Multiple devices trouble sharing & syncing apps with iCloud

We have 2 iPods, 1 iPhone, a PC laptop and a PC all on the same iCloud Apple ID. The iPhone and the two iPods each have their own Apple ID for making purchases. The iPhone and one of the iPods are able to share apps purchased separately after the devices are sync'd in iTunes, but one of the iPods (which was originally using a different iTunes account but is now on the same iTunes account as the other iPod and the iPhone - maybe this is part of the problem?) can't seem to get any of the apps from the other two. In iTunes, we can select the shared apps when this iPod is connected, but when we try to sync, nothing gets added. Thoughts on what we might be doing wrong?
Also, I thought iCloud automatically shared apps among devices. We have to sync the devices on iTunes to share the apps...is this how it is supposed to work?
Thanks so much for any help anyone can provide!!
Holmer99

Welcome to the Apple Community.
It's unclear from your post whether you fully appreciate the difference between iCloud and iTunes. iCloud has nothing to do with iTunes and each account can use a separate ID, my first thought therefore would be that you may be using a different ID for this iPod. Check you are using the same ID for iTunes on the PC and iTunes on the iPod at settings > store.
Apps don't exactly sync between devices, they sync according to your settings in iTunes. They can however automatically download to a device when purchased on another, for this to occur, you need the automatic download option checked at settings > store.

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