The times when we had to download illegal music from the Internet are far away, since we can now benefit from regular apps that allow you to download the songs to your smartphone's memory, to listen to them even without an internet connection, wherever you go. Falling into the piracy trap even on apps is risky, so we decided to show you in this guide the best Android and iPhone apps to download music and save songs on your mobile memory to be able to listen to it offline with a media player app, without consuming too much battery and internet traffic. For legal reasons, we will not find apps that allow you to download famous songs without limits (in spite of copyright laws), but we will still show you the best apps to download music to listen to offline and the apps to download MP3 ringtones. READ ALSO: Listen to free music online: the best sites
Download music on Android and iPhone for offline listening
In this part of the guide we will show you all the legal streaming apps that allow you to download music on our smartphone and listen to it offline, without the need to have an Internet connection (very useful in travel and when we have little cellular data).Spotify
One of the best apps we can use to download music is Spotify, available for Android and iOS / iPadOS.
If we have a subscription to Spotify Premium, just visit the album to download and activate the item Available offline, so as to save all the songs in our phone's internal memory (we recommend you download under Wi-Fi, so to save data and download the songs at the highest quality). If we need to download a playlist, press Add to playlist from the menu with the three dots next to the name of the playlist, choose whether to keep the name of the original playlist then go to the section Your music -> Playlist, so you can select the playlist and tap on Available offline . From now on, we will be able to listen to our favorite songs even without an Internet connection. Songs downloaded from Spotify are not available to be set as ringtones and are canceled if we cancel the Premium subscription.
In this regard, we advise you to read our guide on the Advantages of Spotify Premium to listen and download music without limits .
Google Play Music
Another useful app to download music to our smartphone is Google Play Music, already available on Android smartphones and downloadable on iOS / iPadOS.
Also in this case we will have to sign up for a subscription to Google Play Music Unlimited to download all the songs inserted in the immense music database of Google, but we can also download the purchased music or the music uploaded online from a PC (up to 50, 000 songs).
To download the music, simply open the app, start searching for our album or playlist and then tap the Download icon, in the shape of an arrow pointing downwards. All songs will be downloaded to the internal memory of the device and will be listened to from the Downloaded music only section.
If we want to use this service to listen to music offline, we invite you to deepen the topic in our Guide to the Google Play Music app also for free offline .
Amazon Music
Another effective service for downloading music on all types of smartphones is Amazon Music, available for Android and iOS / iPadOS.
By subscribing to a subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited, we will be able to download all the songs in the music database offline, simply by opening the playlist or album and tapping the arrow icon pointing downwards ( Download ). All downloaded songs will be highlighted in our personal collection, so you can listen to them at any time even without an Internet connection.
To learn more, we recommend reading our article Streaming music and download it with Amazon Music, Spotify alternative .
Jamendo (Free)
If we are looking for a regular and legal app to download music on our mobile device, the best one is without a doubt Jamendo, available for free for Android and iOS / iPadOS.
With this app we will be able to freely listen and download music for private use, thanks to the presence of emerging artists and independent labels that offer unique listening opportunities. Obviously we will not find the great artists or the great albums, but we can still freely download all the songs in the database and use them for offline playback or as a ringtone on our phone.
Currently Jamendo is the best service to download music on Android and iPhone legally and without limits, but if we want to try other services and similar apps, we can continue reading our guide to the Sites to download music for free, free to listen to even in clubs and parties .
Download MP3 songs and ringtones for Android and iPhone
In this part of the guide we will instead show you the best regular apps to download MP3 songs and ringtones on our faithful smartphone, all valid alternatives to Jamendo (already reported a while ago).Audials Radio Player Recorder
In our opinion, the best app to download MP3 songs and ringtones to the smartphone is Audials Radio Player Recorder, available for free for Android and iOS / iPadOS.
The app works like an old Hi-Fi stereo system, where we could record all the songs that went on the radio on cassettes; the app reinterprets the thing in a modern way, offering streaming listening to over 100, 000 radio stations (including many Italian ones) and allows, with a simple touch on the screen, to start recording the audio currently transmitted by the broadcaster, so we can quickly get an MP3 song of our favorite song.
The file will be saved in the internal memory of the smartphone and can be listened to with any player or set as the phone's ringtone.
With the Pro version of the app we will be able to automatically record a song that we have started and saved the search for: as soon as it is broadcast on any radio, so we can get all the songs you want without waiting for them to go on the radio!
ZEDGE
If instead we are looking for an app to download MP3 ringtones for free and without limits, the best is without a doubt ZEDGE, available for Android and iOS.
With this app we will be able to download any type of song cut (and not) to MP3, so we can set it as a ringtone on our phone. In addition to the ringtones, the platform also offers high definition wallpapers, so that we can customize our smartphone to the maximum.
If we don't know how to set these songs as a ringtone, please read our guide on how to put a song as a ringtone on Android and iPhone .
InShot MP3 Video Converter
The latest app that we recommend to download MP3 songs and ringtones on our phone is InShot MP3 Video Converter, available for Android and iOS / iPadOS.
This app allows you to upload up to 15 music videos (present in the memory of our smartphone) and to obtain only the audio part, which we can save in MP3 or in any other audio format. In addition to converting music videos to comfortable MP3s (to be listened to without limits), we can use the internal cutting system to derive the ringtone to be applied to our smartphone.
Apps to download music from Android
To download music on Android there are also some applications that would allow you to search for titles and download the MP3 file of the desired song, if available, directly and quickly.They are: Musica gratis and Free Music, to try.
Outside the store you can search and download applications (you need to download the APK file from your smartphone to install them) for Android such as Fildo and Tinytunes, which allow you to download MP3 songs to listen to on the phone.
Conclusions
As we have read, there are so many apps that we can legally use to download music on Android and iPhone, avoiding sites and apps of dubious origin or that fill our phone with advertising. Some of the apps mentioned require a monthly subscription, others instead we can use them for free without limits, to download independent music and create our ringtones and MP3 songs starting from videos or radio stations.In another guide we showed you the Best Android Apps to listen to music and manage mp3 .
If, on the other hand, we want to deepen the topic on straming apps, we recommend that you read our guides on Android Apps to listen to streaming music on mobiles and tablets for free and the Best Apps to listen to music on iPhone and iPad also radio and streaming .
