Can't you get iTunes on an android phone?

[prberk]

I have an iPhone, and have for a while. I have never had an android phone, but I thought that iTunes was universally available as an app for smartphones, just like it is for computers (available on Windows PCs, not just on MacInstosh).

Anyway, one of my students got a new phone the other day, and it is a Samsung Galaxy (5 or 6, not sure). I was trying to get him iTunes (so that he could begin to be in a habit of actually buying his music instead of illegally downloading it, but also so that he could have it in the cloud forever). I could not find iTunes in his app store, which appeared to be only "Google Play."

Is "Google Play" the only native app store for android? And should you be able to find iTunes there? Is iTunes not universally available to non-Apple devices?

I found all kind of "get my iTunes music moved over to android" apps, but I did not fine the real iTunes. Is this normal? And if so, is there an equivalent app that would be for android, where you can buy music one time and have it across devices?

Sorry for my ignorance, but I am shocked that I could not find it. I thought iTunes, however it might be reviled, was the universal standard for purchasing music (legally) online and on phones.

 

[Master Yoda]

To my knowledge, iTunes is not available on Android.

There are numerous apps that will allow iTunes to sync with Android, but that is about it.

 

[Bob]

To my knowledge, iTunes is not available on Android.

Never has and never will be.

 

[Bob]

Is "Google Play" the only native app store for android?

Yes*

*There are other app stores but they are all 3rd party. Caution should be used when using these other stores and most malware comes from these sources.

And should you be able to find iTunes there?

Nope

Is iTunes not universally available to non-Apple devices?

Nope

I found all kind of "get my iTunes music moved over to android" apps, but I did not fine the real iTunes. Is this normal?

Yes

And if so, is there an equivalent app that would be for android, where you can buy music one time and have it across devices?

You can purchase and/or upload your music to Google Play and access it from any device.

https://play.google.com/music/

 

[lazyboy97o]

The only mobile OS for which iTunes is available is iOS. However, Apple Music will be made available for Android in the near future.

Google Play is not the only Android App Store but is the one pushed by Google, probably the best one and the one included with top-tier Android hardware.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Download Rocket Player and iSyncr from the Play Store. They work very well at syncing and playing iTunes music on Android devices.

To be honest though, I hate iTunes so much that I'm looking at ways to move all of my music out of it into something simpler to use. Apple has gradually destroyed iTunes over the years.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I have an iPod touch but an Android phone. If iTunes is on your computer, you can download your purchased music and upload it to Google Play music.

Alternatively, music can be purchased from Google Play directly. Costs about the same as iTunes. Another source is Amazon, which sells digital music and has a free app for Android (Amazon music).

 

[prberk]

Thank you all for your help. I am genuinely surprised. Anyhow, my goal is to help guide my students not to illegally download music, to buy it and own it -- and not have to re-buy it every time that they trade in a phone. Ideally, like iTunes, it would be nice for them to be able to add any CDs that they might have to their digital library.

The best advice that you would have, then, would be appreciated. The goal is simplicity, universality, and legality in purchasing and storing music digitally.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Thank you all for your help. I am genuinely surprised. Anyhow, my goal is to help guide my students not to illegally download music, to buy it and own it -- and not have to re-buy it every time that they trade in a phone. Ideally, like iTunes, it would be nice for them to be able to add any CDs that they might have to their digital library.

The best advice that you would have, then, would be appreciated. The goal is simplicity, universality, and legality in purchasing and storing music digitally.

As stated, nothing stops them from using iTunes on a computer and syncing with the phone through any number of apps or using similar options from Google, Amazon and others. There are also streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music. Spotify even has a free, ad-supported option.

 

[prberk]

As stated, nothing stops them from using iTunes on a computer and syncing with the phone through any number of apps or using similar options from Google, Amazon and others. There are also streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music. Spotify even has a free, ad-supported option.

If these students don't really use PCs hardly at all (but might want to in the future), you would say that a better option than iTunes to begin with would be Google Play or Amazon music? Do you buy music directly from Google Play like you would iTunes? And if so, can you later "synch" it to a computer or download already purchased songs by logging in by computer or a new phone?

 

[lazyboy97o]

If these students don't really use PCs hardly at all (but might want to in the future), you would say that a better option than iTunes to begin with would be Google Play or Amazon music? Do you buy music directly from Google Play like you would iTunes? And if so, can you later "synch" it to a computer or download already purchased songs by logging in by computer or a new phone?

Yes. And if they're pirating music their probably using a laptop/desktop.

 

[prberk]

Yes. And if they're pirating music their probably using a laptop/desktop.

They tend to live by their phones. I just want to help get them in the habit of buying music to own, getting them to think of the value of the product -- first so that they are doing things legally, and second so that they come over time to recognize that music can be more than throw-away stuff -- that it can be "art" and something worth owning and listening to later or sharing.

So, what would you all suggest as the obious place to emphasize for kids on android? What would be a the best go-to alternative to iTunes if the goal is the above plus a place to have all of your music in one place, with cloud backup? Do any of these fit the entire bill?

 

[lazyboy97o]

They tend to live by their phones. I just want to help get them in the habit of buying music to own, getting them to think of the value of the product -- first so that they are doing things legally, and second so that they come over time to recognize that music can be more than throw-away stuff -- that it can be "art" and something worth owning and listening to later or sharing.

So, what would you all suggest as the obious place to emphasize for kids on android? What would be a the best go-to alternative to iTunes if the goal is the above plus a place to have all of your music in one place, with cloud backup? Do any of these fit the entire bill?

Google Play and Amazon both offer music for sale if you really want to insist on purchasing over streaming.

 

[prberk]

Google Play and Amazon both offer music for sale if you really want to insist on purchasing over streaming.

Do they allow you to download to other devices after purchase, like iTunes does?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Do they allow you to download to other devices after purchase, like iTunes does?

Yes.