IPhone has different Apple ID from MacBook

On my iPhone I am unable to update apps or purchase anything in iTunes because I do not know my iPhone password and I am unable to update it. I used the same ID & pw for years, with my iTunes account on both an iPod and iPhone without difficulty. I have had a MacBook now for a couple of years and accidentally started a second Apple ID. Since that time, I have had problems off and on with my password and ID's. At the moment, I am unable to update apps or purchase anything from iTunes on my iPhone. I have tried resetting my password, but everytime I do, it resets the password for my computer instead of my original ID. This is SOOOO annoying! Any suggestions?

You can log out of your account on your phone by tapping on it in Settings > Store, and you can then log in with a different account
Any content that you download from the store is tied to the account that downloaded it, so if they are different accounts (e.g. if the id on your phone is not a previous version of the account that you are logged into on your Mac) then any apps etc that were downloaded on your phone by the currently logged in account will remain tied to that account, so only that account will be able to download updates to those apps.

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