Comparison

Buffer vs Guild Order

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Buffer

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.

Highlights
  • Cross-platform posting
  • Content scheduling
  • Idea organization
  • Performance analytics
  • Calendar view
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Post to every social platform with a single app — simple, flexible, and powerful. Buffer helps creators stay consistent without the busywork. Plan and publish your posts automatically, engage with your audience, and keep track of what’s working, all from your phone. Whether you’re sharing your first TikTok, building an audience on LinkedIn, or running multiple accounts, Buffer gives you the tools to grow without feeling overwhelmed. What’s new in v15.0 • Fresh new design with Apple’s Liquid Glass system • Brand-new Apple Watch app (queues, goals, streaks, ideas) • Capture ideas instantly with the iOS Shortcut, Action Button, or on your wrist • New calendar day view across all channels WHY CREATORS LOVE BUFFER PLAN, SCHEDULE, AND PUBLISH • Share to Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, Mastodon, and more. • Schedule YouTube Shorts, TikToks, Instagram Reels, and Stories. • Cross-post content across platforms with a single tap KEEP YOUR IDEAS ORGANIZED • Save inspiration in a central content library • Use tags to keep ideas organized by theme or campaign • Move ideas straight to your schedule when ready SEE WHAT WORKS • Simple analytics and reports show your top-performing posts • Track growth, clicks, and engagement A CALENDAR BUILT FOR CREATORS • Get an at-a-glance view of your upcoming posts • Drill down from a monthly to weekly view NEED HELP? Our friendly team is here for you with world-class support via email and social. 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 Privacy Policy: https://buffer.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://buffer.com/legal/terms-of-use/year/2023

About

Guild Order

This app provides a dedicated online space for gaming guilds and clans, consolidating communication, event planning, and member management. It offers customizable features for leaders and a free experience for members, supporting a wide range of games.

Highlights
  • Forums with moderation
  • Event calendar with RSVP
  • Recruitment listings
  • Real-time chat
  • Roster management
  • Customizable permissions
  • Push notifications
Features
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Your guild deserves a real home base, and now it fits in your pocket. Guild Order brings your roster, events, forums, and real-time chat into one space that belongs to your community: your people, your colors, your rules. It's your community's permanent home, themed to your guild and ready wherever you are. Forums built for real conversation, an event calendar your whole team can see, recruiting that puts active players in front of you, and chat that keeps everyone connected. Members always join free. Leaders run a guild on a paid plan with a 14-day free trial. Plans start at $3.99/month. FOR GUILD LEADERS Your rules. Your roles. Your community. Set up 90+ granular permissions so officers own their responsibilities and you get to focus on playing. The audit log shows you everything. Auto-promotions reward the members who show up. Your recruitment listing puts your guild in front of the right players. Run events with RSVP tracking, attendance history, and iCal export. Schedule raids, scrims, tournaments, and casual play nights. Send announcements that members actually see. When raid night arrives, you know who's coming. FOR GUILD MEMBERS Find your people, or bring the ones you've got. Browse active guilds with real event histories, not abandoned servers or screenshots of activity from last year. Apply in minutes. Join free. Once you're in, it's yours: your forum, your event calendar, your chat, your friends, your achievements, all themed to the guild you belong to. Push notifications keep you in the loop without making you live in the app. FEATURES • Forums with threads, replies, and moderation • Event calendar with RSVP, attendance tracking, and iCal export • Recruitment listings with active-guild signals • Real-time chat across channels and direct messages • Friend list and profile cards across every guild • Roster management with custom roles • Announcements that reach your whole guild • 90+ granular permissions for officer delegation • Audit log so nothing gets lost • Push notifications for mentions, replies, events, and applications • Your guild's own theme: colors and branding, on web and mobile • Multilingual interface SUPPORTED GAMES Guild Order works with every game your guild plays. The platform supports custom themes and game-aware tools for 50+ games including World of Warcraft, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Diablo IV, Valorant, Counter-Strike 2, League of Legends, Apex Legends, Rocket League, Rust, ARK, DayZ, Conan Exiles, Clash of Clans, Old School RuneScape, EVE Online, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Minecraft, and more. SUBSCRIPTION & PRICING Members always join free. Guild Order is a subscription service for guild leaders, with three tiers: • Scout: $3.99/month or $39.99/year (30 members, 500 MB storage, 3 channels) • Champion: $11.99/month or $119.99/year (200 members, 2 GB storage, custom domain) • Legendary: $23.99/month or $239.99/year (500 members, 15 GB storage, 3 domains) All tiers include a 14-day free trial. Subscription purchases, upgrades, and tier changes are handled on the Guild Order website (guildorder.com), not inside the app, in accordance with App Store Guideline 3.1.3(b). PRIVACY & DATA Your guild's space is yours, and so is your data. We never sell your data, never share with advertisers, never run third-party tracking pixels, and never use your data to train AI models. You can export your data or delete your account at any time. Read the full Privacy Policy: https://guildorder.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://guildorder.com/terms Support: https://guildorder.com/help Built by guild leaders, made for the long haul. We build the tool. You build the legacy.

Screenshots

Buffer4 screens
Guild Order4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Guild Order at none against Buffer's 12. Guild Order also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Buffer's advantage is ratings volume (35K vs 1) and chart position (#125 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Buffer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Guild Order asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Guild Order holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buffer has 35K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buffer ships an update every 5 days, Guild Order every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Buffer versus Guild Order: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBufferGuild Order
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings35K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#125 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB44 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBuffer, Inc.Guild Order, LLC

Customer experience

Buffer

All ratings34,554 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews578 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative35.6%

Guild Order

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Buffer

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Drafts not registering in visual calendar
  • Inability to reorder scheduled posts
  • Inconsistent behavior between mobile and desktop versions
  • Automatic posting not working as expected
  • Issues with image/video quality and formatting

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Twitter threads
  • Improve visual planning and calendar view
  • Integrate with more platforms like Slack and Discord
  • Allow more customization and control over posts
  • Provide better analytics and performance insights

Guild Order

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Buffer

Subscriptions11
  • Essentials - 1 Channel$5.991 Month
  • Essentials+Team: 1 Channel$11.991 Month
  • Essentials - 2 Channels$11.991 Month
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  • Pro for 1 Month2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Essentials - 3 Channels$17.991 Month
  • Essentials - 4 Channels$23.991 Month
  • Essentials - 5 Channels$29.991 Month
  • Essentials - 6 Channels$35.991 Month
  • Small Business$99.991 Month
  • Small Business for 1 Month$99.991 Month
  • Pro for 1 Year$144.991 Year
None

Guild Order

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buffer free?
Buffer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Guild Order free?
Guild Order is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buffer or Guild Order?
Guild Order is rated higher. Buffer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35K ratings, while Guild Order averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Buffer or Guild Order have ads?
Neither Buffer nor Guild Order shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buffer or Guild Order?
Buffer ships an update every 5 days, and Guild Order every 8 days. Most recently, Buffer was updated on October 16, 2026 and Guild Order on October 7, 2026.

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