Cider review: Apple Music on Windows without having to deal with iTunes
(Windows Phone Central)

Just about anything would be better than iTunes on a PC, but Cider does more than beat Apple`s horrible first-party offering. A new Apple Music client called Cider recently launched on Windows through the Microsoft Store. The app provides an alternative to the much-hated iTunes and the Apple Music web interface. At first glance, Cider may appear like a web wrapper, but after spending some time with the app, it`s clear that the developers added quite a bit of functionality to the application. It supports audio customization, themes, and a long list of other features that show promise. I hadn`t used Apple Music before this review, so I took time to try the service from Apple`s own offering (including iTunes) as well as the third-party client Cider. The review period served as a chance to check out a promising third-party client and to remind me of how terrible iTunes is on Windows. Cider is still in alpha, so we`ll skip scoring for now. If the app builds off its strong start and is ...