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Best Buffer Apps

194+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.7 avg rating
20 free apps
Updated September 2026

If you already know Buffer, this is the deeper bench. 194+ buffer apps for iPhone, all reviewed and ranked by user rating, recency, and download trend as of September 2026.

Compare top Buffer Apps (September 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Buffer: Plan & Schedule PostsBuffer: Plan & Schedule PostsFree4.7★ (34K)NoYesSep 2026
2Meta Business SuiteMeta Business SuiteFree4.7★ (500K)YesNoSep 2026
3Hootsuite - Social Media ToolsHootsuite - Social Media ToolsFree4.7★ (34K)NoYesSep 2026
4Publer: Social Media ToolsPubler: Social Media ToolsFree4.8★ (25K)NoYesSep 2026
5Planoly: Social Media PlannerPlanoly: Social Media PlannerFree4.7★ (27K)NoYesSep 2026
6PREVIEW: Planner for InstagramPREVIEW: Planner for InstagramFree4.7★ (45K)NoYesSep 2026
7Smart Post: Social SchedulerSmart Post: Social SchedulerFree4.5★ (425)NoYesSep 2026
8BufferBufferFree—NoNoSep 2026

Top Picks for Buffer

Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts#1

Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts by Buffer, Inc.

Social Media Content Planner
Editor's Choice
🌐 Social Networking
4.7😐(34K 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
Meta Business Suite#2

Meta Business Suite by Meta Platforms, Inc.

Strong Contender
💼 Business
4.7😞(500K ratings)
FreeAds
#26in Business
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Manage your business presence across Facebook and Instagram. Create, schedule, and post content, engage with customers through unified messaging, and track performance with insightful analytics. Stay organized with notifications and a to-do list.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Useful for managing accounts across platforms
  • 📅 Appointment feature
  • 🔗 Ability to post to both Facebook and Instagram

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
  • 🔔 Persistent notifications that don't disappear
  • 📤 Issues with posting and sharing content
  • 🤖 Lack of human support and poor communication from developers
  • 🔒 Security and privacy concerns
  • 💰 Expensive and not worth the cost
Hootsuite - Social Media Tools#3

Hootsuite - Social Media Tools by Hootsuite Inc.

Save time by scheduling posts
Worth Considering
🌐 Social Networking
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

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FAQ about Buffer

What are the best buffer apps for iPhone?
Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts tops our buffer apps ranking as of September 2026, with a 4.7-star average from 34K App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 20 of the top buffer apps we rank are free to download, including Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts and Meta Business Suite.
Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts has no ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of September 2026.
We track 194+ buffer apps on the iOS App Store as of September 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
Buffer is a social media management app that allows users to plan, schedule, and publish posts across various platforms. It helps creators stay consistent by automating content delivery and provides tools to engage with audiences and track post performance.
Key features include the ability to post to numerous social platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn, schedule YouTube Shorts, TikToks, and Instagram Reels, organize ideas in a content library, and view simple analytics to see top-performing posts.

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