Crowdfire +17

I almost deleted this app. I initially logged in with FaceBook and could never post to my facebook business page, each time I would tap Add Account I could see my pages, but, I’d get a popup to upgrade. I kept removing the app, deleting my account, reinstalling, googling help articles and going in circles for hours. I finally found a workaround that follows.

The Fix:

If you are a newcomer use your Twitter account to log first then add FaceBook. If you don’t, and login with FB first, the app will consider your personal FB account as the 1 account limit and you’ll not be able to post anything to your FB Business page. Also, each FaceBook Business Page is considered an Account, so you’ll have to buy a plan to post to more than one page.

Note: the ability to post to a personal timeline has been removed per FB TOS - similar apps have done the same.

Other than the initial setup, the app is pretty easy to use. Aggregating content by keyword is a great way to generate content. The ability to share articles from Google News, directly to the app for post scheduling is very nice.

Overall a bit pricy for the monthly plans, but, probably a must-have for social media managers.

I used to not only love this app but recommend it to everyone. However over the years as it changed to Crowdfire and then Twitter cracked down on it, it’s gotten worse and worse. Now I’m expected to pay extra for basic features that my social networks already have built in and the features I’m supposed to have access to (like analytics and recommend content to post) don’t even work! So now I’m left with paying for an app that only lets me schedule content. Sorry but I just can’t pay for a feature Hootsuite already does so much better.

On top of that for the month or more when the features of the app were unusable because Twitter suspended their API use, I was not given a refund for my money. That’s $15 a month I was paying for absolutely nothing at the time. Seems unjust to just take people’s money and offer no service. I only found out because I opened that app to recommend it to someone and then was presented with a message about it currently being unusable. They really should have refunded anyone paying for their service during that time, but it feels like ever since they rebranded to Crowdfire they have been struggling to tread water.

Unfortunately after using this app for years and years I just couldn’t justify the cost with the lack of service and had to cancel my account.

I am a one man CEO as a startup and need social media as part as my branding. I spent roughly 2 hours posting across platforms and needed a better way. I researched and found Crowdfire and I love it. Out of the platforms I tried, Crowdfire is by far the cheapest and easiest to use. Every Sunday I load all of my posts for the week and I am set. They will also tell you if the imagery won't work because of cropping issues. I had some minor issues with my account, mostly user error, and customer service was excellent, as well as the follow-up. It's an easy-to-use, app I use and on my computer go to the URL. Just to let you know I have 9 connected accounts! The only setbacks are tiktok you cannot post through the app. The are aware of it, but I it's more tiktok then them and I asked them to look into threads which they are.