How to Download Music On Your iPhone?

Download Music On Your iPhone

If you are using an iPhone with an iOS operating system (iOS 10, iOS 11, iOS 12, iOS 13 / iPad OS 13, iOS 14 / iPad OS 14, iOS 15 / iPad OS 15) and are looking for a way to download music, this guide is for you. Here are the best methods to download your favourite music on your iPhone!

The iOS operating system is mostly different when compared to Android. That's why iPhone users can't download music, download songs, etc. they cannot download any music easily. Because Android accepts third-party applications and services as it is open-source; This is not possible on iPhone or iPad due to Apple's restrictions. So is it impossible to download music to iPhone? The answer to this question is of course: no.

How to Download Music On Your iPhone?

Here we have two different ways to download your favourite music on your iPhone, let's check it here;

1. Download iPhone music – Via computer
2. Download iOS music – with the help of the app

#1) Download iPhone music – Via computer (iTunes)

iTunes transfer is one of the best music download methods for iPhone. For this, you need a computer and a connecting cable. In addition, you need to have the song you want to transfer to your iPhone loaded on your computer beforehand. You can get help from our YouTube music download guide.

1. First, put the song on your computer in the Local Disk C > Users > your username > Music folder.
2. Now open the iTunes application.
3. Click the File > Add Folder to Archive button in the upper left corner. 
4. Click on the Music folder in the window that opens and say “Choose a folder”. 
5. This will ensure that all the files in Music are added to iTunes.
6. Now connect your iPhone and your computer using a cable.
7. Then enter the “Music” section under the Settings tab on the left side of iTunes.
8. Now an option “Sync Music” will appear. From here, select the “Entire music library” option and finally click the “Sync” button.
9. After doing that, iPhone music download will be completed.

That's it! Now you can view all the songs on your computer from the Music app on your iPhone. You can also listen offline as well as play in the background.

#2) Download iOS music – with the help of the app

If you are using an iPhone with an iOS operating system, you can also download songs with the help of various applications. It is useful to be selective at this point because unfortunately, not every application works due to Apple's restrictions or we can come across that even if it works in the previous version of iOS, it does not work in the new version.

Music download apps for iOS, iPhone:

1. Evermusic
2. Freegal Music
3. Music Downloader & Player
4. SoundCloud

Alternative methods to download music on your iPhone

We have discussed iTunes and other music downloading apps. But if you don't want to deal with them, there are of course alternative methods you can try to download music on your iPhone. This is where digital music platforms come into play.

You can download as many songs as you want by subscribing to services such as Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, YouTube Music. Alternatively, you can use Apple's own service, Apple Music. These paid applications will drop your need to download songs to the iOS operating system.