HT204053 using multiple apple ID's

Should a family with multiple apple devices all use the same apple id in order to put music downloads and AP's all all devices?  We currently have 3 iphones, 1 ipad and 2 ipods!  we manage this with playlists but what about AP's?  We manage the music with individual playlists, but every time I open itunes, all of my daughters ap's begin downloading.
wodnering if there is a better way....I don't know alot about managing all the devices and using icloud.

If you don't want to pay multiple times for each item you purchase, for each device, then define the Apple ID in settings>iTunes Store...  the same for each device.
However, when you sync each device to itunes, you can control which apps are to be synced to the device, same for music.  Just look at each tab in itunes (for any given device) to set the items you want.

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