Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts 4+

Social Media Post Planner

Buffer, Inc.

    • 4.7 • 30.2K Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Buffer helps you grow your following – and save time – with planning, scheduling, and analytics tools. Whether you’re just getting started on your creator journey or scaling your audience to new heights, Buffer will get your content in front of more people. Manage your posts, engage with your audience, analyze your results, and save ideas for future content all with the help of Buffer.

With Buffer, you can plan, preview, and schedule your social media posts ahead of time to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, Bluesky, and more — without the need to manually publish when the time comes. Save and organize all your brilliant content ideas in Buffer’s Create space when inspiration strikes. Measure analytics to track what works, get valuable insights, and improve your social media growth strategy. Use our calendar and planner to get a bird’s eye view of your content for the next week or month.


WHY YOU’LL LOVE BUFFER

SIMPLIFIED SOCIAL MEDIA SCHEDULER
- Plan, preview, and schedule your social media posts ahead of time — without the need to manually publish when the time comes.
- Schedule and publish posts on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Twitter, Google Business Profiles, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, Mastodon, and Bluesky
- Cross-post your content across platforms to maximize your reach and engagement
- Plan and schedule YouTube Shorts, TikTok videos, Instagram Reels, and Instagram Stories
- With engagement options right in-app, Buffer can be your trusted social media manager

PLAN, SAVE, AND ORGANIZE ALL YOUR IDEAS
- Centralize all your content ideas in one hub
- Add colorful tags to organize your ideas in campaigns or
- Easily move your ideas to your schedule when they’re ready

PREVIEW DETAILED SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS
- Get easy-to-read social media analytics and insights for all the posts you share
- See social media post analytics to uncover what type of content performs best with your audience
- Gain insight into how your posts perform through a simple dashboard

VISUAL SOCIAL MEDIA CALENDAR
- Get an at-a-glance view of all the social media content you have lined up with our social media content calendar
- Schedule posts at specific days and times for a consistent presence across your accounts with calendar view
- Plan social media content across all your social media platforms weeks and months ahead of time


NEED HELP? GET 24/7 SUPPORT
Get world class support from your friends at Buffer via email and social media.

BROWSER EXTENSION
You can also add to Buffer from your favorite browser using our Browser Extensions for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Opera.


Privacy Policy: https://buffer.com/privacy
Terms of Use: https://buffer.com/legal/terms-of-use/year/2023


Do you have any questions for us?
Email: hello@buffer.com
Twitter: @buffer
Facebook: http://facebook.com/bufferapp
Instagram: @buffer
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/bufferapp/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bufferapp

What’s New

Version 14.1.6

- Added support for posting Videos & GIFs to Bluesky.
- Updated Google Business Profile Post Type selection to use same flow as other channels.
- Updated interface for Facebook Group Connections.
- Links are included in Facebook Group Reminder text when copying to paste into Facebook.
- Support for some upcoming features.
- Various bug fixes and improvements.

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
30.2K Ratings

30.2K Ratings

The Puddle Town Girl ,

Edited: Can’t set Instagram post locations for a week now!

Buffer finally corrected the issues below people were having with adding locations to Instagram scheduled posts. Now all is back to working perfectly and with ease. Thank you for finally solving that issue, Buffer! You are by far my favorite post scheduler and I was struggling without being able to use you. So happy to be back using Buffer!

I’ve been using this app with my Instagram business account to schedule and automatically post on the date and at the precise time without any issues until a week ago when I was setting up a post and I went to type in my location (it’s an app search feature) and the app said it couldn’t find my location (I tested multiple locations, nothing came up) and so I hit cancel on that location screen and then the entire app freezes and I can’t do anything else with the app until I restart my iPhone. I’ve contacted Buffer who says they are working on the issue, but it’s been going on for over a week. Sadly, it’s time to find another Instagram scheduling/auto post app. Buffer customer service is not helpful whatsoever!!!

Developer Response ,

Sorry for the issues here! We've resolved the issues with location tagging, we had to work with Facebook to get this resolved which took a little longer than we hoped. https://status.buffer.com/incidents/wlwrzxn8fk23

Yoda Mann ,

Buffer is a critical tool for my social media work

Extremely happy with Buffer as a service and the mobile app. Posting regularly increases engagement, and if I had to do the work manually, on a recurring basis, I’m pretty confident I would not post with the regularity necessary to keep multiple channels fed with content. And I certainly would not have received the kind of boost in followers and engagement I’ve been seeing, especially on Instagram. The bonus for the app is that when I’m traveling I’m able to continue to easily post consistently as well. Buffer is a huge timesaver for me, and on the rare occasions there’s been an issue, or I have a question, the team is all over it; highly responsive and helpful. I’ve recommended the service to others.

Developer Response ,

Wow - thanks so much for the review 🤩! We hope Buffer continues to be a vital part of your social media success!

J Barlet ,

an absolute headache

I’ve never once left a review on any application ever and it’s sad I have to do so here. I have to warn creators who want to actually save time on their content business and caution the headache this app has caused. I’ve spent more time going back and forth with the support team than actually creating and posting the content. Nearly every day, I’d have posts fail and not go live. Captions would be messed up. Posts that were uploaded in vertical video would end up being stretched out or condensed into a square upload. And FORGET trying to save time by uploading multiple posts at once. There’s really no other way to describe the issues I experienced with this app other than it’s ‘janky’ and not reliable. My email is filled with support tickets with these guys, and I will say they were always nice and apologetic but after experiencing problem after problem day after day, it just got frustrating.

You’d be better off and save more time by literally posting each piece of content individually to each platform than dealing with the problems this app causes. I’ve experienced it first hand.

I will say though, posting tweets that were text never gave me an issue. Scheduling tweets will work fine if that’s all you want to do, but if you’re in video, forget it and find another service.

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App Privacy

The developer, Buffer, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • User Content
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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