasts Rebuild iPod Database Portable 6th Gen. Firmware 5th Gen. nano Firmware shuffle3G Firmware iPod touch / iPhone support Photo support Supports Gapless Metadata

Note 2: gtkpod developers have found a workaround [36].

Note 3: As of Version 3.02 [37].

Note 4: Support arrived with libgpod >= 0.7.90 due to the use of libimobiledevice.

iPhone & iPod Touch 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 iPod touch / iPhone FW 4.0.2
Amarok Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Anapod Explorer No No No No No
Banshee No No No No No
CopyTrans Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CopyTrans Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DoubleTwist Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only No
EphPod No No No No No
Floola No No No No No
iPod Manager for foobar2000 (aka "foo_dop") Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only
gnupod Yes No No No No
gtkpod Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
MGTEK dopisp Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
iGadget Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
iPod/iPhone Transfer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iPod Access Yes ? No No No
iRip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iPodRobot Yes Yes No No No
iTunes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Center No No No No No
MediaChest No No No No No
Mediamonkey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MediaWidget Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, Read only
SyncPod Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, Read only
Pod to Mac Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Pod to PC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rhythmbox Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Senuti Yes Yes No No No
SharePod Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, read only
TouchCopy Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
TuneAid Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Winamp native No No No No No
Winamp via ml iPod Yes Yes No No No
XPlay Yes Yes, Read only Yes, Read only Yes, Read only ?
Yamipod No 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 iPod touch / iPhone FW 4.0.2

See also


References

  1. ^ "October 10, 2012". banshee.fm. October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "New release Mac (v1.0b15 r2806)". Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  3. ^ "Windows release 2.7.0.3282 is live 3.10.2010". Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  4. ^ "foobar2000: Change Log". Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Transfer iPod to iTunes, Copy iPod to Computer". Bootstrap Development LLC. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  6. ^ "Senuti Compatibility for Updates to Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPod". FadingRed. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  7. ^ "Winamp : Supported versions : Latest supported version". Winamp Forums. December 22, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "XPlay 3.5.0 update is now available". MediaFour. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
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