People find it difficult to change their habits. Think for example of users who switch from an iPhone to an Android smartphone, therefore abandoning the use of iTunes.
Although this program is not very popular (unless you are a true Apple fan) many people take the time, effort and money to buy songs on this platform and organize their music collection.
How to sync iTunes even on Android smartphones "> things to know if you switch to Android, we can use free apps to sync iTunes with an Android phone or tablet.
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How to sync iTunes with Android to transfer music
The goal of the apps indicated in this guide is to make a two-way synchronization between PC and mobile phone so that the music on iTunes is imported to Android and, vice versa, the songs saved on the mobile phone are copied to the computer and listenable in iTunes.
1) iSyncr
iSyncr is an extremely powerful and free application that allows you to synchronize music between iTunes and Android devices, which we can download from here: iSyncr .
With iSyncr Lite you can synchronize MP3s, videos and podcasts downloaded to your Android phone by making them appear in iTunes.
Even if on iTunes, without using applications, you can always configure the Android mobile phone connected to your computer as "source" in "USB stick" mode, iSyncr offers the convenience of synchronizing playlists too.
Those who love organizing music in plylist will therefore find this automatic application very useful for importing them on Android so that they can listen to the songs in the saved sequence.
You can also choose between internal memory and external memory as a location for synchronizing music.
However, iSyncr Lite has some limitations in its free version: only one playlist can be synchronized at a time, with a maximum of 30 tracks.
These limitations can be eliminated by updating to the paid version which also allows you to synchronize PC with iTunes and Android via WiFi.
Further details on the official website of the iSyncr application from which you can also download the client for PC.
iSyncr Lite can be combined with the free Player Rocket app, to listen to music from your Android phone or tablet using it as if it were an iPod.
2) iTunes Sync
Another app that we can use to synchronize iTunes with Android devices is iTunes Sync, available for free from here -> iTunes Sync .
Once the respective client is installed on the PC or Mac, we can also start communicating with the app via WiFi and thus transfer playlists, podcasts, music and videos to the Android smartphone, also choosing the memory where to save everything.
If properly configured it is able to automatically send new tracks to index or buy on iTunes if the Android smartphone is turned on together with the app, so as to always have a smartphone with updated music.
We can download the client for PC from here -> SyncTunes for PC or Mac .
3) doubleTwist Player
doubleTwist Player is one of the best music players or players for Android and among its many features it also offers the possibility of synchronizing MP3 tracks with iTunes; we can download it from here -> doubleTwist Player .
What is written for iSyncr Lite is also applicable with doubleTwist, one of the apps that works wonderfully to synchronize Android with iTunes.
The free version of this app requires you to connect your phone to your computer via USB cable to sync iTunes music, nothing transcendental given the faster transfer speed.
With DoubleTwist you can download album covers, synchronize playlists, get automatic playlists based on the most listened songs, subscribe to iTunes podcasts even without a PC or Mac (the latter available only on the paid Pro version).
To connect to the PC, the application requires you to install a DoubleTwist client (a program identical to iTunes) to download on the official website (I recommend choosing the custom installation by deselecting the sponsors).
Support for syncing over WiFi requires a separate app called AirSync by doubleTwist.
4) Cloud Tuner: iTunes Sync
A good alternative to the apps we've seen so far is Cloud Tuner: iTunes Sync, available for download from here -> Cloud Tuner: iTunes Sync (no longer exists).
With this app we will be able to synchronize iTunes playlists, videos, music and podcasts on the Dropbox cloud, Google Drive or OneDrive account and access them remotely on any Android device, so we can take all the songs with us and synchronize our playlists automatically without having to use a USB cable or configure a WiFi connection as seen in the previous apps. Among all the recommended apps this seems definitely the best choice, since it is easily configurable and exploitable without having to tinker with dedicated clients or get paid versions of apps that we will probably use a few times.
Alternatives to iTunes
If you can not use iTunes or we want valid alternatives, we strongly recommend using Google Play Music by installing it on PC and smartphone via the dedicated app to synchronize music on any device in our possession, free of charge and with a very high limit (up to at 50, 000 songs we can upload to the cloud offered by the service).
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