Comparison of iPod managers

Comparison of iPod managers

This article is about alternative software applications (besides iTunes) to manage iPod contents. This includes the transferring of music, photos, and videos between an iPod and a computer.

iTunes is the official manager of all iPods, but other software has been created that can be used to update iPods with different content, 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 re-installing the operating system).

Contents

General

Manager Creator(s) First public release date Latest stable version Downloadable without paying? Software license Windows Mac OS X Linux
Amarok Mark Kretschmann 2003-06-23 2.4.3  (August 1, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-08-01)) Yes GPL Experimental Experimental (leopard) Yes
Banshee Aaron Bockover 2005-08 2.2.1  (November 1, 2011; 19 days ago (2011-11-01)) Yes MIT Experimental Experimental Yes
Clementine David Sansome, John Maguire February 2010 0.7.1  (March 27, 2011; 7 months ago (2011-03-27)) Yes GPL v3 Yes Yes Yes
DoubleTwist Monique Farantzos & Jon Lech Johansen ? 1.0b15 r2806 for Mac[1] 2.7.0.3282 for Windows[2] Yes Proprietary Yes Yes No
EphPod Joseph Masters 2001-12 ? Yes Proprietary Yes No No
iPod Manager for foobar2000 (aka "foo_dop") MusicMusic before 2006-06-15 iPod Manager 0.6.8.8 (Dec 8, 2010), foobar2000 1.1.9  (4 November 2011; 16 days ago (2011-11-04)) Yes Proprietary Yes No No
gtkpod Jorg Schuler ? 2.1 (Aug 7, 2011) Yes GPL No No Yes
iRip The Little App Factory 2003-09 1.2.5 No Proprietary Yes Yes No
iTunes Apple Inc. 2001-01-08 10.5.1.42  (November 14, 2011; 6 days ago (2011-11-14)) Yes Proprietary Yes Yes No
Media Center J. River 2003-07 16.0.181  (October 29, 2011; 22 days ago (2011-10-29)) No Proprietary Yes No No
Mediamonkey Ventis Media Inc. 2003-08-25 4.0.0.1459  (November 14, 2011; 6 days ago (2011-11-14)) Yes (Standard) Proprietary Yes No No
Rhythmbox Colin Walters 2004-04 0.13.3  (January 16, 2011; 9 months ago (2011-01-16)) Yes GPL No No Yes
Senuti FadingRed 2006-04-26 1.1.7 (Oct 6, 2009)[3] Yes (limited trial) Proprietary No Yes No
Winamp native Nullsoft 1997-06 5.622 Build 3189  (October 26, 2011; 25 days ago (2011-10-26)) Yes (Bundle & Full) Proprietary Yes No No
XPlay Mediafour 2002-06-24 3.5.0 (Dec 30, 2009)[4] No Proprietary Yes No No
Manager Creator(s) First public release date Latest stable version Downloadable without paying? Software license Windows Mac OS X Linux

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 ? ? ?
Banshee Yes ? No Yes Yes No No ? ?
Clementine ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
DoubleTwist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes, PC only
EphPod Yes ? Yes No Yes No ? ? ?
iPod Manager for foobar2000 (aka "foo_dop") Yes Partial6 Yes Yes via foo_fileops Partial6 via foo_playcount) ? ?
gtkpod Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iRip Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
iTunes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes, Mac only Yes, Mac only Yes
Media Center Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ?
Mediamonkey Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes, not IOS 5
Rhythmbox Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Senuti Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Winamp native Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
XPlay Yes Yes No Yes 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 ? ?
Banshee Yes Yes ? No ? ? Yes ? ?
Clementine ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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
iPod Manager for foobar2000 (aka "foo_dop") via foo_podcatcher No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes *limited No Yes
gtkpod No ? ? Yes2 Yes4 Yes4 Yes, jailbroken only ? Yes
iRip Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iTunes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Center Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mediamonkey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Rhythmbox Yes ? ? ? Yes ? Yes4 No No
Senuti No ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Winamp native Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XPlay No Yes No ? ? ? ? Yes ?
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 [1].

Note 3: As of Version 3.02 [2].

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 ?
Banshee No No No No No
Clementine ? ? ? ? ?
DoubleTwist Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only Yes, PC only No
EphPod 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
gtkpod Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
iRip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iTunes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Media Center No No No No No
Mediamonkey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rhythmbox Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Senuti Yes Yes No No No
Winamp native No No No No No
XPlay Yes Yes, Read only Yes, Read only Yes, Read only ?
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. ^ "New release Mac (v1.0b15 r2806)". http://forums.doubletwist.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=1799. Retrieved 2010-03-20. 
  2. ^ "Windows release 2.7.0.3282 is live 3.10.2010". http://forums.doubletwist.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=2100. Retrieved 2010-03-20. 
  3. ^ "Senuti Compatibility for Updates to Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPod". FadingRed. http://blog.fadingred.com/post/171388073/senuti-compatibility-for-updates-to-mac-os-x-iphone. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 
  4. ^ "XPlay 3.5.0 update is now available". MediaFour. http://www.mediafour.com/xplay-3-5-1-update-is-now-available. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 
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