8 Free Ways to Download Spotify to MP3 in 2023 – Chrunos

With more than 40 million songs, Spotify offers a massive music library that you can listen to online without taking up your storage space. If you pay the premium subscription fee, you can also listen to music offline.

The only problem is that you can’t transfer them anywhere or play them with other music players other than Spotify because the music files you downloaded with Spotify are DRM(Digital Rights Management) protected. This article will show you 8 ways to download songs from Spotify as MP3 without recording even if you don’t have Spotify Premium. No matter what devices you use, you can find at least 2 methods that work for you.

Disclaimer

All these methods are for personal or educational use only.

You should not use any of these tools to pirate or distribute music.

Some of the methods may be illegal to use in your country, so be informed.

Method 1: Download Spotify Songs with Siri Shortcuts on iPhone

If you are using an iOS device, you probably have heard of the automation application Shortcuts, which is the updated version of Workflow. I have two shortcuts to help you download music from Spotify.

This Spotify To MP3 shortcut allows you to download tracks from Spotify to your iPhone or iPad. You can save the downloaded MP3 files to the Files app or add to your music player like VLC. You can run this shortcut from Spotify share sheet or copy the Spotify playlist link to run this shortcut. All downloaded tracks are 128kbps. If you prefer higher quality, you can check the Allavsoft method below.

The latest version 1.8 is for downloading single tracks. The server for downloading Spotify playlists, and I don’t know if it will be restored.

You can simply copy the Spotify track link from Spotify app and run this shortcut. You can also tap the Share button to run this shortcut from the share sheet.

If you want to download all songs in an entire playlist, you can use this Spotify Playlist Downloader shortcut. When running, you need to input how many songs are in the playlist. That’s it. This shortcut will download all tracks in the Spotify playlist on your iPhone.

When downloaded, you can open the Files app, and then select iCloud > Shortcuts > Music to check the downloaded MP3 files. Shortcuts app is also available in macOS Monterey. If your Mac is running macOS 12 or above, then you can also run this shortcut on Mac to download music from Spotify.

For advanced users, you can also use Shortcuts to Move Spotify Playlist to Apple Music and vice versa. Though the authentication process is a little complicated when you want to transfer playlists to Spotify by using Spotify API.

Method 2: Download Spotify Music Using Allavsoft

Allavsoft is your ultimate media downloader software for Windows and Mac. It allows you to download Spotify playlist directly, and album music to MP3, FLAC, WAV, M4A, WMA, etc with ID3 tags.

The latest version lets you download Spotify music as FLAC (1441 kbps). Unlike Deezloader, you download all the songs that Deezloader cannot download, literally, unmatched songs with Allavsoft. For me, Allavsoft is the best Spotify Music Downloader.

Once you get it installed, you can copy the Spotify music link whether it is a song, album, or playlist, and then launch Allavsoft. The program will automatically paste the URL and you just need to click Download to start downloading.

By default, it saves Spotify music to MP3 as 320 kbps with artwork and other metadata, so you don’t need to check the option “Automatically Convert to”. If you choose the Best Available quality, you may find some songs downloaded as FLAC 1411 kbps, which is really cool. If you want to convert Spotify Music to FLAC, WAV, AIFF, AAC, WMA, DTS, etc, you can click the “Automatically Convert to” button to select the specific format from the drop-down menu.

Besides Spotify, Allavsoft allows you to download music from Deezer, SoundCloud, MixCloud, and download videos from Udemy, Lyda, YouTube, Facebook, etc. That is to say, Allavsoft is the only downloader software that you ever need.

Method 3: Download Spotify Playlists with TuneFab

If you care about music quality and music download speed, TuneFab Spotify Music Converter is the best choice for you, no matter if you’ve subscribed to Spotify Premium. This is a professional tool that is designed to download Spotify songs, podcasts, playlists, albums, and even all songs from an artist page to MP3 in up to 320kbps. If you are an audiophile, you can also change the sample rate and bitrate options to save Spotify songs in original quality.

This tool is in-built with Spotify web player. What you need to do is to drag and drop the song or playlist to the download plug, and then get your entire playlist downloaded in one click. With advanced hardware acceleration, the download speed will reach 5X and even faster, which will save you much time.

Moreover, ID3 information including song title, artist, album, album cover artwork, etc. of all songs downloaded to MP3 by TuneFab Spotify Music Converter will be well preserved. Even though you move those songs to your MP3 player, the song info will be well displayed without extra management.

Method 4: Download Spotify to MP3 Using Telegram Bot

If you use Telegram, you can simply use a Spotify MP3 Telegram bot to download free music whether you are on Android or iOS. It does not require any setup or your Spotify account login info. All you need is this @SpotifySaveBot. You can search it on Telegram to get started.

After you get this bot, type “/start” (without quotes) and then you can paste any Spotify track link to start downloading music for free. If you are using iOS, you may want to tap the Share button and save to Files after the music is downloaded.

If you do like using Telegram bots to download music, you probably also want to check this post to get more Telegram Bots for music.

Method 5: Download Spotify Music to MP3 on Android

SpotiFlyer is another open-source app to download music from Spotify. It can download Spotify tracks, albums, and playlists. It requires no login or anything. Spotify music files will be sourced from YouTube, so the quality would be 128kbps.

You can get this Spotify Downloader APK from GitHub. After installation, you can just copy and paste the Spotify link, whether it is a track, playlist, or album. Then you can click the Download button to download Spotify tracks. If you paste the Spotify playlist or album URL, Spotiflyer will load all tracks in the playlist or album. You can also tap the Download All button to download tracks in one go.

Right now, SpotiFlyer is also available on Windows and macOS. Besides, SpotiFlyer also allows you to download music from Gaana and Youtube. Be aware that YouTube Music should be available in your county for this app to work. You may use a VPN to work this around.

Method 6: Spotify to MP3 Converter – TuneMobie

Many programs claim to be able to convert Spotify, but deep down they are recording the audio, TuneMobie is one of them. I tried both free and paid versions. Let me tell you how it really works.

When you open this program, TuneMobie asks you to launch the Spotify app or download it if you haven’t. Then you can see in the preference where you can select to save as mp3, m4a, WAV, and FLAC. These are all the supported audio formats and other settings that you customize.

When you try to convert a song, the Spotify app actually plays the song, but you hear no sound. Compared to other audio-recording kinds of competitors, Tunemobie Spotify Converter is 5 times faster. Usually, it takes less than 1 minute to convert a song.

You can also copy a playlist link to download Spotify playlist as MP3 or other formats. The trial version allows you to download (record) unlimited tracks for the first 3 minutes in 30 days, which is much better than its competitors.

Method 7: Download Spotify to MP3 Online

Recently, I have also found a Spotify online music downloader that allows you to download any Spotify playlist or track as MP3. You may choose to download all songs in a playlist as a zip file or download some tracks in the playlist.

Once you landed on the web page, you can paste a URL to a Spotify playlist or track to start downloading. All music will be downloaded as MP3. Then you can add the downloaded Spotify music to your iPod, iTunes, or any music player.

Additionally, you can install the Tampermonkey script for your browser, which will add a download button on the Spotify web player.

Method 8: Terminal Music Downloader for Advanced Users Only

Chimera is a command-line based multiple-source music downloader that allows you to download music from Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, Soundcloud, Napster, Qobuz, Google Play Music, etc. However, it has been taken down. You can only download it from other file-sharing sources. For details, you can check this guide to see how to set it up.

Since Chimera is almost out of the game, you can use another one called Streamrip. It is open-source and free for educational and private use only. It is very powerful, but the setup process is more complicated than the other methods.

Streamrip supports Qobuz, Tidal, Deezer, YouTube, and Spotify through Last.fm. You can import your Spotify playlist to Last.fm. Then you can use Streamrip to download the last.fm playlist sourced from Deezer, Tidal, YouTube, or Qobuz.

As you know, Tidal and Qobuz provide Hi-res quality music. If you have paid subscription, you can use this tool to download Spotify music in very high quality in FLAC format. Based on your choice, you need to also set up Deezer, Tidal, or Qobuz accounts.

Update: Chimera is discontinued. If you already have the installation files, it should work fine with Spotify. Chimera can no longer download music from Tidal and Qobuz in 2023.

Conclusion

That’s all the seven different methods for downloading Spotify music to MP3. If you care about music quality, then Allavsoft is the best choice. I like the Allavsoft method the most because it is convenient, high quality, and covers art. More importantly, you don’t need any other video/music downloader software anymore once you have Allavsoft installed since it supports more than 1000 websites.

If you really love the iOS environment, Shortcuts is a great way to download music on iPhone. Now, it is your turn. Which method are you going to try first? If you have other better methods to download music from Spotify, please share them in the comments.

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