With more than 40 million songs, Spotify offers a massive music library that you can listen to online without taking your storage space. If you pay the premium subscription fee, you can also listen to music offline.
The only problem is that you cant 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 7 ways to download songs from Spotify as MP3 without recording even if you dont 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 song or playlist with Siri Shortcuts
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 three shortcuts to help you download music from Spotify.
If you are not familiar with Shortcuts, you can free download it from AppStore and get a few pre-made shortcuts in the Shortcuts Gallery to see how it work. To get the shortcuts that I am about to show you, you just open the link in Safari to download it.
This Spotify To MP3 [2021] 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 track 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 of this shortcut can only download an entire Spotify playlist. You will have an option to select some of the tracks in the playlist to download if you dont want to download them all.
Note: This only works for playlists. It wont work if you input a Spotify track link. It is recommended to run it from Spotify share sheet.
You can simply copy the Spotify playlist link from Spotify app and run this shortcut. You can also tap the Share button to run this shortcut from the share sheet. Besides the playlist link, you can also input playlist ID Or playlist URI to download Spotify playlist to MP3.
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, 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 vise 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 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 3: Download Spotify Music Using Allavsoft
Allavsoft is your ultimate media downloader software for Windows and Mac. It allows you to directly download Spotify playlist, album music to MP3, FLAC, WAV, M4A, WMA, etc with ID3 tags.
The latest version allows you to 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 dont need to check the option Automatically Convert to. If you choose the Best Available quality, you may find some songs are 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 4: Download Spotify to MP3 with AllToMP3
Update: The latest version 0.3.19 is not working for Spotify. Downloading by title search or Spotify URL is broken for now. You may wait for the new update to come.
AllToMP3 is free open-source software that allows you to download music from Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, and Deezer. It is available in Windows, macOS, and Linux. If you check the source code, it is easy to find out that it actually matches the Spotify music track with YouTube video and convert YouTube video to MP3, so the music quality is not as good as the other methods. You can free download it from its website or Github.
After installation, you can paste the Spotify song link or playlist link and press Enter to start downloading. The music, by default, will be saved in the Music folder. The downloaded music files include all the tags and cover art, but the quality is nowhere close to the next free tool.
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.
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: Convert Spotify music to MP3 with 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 havent. 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: Chimera Multiple Source 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.
It is open-source and completely free to use for educational and private use only. It is very powerful, but the setup process is more complicated than the other methods. You can choose Spotify source from Deezer, Tidal, 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.
You will need to grant your Spotify account through Spotify client ID and client secret. Based on your choice, you need to also set up Deezer, Tidal, or Qobuz account. For detailed steps, check this guide to see how to set it up.
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 2021.
Conclusion
Thats 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 dont 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, then 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.