Have you heard of Siri Shortcuts? If not, you have missed a lot. Shortcuts is a new feature in iOS that replaces the Workflow app for automation. The standalone Shortcuts app can do many things including downloading music free.
In this article, I will show you 8 great shortcuts that can help you download free music on your iOS device. Since the Shortcuts app is also available on macOS 12 or new versions, you can also use these shortcuts to download music on your Mac.
You probably know YouTube Downloader shortcut to download music videos and save the audio file only. You can use the Files app to listen to these songs offline, but it still sucks because you can only pick one song to play at a time. It would be great if you can make a playlist of the downloaded songs and play it.
Don’t worry. I get you covered. I will show you how to play all downloaded music in a row and download hi-res music as a bonus at the end of this article, so stay with me.
Shortcut # 1: MixCloud Downloader
The Shortcuts app is a built-in app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. If you use MixCloud, you can simply get this shortcut to download music from MixCloud for free.
Once you get this MixCloud Downloader shortcut, you can copy the MixCloud link to run it. When it completes, you can select a location to save this music file. You can pick a location in a cloud drive that is connected to the Files app.
If you don’t want to get prompted to specify the location path every time, just toggle off the option on the Save File action and grant access to the destination path. If you have the MicCloud app, you can also run it from the share sheet.
Shortcut # 2 SoundCloud Downloader
You probably have heard of SoundCloud. This SoundCloud Music Downloader shortcut simply allows you to download songs from SoundCloud without a Paid Go account.
As the MixCloud Music Downloader, you can copy the song link from a browser or tap the share button from the app to run this shortcut.
You can only use this shortcut to download tracks from SoundCloud. If you want to download SoundCloud playlist, you can check this yt-dlp shortcut. This also can be used to download videos from many social media sites.
Shortcut # 3 YouTube Playlist Downloader
You may have collected a few playlists on YouTube. It is really inconvenient to download songs one by one. In that case, you need to get this YouTube Playlist Ripper shortcut.
I think you probably don’t want to be prompted after downloading one song, so I have minimized the options, which means you will not be able to select video quality. The shortcut by default select a random audio format to download and save to Files.
If needed, you can change the audio format between M4A or AIFF by adding a Encode Media action. Then, you can specify a destination path to save the music file.
Shortcut # 4 Spotify to MP3 Downloader
I made this Spotify to MP3 shortcut recently for downloading Spotify tracks. You can copy a Spotify track link or run it from Spotify share sheet to download Spotify music to MP3. Previously, I have shared a Spotify album Downloader shortcut, but the server is down.
Shortcut # 5 Music Grabber
Music Grabber is a powerful iOS shortcut designed to help you easily download music from YouTube and convert it to either MP3 or M4A formats. It can be used by sharing YouTube video or playlist URLs with the shortcut, or by manually entering a list of YouTube or Shazam links for batch downloading. The downloaded audio files will be saved in a subfolder of the folder of your choice. To use the shortcut, you will need to have the a-Shell Mini app installed on your iOS device.
After downloading all this music, I have a bonus shortcut for you to play all the songs. Let me show you how it works.
Shortcut # 6 YouTube Music Downloader
If you want to download music from YouTube or YouTube Music, you can use our YouTube Music Downloader shortcut. It automatically downloads YouTube songs as MP3 on your iPhone or iPad. You can get this shortcut from our YouTube shortcuts collection.
Shortcut # 7 Bandcamp Track Downloader
As its name suggests, this shortcut can download tracks from Bandcamp. You should only input a Bandcamp track URL, otherwise, it won’t work.
Shortcut # 8 Shazam Downloader
When you are listening to a song, you can run this Shazam Downloader shortcut to download the song as MP3 on your iPhone or iPad. On macOS 14, the Shazam action is no longer available in the Shortcuts app on Mac.
Shortcut # 9 Chrunos Multi Downloader
Chrunos Multi Downloader allows you to download music from YouTube, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Soundcloud, etc. You can also use it to download videos from YouTube and many other platforms.
Shortcut # 10 Qobuz Track Downloader Shortcut
If you prefer high quality music, I also make a Qobuz downloader shortcut that allows you to download hi-res music from Qobuz. You can just copy the songs link to run this shortcut. You can watch this video below to see how it works.
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Bonus: Play all music in one iCloud folder
Just change the default location to pick songs from Cloud Drive(iCloud or Dropbox). Then run this shortcut. You can play songs in random order or play the top one first. Certainly, this is not as good as any music player, but it will do the job.
Conclusion
That’s all the shortcuts for downloading music on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch for free. If you want to learn more about Siri Shortcuts, you check this post for a quick start for Siri Shortcuts. The best way to learn more about Shortcuts is to get other pre-made shortcuts and understand what each action means, so I have created this Shortcuts Search Engine to help you find the shortcuts you need.
Hope you find them useful. If there is any problem, let me know in the comments section.
please make a tutorial for download iTunes matched quality songs
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