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Comparison of iPod managers
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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 | 2.0.2 (2009-03-05) | Yes | GPL | [1] |
| Anapod Explorer | Red Chair Software | ? | 9.0.6 (2007-08-05) | No | Proprietary | ? |
| Banshee | Aaron Bockover | 2005-08 | 1.4.3 (2009-3-4) | Yes | MIT | [2] |
| CopyTrans Manager | WindSolutions | ? | 0.74[1] | Yes | Proprietary | [2] |
| EphPod | Joseph Masters | 2001-12 | ? | Yes | Proprietary | [3] |
| Floola | Tomas Camin | ? | 5.0 | Yes | Proprietary | [4] |
| foo_dop (for foobar2000) | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| gnupod | Adrian Ulrich | 2002-09-29 | 0.99.7 | Yes | GPL | [5] |
| gtkpod | Jorg Schuler | ? | 0.99.12 | Yes | GPL | [6] |
| iMPware | ? | 2008-01-01 | 1.13 | Yes | Proprietary | [7][8] |
| iPod Access | ? | ? | 4.2.4 | No | ? | [9] |
| iPodRip | Happy Hour Code | 2003-09 | 1.0.3 | No | Proprietary | [10] |
| iPodRobot | iPodRobot.com | 2009-03-10 | 4.3.0 | No | Proprietary | [11] |
| MediaChest | Dmitriy Rogatkin | 2004-07-03 | 1.7.1 | Yes | BSD | [12] |
| MediaWidget - Easy iPod Transfer | Bootstrap Development, LLC | 2007-02-15 | 5.0[3] | No | Proprietary | [13] |
| iTunes | Apple Inc. | 2001-01-08 | 8.1 (50) | Yes | Proprietary | [14] |
| Media Center | J. River | 2003-07 | 13.0.132 (2009-4-13) | No | Proprietary | ? |
| Mediamonkey | Ventis Media Inc. | 2003-08-25 | 3.0.7.1191 (2009-1-16) | Yes (Standard) | Proprietary | ? |
| ml iPod (for Winamp) | ? | 2004-03-31 | 3.08 | Yes | ? | [15] |
| piTunes | Pavel Petrenko & LebedzTek | 2009-01-06 | 1.000 | Yes | ? | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Colin Walters | 2004-04 | 0.12.0 (2009-03-19) | Yes | GPL | [16] |
| Senuti | FadingRed | ? | 0.50.5 | No | ? | ? |
| Songbird | Pioneers of the Inevitable | 2006-02-08 | 1.1.2 (2009-4-9) | Yes | GPL | [17] |
| TuneAid | DigiDNA | 2008-10-17 | 3.07 | No | Proprietary | [18] |
| Winamp native | Nullsoft | 1997-06 | 5.551 (5.5.5.2419) (2009-3-9) | Yes (Bundle,full and lite) | Proprietary | ? |
| XPlay | Mediafour | 2002-06-24 | 3.0.2 | No | Proprietary | ? |
| Yamipod | Tomas Camin | ? | 1.7 | Yes | ? | [19] |
| SharePod | Jeff Harris | ? | 3.8.9 | Yes | ? | [20] |
| 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 | Yes | Yes |
| Anapod Explorer | Yes | No | No |
| Banshee | No | No | Yes |
| CopyTrans Manager | 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 |
| iPod Access | No | Yes | No |
| iPodRip | Yes | Yes | No |
| iPodRobot | Yes | No | No |
| MediaChest | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MediaWidget - Easy iPod Transfer | Yes | No | No |
| iTunes | Yes | Yes | Through Wine |
| Media Center | Yes | No | No |
| Mediamonkey | Yes | No | No |
| ml iPod (for Winamp) | Yes | No | No |
| Rhythmbox | No | No | Yes |
| Senuti | No | Yes | No |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TuneAid | Yes | Yes | No |
| Winamp native | Yes | No | No |
| XPlay | Yes | No | No |
| Yamipod | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SharePod | Yes | No | No |
| 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Banshee | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| CopyTrans Manager | Yes | No | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
| EphPod | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Floola | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| foo_dop (for foobar2000) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| gnupod | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| gtkpod | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| iMPware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| iPod Access | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
| iPodRip | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| iPodRobot | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No |
| MediaChest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MediaWidget - Easy iPod Transfer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iTunes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Center | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Mediamonkey | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| ml iPod (for Winamp) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Senuti | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Songbird | Yes | Yes | Yes[citation needed] | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| TuneAid | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Winamp native | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| XPlay | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Yamipod | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| SharePod | 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 | ? | ? |
| Banshee | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | ? |
| CopyTrans Manager | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes (iPod Touch 1g only) | No | ? |
| EphPod | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
| Floola | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| foo_dop (for foobar2000) | No | ? | ? | 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 |
| iPod Access | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iPodRip | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| iPodRobot | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| MediaChest | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes |
| MediaWidget - Easy iPod Transfer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iTunes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Center | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mediamonkey | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? |
| ml iPod (for Winamp) | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes3 | Partial (2.x firmware read only) | Yes | ? |
| Rhythmbox | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
| Senuti | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Songbird | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
| TuneAid | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Winamp native | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XPlay | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Yamipod | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| SharePod | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| 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 [21].
Note 3: As of Version 3.02 [22].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Import iPod Music from iPod to iTunes, create library backup". WindSolutions. http://www.copytrans.net/downloadtrial.php. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Manage iPod & iPhone without iTunes, create & rename playlists". Vendor product pages. WindSolutions. http://www.copytrans.net/manager.php. Retrieved on 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Transfer iPod to iTunes, Copy iPod to Computer". Bootstrap Development LLC. http://www.bootstrapdevelopment.com/ipod-to-itunes-transfer. Retrieved on 2009-03-14.
