I built Ringtone Cropper, a free, open-source browser tool for turning a short section of audio into a ringtone for Android or iPhone.

Try the editor · Source on GitHub

Here's the workflow in about 30 seconds:

What it does

Upload an audio or video file, select a moment on the waveform, preview it, and export. The selection defaults to exactly 30 seconds, with 15/30/40-second presets and custom lengths.

There are fade-in and fade-out controls, looped preview, optional loudness normalization, and MP3, M4A, M4R, or WAV exports. The interface works on mobile and desktop, with light, dark, and system themes. No signup is needed.

The site creates the audio file; your phone's apps or settings apply it as a ringtone. It includes setup instructions, including a GarageBand workflow for iPhone.

What runs where

The frontend is plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Web Audio handles decoding and preview, while ffmpeg.wasm handles export in the browser.

For an uploaded file, the flow is:

Local file → browser decoding + waveform → selection + preview → browser export → download

Local files stay on your device.

Optional YouTube imports take a different path: a Cloudflare Worker validates and rate-limits the request, then a container running yt-dlp retrieves the audio. Trimming and export still happen in the browser. These imports are for audio you're permitted to download.

A small detail: keeping 30 seconds exactly 30 seconds

Selection boundaries use a 0.1-second grid. A subtle edge case is a source that ends between grid points: rounding after clamping can push a selection past the actual end.

The selection helper floors the available duration to that grid first, fits the clip length, and then clamps its start. The same helper keeps the presets and editable boundaries consistent.

Here's the selection helper.

Audio quality has a ceiling

YouTube imports request the best available audio stream without an intermediate lossy conversion. Exports use the original source, with 320 kb/s MP3 or AAC options and uncompressed WAV.

A higher export bitrate can't recover detail missing from the source. WAV avoids another lossy encode, but doesn't magically improve the recording.

I'd love feedback on the waveform controls and export experience—especially on a phone. Is it easy to select the exact moment you want?