Without ever paying a dime, you can upload your music to the cloud, listen to it on any device, and even stream Google's entire music library if you're willing to put up with a few ads. One of the best cloud-based music streaming apps is Google Play Music, which allows users to upload up to 50,000 of their own songs for free. There are some free, big-name cloud services that will let you upload your music collection to play on your iPhone, on or offline, and I'll be covering three of them below before we get to other options.

Don't Miss: 200+ Exciting New iOS 13 Features for iPhone.

So what are the alternatives? You'll probably be surprised, but there's actually more than one way to put music on your iPhone without using iTunes! Now, don't get me wrong, iTunes is a good way to buy and organize your music library, but sometimes you just don't want to be locked down like that. Either that or buy it directly from the iTunes app on your device.

If you want a song on your iPhone, you pretty much have to use iTunes to get it on there. There are quite a few flaws with Apple's mobile products, and one that drives me crazy is their reliance upon iTunes for all your music syncing needs.

How to add music to itunes on iphone