Freegal Music App Now Available

For nearly two years, the Lake Forest Library has offered the Freegal Music service to its cardholders, allowing them to choose and download three free music tracks per week to a desktop or laptop and then to transfer them to an MP3 device for listening.  Now with the new Freegal Music app, Apple and Android mobile users can use their mobile device to select tracks and then download directly to the devices.

iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users can find the free app by searching for "Freegal Music" in the Apple iTunes App Store.  Android phone and tablet users will find the app in the Google Play store.  Once you have downloaded the app, enter your home zip code and choose Lake Forest Library from among the subscribing libraries.  Then enter your Lake Forest Library card number, and, once validated, you will be in the app's main area, where you can browse, search, and download music.  You will stay logged in and will not need to re-enter your card number unless you go to "Settings" and select "Logout."


Here are highlights of the app's screens:


Home Screen:  Your weekly download allocation and number used; Top 10 weekly downloads from Lake Forest Library and nation-wide; search icon; blue arrow to play song clip; larger white downward arrow to download song.


My Music:  All your downloaded tracks can be viewed by artist, song, or album and played from here.


Playlist:   Where you can organize your tracks by categories you name.  Tracks can be played from this screen and from "My Music."


Browse:  Browse tracks by Artist, Song, or Genre.


Settings:   Where you can log out, which is useful if you're accessing your account from multiple devices.


Note:  Currently the Freegal Music app is not allowed to export files to iTunes or any other software, but within two weeks of downloading a song to your app, you can log in to your account on a computer, choose "recent downloads," save desired track to your computer, and move it into iTunes.  Then when you sync your mobile device, the track will be in iTunes on your mobile device.


Follow these links for more information:

Freegal App Basic Info. and Link

Freegal Web Access Information