Apple Music is a music and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc, Apple Music currently offers a 3-month free trial for access to 50 millions of songs on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Apple Watch, as well as in iTunes on your Mac and PC, but If your free trial will be expired or canceling Apple Music subscription, you’re not allowed to access to any music or playlists that you added from Apple Music. In addition, songs you downloaded from Apple Music app or iTunes store are protected by DRM protection, because Apple inc not allow use transferring those streaming music to other unauthorized devices, such as MP3 player, PSP, iPod Nano/Classic/Shuffle, Xbox, mobile phone. In other words, if you decide to unsubscribe Apple Music, all your Apple Music tracks will disappear, even you have added or downloaded to the iTunes library before.

Supplementary knowledge - Apple Music and DRM Protection

Apple has added DRM to your downloaded Apple Music songs, so you can find the Apple Music songs added to the iTunes library is an AAC audio file; the Apple Music songs downloaded to the iTunes library come in M4P format (added DRM protection) which can't be played on unauthorized device. Since the downloaded songs are encrypted with FairPlay DRM protection, you can only listen to them on that authorized devices with iTunes or Apple Music app. In additional, if you cancel the subscription of Apple Music, all that streaming music can’t be played.

To keep your Apple Music forever on your devices even if you subscribe to Apple Music, to play the Apple Music songs more free on any devices such as car stereo, portable CD players, MP3 player, PSP, Xbox, mobile phone, etc. You need to remove DRM from Apple Music and convert Apple Music songs to MP3 audio files.

Here we list you top 5 Apple Music Converter software and Apple Music DRM Removal software that are very popular in this field, as well as professional and objective review on them. You can download and try them for free, the free trial version allows you convert the first 3 minutes of each audio files.

Top 1. UkeySoft Apple Music Converter (Windows & Mac) - Best & Fast Lossless Music Converter

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter for Windows (Or UkeySoft Apple Music Converter for Mac) also is a professional Apple Music DRM Removal, iTunes Music Converter, Audio DRM Removal and Audiobook Converter program that is designed to convert Apple Music songs, iTunes M4P/AAC music, Audible AAX/AA audiobooks and iTunes M4A/M4B audiobooks to MP3, M4A, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4R or MKA and save them as local audio files, this UkeySoft Apple Music Converter program will remove the DRM protection from Apple Music tracks during conversion.
Unlike other Audio Converters and Audio Recorders, the Apple Music converter will keep all ID tags and the song’s metadata to output MP3, M4A audio files, including the song title, artist name, album name, genre or album artwork.
To download and convert Apple Music songs and playlist to MP3, you don’t need to download songs to the computer firstly, just add songs, albums or playlists to your iTunes Library, the program will load all your Apple Music songs and other iTunes media automatically, select the songs you want to convert, then you can batch convert Apple Music songs at up to 16X faster speed with lossless quality kept. During converting, iTunes plays the Apple Music tracks in the background (muted), the program records and converts songs in the background, so you'd better not using iTunes before conversion is finished.

In order to meet the requirements of users in various countries, currently UkeySoft Apple Music Converter supports 7 languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish, German, Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional.

Pros:

• All-in-one Apple Music Converter, iTunes Music Converter, Audiobook Converter, Audio DRM Removal, M4P to MP3 Converter;
• Batch convert Apple Music songs, M4P files and audiobooks to MP3 at 16X speed;
  Keep 100% original audio quality;
• Extract audio from iTunes M4V movies, TV shows and music videos;
• Preserve original ID tags and metadata to output MP3 and M4A audio files;
• Load all iTunes media automatically, no need to add songs one-by-one;
• Legally remove the DRM protection from Apple Music songs and Audiobooks;
• Don't need to download the Apple Music songs, just add them to the iTunes Library;
• The interface is similar to iTunes.
• Compatible with latest iTunes 12.10 and available in Mac & Windows version.

Cons:

• Depend iTunes plays the Apple Music tracks in the background (muted);
• The Mac version doesn’t supports change the conversion speed, but generally it should run at much faster than 1X speed, 16x faster conversion speed for windows version;
• Don't use iTunes to play other files during conversion, otherwise, the converting process will be interrupted;
• Not allows add more songs into the "Converting" list during conversion process;
• The computer must be authorized in iTunes to play the DRM-ed Apple Music tracks;

Availability: $39.95 with free trial of Windows and Mac version. Just pay once, own your favorite songs, listen to songs for life on any devices;

Some software similar to UkeySoft Apple Music Converter: Boilsoft Apple Music Converter, Ondesoft iTunes Converter, TuneFab Apple Music Converter, Sidify Apple Music Converter, AudFree Audio Converter, Tunecable Apple Music Converter, Tunepat Apple Music Converter, SpotiKeep Apple Music Converter, aMusicsoft Apple Music Converter, but the free trial version of UkeySoft allows free users convert the first 3 minutes of each audio. In addition, paid users of UkeySoft Apple Music Converter will enjoy free lifetime update and technical support, UkeySoft team will keep it compatible with latest iTunes, Windows OS and Mac OS.

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter is recognized and recommend by many popular software download platforms, such as Tucows Downloads, CNET Download, Softonic, etc.

View also: Download Apple Music to MP3

Top 2. TunesBank Apple Music Converter

TunesBank Apple Music Converter is one of the best DRM audio converter, it can convert Apple Music, iTunes M4P songs and audiobooks to MP3, M4A and FLAC with lossless quality on Windows or Mac, and the Windows of this application also supports other 5 output audio formats which include AAC, FLAC, AIFF, AU and AC3.

Users can easily to remove the DRM protection from Apple Music song, so that you can enjoy the converted Apple Music tracks on other devices offline. In addition, the program also retains the ID3 tags of the song in the output files, this means you can keep all ID3 tags (like artists, title, album artwork and genre) and metadata with song ID preserved.

Pros:

• Up to 10X conversion speed (Windows 10/8.1/8/7);
• Up to 5X conversion speed (Mac OS X 10.11 or Higher);
• Supports to convert Apple Music, iTunes M4P Music and Audiobooks;
• Support convert Everything that iTunes can plays;
• All ID3 Tags will be preserved in output audio files;
• Allows add more songs into the "Converting" list during conversion process;
• Compatible with Windows 10 and macOS 11 Big Sur;
• Works well with the latest version of iTunes and the new Apple Music app;
• UI is very user friendly and colorful.

Cons:

• The full version of this powerful Apple Music to MP3 converter is not free;
• Not compatible with iOS and Android OS;
• Can’t convert Apple Music songs to MKA, WAV and M4R.

Availability: $39.95 with free trial of Windows and Mac version, the free users can convert the first 3 minutes of each audio files.

View also: Best Spotify Music Review: Convert Spotify Music to MP3

Top 3. TunesKit DRM Audio Converter

TunesKit DRM Audio Converter is not a real Apple Music Converter, it is a DRM audio converter, but it can convert Apple Music, iTunes M4P and other non-DRM audio files to MP3, AAC, FLAC,WAV, etc. Unlike UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, if you want to convert Apple Music songs to MP3, you must to download songs from iTunes store to the iTunes library firstly, this program supports convert your DRM audios to plain audio files, but it can’t remove DRM from Apple Music songs, iTunes M4P songs, M4P/M4B audiobooks and Audible AA/AAX audiobooks, the free version just allows users convert 1/3 content of each audio files.

Pros:

• Keep 100% lossless quality for all of your Apple Music songs;
• Convert all non-DRM audio to other audio formats;
• Convert audios at up to 30X speed and keep ID tags.

Cons:

• Need to download Apple Music songs to the iTunes Library first;
• iTunes audiobooks, podcasts won't be supported;
• Can not remove DRM from iTunes M4P songs;
• Not able to extract audio from iTunes movies, TV shows, music videos other iTunes M4V videos;
• The interface is quite simple, the black interface makes the user look annoyed;/li>
• Apple Music songs cannot be loaded automatically after launching the program, and songs are loaded slowly.
• Can’t convert Apple Music songs to M4A and M4R;
• The output quality is not good enough considering that it is a paid software.

View also: Remove DRM from Apple Music Songs

Top 4. NoteBurner iTunes DRM Audio Converter

NoteBurner has developed the DRM audio converter to record audios when iTunes plays the Apple Music tracks, it's not really a DRM audio removal and DRM audio converter, but NoteBurner iTunes DRM Audio Converter can record Apple Music files and convert them to common audio files. It can record Apple Music files, M4A/M4B/AA/AAX audiobooks and M4P music as MP3, WAV, FLAC, or AAC audio files when the iTunes accelerate plays the audio in the background. The official website said the program supports burn Apple Music files to DVDs and CDs, actually, the program doesn’t support to burn Apple Music to CD directly, if you want to burn Apple Music songs to CD, you have to import the converted files to iTunes and burn them to CD manually.

Pros:

• Ability to convert iTunes M4P songs, M4P/M4B audiobooks and Audible AA/AAX audiobooks;
• Record audio tracks in the background up to 10X faster speed;
• Keep all ID Tags and Metadata on the output MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC files.

Cons:

• Need to download songs or playlist to the iTunes Library first;
• Need to add songs and playlist manually;
• The output audio quality maybe reduced more or less;

View also: How to Burn Apple Music to CD

Top 5. Macsome iTunes Music Converter

Macsome iTunes Music Converter can convert Apple Music to unprotected MP3, AAC, FLAC and WAV with 90% output quality, the Windows version supports converting Apple Music songs at up to 20X conversion speed, and the Mac version supports converting Apple Music files at 1X speed only under macOS 10.14 Mojave. No matter what audio playable on iTunes, the program is able to convert all iTunes media files to MP3, AAC, WAV and FLAC audio files. Unfortunately the output audio quality maybe reduced unavoidably, after converting them to MP3, AAC, WAV and FLAC, and then transfer them to MP3 player, Spotify, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, Zune, Sony PSP, mobile phone and USB Flash Drive.

Pros:

• Support Apple Music songs, iTunes M4P songs, iTunes audiobooks and Audible audiobooks;
• Both Apple Music songs and videos and other media files;
• 20X higher conversion speed;

Cons:

• Need to download songs or playlist to the iTunes Library first;
• Need to add songs and playlist manually;
• The output audio quality maybe reduced considering that it is a paid software;
• The software interface is relatively small.

View also: Best Way to Export Music from iTunes Library to MP3

The top 5 most popular Apple Music Converter to MP3, which one to choose?

All the five Apple Music to MP3 converters listed above are capable of recording, converting and saving Apple Music songs to MP3 audio files, but with UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, you don't need to download the Apple Music songs, just add songs, albums or playlists to your iTunes Library and UkeySoft Apple Music Converter will load all iTunes media automatically, and the interface of UkeySoft is very similar to iTunes, UI is very user friendly. UkeySoft Apple Music Converter can convert Apple Music up to 16X faster and keep the original audio quality.

Except TunesKit DRM Audio Converter, the other 4 tools are also allows you remove the DRM from iTunes M4P songs, M4P/M4B audiobooks, Audible AA/AAX audiobooks during conversion. If you looking for a high speed audio conversion software, we suggest you try NoteBurner iTunes DRM Audio Converter, Macsome iTunes Music Converter, TunesBank Apple Music Converter and UkeySoft Apple Music Converter, these four DRM audio converter can convert Apple Music files at 16X~20X conversion speed. If you pay attention on the money spent, these top 5 most popular Apple Music Converter will costs $39.95, buy once and save your favorite songs forever!
Of course, there are a lot of similar Apple Music converter tools and Apple Music DRM removal tool, such as Boilsoft Apple Music Converter, Ondesoft iTunes Converter, TuneFab Apple Music Converter, TuneMobie Apple Music Converter, AudFree DRM Audio Converter, AppleMacSoft DRM Converter, Easy M4P Converter, Tune4mac iTunes Audio Converter, Aimersoft iMusic, etc. We didn't list more here. If you have any other better programs you want to recommend, please simply let's know on the comment section below. If you want to convert both DRM-ed Apple streaming music and audiobooks yet keep 100% original quality, then you should definitely choose UkeySoft Apple Music Converter.