How to Get Free Ringtone for iPhone 13/14/15

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Hi, I’m new to Apple. I just purchased an iPhone 12, and dislike all of the ringtones offered. Are there add ringtones to choose from? Can we download saved tones etc.? 

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Let’s take the situation where you’re in public and suddenly an iPhone ringing. Will you take out your iPhone to have a check? After all, you’re using the same default iPhone ringtone.

If you are fed up with the default ringtones of iPhone and want to set a ringtone for your new iPhone, keep on reading this passage to get more detail about how to download and set a free ringtone for iPhone 13/14/14/15.

How to download free ringtone for iPhone 13/14/15

Now you may wonder how to get a free ringtone on iPhone. Luckily, there are many free ringtone download apps and websites available for you, such as Zedge.net, Ringtones for iPhone app, etc.

How to make a free ringtone for iPhone 13/14/15

If you want to set a song as a ringtone by yourself, you can try to make it with either GarageBand or iTunes. You can choose one of them to make a music ringtone for iPhone 13/14/15 to suit yourself.

Method 1. Get free ringtone on iPhone via GarageBand

GarageBand app is released by Apple to ensure iPhone and iPad users make music. Make sure your iPhone is running iOS 11 or later, and install GarageBand app from the App Store. Now, simply follow the steps below to make a custom ringtone on your iPhone.

Step 1. Go to GarageBand > Choose any available instrument. For instance, choose Keyboard.

Step 2. Tap on the project icon as shown in the screenshot below > Loop > On the Music section, tap Songs.

Step 3. Open the wanted song by long pressing on it > Drop the file as the second track.

Step 4. Tap on this track and drag the ends to trim the audio recording as you like. You can tap on Play located at the top to play it back.

Step 5. The music track needs to be under 40 seconds in length. Tap the Downward Arrow to save it to My Songs.

Step 6. Your GarageBand project will show up under Recent as My Song. Long Press it > Share > Choose Ringtone option.

Step 7. Give the ringtone a name of your choice and tap Export. When it is over, tap Use sound as... for further settings.

You may set it as your default ringtone or text tone here. You are also allowed to assign the sound to a specific contact. If you simply want to add it to the list of existing ringtones, choose Done instead.

Now, you can ask someone to make a phone call to you, or go to Settings > Sound & Haptics > Ringtones to have a check.

Method 2. Set free ringtone for iPhone 13 with iTunes

If you have downloaded songs or ringtones on a Windows PC, you can make use of iTunes to get free ringtones for your iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, etc...

If the file is in ringtone format, you can sync it to iPhone directly with iTunes. If not, you may need to convert the song to ringtone format firstly. Detailed tutorials are as follows.

>> Convert the song to a ringtone format
Step 1. Open iTunes, locate the wanted song and right click it to choose Song Info. In the new window, choose Option > Set Start and Stop time which needs to be up to 30 seconds. Click OK to confirm.

Note: If the song is not in the library, you may go to Files > Choose Add Folder to Library to put the song in iTunes library.

Sep 2. Select the original song, click File > Convert > Create AAC format. Your song will now get duplicated.

Step 3. Select the newly created AAC version of your song, right click and select Show in Windows Explorer and change the extension from .m4a to .m4r.

>> Sync ringtones to iPhone via iTunes
Step 4. Connect your iPhone 13/14/15 to computer via a USB cable.

Step 5. Open iTunes, click the phone icon and choose Summary. Note that the option “Manually manage music and videos” is checked. Click Apply.

Step 6. Click the Tone tab > Drag and drop the ringtone from desktop to iTunes. Then the ringtone will be added to your iPhone 13/12 automatically.

>> How to set ringtone on iPhone
When the task finishes, unplug your iPhone from the computer, then you can go to Settings > Sound & Haptics > Ringtone to find and set the ringtone.

Bonus: Easily Transfer Ringtones from iPhone to iPhone

Honestly speaking, the steps to set free ringtones by iTunes are kind of complicated. If needed, you can send ringtones from old iPhone to new iPhone to use.

It is recommended to try AOMEI FoneBackup, a powerful tool for iOS devices for ringtone edit and transfer.  With a clear interface and simple design, AOMEI FoneBackup just requires a few steps to complete the task in a short time.

Click the icon below to download AOMEI FoneBackup, and follow the simple steps to transfer wanted ringtones from iPhone to iPhone. For better understanding, let's assume we'll transfer ringtones from iPhone A to iPhone B.

Step 1. Connect the iPhone A to computer > Launch AOMEI FoneBackup, and go to Phone Transfer >  iPhone to PC, and click Get Started.

Step 2. Check Ringtones, and uncheck the others > Choose the ringtones you'd like to transfer > Click OK to continue.

Step 3. Make sure you've chosen a preferred destination to save the ringtones and click Start Transfer to complete the transfer. Unlpug iPhone A when it is finished.

Step 4. Plug iPhone B into PC > Choose PC to iPhone transfer service> Click Ringtone, and drag and drop the transferred ringtones to the box.

Step 5. Finally, make sure you have added all wanted ringtones, and click Start Transfer to complete ringtone sharing.

Besides using custom ringtones for iPhone 13/14/15 to make it unique, don’t forget that any data on your iPhone may take the risk of losing. AOMEI FoneBackup offers you two types of backup, enabling you to fully or selectively backup iPhone to PC to avoid data loss.

Conclusion

Hope you can get free ringtone for iPhone 13/14/15 with the methods mentioned above. If you are just switching your mobile phone from an Android to an iPhone, there are many things you need to do, like transferring files from Android to iPhone.

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