Use a FLAC Player
One solution to playing a FLAC file on an iPhone is to use a music player app that supports the playback of the format. Using a FLAC player means that you don’t have to know which formats iOS understands. As long as the app accepts the format, it doesn’t matter what the iOS music playback limitations are. The only downfall to this approach is getting the music collection into the media player. For this reason, a FLAC player is only helpful if your songs are FLAC-based. There are several tools to get an iPhone to play FLAC files (such as VOX or FLAC Player+), but you must provide the FLAC files to those apps.
Use Cloud Storage and a FLAC Player
One option to complete the FLAC file exchange with a media player is to upload the FLAC files to a cloud storage service you use on your phone. After you upload the audio files, import them into the media player. To complete this process involving Google Drive and VOX, follow these steps:
Convert the FLAC File to the ALAC Format
The other option is to convert FLAC to ALAC, which saves the FLAC file to a file with the M4A file extension.
Use an Audio File Converter to Convert FLAC to ALAC
If you have a lot of music that needs to be in the ALAC format, convert the files in bulk with an audio file converter.
Use iTunes to Convert FLAC to M4A
You can also convert FLAC to M4A with iTunes, which is ideal if the audio files are on your computer. Plus, iTunes is compatible with ALAC, so it syncs these files straight to your iPhone.
