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Guide of iPhone Ringtone Maker (2025 Update)

Written By Rosie

Last updated: 2024-01-06

2 min read

An iPhone ringtone maker is an ideal tool that you can use to customize your incoming phone call alerts. There are different styles to make a ringtone, but we’ll concentrate on the Apple tools such as iTunes so that we don’t need to pay anything extra.

Imagine you are in a meeting or at an important event. You are waiting for someone to call you at that time. Many of your clients also have an iPhone so the default ringtone has been used and abused already. Once the mobile phone rings you want to respond immediately. If you’ve made a custom ringtone then you’re sure to get to that phone call as fast as you can.

Don’t worry about your ultra-busy schedule because we’ve got you covered. We’ve listed down the steps for an iPhone ringtone maker. We’ve also gathered some tools you can find handy with your Apple products.

Contents Guide Part 1. Where Are My Ringtones on iPhone? Part 2. How to Make Ringtone on iPhone for Free? Part 3. Bonus: Save Ringtone Forever on Your Own Device Part 4. Summary

Part 1. Where Are My Ringtones on iPhone?

Your iPhone’s ringtone setting is part of the Settings menu. It’s very simple to set it up. Just go to Settings->Sound & Haptics. Under Sound and Vibrations Patterns you can already see the Ringtone option. Click it and under Ringtones, you can choose available ringtones for your system.

An iPhone ringtone maker looks like a luxury but it isn’t actually. You can make one only by using iTunes. Apple has a close-knit ecosystem and it’s good that it does because it allows your iPhone’s ringtones to be connected directly to your iTunes or Music app.

My Ringtones on iPhone

In the next section, we’ll delve into the detailed steps of how to create custom ringtones for your iPhone by only using iTunes, Finder, and Apple Music.

Part 2. How to Make Ringtone on iPhone for Free?

You don’t need complicated software just to make an iPhone ringtone. You’ll just need your iTunes or Apple Music app. Fortunately, this is easily found on the Apple Website or on a Mac. Next, you’ll just have to follow some of the steps below. It involves simple file conversion together with a trimming function. It’s very simple actually. Some file extension manipulation will also come in handy.

  1. Open iTunes or Apple Music on your PC or Mac. If you don’t have it yet on your PC, download it from the Apple website. We’ll be using it as an iPhone ringtone maker.
  1. From your iTunes or Apple Music library choose a song that you want to customize as your ringtone. Click it.
  1. Next, right-click it. Choose Song info then go to the Options tab.
  1. Make a 30-second sample of the song as this is usual for iPhone ringtones. Then press OK.
  1. We are now ready to convert the song that your iPhone ringtone understands. Click File->Convert->Create AAC version.

Create AAC Version

  1. Now find the ringtone you have created. On a Mac, you should be able to do this by right-clicking on the song and then choosing Show in Finder. In Windows alike, search it using Windows Explorer.
  1. This is not the last step of converting your file. You have to change its extension so that it can be recognized by the iPhone as a ringtone. Change the .m4a extension into .m4r depending on your OS’s procedure.

Make Ringtone on iPhone

  1. Now we’re ready to hook up our iPhone so that we can save it there. Be sure that iTunes is still open. A Mac Finder should show up automatically.
  1. On the left side pane, you should see your iPhone as a device. There is a Tones section. This is where we’ll drop all of the new ringtones we’ve made. Drag and drop from the previous step the m4r file here.
  1. Now that it’s saved on the iPhone we must set it up as a ringtone correctly on your iPhone. Go to Settings->Sound & Haptics.
  1. Under Sounds and Vibration, Patterns click Ringtone. Under Ringtones, you should see a section where the name of your created ringtones is listed. Click on it to set it as your ringtone.

One caveat, you can’t convert those protected files. You’ll need something more that we’ll introduce in the next section. There you have it! You’ve just made an iPhone ringtone maker out of your iTunes or Apple Music!

Part 3. Bonus: Save Ringtone Forever on Your Own Device

Another method to make an iPhone ringtone maker is to use a third-party tool. This third-party tool is called the DumpMedia Apple Music Converter.

DumpMedia Apple Music Converter can convert your downloaded Apple Music or iTunes songs. What’s good about it is that it can convert all of those protected files from Apple Music and iTunes. This cannot be done by the iTunes or Apple Music app alone. That’s why this tool will be very useful.

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To convert, download and set as ringtone your Apple Music files use the steps below:

  1. Download and install the DumpeMedia Apple Music Converter below. There is a PC and Mac version available for everyone.
  1. Open DumpMedia and go to the Library tab. You should see your Apple Music library organized already. Choose the songs that you want to setup as ringtone.
  1. Below you should see some output format options. You can choose an output directory too. Your goal here is to remove the DRM of those protected files that you can’t convert in the previous section.
  1. Click Convert to start converting.
  1. When finished, go to the Finished tab. Click View output file to go to the output directory.
  1. Add this now to your iTunes or Apple Music library by choosing File->Add song or Add Folder.

Save Ringtone Forever on Your Own Device

Now you’re ready to do the steps from the previous section again (Part 2). This will effectively convert it to a real iPhone ringtone and store it there.

The main advantage of adding the process above is we have removed DRM. When you remove DRM then you’ll be able to play these songs even without an Apple Music subscription. You can even play them on non-Apple-certified devices or media players.

Download DumpMedia Apple Music Converter as a free trial. After evaluation purchase a license key to unlock all of its features. You’ll be able to get timely software updates and full technical support.

Part 4. Summary

In summary, we’ve made an iPhone ringtone maker out of iTunes and Apple Music. The process was laid out in a clear manner. We’ve also introduced a third-party tool to remove DRM from all those Apple Music downloads that you can’t convert as ringtones. This tool is the DumpMedia Apple Music Converter.

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