What Is Trending Music?
Trending Music is a free iPhone music app — videos, synced lyrics, live radio, podcasts & audiobooks. It is on the App Store as id 1139055265, also runs on iPad, Apple Watch, and CarPlay, and plays a YouTube-backed library. It does not replace the full Spotify or Apple Music catalogs.
The app, in one place
Trending Music is a free iPhone music app — videos, synced lyrics, live radio, podcasts & audiobooks.
Platform. iPhone, plus iPad, Apple Watch, and CarPlay. The old website player is retired. The product in 2026 is the app.
App Store id. 1139055265.
What it does. Search and play a song, watch the music video, or read synced lyrics while it plays. Live radio, podcasts, and audiobooks are in the same app. The Search tab is the discovery surface: Trending Songs, New Releases, and Charts, including Charts by Country (61 countries plus a Global chart). Those charts are YouTube's daily and weekly music-video charts, and the tracks play in the app.
Price. Free to download. The free tier shows ads and has a daily streaming limit. Optional Premium is $5.99/month, with a 7-day trial through the App Store. Premium removes the ads and adds the AI DJ. Installing the app does not require a credit card.
What it does not do. It does not replace Spotify or Apple Music. Playback is YouTube-backed, so official videos and a long tail of lives and covers are the library, and label exclusives, Spotify Connect, and those services' full catalogs are not included. The free tier is not ad-free.
Using it day to day
The outcome is straightforward: play a song you asked for, watch the video, follow the lyrics, or leave radio, a podcast, or an audiobook on, without starting a Spotify or Apple Music subscription.
The features that match that outcome:
- Music videos and synced lyrics in the same player, on the free tier. - Live radio, podcasts, and audiobooks next to music. - Charts and discovery on the Search tab, with playback in the app. Country charts are covered in top songs in any country. - Apple Watch and CarPlay on the same app.
Ads stay on the free tier. Premium ($5.99/month) is optional, for removing ads and the AI DJ. A side-by-side with the paid apps lives on Trending Music vs Spotify and vs Apple Music.
Is Trending Music free?
Yes to download and to play. Music videos, synced lyrics, live radio, podcasts, and audiobooks are on the free tier, which shows ads and has a daily streaming limit. Optional Premium is $5.99/month and removes the ads and adds the AI DJ. A 7-day trial is available through the App Store. Downloading the app does not take a credit card.
Does it replace Spotify or Apple Music?
No. Trending Music plays a YouTube-backed library: videos, audio, live radio, podcasts, and audiobooks. It does not include the full Spotify or Apple Music catalogs, label exclusives, or Spotify Connect. If you already pay for one of those services and only need that catalog, you do not need this app.