How to Transfer Spotify Playlists to Apple Music

Before you start

You need an active Apple Music subscription and your Spotify login. Turn on Sync Library on all your devices first: on iPhone, go to Settings, tap Apps, then Music, and turn on Sync Library. Make sure your iPhone or iPad is on the latest version of iOS, or that the Apple Music app on Android is up to date.

Transfer Spotify to Apple Music on iPhone or iPad

1. Open the Music app and tap your account photo at the top of the screen.
2. Tap Transfer Music from Other Music Services.
3. Choose Spotify and sign in to your Spotify account.
4. Choose the playlists, albums, and songs you want to transfer.
5. Tap Add to Library, then wait while Apple Music matches your music.

Transfer on the web or Android

On the web: go to music.apple.com and sign in, click your photo or monogram, then click Transfer Music. Choose Spotify, pick what to bring over, and click Add to Library.

On Android: open the Apple Music app, tap the More button, then Settings, and tap Transfer Music from Other Music Services. The rest of the steps are the same.

What transfers from Spotify, and what doesn’t

1. Transfers: songs, albums, and the playlists you made. Your liked songs go to your Favorite Songs playlist in Apple Music.
2. Doesn’t transfer: playlists Spotify made for you, like Discover Weekly and your Daily Mixes. To keep one, copy its songs into a playlist of your own in Spotify first, then transfer that.
3. Doesn’t transfer: your Spotify listening history, play counts, and Wrapped. Your Apple Music history starts from the day you switch.
4. One time only: the transfer copies what’s there now. Playlists don’t keep syncing with Spotify afterward.

Apple says the transfer is provided by a third party and isn’t available in China mainland, Myanmar, or Russia.

Fix songs that didn’t match

Apple Music looks for each song in its catalog. When it can’t find an exact match, you’ll see Some Music Needs Review. Open it to pick an alternate version of the song, such as a different release of the same track. You have 30 days to review these before the transfer is finished.

Other ways to move your playlists

Apple’s tool covers most switches. If you want something it doesn’t do, such as playlists that keep syncing between Spotify and Apple Music, third-party apps like SongShift (free on the App Store, with an optional Pro subscription) and web services like TuneMyMusic and Soundiiz can transfer and sync playlists between services.

What you’ll miss from Spotify, and how to get it back

Apple Music has the catalog, but a few Spotify favorites work differently or don’t exist. Here’s what to use instead:

1. Spotify Wrapped. Apple’s version is Apple Music Replay, with monthly recaps and a year in review. For a recap every week, Marquee’s free Your Week turns each Sunday into a shareable card. See Apple Music Wrapped and Replay.
2. Discover Weekly. The closest match is New Music Mix, refreshed every Friday, plus Discovery Station for songs you haven’t heard. See how to find new music on Apple Music.
3. Last.fm scrobbling. Spotify connects to Last.fm directly; Apple Music doesn’t. Marquee scrobbles everything you play in it, free. See how to scrobble Apple Music to Last.fm.
4. Listening stats. Apple Music doesn’t show your top artists or play counts on demand. Marquee’s Library Insights does, starting from the plays in your Apple Music library. See how to see your Apple Music stats.
5. New release alerts. Marquee’s Upcoming Releases tracks the artists in your library and alerts you when they drop something. See new release notifications for Apple Music.

Marquee is a free Apple Music player that adds all of these to the library you just transferred, with nothing else to import.