How to Share a Song on iPhone When Friends Use Different Apps

Short answer: in your music app, tap Share on the song, then tap SongPort in the iPhone share sheet. A link is copied that opens a page with a button for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal and SoundCloud. Paste it in the chat, and every friend taps their own app.

You know the moment. You send a song to the group chat. Someone replies "it's asking me to log into Spotify??" Someone else asks for a YouTube link. The song you were excited about gets buried under tech support.

There is a better way, and it takes three taps.

Why a normal share link fails

When you tap Share in Spotify and copy the link, you get a Spotify link. Of course. It works great... for people on Spotify.

For everyone else:

• Apple Music friends land on a Spotify web page asking them to log in or install the app.
• YouTube Music friends get the same, and then search for the song by hand. Or don't.
• Inside WhatsApp or Instagram, the link opens in a tiny built-in browser, which makes all of it worse.

It works the other way too. An Apple Music link is just as useless to a Spotify user. Every music app only shares to itself.

The fix: one link for everyone

A universal music link points to a small page instead of one app. That page lists the song on every platform. Your friend taps the one they use, and the song opens right there, in their app.

You could make one on a website: copy the link, open a browser, paste it, copy the new link, go back to the chat. Fine on a laptop. On a phone, that is a lot of app switching for one song.

So the SongPort app skips all of that and lives in the share sheet, the menu that pops up when you tap Share.

How to do it, step by step

One-time setup: install the SongPort beta through TestFlight, Apple's app for test versions. It is free and there is no account.

Then, every time you share a song:

1. Open the song in Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal or SoundCloud.
2. Tap Share. In Spotify, tap More to see the full iPhone share sheet.
3. Tap SongPort. Don't see it? Scroll the app row to the end, tap More, and add SongPort to your favorites.
4. Wait for "Link copied". A small card shows up over your music app. You never leave it.
5. Paste in your chat. Done.

Your friends tap the link, pick their platform, and the song plays in their app.

Tip: copied a music link somewhere else, like from a message? Open the SongPort app and tap Paste. Same result.

What your friends see

A clean page with the cover, the title and the artist, and one button per platform. No sign-up, no app to install, nothing to figure out. In a group chat with four different apps, it works for all four.

Good to know

• Free, with a daily limit. Each iPhone makes 10 new links a day. When they run out, the app shows when they are back.
• Your history stays on your phone. The app keeps your last 50 links, on that iPhone only. Tap one to open or copy it again.
• No account. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sign in to.
• iPhone only, for now. On Android or a laptop, paste the link at songport.link.
• It is a beta. It runs on TestFlight until it is in the App Store. You can also leave your email on the app page and get one message on launch day.

What about the other ways?

There are a few, and they all have a catch:

For converting full playlists rather than single songs, that is a different job. The Spotify to Apple Music guide covers playlist transfers.

FAQ

How do I share a Spotify song with someone who uses Apple Music on iPhone?

Tap Share on the song in Spotify, tap More, then tap SongPort. A universal link is copied. Your friend opens it and taps Apple Music, and the song opens there.

Can I share Apple Music songs with Spotify users?

Yes. It works from Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal and SoundCloud, in any direction.

Does my friend need to install anything?

No. The link opens a web page with a button per platform. Only you need the app, and even that is optional: the website does the same.

Why don't I see SongPort in my share sheet?

Scroll to the end of the app row in the share sheet and tap More. Find SongPort there and add it to your favorites so it shows up first next time.

Does it work for albums?

Yes. Songs and full albums both work. Playlists do not: for moving a whole playlist to another service, use a playlist transfer tool.

Is the SongPort iPhone app free?

Yes. The beta is free on TestFlight, with 10 new links a day per iPhone and no account.

Want the link without the app? Share music across platforms walks through the website version.