Check out this list of five best classical music apps to enjoy your favorite composers and their works in high quality on your iPhone and iPad. Whether you listen regularly or only once in a while, you’re sure to find one that suits you.
If you enjoy listening to classical music, you can use Apple Music to find stations and composers you love. But you can also check out apps specifically for the classics.
From Pachelbel’s Canon in D to Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, you can find wonderful works like these with apps that dedicate themselves to the classics.
IDAGIO – Classical Music
IDAGIO is a terrific app to start with for classical music. When you first open the app, you’ll be asked to select a few favorite composers so that you can receive recommendations if you like. From there, you can explore different areas of the app to discover something new, concerts, or music by mood.
IDAGIO features:
- Discover seasonal playlists, legendary or featured albums, curated collections, and more.
- Browse for favorites by composer, ensemble, soloist, conductor, instrument, genre, or period.
- View upcoming concerts, visit the concert halls, and buy tickets.
- Select music by mood. Whether you’re feeling happy, angry, nervous, or something in between, you’ll hear a song to match.
- Save collections of tracks, recordings, playlists, albums, and artists for quick access to the music you love most.
For a world of options in classical music, you’ll enjoy IDAGIO. The app is available for free with an optional subscription plan to receive access to live concerts and all available tracks.
- Availability: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, Android, and the web
- Cost: Free with an optional paid premium subscription plan
- Download IDAGIO
Apple Music Classical
Apple touts its classical music service as the ‘world’s largest classical music catalog’ with over 5 million tracks. You get this alongside your regular Apple Music subscription.
Fun fact: Apple acquired Primephonic, which was a classical music streaming service, and turned it into Apple Music Classical.
Apple Music Classical features:
- It supports up to 24 bit/192 kHz Hi-Res Lossless audio with several tracks in immersive Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, making it one of the places with the highest quality classical music streaming.
- The app gives you accurate metadata, helping you know what you are listening to.
- The app has a clean and beautiful design that makes it easy to find music by genre, composers, periods, and more.
- It has exclusive albums that may be tough to find on other streaming platforms.
Tap the info button ⓘ on the Now Playing screen to learn more about the track you’re listening to.
- Availability: iPhone and iPad. But you can search for classical songs even in Apple Music on Mac and other devices
- Cost: Requires an Apple Music subscription
- Download Apple Music Classical
Sonata – Classical Music Radio
For classical music radio with a few extras, take a look at Sonata. As soon as you open the app, you’ll hear the sweet sounds of a classic composer. But of course, you can select a favorite if you prefer.
Sonata features:
- Choose a favorite composer and select one of his works.
- Create a playlist of the pieces you enjoy most.
- Vote for how specific composers’ works help you relax, sleep, or exercise.
- Purchase your most loved songs right from the app.
Sonata is an interesting classical music app with its voting feature. But if you’re looking for something that others recommend for specific activities, it’s ideal.
- Availability: iPhone and iPad
- Cost: Free with in-app purchases and a paid premium subscription plan
- Download Sonata
Classical Radio+
Stream classical music the easy way with Classical Radio+. Select a category, pick a station, and just relax to the sounds you love.
Classical Radio+ features:
- Choose from the most popular, newly added, famous composers, instrumentals, and more.
- Fast forward, rewind, pause, or stop any station with a tap.
- Check out a large collection of additional radio app options for a specific genre, period, or mood.
Classical Radio+ gives you a simple way to listen to your favorite composers, instruments, and soloists from your iPhone and iPad. The app is completely free, with no in-app purchases or subscriptions.
- Availability: iPhone, iPad, and Android
- Cost: Free
- Download Classical Radio+
Maybe you’re a musician yourself and have an appreciation for the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. Perhaps you’ve always been drawn to classical music because of the emotions it can both stir up and calm down. Or maybe you are just starting to enjoy classical music and are including it in your list of favorites. Whatever the case, hopefully, one of these iPhone apps for classical music will make its way to your device.
If you have a recommendation for a different classical music app for iOS that you think we should look at please leave a comment below!
Also see: Shazam now lets you open classical songs in the Apple Music Classical app