FreeYourMusic 4+

Pretty Good

This app does exactly as advertised and I was able to transfer all of my playlists and library from one platform to another with few complications. I especially appreciate that out of all similar apps I looked at this one had easily the most options for streaming platforms you can transfer to and from. My main criticism would be that it needs to make it clearer how to go about cancelling, as the dedicated button for restoring purchases in the app itself does nothing and you have to go into a separate web browser FAQ to figure out how to actually cancel the subscription. Considering how many people i’m sure just use this app once to transfer their library and then delete it I wouldn’t be shocked if a lot of them were still unknowingly paying for it. Besides that it’s a solid option all around and very easy to use.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for sharing your insights and for your recommendation!
We will bear this in mind and pay attention to such matters.
Happy transferring :)

For $10, I’d expect better.

While the app does transfer songs pretty fast, it does it in the most lazy way. It creates a separate playlist for the songs you transferred, so if you’re part or the majority who’s “library” is technically “liked songs”, prepare to spend time going through and re-liking all your songs. While this could be helpful if you’re trying to get rid of some songs, there’s a further point I’d like to address. For the most part it adds songs that were in your library, however I have also noticed that some of my songs were replaced by remixes of the same song. If you’re someone like me who listens to a substantial amount of EDM, you’ll understand how frustrating it is finding that perfect remix for you, which is just partially why this was such a frustrating process. In addition, about 1/4 of my library wasn’t even added!!!

In conclusion, if you’re looking to quickly move the majority of your library fast, and have a spare $10, I’d recommend this program. However, buyer beware, you’re going to have a subnational amount of slack to pick up.

Developer Response ,

If you experience any problems with our app, please reach out to us at support@freeyourmusic.com. We'll do our best to solve your issue.

Favorite albums sometimes turn into playlists

I was surprised when about 1/5 of my favorite albums in Tidal were turned into playlists in Apple Music instead of albums. It turns out that when FYM doesn't find an exactly matching album in the destination service it creates a playlist instead. This behavior does make sense, but it would nice if the app warned the user when it was doing it and gave the option to not make the conversion.

Accuracy in matching tracks in playlists is okay but not great. A source playlist containing a set of tracks from a single album will often turn into a set of tracks from different albums by the same artist. About 10% of the time the track is completely different - e.g., a jazz tune from 1958 turns into a song by Drake.