8 Free Alternatives to iTunes for Windows

Copy Trans is listed a FREE. However it is not FREE. Why would they list themselves as FREE when there is a fee to use it?

I don't see the point. iTunes does everything that the paid versions of media monkey and winamp and iTunes is free. Unless I'm missing something. Obviously I'm looking for a new player/media manager which brought me here, but I can't find anything that's free and offers the same stuff itunes does.

Tommy, I can only agree. There are plenty of players, copiers and transfer programs but the point is that a true alternative would replace rather than handle elements. It's the whole of iTunes that's slow, rigid and way too big. A true alternative would be a winner

I think i will go for win amp- mostly pissed at "cant find file" and "need to authorize" errors with itunes- I know the fixs for these but its just not worth my time having to do them over and over and......

I don't see how any of these apps can be called "replacements" or "alternatives" for iTunes. NONE of them offer management of apps or contacts/calendar sync, most don't even manage podcasts or videos, and one or two even require that iTunes be installed so the third party app can use Apple's libraries and DLLs.

These apps are nice. Several are even brilliant. But all they do is manage music. As much as I would love to (and, boy, would I LOVE to) I won't be able to "replace" iTunes until they start looking at iDevices as more than mere music players. Give me something that handles every piece of content on my iPod, or your app means nothing.

GUys, in my opinion, Media Moneky is too complicated, Copytrans solved all my itunes problems LOL,, btw, please help me , cause I want game sin my itouch and my iphone , where do i get free games? is there an itunes alternative that can transfer games to the mentioned deivec, i appreciate your response.

These are all good options!

Great ... based on the comments here, and other reviews I downloaded Media Monkey. As soon as I hooked up my shuffle it went into "auto-synch" (no chance to say yea or nay) and promptly erased all the content on my shuffle. It did not add the content to my library ... it is simply gone! No matter what I do I cannot add content back to the shuffle. The help files offer no help at all. I guess you get what you pay for.

By the way the shuffle is fine ... if I go to a friends computer running iTunes I can add content and it will play. Why the heck can't these media players utilize simple drag and drop features like the rest of the computing world (and some medial players that unfortunately will not support Apple's quirky hardware)?

im getting a little tried of the expense of itunes and seriously thinking about some of these alternatives this article gives me some good info to make an informed descisson. Thanks

CopyTrans manager is free, but for full functionality for an ipod touch, it ends up being 100$+... a little for library management, a little for video stuff, etc etc...

Songbird hasn't supported iPod's for years. Such a shame - it's a great media player.

To Chappers good choice on the HTC I have the HTC desire it is excellent.

I need to transfer my music from itunes to the other 'itunes' please help? xx

You forget the best of all!!! J river rocks but after the free trial yu have to buy it...

Hi, I have always used ITUNEs but since my ipod broke a few years back and the price to purchase an iphone/pod to hold all my music is so high I am not going to get one. I am probably just going to get an HTC smartphone of some kind. I noticed some of these will load onto the ipod and then you can use it on other PC's, will this work with any of the other smartphones?

when will copytrans work with ipod nano 6th gen not only for backup but also for upload from pc to ipod?

Thanks a lot for the replies :-)

@Ishan Will you update the article? It still says hit and miss ...

@Cherry: CopyTrans Manager has full support for video transfer.

How about anapod/anapop explorer? Actually I'm looking to transfer some music videos in my 5th Gen Ipod, and anapod explorer supports video files to be transfered into Ipod. But, somehow I'm looking for another better or say an alternative to anapod explorer which can support videos also.
So is there any software (out of these 8) like that??

Hi Ishan, what kind of problems did you experience with your iPod Touch and CopyTrans Manager? CopyTrans Manager is definitely compatible with all iPod Touch models including the latest iPod Touch 4G. If you need help, please contact our Support Team. Thanks!

My biggest concern is that iTunes HAS folders and even sub-folders within playlists (and I have many of these), but when I sync my iPhone playlists the folder structure is completely absent! I want/need a Media Player that can transfer my folder structure over to my iPhone.

Thanks,
Brad

You are missing Media Monkey,
which is able to synchronize with all ipods/iphones, and even some droids and palmpre.
It can fully substitute itunes!