Difference between iTunes Home Sharing and Tune Ranger

Could someone describe the differences between the Home Sharing feature in iTunes and the product Tune Ranger? I guess I'm trying to find out if the Tune Ranger product is worth having if I've got Home Sharing enabled on all my iTunes machines.
TIA
-JP

Home Sharing just makes the tracks available for copying. It does not do the actual copying itself; you have to select what you want to copy. It's in principle no different than using a CD, USB flash drive or other external media, just more convenient. Utilities such as Tune Ranger are designed to keep two iTunes libraries identical, so it will identify and copy any changes automatically. Which you choose will depend on what you want, identical libraries or just the ability to copy some content from one computer to another.
For more information on Home Sharing, see:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
Regards.

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