Apple Music, direct from your Library
If you have an Apple Music subscription on iPhone or iPad, this is the easiest route by a wide margin. Wedding Player connects directly to Apple Music, so you can search the full catalogue, add tracks, and play them with crossfade and full offline support, no file management required.
Inside the app
How to add an Apple Music track
- Open the moment you want the track in.
- Tap Add Tracks (or Edit Tracks if the moment already has music).
- Tap Add Apple Music.
- Search the catalogue or browse your Library, then pick the track.
- Drag to reorder if you have more than one track in the moment.
Apple Music integration is iPhone and iPad only. On Android, see Buy Individual Tracks or Wedding Player Originals.
No subscription?
The free-trial route
Apple Music offers a free trial. If you do not currently subscribe but you want a specific mainstream song for the ceremony, you can sign up for the trial a few weeks before the wedding, build your moments in Wedding Player, and cancel after the day if you do not want to keep it.
Trial length and pricing vary by country, so check the Music app or App Store for the current offer in your region. Use Wedding Player for rehearsal and the ceremony itself, then cancel if you want to go back to your previous service.
If you use Spotify
Why Wedding Player uses Apple Music, not Spotify
If you're a Spotify user, you've probably already searched the App Store for a ceremony music app that works with your library. And you've noticed that none of them do. Not properly, anyway. This isn't something we chose. It's a restriction Spotify places on every app in the App Store.
What Spotify allows, and why it's not enough
Spotify offers a "remote control" option for other apps. It lets an app tell the Spotify app to play, pause, or skip tracks. On paper, that sounds fine. In practice, it falls apart for a wedding ceremony:
- No crossfade control. Wedding Player's crossfade lets you smoothly transition between songs at exactly the right moment. With Spotify's remote control, you can't do this. You're limited to play and pause.
- No precise timing. When your bride reaches the altar and you need the music to fade out in exactly three seconds, you need direct control over the audio. Remote control doesn't give you that.
- No offline guarantee. Spotify's remote control requires the Spotify app to be running and handling playback. If the app restarts or encounters an error, your ceremony music stops. At a wedding, "it should work" isn't good enough.
Why Apple Music works
Apple built a framework called MusicKit specifically for apps like Wedding Player. It gives the app full, direct control over music playback. That means:
- Real crossfade between songs, timed to the second.
- Instant fade-out when the moment calls for it.
- Offline playback with downloaded tracks, no internet needed.
- Live Mode with large, simple controls designed for the person running music at the venue.
What Spotify users can do
You only need four to six songs for the ceremony: processional, signing of the register, and recessional. That's it. Three options:
- Buy those specific tracks outright from iTunes Store, Bandcamp, Qobuz, or another DRM-free store. Full crossfade, full offline support, no subscription. See Buy Individual Tracks.
- Start a free Apple Music trial. Use it for the rehearsal and ceremony, then cancel afterwards and go back to Spotify for everyday listening.
- Mix and match. Wedding Player handles local files and Apple Music in the same playlist, with crossfade across both. Some couples own a few tracks already and find the rest on Apple Music.
Your ceremony music is too important to leave to "it should work." For most couples, four to six tracks bought outright or via a one-month Apple Music trial covers everything.
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