Changing the music subscription service usually brings a big problem: moving the lists with all the favorite songs. Although there are ways to solve the problem automatically, easily and, above all, free: if you have an iPhone, you should try SongShift. It is an app that enable theme migration between Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Tidal…
If you have been using platforms such as Spotify for some time, surely you have different playlists where you are hosting your favorite songs. Because it does not matter that the platform hosts several tens of millions of topics, in the end you will hear a reduced list more often. And you will want to keep that list even if you move from music service, right?
SongShift transfers almost any playlist free of charge
Moving from a musical platform implies search again for your favorite songs, those that are usually heard more frequently. And thanks to services like SongShift, this platform transfer is much less traumatic since it allows moving playlists among most music subscriptions.
SongShift It is a free application for iOS that, as usual, includes a subscription service with which all its possibilities are exploited. Peror there is no cost to carry out the list by list transfer– in a few steps you will have your favorite Spotify tracks on Apple Music; or Deezer, Tidal … You choose, so you will take advantage of all the offers on the platforms.
The process to carry out the transfer of the playlists is as follows:
- The basics: you must install SongShift on your iPhone (it is also valid for iPad). Its download and basic use are free.
- You will need to log into your streaming services, both for the source and the destination. SongShift will keep the logins so you can make more conversions: you can register as soon as you open the app.
- When you have started the two services between which you will transfer the lists, click on “continue”; then on “Start”.
- Click on the “+” at the top right, so you will add a “shift”. The application gives this name to each conversion task. With the free account you can only hold one “shift” simultaneously.
- Click on “Configure origin” and select the platform where you have the original playlists.
- Choose the playlist you want to transfer. You can also combine several so that SongShift converts them into one when it is transferred. When you finish, click on “Done”.
- The app will show you the “shift” you have created. Click on “I’m done” and SongShift will start the moving process.
- The application will carry out a previous analysis of the process. Once finished, click on the “shift” to review, verify that all the songs coincide in origin and destination and click on “Confirm pairing”.
The application must analyze each song, locate it on the target platform and search one by one for the songs to create a new playlist with the same name and characteristics as the original. Depending on the number of songs, and their difficulty in matching the matches, the process will take more or less time. And it can give mistakes, especially in little-known songs and live versions.
SongShift works really well, it transfers huge lists between most streaming platforms, and there is no cost to create a conversion task. In the event that you want to pass more lists make sure that the first playlist was created correctly, delete the “shift” and create a new one from scratch. Proceed in this way with each of the playlists that you would like to transfer. Or subscribe: SongShift is an excellent service if you are used to constantly moving between streaming music platforms.