Import your music — from Apple Music, files, and your computer
Your collection is probably scattered: some in your Apple Music library, some in downloads, some in a folder tree on a computer you've curated for years. Prismatic Music pulls it into one offline library — no cable, no iTunes.
Prismatic Music is built for music you own — purchased downloads, ripped CDs, Bandcamp orders, DJ pools, field recordings. Import happens on-device: your files stay yours, nothing is uploaded to a cloud, and no account is created.
Every way in lives on one Add Music screen. On iPhone and iPad, the importer can read your Apple Music library and bring over the DRM-free tracks you own; you can add audio files from the Files app or any app's share sheet; you can drag and drop music straight from any computer's browser over Wi-Fi; you can sign in to a music server you run — Navidrome, Jellyfin, Emby and friends — and copy albums off it; and if your library already lives on another phone, it can copy across device-to-device.
One honest limitation, because it trips everyone up: songs downloaded from the Apple Music streaming service are DRM-protected and cannot be imported into Prismatic Music as owned audio files. What imports is the music you actually own: iTunes purchases, rips, and other DRM-free files. If you cancel a streaming subscription, that music was never yours; the library you build in Prismatic Music is.
Built for real collections
Apple Music library import
On iPhone and iPad, scan your device's music library and import the DRM-free tracks you own — purchases and synced files — with their metadata.
Files and share-sheet import
Add audio from the Files app, AirDrop, or any app's share sheet. If it's on your device, it can join your library.
From your computer — or your old phone
Drag and drop music from any computer's browser over Wi-Fi — no cable, no iTunes, nothing to install — or copy a whole library straight across from another device running Prismatic Music.
Your own music server
Sign in to Navidrome, Gonic, Airsonic, Ampache, Jellyfin, or Emby, browse albums, playlists, artists, and starred music, and copy what you pick onto the device. The original files, not a stream — they play with the server switched off.
Metadata that survives the trip
Titles, artists, albums, and artwork come along, and the library fills gaps where it can — so imports land organized, not as a pile of file names.
On-device and private
Import happens locally. No upload, no cloud matching, no account. Your library is a database on your device, not a profile on a server.
Every major format
MP3, AAC, FLAC, ALAC (Apple Lossless), WAV, and AIFF all import and play natively — no conversion step.
How importing works
Four routes into your library, depending on where your music lives.
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Import from your Apple Music library (iPhone & iPad)
Open Prismatic Music, choose Apple Music Library on the Add Music screen, and grant music-library access. The importer scans your library and brings over the DRM-free tracks you own, with metadata and artwork.
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Add files from the Files app
Choose Files & Cloud Storage and pick audio files or folders from the Files app, iCloud Drive, or a connected service — or share audio to Prismatic Music from any other app.
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Drag and drop from your computer (Wi-Fi)
Choose From Computer and your iPhone shows a short code. On the computer, open prismatic.fm/transfer in any browser on the same Wi-Fi, enter the code, and drag your files or folders in — they transfer over your local network, straight into the library.
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Copy albums off a server you run
Choose Your Music Server, enter your server's address and sign-in, and browse it by album, playlist, artist, or starred. Tick what you want and Prismatic copies the original files onto the device, where they play offline like everything else.
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Play — everything's in one library
Imported music lands in one searchable library, organized by artist, album, and playlist, ready to play fully offline.
Guides and next steps
- Transfer music from a computer over Wi-Fi
Follow the browser-to-iPhone steps, from pairing to importing your files.
- Import songs from the Files app
Bring downloaded files and folders into your offline library.
- Copy music from Navidrome or Jellyfin to iPhone
Connect to your server and copy selected music for offline playback. This is an import, not streaming or ongoing sync.
Import Your Library — FAQ
It can play the DRM-free music you own — iTunes purchases, ripped CDs, and files you've added yourself. Songs downloaded from the Apple Music streaming service are DRM-protected and cannot be imported into Prismatic Music as owned audio files.
Three ways: save the files anywhere in the Files app and import them from Prismatic Music, share them straight to Prismatic Music from another app (Mail, AirDrop, a cloud-drive app), or drag and drop them from your computer's browser over Wi-Fi. Any way you choose, they join your library on the device.
Yes. Choose From Computer on the Add Music screen: your iPhone shows a short code, you open prismatic.fm/transfer in the computer's browser on the same Wi-Fi network, enter the code, and drag in files or folders. The music transfers directly over your local network — no cable, no iTunes, and nothing to install on the computer.
Yes — in the Files app, select a folder (or many files at once) and bring it in; imports also come from your Apple Music library and any app's share sheet. Everything lands in one organized library.
Yes. Choose Your Music Server on the Add Music screen, sign in with your server's address, username, and password, and browse it by album, playlist, artist, or starred. Navidrome, Gonic, Airsonic, Ampache, Jellyfin, and Emby all work. What you pick is copied to the device as the original files — nothing streams, so it keeps playing when you leave the network.
No. Import is entirely on-device: no cloud upload, no server-side matching, no account. Your files stay where you put them, and the library lives on your device.
Yes. In Prismatic Music 2.0 and later on iPhone and iPad, choose Import Playlists from Apple Music Library and grant music-library access. Selected playlists are recreated from accessible, DRM-free songs on the device, in their source order; repeated entries are omitted. Protected subscription tracks, unavailable audio and failed imports are reported, so a playlist may be incomplete. This is a one-time import, not ongoing Apple Music sync. Apple Music library import is not available on Mac; use file import there.
More of Prismatic Music
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FLAC & Lossless
Plays FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MP3, and AAC natively — the lossless formats Apple's Music app won't touch.
Visualizers
Real-time, beat-reactive visuals rendered live from the song that's playing — on your own music library.
Equalizer
A 10-band graphic EQ with 22 presets — from Bass Booster to Spoken Word — so every track sounds the way you want.
One library. Yours.
Prismatic Music is out now — free on the App Store. Bring your collection home and play it anywhere, no internet required.
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