Top 10 Spotify downloaders (free & premium) 2021

Last update: April 19th, 2021

Spotify is a great music service, offering millions of songs in both free and premium subscriptions. Besides better audio quality, Spotify premium also offers offline playback – but only inside the Spotify app.

Luckily, there are many high-quality Spotify Downloaders, which work both for Spotify free and premium. These tools let you save your music into high quality mp3 or aac files, which you can play back on any device like mobile phones, tablets, cars etc. Some of them work at amazingly high speeds.
 

Top Spotify Music Downloaders for Windows

We have tested the best available tools for you which allow you to record Music from Spotify into mp3, aac or even flac files.

While some tools are free, other premium tools will cost you a few dollars. But for that, they offer much higher quality and speed. They are faster and more reliable than freeware tools, so that they are more than worth your money.

Technically, these tools will play back music in Spotify, and record it into music files.

1. Audials Music

The Spotify downloader Audials Music is a Windows tool with a great variety of features for recording music from Spotify and other streaming platforms in a comfortable and easy manner. The user can choose between many different formats like MP3, AAC, WAV and FLAC, for example. You can record Spotify in two ways: 

First, you can play back the songs and record them simultaneously. A playlist can be recorded in up to 30x speed. 

A further method for recording from Spotify is the drag & drop feature of Audials: Drag & drop the playlists and albums from Spotify to Audials Music and you will get many songs on your PC.

You can also use Audials Music as a browser and search for specific artists, albums and songs from specific streaming services and complete your music collection. The tool automatically ads lyrics to your audio files.

2. TunesKit Spotify Music Converter

The TunesKit Spotify Music Converter is a very easy-to-use recording tool specially designed for recording Spotify. Use the mouse to drag the music you want from Spotify to the TunesKit Spotify Music Converter and then click the Convert button. The tool will save the songs to your computer in the format you want (MP3, AAC, M4A, and others). You can also specify the bit rate and sample rate at which the music should be saved. The TunesKit Spotify Music Converter records at five times the speed.

However, if you want to record from other sources, another recording tool will be required.

For users who have not used the tool yet, it is important to test it out before buying it. However, only one minute can be recorded with the trial version. Since most of the songs are about 3 minutes long, it is difficult to convince yourself immediately before buying that the tool works on your own PC .

3. spotDL / spotify-downloader

If you expect spotDL is a free tool that you can install on your PC fast and use it immediately, i. e. record from Spotify in an easy manner, this tool will not meet your expectations. In fact, it is much more difficult to install than the other tools described on this page: It is not a software with a user interface and a manager that helps you to install it. Furthermore, in order to be able to use it, you will have to install FFmpeg on your PC. Thus, spotDL is best suitable for developers. It is also important to know that it does not record from Spotify, but from YouTube, so you won't get the best versions of the songs and of course, not all songs can be recorded that way.

YouTube Music is used by the tool to search for results. But YouTube Music is not available in all countries, that means that spotDL will not work in all countries either.

Pros

• free

Cons

• difficult to install
• rather for developers 
• no user interface
• records from YouTube
• not available in all countries

You will find a similar Spotify downloader on GitHub, the schollz / spotifydownload that can record songs in the M4A format. Although its name also lets you think that you record from Spotify, the recording source is YouTube too.
 

4. Replay Music by Applian

With Replay Music by Applian, you will be able to record from almost any source you like: Replay Music can save songs form online radios, streaming services and videos. You just have to click the record button and to play back your Spotify playlist or album and the tool will record them as single files. Additionally, you will get the ID3 tags, lyrics and the album covers for each song.

However, you will have only one recording mode and high speed recording is not possible. Replay Music does not have an audio converter and a file manager, too. 

5. Spotify Music Converter by Sidify

The Spotify Music Converter created by Sidify is suitable for anyone who wants to save music from Spotify and YouTube. The software can be installed easily and fast and it is not necessary to create a user account. An advantage is also the very clear user interface.

6. Spotify to MP3 Converter and Downloader by Allavsoft

Allavsoft Spotify to MP3 Converter and Downloader is also quite a good tool. The best thing is that Allavsoft can record the songs in 30x speed. The user interface is clearly designed, too, so that the user does not need a manual to work with this software. The fact that you have only one recording method is a disadvantage of the Allavsoft Spotify to MP3 Converter and Downloader.

7. Spotify Music Converter by Noteburner

The NoteBurner Music Converter is a tool that was designed specifically to record from Spotify. It is very practical for the user that he gets the ID3 tags for his audio files. The user interface here is also clearly designed so that you cannot make any mistakes.

However, as it has been already mentioned, you can record Spotify, but not Amazon Music or Apple Music. If you want to get full access to all features, you will have to pay more than for Audials Music.

8. TunePat Spotify Converter

The TunePat Spotify Converter has an intuitive user interface so that you can save songs from Spotify at ten times the speed with just a few clicks. To do this, open the TunePat Tool and set the output format and bit rate. The tool has an embedded browser so that you can select the songs directly in TunePat. Available output formats are MP3, AAC, FLAC, AIFF and WAV. The tool will automatically record the ID3 tags.

You don't need to install the Spotify app to use the TunePat Spotify Converter. From a user's perspective, however, this is problematic because you have to enter your Spotify account information into the tool instead.

This software is offered on tune4mac.com, too. Although the screenshots used on that page show the TunePat Spotify Converter, the product on that page is named Tune4Mac Spotify Audio Converter.

9. AudFree Spotify Music Converter

The AudFree Spotify Music Converter records Spotify in 5x speed with two methods: You either drag and drop the music from Spotify or copy the URL. You will get an MP3 with album art and meta tags. 

However, AudFree Spotify Music Converter only works for Spotify. If you want to build up a big music collection, you will surely miss a music manager that helps you organize your music

10. Audacity: A free Spotify downloader

Audacity is a special case as actually, it is for professional use. But with this free tool, you can record Spotify. A problem is that Audacity will seem complicated to those who did not use it previously.

Comparison: Best Windows Spotify Downloaders

In this table we compare all important features:

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Spotify Downloaders for Android (APK)

There are some alternative Spotify players & downloaders for Android mobile phones.

The most important ones are Shabinder or Spotify Library Music Downloader Pro or Spotify Music Downloader APK.

None of them is available in Google Play Store, and that for a good reason: These tools try to „hack“ Spotify servers, which may lead to Spotify banning your account.

Additionally, sideloading APK files to install such apps is a security threat: Such APK could contain malware which damages your smartphone.

A much better and safer alternative is to download Spotify music on your Windows PC, and then copy the music files to your Android smartphone.

Audials Music, the top Spotify downloader, even has a built-in feature that lets you easily copy music to Android devices.

If you don't want to install software on your PC, you can use browser extensions such as the Spotify & Deezer Music Downloader or Music Saver - downloader tracks or record songs directly online on 4Hub. However, there are two things to consider:

• The recording quality is lower than when using an installed tool.
• Usually only single songs can be recorded.

Spotify downloader for Apple Mac and iPhone

For some of the above Windows Spotify downloaders exist versions for Apple Macs.

Audials Music, the best Spotify downloader, runs perfectly in „Parallels“ on MacOS.

There are no Spotify Downloaders For iPhones, as Apple does not list them in the AppStore. However, you can easily download Spotify music on Windows PCs, and copy them to your iPhone through the iTunes software.

All listed products have both advantages and disadvantages. Most of the software tools are available as a demo and a full version (except for Audacity which is free). Do you want to get all important features? Then we recommend you Audials Music. Try the demo version for free or buy Audials Music without any risks with a 14 days money-back guarantee.

You already have Audials Music on your PC and you want to start recording? We have an instruction for you here:

Spotify to MP3 with Audials Music

Recording Spotify by drag & drop