"25 Most Played" playlist lists over 3,600 tracks on iOS

I know that this has been discussed before in other threads, but I want to add a little more volume to the crowd of complaints about this. iTunes/iCloud seems to completely ignore track limits on iOS devices. It is completely broken, it appears to be a full show-stopper bug, and I don't understand how this passed Q.A.
I have a variety of smart playlists in iTunes that I want to have available on my iPhone. The playlists all have a limit on the number of tracks, which ranges from 25 to ~250. The playlist names sync up just fine on my phone but the phone does not adhere to the track limit parameter in the playlist, which renders them completely uselesss.
Why does a 25-song playlist show up as containing over half of my library? Why is such a simple parameter ignored? 99% of my listening is through smart playlists and this has rendered iCloud/Match completely useless on my phone. And yes, I restored my phone to factory settings to no avail. It still fails even after a full reset.
On 3 separate computers the playlists work just fine with the correct limits. It is only on iOS devices that it fails.
Please fix this Apple. It is completely broken.

Certainly my experience mirrors yours. I've spent a few hours yesterday and a bit more today experimenting. Certainly the track limit bug is one that shouldn't be difficult to fix (I'm not an engineer though, so can't say that with certainty.
Many smart playlists, such as those based on BPM, or text in the comment field simply show up empty on iOS. That's been my experience and I've read it's the same for others.
Other than smart playlists based on what I'd call "simple" genre, the metadata is just not being handled properly, if at all. I say "simple" genre because I've read an account of a user who can't get "Australian Country" to work, and for me in the U.S., that would seem to be a genre that's a bit out of the ordinary (I'm sure the person who used it regularly would disagree).
So clearly there is a larger issue here. At this time Apple does not seem to have fully implemented smart playlist functionality for iTunes Match into iOS.
My recommendation is for every person who has problems with smart playlists to contact Apple directly, let them know what your individual experience has been and make it known that smart playlist functionality in iOS is a necessary component of making the iTunes Match experience what it is supposed to be - a way to get your music into the cloud, and on to all of your devices AND to be able to manage the music in a way that is easy or easier than what you had before you signed up.
You can do that at this link.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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ok. trying now.
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It's a bug.
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Hopefully the next update fixes it.
Send Apple feedback:
http://www.apple.com/feedback

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try this tip by *Chris CA*
Chris CA wrote:
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I've never really tested how the live updating works. I think it will do you're asking, but you may just have to try it and see.
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Bumping your message isn't going to get you anywhere. It is the Labor Day weekend here in the States, not to mention your problem is a little odd. Be patient.
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ok. trying now.
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unplugged ipod.
went to most played.
picked a lower song and just played it over and over.
it still stayed in the same place.
i hooked it up to the computer and the most played playlist said that it was the number one most played song.
i then hit copy to play order and sync then unplugged ipod.
looked at playlist and it was right.
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Hi,
not sure if its too late.
I had the same problem before and unsolved it just 10 mins ago.
I found the cure on this site
http://forums.ilounge.com/itunes-mac-pc/249787-smart-playlists-not-syncing-sorti ng-correctly.html
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on your itunes
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