Best Sprout Social alternatives: apps like Sprout Social

Whether you want more options like Sprout Social or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 10+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to Sprout Social

Hootsuite - Social Media Tools by Hootsuite Inc.

Save time by scheduling posts

Editor's Choice

4.7😞(34K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Manage all your social media accounts from one app. Schedule posts, monitor activity, and respond to messages on the go. Create engaging content and grow your brand with this comprehensive social media management tool.

What We Love

👍 Very good
🚀 Makes social media life so easy!!
👍 Lifesaver
👍 Wonderful
👍 Great app to keep on top of social media
👍 Love it
👍 Essential free tool for charity
👍 Incredible app for managing and scheduling social media posts

Room to Improve

🐛 Don't give them your credit card information
💰 Charged annual fee unknowingly
💰 Expensive Help
🔒 Unable to cancel subscription
🐛 Crashes when editing a draft and scrambles the text
🐛 Not worth using
🐛 Every day a new problem
🐛 App crashes
🐛 Nightmare to use or delete
🐛 Does not work
🐛 Limited
🐛 Useless
🐛 Suddenly forced to upgrade for a ridiculous price
🐛 More of a headache than useful
🐛 Shocked
🐛 Extremely expensive $49 for 3 accounts a month! Deleting. 🙁
🐛 Forced into writing a review by lock screen
🐛 Was Great, Business Model Now Poor
🐛 So many tech issues
🐛 The crashes, freezes, IG tagging doesn't work, no photos carousel
🐛 Customer Service is inadequate
🐛 Crashed (does not open)
🐛 Yikes
🐛 Scam
🐛 Nightmare to use or delete
🐛 Terrible! Don't use!!
🐛 Every day a new problem
🐛 Crashes when editing a draft and scrambles the text
🐛 Nightmare to use or delete

Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts by Buffer, Inc.

Social Media Content Planner

Strong Contender

4.7😐(35K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Streamline your social media presence by planning, scheduling, and publishing content across multiple platforms from one app. Engage with your audience and track performance with insightful analytics. Ideal for creators looking to grow their online presence efficiently.

What We Love

💻 Easy to use
🕰️ Convenient scheduling
🔍 Helpful for social media management
🤖 Automated posting
📈 Improved engagement and growth

Room to Improve

🐛 Stability issues and bugs
🔗 Unreliable platform integrations
📸 Limited image/video handling capabilities
🔒 Frustrating login/authentication problems
💰 Expensive paid plans

SocialPilot: Social Media Tool by SocialPilot Technologies Inc

Worth Considering

Planable: social media planner

3.0😞(17 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Manage your social media accounts from your mobile device. Connect and control profiles across multiple platforms, schedule posts, and receive real-time notifications. This app requires an existing account with the service.

What We Love

👍 Easy to use
👍 Great value for money
👍 Good for scheduling posts
👍 User-friendly tools
👍 Swift support
👍 Makes posting easier
👍 Great platform
👍 Good for business exposure
👍 Reliable
👍 Works as it should
👍 Simple and user-friendly

Room to Improve

🐛 App crashes frequently
🐛 Glitchy app
🐛 Not iPhone friendly
🐛 Difficult to navigate
🐛 Unreliable
🐛 Mobile version is trash
🐛 App is broken
🐛 Inconvenient
🐛 Useless app
🐛 Technical glitches
🐛 Not user friendly
🐛 Basic functionality
🐛 Limited features
🐛 Does not work
🐛 Crashes when attaching image
🐛 Freezes when signing in
🐛 Costly without prorated refunds
🐛 App is useless
🐛 Not easy or reliable
🐛 Updates remove core features
🐛 Not worth it
🐛 Low effort customer support
🐛 Doesn't work well on iPhone
🐛 Impossible to log in with 2FA
🐛 No field to enter 2FA code
🐛 App is useless
🐛 Glitchy and buggy
🐛 Not posting auto-comments
🐛 Cannot preview videos
🐛 Videos do not schedule
🐛 Big hassle
🐛 Shifting to another app
🐛 Mobile calendar view missing
🐛 No calendar view
🐛 Useless app
🐛 Not free
🐛 Feels like a scam
🐛 Created more work
🐛 Not iPhone friendly
🐛 Need to save hashtags
🐛 App is useless
🐛 Web version crashes often
🐛 Ridiculously flawed update
🐛 Taking away key features
🐛 Needs to be re-adjusted
🐛 Cancel membership
🐛 New update took ability to post away
🐛 Unsubscribe really fast
🐛 Shop for a new tool
🐛 New update is awful
🐛 Removed ability to create posts
🐛 Ineptitude
🐛 Mobile version sucks
🐛 Repeated errors
🐛 Impossible to communicate
🐛 Constant stress and frustration
🐛 Pending review posts don’t show up
🐛 Buggy app
🐛 Critical failing
🐛 Dreadful app
🐛 Worthless app and software
🐛 Will not send a post
🐛 Janky app
🐛 Lacking all necessary features
🐛 No link previews
🐛 No ability to edit text
🐛 No thumbnail preview edits
🐛 Tweet character limit counter on LinkedIn
🐛 Doesn’t work with generated passwords
🐛 Not working
🐛 Past reviews are old
🐛 Fake reviews
🐛 App won’t work
🐛 Freezes and back to beginning
🐛 Costed more time
🐛 Does not work
🐛 Useless
🐛 Technical support issues
🐛 Frustrating when problems arise
🐛 Don’t subscribe from Apple
🐛 Lost all and no prorated refund
🐛 Makes posting easier
🐛 Buggy with Instagram
🐛 Crashes most of the time
🐛 Defeats the purpose
🐛 Unable to load accounts
🐛 Accounts do not show
🐛 Considering canceling subscription
🐛 Not able to log in
🐛 Gifs added from desktop post as frozen
🐛 Unreliable
🐛 Waste of money
🐛 Frustratingly limited
🐛 Real pain managing multiple accounts
🐛 Defaults back to showing all posts
🐛 No calendar view
🐛 Could offer more
🐛 Upload photos in bulk
🐛 Paid or nothing
🐛 Inconvenient
🐛 Instagram posting issue
🐛 Wish it would auto post
🐛 No good reception
🐛 Takes forever to post
🐛 Need to stop everything
🐛 Poor setup
🐛 Would not connect
🐛 Never works
🐛 Bills all the time
🐛 Charged after cancellation
🐛 Lost data
🐛 Locked when payments coming off
🐛 Don’t use this
🐛 Basic
🐛 Not as many features
🐛 Instagram posts not auto-scheduled
🐛 Vertical only
🐛 Difficult to use on iPad Pro
🐛 Needs horizontal support
🐛 Designed for iPhones
🐛 Doesn't work with iPad Pro
🐛 Can’t upload MOV files
🐛 App has issues
🐛 Crashes when signing in with Twitter
🐛 Same crash on iPhone version
🐛 Needs iPad app
🐛 Not consistently post
🐛 Defeats the point
🐛 Only add 3 groups/pages
🐛 Back to the drawing board
🐛 Can't see date/time for queued posts
🐛 Can't see date/time for delivered posts
🐛 Share sheet is annoying
🐛 Doesn't auto populate title/link
🐛 Can't log in
🐛 Keeps displaying dots
🐛 Requires login every time
🐛 Freezes when scheduling
🐛 Not user-friendly enough
🐛 Redirects to web browser
🐛 Does not save or sync
🐛 Wast of time
🐛 Epic fail

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