How to buy music on iPhone with iTunes

Do I have to join Apple Store to buy and download songs I want to buy? I can't figure out how to get to iTunes Store without joining Apple Music and paying a fee since I have done the update? Is this right? Please tell me this isn't the case!!

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iPhone 4S

Posted on Jul 7, 2015 4:42 PM

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Posted on Feb 24, 2018 7:56 AM

jwinsmotion113 wrote:


Simple solution - go to the Apple store Icon (white star app on a purple background) that I was totally unaware of previously, and open for the ability to purchase all the music you may want.

It's actually called the iTunes Store.

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Jan 20, 2017 11:33 PM in response to Kward68

What I know from experience about Apple Music is that after you're free trial, you cannot keep the files. Never. Each month you have to pay in order to keep the songs, BUT if you cancel you're membership you will lose you're songs again. So I would stick with iTunes & purchase single music which we can keep. With Apple Music you cannot even after you cancel you're membership.

Feb 25, 2017 5:11 AM in response to Kward68

Congratulations Apple. You finally completely broke your flagship program that brought your company back from the bankruptcy through your latest greed and dysfunctional programming. I can't get a song anymore on itunes!


If I disable 'show apple music' in settings the only options I get when searching are radio or my library on my iphone. If I try to buy a song on my mac it somehow forgets me on the mac, asks for a code on my iphone. But there is no place to type it. I'm late for a vacation and already wasted far more time that I should trying to download a simple song. iph 6s, ios 10.2.1. No more time to waste on this. Stop pushing your customers to apple music, please.

Feb 25, 2017 7:30 AM in response to pdx_biker

pdx_biker wrote:




If I disable 'show apple music' in settings the only options I get when searching are radio or my library on my iphone.

You can't buy music through the Music app. You buy it through the iTunes app. To the best of my knowledge, that's the way it has always been. The subscription service didn't change that.


If you're having problems with logging into the iTunes Store, go to Settings>ITunes & App Store and make sure you have the correct Apple ID entered.

Apr 18, 2017 9:07 PM in response to King_Penguin

There's is no iTunes Store app on the phone, gone I have same problem. They might be guaging the public, see how transitioning to a monthly subscription to compete with YouTube will go if all of a sudden you can't figure out the IT problem as to why you can't but others can. Smart business thinking if you ask me. **** Apple and yes they are here, these are forums you agreed to terms and conditions to participate in, did you read them?

Apr 18, 2017 11:18 PM in response to Kaylajade16

There is an iTunes Store app, it it's no longer visible you have hidden it via Settings > General > Restrictions > iTunes Store 'off', or if the phone is on iOS 10+ you might have deleted it, in which case search for it in the App Store app to redownload it - either way it no longer being there is due to something that you've done.


Apple and yes they are here, these are forums you agreed to terms and conditions to participate in, did you read them?

Apple are here in terms of moderating the forums and replying on old unanswered threads

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