Many cell phone providers allow users to download ringtones straight to their phones. What if the ringtone you want on your phone is on your PC and this is not a service offered by your cell phone provider? There is a website available that allows users to send ringtones from their computers directly to any telephone number. The site is The easiest way to download ringtones directly to your iPhone or other cell phone without using iTunes or any other software.

1. Free Cell Phone Ringtones
2. Free Iphone Ringtones Download Directly To Phone

Ringtones let you customize your iPhone with tunes and sounds you like, even allowing you to assign specific ringtones to individual contacts in your phone. But where do you get ringtones for the iPhone? Can you use a piece of a song already in your iTunes library used as a ringtone?

The easiest way to add a ringtone to your iPhone is to buy it on the iTunes Store, usually for either 99¢ or $1.29. Of course that would the easy way, but who wants to spend money for a ringtone of a song you already own?

You can, however, create your own ringtones using songs you own without spending money—and you can even use iTunes to help you do it—but it does require some extra effort.

Make Ringtones From Songs You Own With iTunes

It's not exactly easy to create a new ringtone from a song you own that's in your iTunes library, but it can be done in a few steps. Songs you want to use must be ones you owned and saved on your local hard drive (i.e., they can't be in the cloud or streamed from the internet).

You cannot create ringtones from songs in your library that you downloaded with Apple Music; you must have either bought them from iTunes or imported them from a CD you own.

1. Find the song you want to create a ringtone from in iTunes and select it.

   The maximum length of a ringtone is 40 seconds, and for text message tones the maximum length is 30 seconds.

2. Windows users: Click Edit > Preferences > General.

   At the bottom of the window, click Import Settings.

3. In the Import Settings window, click the Setting dropdown. (Note which setting is currently selected so you can go back at the end of this and restore it to your original choice.)

   Click OK.

   Make sure that you also have AAC selected as the import format, if it isn't already.

4. Locate your song in your iTunes library. Listen to it and note the start and end times of the clip you want to make into a ringtone.

5. Right-click the song and select Song Info.

6. Click the Options tab. Enter the start and the stop times you noted in the available fields.

7. In the iTunes menu, click File > Convert > Create AAC version. This will create a new file that is only the clip between the start and stop times you set.

8. Find the newly created music clip file in iTunes (it'll have the same name as the original song but will have a short time length). Right-click on the new file and click Show in Finder.

   Remove Clip From iTunes Library

   You won't need the clip in your iTunes library, so you can remove it.

   1. When the Finder window opens to show the new file, in iTunes right-click the new file name again and select Delete from Library.
   2. When asked if you want to delete this song from your iTunes library, click Delete Song.
   3. When asked if you want to move the song to the Trash, click Keep File.

9. In the Finder window, right-click the new file and select Rename. Change the extension from m4a to m4r (m4r is the file extension for ringtones) and press Enter.

When you are finished creating your ringtone, don't forget to go back and restore the changes to your import settings and remove the start and stop times on that original song.

Reset Start and Stop Times on Original Song File

In your iTunes library, select the original song file. Right-click the song and select Song Info. Click the Options tab and uncheck the boxes next to start and stop.

Click OK.

Reset Import Settings

Click iTunes (on a Mac) or Edit (on a Windows PC) > Preferences > General. Click Import Settings.

Click the Setting dropdown and select your original setting.

Add the Ringtone to Your iPhone

Now that you've created your ringtone file, you need to add it to your iPhone so it's available to assign.

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer. Unlock your iPhone if prompted. At the top of the iTunes window, select your iPhone

   If the left sidebar is not visible in iTunes, click View > Show Sidebar.

2. Twilight 4 full movie. In the left sidebar, under On My Device, click Tones.

3. From the Finder window with the new m4r ringtone file you created, drag the ringtone file to iTunes and drop it in the Tones folder.

4. At the bottom of the iTunes window, click Sync. When syncing is finished, you will be able to find the ringtone among your other ringtones on your iPhone.

Websites (and Apps) That Offer Free and Legal Ringtones

If you want to venture beyond your music library and iTunes, then a good source of ringtones are websites that allow you to download them for free. Often, though, the problem here is that finding ones that are both free and legal (i.e., not restricted for use by copyright).

You may have already seen countless websites and apps that offer 'free' tones, only to discover they're not truly free when you try to download them. You might be required to pay a subscription fee, or the site might redirect you to another unrelated site full of advertisements but no ringtone.

There are websites that do offer legitimately free tones, however. Here are a few, some of which also offer other content such as videos, games, apps, wallpapers, and more.

Zedge

The Zedge app offers ringtones of a wide range, though they aren't going to be clips of hot current songs. Some are pleasant tones, some are voice tones of varying quality (some are pretty hokey), and some are other random sounds and effects.

There are two Zedge apps, one more focused on Wallpapers (with a Premium tier) and the one below. Be sure you're at the right one for the free ringtones (we've linked directly to it in the App Store above).

No, the interface is not great. If you want to browse what's available, you'll have to scroll through an interminable list—though there's a categories header under search, there are no actual categories to choose from.

Tones7

Tones7 has a nice range of ringtone types, and a sizable list of categories to make browsing for that perfect ringtone easier. These are also not going to be top Billboard hits.

Notification Sounds

Notification Sounds provides ringtones that are created on synthesizers. If you're looking for bleeps, twoops, and martian ray guns, you'll find these here.

When downloading files from any website, do keep in mind the legal considerations. The content itself usually provides clues: If a site hosts free ringtones from the latest chart-topping songs, then it's probably best to keep well away.

Free Cell Phone Ringtones

Creating Ringtones Using Audio-Editing Software/Apps

You can use audio-editing software to make ringtones. These apps can seem complicated at first, but all you really need to do is import a song from your library and then export a 30-second audio loop.

For example, using Audacity to create free ringtones is fairly easy. It's among the most popular apps for this purpose, but you can choose from many other free audio editors, too. It's just a matter of finding one you feel comfortable with.

This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.

Description

Free Iphone Ringtones Download Directly To Phone

Free Ringtones App (convert music & record tones with microphone & use extensive library)
Never again pay for your iPhone ringtones! 20’000 reviews! Get it gratis!
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We give you unlimited free tone choices!
Designer will convert all (mp3 & AAC) iTunes music to ringtones.
Recorder will allow to record family and friend voices as ringtones.
Key ringtone maker features:
- easily adjust start and end markers
- fade in and out option
- pitch and volume adjust
- trim & cut tones
Top ringtones app in US UK AU and many many more AppStores! This is Best free Ringtones for iPhone App in AppStore period!
Premium quality just read AppAdvice.com “it's like four apps in one — an extensive soundboard, a collection of tones, a ringtones recorder, and a ringtones creator.”
unique features:
Share your ringtone creations on Facebook & Twitter
iOS 10 Text & Alert & SMS & iMessage tones support
Real waveform for each of your sound.
Get the most of your iPhone lock screen with live wallpapers.
Discover interactive backgrounds designed or your iPhone. Refresh your iPhone to get top wallpapers every day.
If you love this app or just our ringtones, please review it in iTunes and add comments and request to help spread the word!
App works flawlessly with: iPhone 7, 7+, 6S, 6S+, 6, 6+, 5,4S,4,3GS : iPad and iPad2 : iPod 2,3rd,4th and 5th generation.
Our ringtones service offers ringtone and wallpaper update weekly. It’s an auto recurring 1 month $5.99 subscription with first week free or 1 year subscription worth $38.99.
By subscribing to ringtones update, you authorize us to charge the subscription cost monthly to iTunes Account. You can cancel at any time.
Ringtones subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period.
Ringtones subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
Any unused portion of a free ringtones trial period, if offered, will be forfeited with purchase.
Ringtones for iPhone App terms of Use are available here http://byssmobile.com/priv/terms.html
iPod 1st gen and original iPhone (2007) and 3G is not supported by Ringtones for iPhone

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Ratings and Reviews

Simple and yields fantastic results.

For a long time I have searched for a good ringtone app—or any way to make a custom ringtone. Every app I found did not fulfill my needs in any way; however this app has.
It is simple to use. The display is very user friendly, allowing for easy access and great guidance in making a ringtone. In addition to this, you have a 'folder' for the ringtones you created, so you can access them at all times.
Just to show how easy it is. I found a song I really like! Thus, I bought the song for a dollar and in under a minute made a ringtone I will now use!
At the end of the day, of you asked me, I would advise this app for making ringtones.

Why does it take forever to load?

I just download it. Went for the paid versions although I'm in the free month. I click on it and sit and stare at the screen for several minutes before ANYTHING shows up. When it does, I can't get out of it. No way to back out of where you are or back up to where you were before. If you click on a tutorial you are stuck watching the tutorial to the end. No way to stop and go back to the main screen. When you DO get to the main screen..you get to stare at your red swirly screen for several more minutes before the options load again.
Sigh.
Don't think I'm going to approve the paid version of this after my free month. I don't think I'll be using it much. I don't have time to wait 5 minutes for the options to load every time I want to use it.
My time is money. I get paid $1.00 a minute for my job. If the creators of this app want to credit me $1.00 for every minute I spend waiting for it to load..I'll keep it. At this rate, I'll either make a lot of money off of them or I'll be able to keep this app for free forever.
In other words..don't waste your time. There are others out there that work and load.

Extremely Frustrating

For one thing the ads pop up insistently in addition to the always-present banner ads. Second, when I’m trying to create my own ringtone from my music, after I edit and save it, the actually ringtone starts earlier than I want it to. Instead of being able to edit it, I need to make a new one and try to account for the app’s disfunctionality. After trying to offset the timing JUST right, going through maybe 6 or 7 attempts, I need to watch an ad to “make 20 more free tones” when I just watched an ad for the same deal 6 tones ago. I would rather spend my time searching for a different app then have to deal with this one.

Information

Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

English, Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish

Ringtones library update$0.99
Ringtones and Live Wallpapers$5.99
Pro editing features$4.99

Supports

• Family Sharing

  With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.