How to Add Ringtones to iPhone in 2025

Wondering how to add M4R to your iPhone? It's possible to add a ringtone to the iPhone without iTunes in a drag-and-drop manner! It takes just three clicks to add M4R to an iPhone. Follow the guide below!

There are more than 1 billion iPhones worldwide, but most owners never change standard iPhone ringtones. Why? It's too complicated.

The Verge says transferring ringtones on iPhone is counterintuitive, outdated, and legitimately insane. You need a ringtone only in .m4r format, which shouldn't be longer than 30 seconds. On top of that, iTunes 12.7 doesn't let you browse ringtones on a desktop.

Have you ever wished you could have an m4r ringtone converter? Two apps will make sending ringtones to the iPhone as simple as calling.

Psst. This quick video will walk you through the first solution in a minute:

How to Add Ringtones to iPhone with iRingg

You can easily set custom ringtones in m4r to the iPhone with iRingg. It's a macOS & Windows app that helps you turn any song from YouTube & SoundCloud into a ringtone & push it on your iPhone with iTunes.

iRingg equals an endless supply of free ringtones for the iPhone.

Here's what makes iRingg special:

• automatically remembers your device, instantly connects via Wi-Fi
• choose any out of 100000000 songs on YouTube or SoundCloud
• advanced data-learning algorithm recommends relevant tracks that you can turn into ringtones
• 3-step path to creating a unique ringtone that matches your mood best
• clear, minimalistic interface that even a 5-year-old can use
• round-the-clock tech support that you can access anytime

Before we start, please make sure to download iRingg on your desktop. There are no strings attached—the download is free, just like a one-day trial.

Step 1. Launch iRingg. Connect your iPhone using a cable.

In the “For You” tab, you will see ringtone suggestions based on your music taste (we call this 6Sense). It surveys the local library on your computer and device and always shows you relevant results. By the way, all data is stored locally on your computer.

Use an in-built search browser to look for any song online or upload directly from your PC.

Step 2. Trim your ringtone. Apply SndMoji +intro

iRingg is also an answer to how to make ringtones for iPhone, as you can easily trim a ringtone using the on-screen controls. Alternatively, with this app you can even set ringtones from files, if you already got some on your device

SndMojis are the sound effects that you can apply to your track & make it completely unique.

Step 3. Click ‘Export' > ‘Push to iPhone'.

You also can save the m4r track locally.

That's all there is to it! After you send the ringtone to your iPhone, you can head to Settings > Sounds and find the track you just created.

iRingg makes creating and editing ringtones simple and lets you get an iPhone ringtone without iTunes in one click. Supported by Softorino's unique technology, UCB, iRingg can add ringtones to any iOS device.

iRingg allows you to convert to m4r, trim, edit, and add ringtones to your iPhone—all without using iTunes. Additionally, you can create ringtones for FaceTime with this app. Many press reviews have said that iRingg is the most convenient app for creating m4r ringtones for iPhones or any other iOS devices.

How to Add Ringtone to iPhone Without iTunes

Unlike iRingg, WALTR PRO is not dedicated only to ringtones. WALTR PRO helps you transfer music, movies, ebooks, and ringtones on your iPhone or any other Apple device. It supports many audio/video formats – MKV, AVI, FLAC, APE, AIFF, etc. Moreover, there is NO iTunes involved.

What's good about this workaround is that you are not required to trim your ringtone in any way. You can set up any full song you have as the official ringtone on your iPhone!

Now, I assume you already have your desired track ready in MP3 or M4A. What you need to do is take the file and change its file extension.

Step 1: Change the file extension of your file to M4R.

If you don't have M4r ringtones ready, take the desired M4A song and simply rename it from ‘m4a' to ‘m4r'. It's as easy as this. Surprisingly, no converting is required.

NOTE: You cannot change the extension of MP3 songs. This only works for M4A.

Then you'll get the pop-up window like this one:

Go ahead and confirm it by hitting ‘Use .m4r'

Step 2: Open up WALTR.

If you haven't downloaded it yet – here's your link:

Download WALTR PRO!

The download doesn't cost a dime. Softorino has implemented a universal license and now you get all applications for the price of one. Now it is even cheaper to use WALTR PRO. 🙂

Step 3: Plug-in your iPhone

The UI is very intuitive. You won't encounter tons of tabs and settings like you can encounter in iTunes or any other utilities.

WALTR will ask you to connect your device using a regular USB cable. You can also click on the settings wheel in the bottom right corner of the app and select ‘Enable Wi-Fi Connectivity.' Afterward, you can even add M4R to your iPhone without iTunes via Wi-Fi.

Step 4: Throw your ‘M4R' file into WALTR

It will take you approximately 3 seconds to transfer it to an iPhone. WALTR works at the speed of a racing car – it's so much faster than any competitor.

By the way, if you're interested in more exact speed data, you can check out our blog post, where we published speed test results.

WALTR PRO also adds a cool feature that transfers music to ANY iPod ever released. Remember that ‘old school' iPod Classic unveiled in 2001? Now you can load it with music without a hitch! The same goes for the iPod Shuffle, Nano, Mini, etc.

Step 5: Go to Settings > Sounds > Ringtone and select your beloved track 🙂

Head to the Settings on your iPhone; in the Ringtone section, you can already select the ringtone you just transferred.

Voila! That was unbelievably easy. You might search everywhere on the web but find nothing closely reminding WALTR. There is no better way to get the best M4R ringtones for iPhone.

On the other hand, with iTunes involved in the game, it gets 10x harder. To compare, you are supposed to edit the track's starting and ending times, convert it to an AAC file format, change the extension to .m4r, and add it to the Tones tab in iTunes. Only then can you go to Settings and select a new ringtone.

Essential WALTR features:

• It's an iTunes-free way. iTunes was inevitable whenever you wanted to push a track or two to your iPhone. Now, it can finally be left behind.
• WALTR does exactly what it says on the can. It's your easiest way of putting a whole array of unsupported formats onto an iPhone. (MKV, AVI, FLAC, APE, MP3, MP4, and many more are supported with no issues)
• Drag-and-drop is easy. You push your file into WALTR – and here it is, ready for playback in the default Video/Music app.
• Get a good read! WALTR makes it a child's play to import ePubs & PDFs to iPhone 😉
• Send M4r to iPhone using Wireless networks

This means WALTR is able to push movies, music, ringtones, and even any eBooks to your iPhone, sidestepping iTunes. With iRing you can easily delete any ringtones you need from your device, if you wish. Furthermore, every file will land in the exact folder where it belongs! For instance, movies go to the default video app, and ePubs or audiobooks are stored in the iBooks application.

Thanks to inserted Universal Bridge feature, it also supports any iPod ever created. You can transfer music from computer to iPod & put some major music boost to your device!

To sum up:

In conclusion, there aren't many ways to get the best M4R to an iPhone without iTunes because you can't get access to all the folders you have on your iPhone. Meanwhile, WALTR and iRingg can handle everything independently and create an AAC version of literally any song on the planet!

So, if you're wondering what the easiest way is to add a ringtone to your iPhone, just try them both and choose for yourself.

You can send an M4R file to your iPhone with no effort! But it's not only about ringtones: with WALTR, you can also watch any movie (even with subtitles) or listen to any music on your iOS devices.

We sincerely hope our article helped you better understand how to make ringtones on an iPhone. Now, give it a try and share this easy solution with friends!

Also, many people would love to add a ringtone file to their iPhone. We at Softorino even conducted research and published the results.

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