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Our free ringtone maker lets you create custom ringtones from any audio file in seconds. Whether you want to use your favorite song, a sound effect, or a voice recording, our tool makes it simple to trim and convert audio for your mobile device.

For iPhone users, we generate M4R files — the native ringtone format for iOS. Android users can download standard MP3 files. No software installation required — everything works right in your browser.

Simply upload your audio file, select the portion you want as your ringtone (up to 40 seconds for iPhone, or any length for Android), preview your selection, and download. Upload files in MP3, M4A, AAC, or WAV format — the maximum file size is 50 MB.

Ringtones are a unique type of audio. They play suddenly, often at high volume, through a small speaker, and compete with background noise. These real-world conditions matter more than file format specifications — and they shape how we process your audio. Our goal is simple: make your ringtone clearly audible without technical glitches.

Choosing the Right Fragment

While iPhone allows ringtones up to 40 seconds, the actual length that works best is usually shorter — around 10 to 20 seconds. Why? Because the beginning matters most.

A ringtone with a slow intro or gradual build-up won't grab your attention when your phone rings in a noisy environment. The best fragments start with distinctive, recognizable elements right away — a memorable hook, a clear melody, or a characteristic sound.

Consider how your ringtone will sound when it repeats. If the phone keeps ringing, the audio loops back to the beginning. A jarring transition between the end and the start can be distracting. Choose a fragment where the ending flows reasonably well into the beginning, or rely on our automatic fade effects to smooth things out.

Our waveform editor helps you find these moments visually. Look for sections with strong, consistent amplitude from the start. Peaks in the waveform indicate louder moments — starting your ringtone on a peak ensures immediate audibility.

Smooth Starts and Endings

When a ringtone starts playing, your phone doesn't fade it in gently — it just starts. If your audio begins with a sudden spike or doesn't start from silence, you might hear a click or pop. The same happens at the end when the ringtone loops or gets cut off.

We automatically apply short fade-in and fade-out effects (about half a second each) to eliminate these artifacts. The fades are brief enough to preserve the punch of your ringtone while ensuring clean playback.

This is especially important for ringtones cut from the middle of a song. Without fade effects, you'd hear an abrupt start that sounds like a glitch rather than an intentional beginning. The fade-in creates a clean entry point regardless of where in the original track your selection begins.

Why Loud Songs Can Sound Quiet

You might have noticed that some ringtones sound much quieter than others, even when your phone volume is maxed out. This happens because peak loudness and perceived loudness are different things.

A track might hit maximum level occasionally but have low average energy — so it sounds quiet. Another track with consistent energy throughout will sound much louder at the same peak level. Classical music and acoustic recordings often have this problem: dramatic dynamic range that sounds great on speakers but disappears on a phone.

We solve this with two-stage processing:

• Light compression reduces the gap between quiet and loud parts, making the overall sound more consistent. We use gentle settings to preserve the character of your audio while improving clarity.
• Loudness normalization then brings everything to an optimal level based on perceived loudness (EBU R128 standard), not just peak values. This is the same standard used in broadcast and streaming.

The result: your ringtone will be clearly audible alongside any other ringtone, regardless of how the original track was mastered.

Optimized for Phone Speakers

Phone speakers can't reproduce deep bass frequencies — most cut off below 200-300 Hz. If your source audio has lots of low-end energy, that energy is essentially wasted — it takes up headroom without adding audible content, and can even cause distortion or rattling on some devices.

Our processing focuses the audio energy where phone speakers actually perform well: the midrange frequencies where melodies and vocals live. Combined with mono conversion (since phone speakers are mono anyway), this ensures maximum clarity and punch from that tiny driver in your device.

This doesn't mean your ringtone will sound thin. The perceived "body" of sound comes largely from lower midrange frequencies, which phone speakers handle reasonably well. We preserve these frequencies while reducing the truly inaudible sub-bass that would otherwise eat into your available headroom.

Format: MP3 vs M4R

The choice depends on your device:

• M4R — the only format iPhones accept as ringtones. It's essentially an AAC audio file with a different extension. After downloading, you'll need to add it to your iPhone through the Files app and GarageBand, or sync via iTunes/Finder on a computer.
• MP3 — works on Android devices and most other phones. Just copy the file to your Ringtones folder (usually in internal storage), and it will appear in your sound settings. Some Android phones detect new ringtones automatically; others require a restart.

Both formats are encoded at 96 kbps mono, which provides good quality while keeping file sizes small — typically under 500 KB for a 40-second ringtone. Your original audio metadata (artist, title, album) is preserved in the output file, so your ringtone shows proper information in your phone's sound picker.

Supported Input Formats

You can upload audio in several common formats:

• MP3 — the most common format, works with files from any source
• M4A/AAC — standard format for iTunes and Apple Music downloads
• WAV — uncompressed audio, often from recording software
• FLAC — lossless compression, popular for high-quality music archives
• OGG — open format used by some music services and games

The maximum file size is 50 MB, which covers virtually any song. Longer files like full albums won't work, but you shouldn't be making a ringtone from an entire album anyway.

Privacy and Processing

Your audio files are processed on our server only during conversion — typically a few seconds. We don't store your files: both the uploaded original and the converted result are automatically deleted immediately after processing completes. There's no account, no cloud storage, no history.

The waveform editing happens entirely in your browser using the Web Audio API. Your audio data stays on your device until you click the download button and request the final conversion. This means you can preview and adjust your selection as many times as you want without any server communication.

We don't track what audio you upload or what ringtones you create. The only analytics we collect are standard website metrics like page views — nothing about your actual content.