Buffer App Reviews

What I really like is the font is sized for people that actually need to see what they are doing ☺️ I mean, I’m book smart, but I’m no way tech savvy, and I actually ‘get’ this app 🙌🏾

I’ve really enjoyed the set up and flow of this app! Helps me keep up with my audience and fans! Helps me feel more accomplished and not stressed out !!

Makes life a lot easier.

So many tries and retries to get a post published; Facebook connection shuts down repeatedly; Image uploads work sometimes, sometimes not. The Instagram reminders, we should be by that “ work-around” by now, ....and there’s more. With Buffer there is a great foundation in place but they have a long way to go before they can be a considered reliable, or an exclusive option

I thought it was just a fluke at first but for some reason, whenever I post a picture through this app, it really affects the quality of the photo. I really like the idea of this app but unless that changes, I can’t use it any longer.

I really like this app and find it super useful for what I need to do - it’s organized and I like that I can schedule the posts and they’ll post automatically. Something I think would be cool is a collaboration feature so multiple people can work in it at the same time and see what the other person is doing. I also think it would be nice if there was a brainstorming space so I can take the ideas from the brainstorm and immediately implement and schedule posts

I got this app so it can publish for me which it doesn’t do... pretty tired of these c***** apps not working and making me do more work...

I am testing this app (free plan) and would really like to give you a better rating but I cannot for the life of me figure out why 2 out of 3 social media selections drop out of the queue when I complete the scheduler. Would appreciate some intel. Thank you.

The app was working for awhile for me but then recently it stopped letting me choose pictures regardless of the picture. It just says “won’t support single pictures for Instagram” but it used to let me select just one picture. Now it won’t even let me select multiple it just doesn’t work... Also, I was kind of hoping I could just set up a post and schedule a time for it to post and then it would automatically post at that time. This app does not do that. You have to manually go into the app when it sends you a reminder and post the thing to IG yourself. Overall, I’m not impressed the app could use a lot of work.

Great software and it will save you time posting. I’m with the free account now but soon I might upgrade to the pro. Thank you!

Super easy to use and a big time saver. Managing my clients’ social media is easier with this tool.

Too many glitches

Easy to use, and it speeds up the process of uploading to social media by a lot.

Great app, a lot better than later but wish there was support for adding a locations to the images.

I just wish I didn’t have to receive a reminder to post on Instagram instead of doing it automatically like other apps do.

I’ve lost multiple posts that are near completion because I accidentally clicked outside the content box. Most posts have to be sent via notification to your phone to post. I bought it as a means to set things up via desktop yet I feel they are more dedicated to mobile design. If you need a schedule to post simple photos then buffer might be for you. If you want a platform that makes doing Instagram easier on desktop then I am personally going to look elsewhere after this year unless improvements are made. Why can’t buffer pull in recommended instagram hashtags on desktop? I just don’t see the advantages of spending almost 150$ for a year (should of did monthly) when I can do a better job in notepad it seems. Maybe I’m missing something.

I run a travel account on instagram and this app has been so helpful for automated posting. Everything I need it to do is free it’s very simple to use. However there isn’t an option to select a location tag when you post to instagram. There may be limitations that make this impossible but if it’s possible I would love to see it added, so I don’t have to go back to previous posts and add it myself.

Paid $14.99 to be able to auto-post via my Instagram business account. Set up about 4 images in the queue only to learn when the first one was set to post that... they don’t have the capability to autopost(!) Have no idea how to get my money back. I assume they’ve just made a couple of bucks by advertising this and then not providing it. Dear Preview App folks: This is dangerously close to false advertising. Thumbs down.

Saves my life

I love using buffer and use it for various customers as well as myself! I would have given a 5 star, but dislike how limited the mobile app is, especially the resizing tool!!! Other than that I definitely recommend using!

Unable to post using Twitter's newer character limit. This has been out for months, guys. Get this fixed.

Flexible, easy accessible and easy to manage.

Buffer continues to remove features with their updates that used to be free in order to get us to pay for the functionality that we used to have. Deleting this app from my phone and searching for a competitor.

Multiple posts lost when submitted. Unreliable and end up checking to make sure it’s working more than if I just drafted the posts in notes and shared manually. Disappointing.

Thinking of using Buffer? Don’t. With recent changes, they admit they have major problems in emails to users stating connection issues. Recently, we’ve had to re-authorize all our social media accounts with Every. Single. Post. Buffer is incredibly frustrating to use now with the connection/communication issues, which is ironic, as this is what Buffer is supposed to help SOLVE!

As an freelance artist and entrepreneur, Bugger helps me with staying on top of my social organization and being able to enjoy the moments I’m in. I know I can count on Buffer taking care of my posts and not be glued to my phone.

For some reason seems is a problem posting on Instagram, in addition can’t have FB and IG connected at the same time, look at the support page but no answer, I am going from free to payment and see if it work, is the best Manager I ever experienced so you better try before making a decision

Instagram doesn’t work at all. Will not post.

I love this app. It allows me to keep posting my key content on the go.

Yep, it’s awesome

Completely worthless. I tried to connect 4-5 accounts all separately and none of them would connect. Tried for many days and was back and forth in emails with buffer for like a month with no resolution. They just kept telling me to disconnect and reconnect over and over. I’m so disappointed in this software and sad I cannot establish direct scheduling. Wanted to like this software so bad...tried again 2x more over the next few months. Nope! Completely frustrating!

I’ve been trying to get a question answered for two days, I’ve emailed, messaged and tweeted with no response. I plan to drop my service tomorrow if I don’t hear back.

Big fail.

Great app, super convenient. HOWEVER, more often than not, my video takes forveer to process, and never proccesses so it fails to post. I stopped using the app for a while and decided to use it today. I tried to schedule a video for posting and now I remember why I don’t use the app anymore... It would be awesome if the app worked!

I am looking for a way to see the content I plan to post to make sure it will display correctly but before I post it. Essentially, WYSIWYG. This app should, but didn’t, help. Wanted to ensure what would come up was the article or posting I am commenting on, and not a clumsy URL, or worse the google search URL for the article or posting I want to comment on. Wanted to post a GIF—Buffer shows me a static image of the GIF, not the GIF. Or, Buffer shows me the URL to where the GIF was sourced from, but doesn’t show me the GIF, leaving me to wonder when I post it will my post be of the GIF? Or will it be a post of the URL that will take you to the GIF? Or will it be the static image it is showing, but not the GIF? Guess I will have to keep looking for an app that does what it is supposed to do.

I wish it was free to add all my social media accounts. Even though Facebook and a Instagram make it difficult to cross post I still use this app.

The only issue I am having is every time I try to post content on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook at once. The app won’t let me customize the post for twitter or IG. When I compose a post for IG and then add Facebook and Twitter as additional channels. It forces me to add content for Facebook. When I customize the content for Facebook it whips out the content for IG and I can’t edit twitter post. Try to post on multiple channels and try to customize the content for each one and you’ll see what I am talking about. Please fix this. It works perfect with the online version.

This has been good for most posting but I’m having a hard time with Instagram and Pinterest postings. Please fix the bugs ASAP. It won’t post to our Instagram or Pinterest. It demands a board for Pinterest but won’t give me any choices. Also the support team is hard to reach.

Extremely disappointed with this app!!!

Happy with this App!

Such a great company!

I find the phone app easier to use than my laptop, plus it’s way more convenient to make posts from my phone? From anywhere! Definitely a most if you post on multiple platforms. Nice job Buffer!

Buffer has really changed the way we approach social media. It’s no longer a headache and we soon we will be scheduled out 6 months in advance. Thanks for fumikkibg our social media feeds.

I love that I can pre set and post the night before great app. Worthy of its name!

Post when scheduled to Instagram. I don’t want to have to go in and actually post. My Instagram and Facebook Linked to my buffer then in the past hour that stopped working. I had posts for three more days scheduled to post!

This app doesn’t even work properly. Freezes constantly, doesn’t know do what is intended

Bad app . Keeps hanging

I removed 2 accounts to swap out... turns out, the only way to add two accounts back in is to upgrade to Pro. What a scam. You have a free version ONLY for the purpose of a bait and switch. Such an old sales trick. Survive on the strength of your product, not petty little app tricks.

It’s so useful for reposting your favorite videos! 🤗

I have been waiting so long for an app that allows me to schedule posts that send DIRECTLY to Instagram instead of just sending me a reminder! I’m going on a cruise next week and I won’t have any reception. It’s a relief to know I can schedule my business’s posts before I leave!

This app used to be amazing but now you can’t connect your Facebook account without upgrading. Of course now you want money for using this app. Time to find a new way to buffer posts. Don’t get this app.

Not sure why I have to reconnect my apps. It is holding me back.

What’s your automatic scheduling time based on? .... I’ve used this app. It’s okay I appreciate how you can add more than one photo for Instagram (unlike Crowdfire) , but at the same time when I use the automatic time schedule my post doesn’t receive a lot of attention. On the other hand if I use Crowdfire’s automatic time scheduling I receive more attraction on my instagram post. So that brings me to believe your analytics of when my audience is active is highly wrong . The platform set up is nice and all but I need scheduling post at the right time help . So if you can update that and fix the issue that will be a blessing!

This app is very easy to use and free

I don't like how Buffer has taken features away in the free version. Believe it or not, it doesn't encourage me to upgrade to the paid version.

Connecting social media

Best option I've seen to queue up posts to multiple social networks and have your posts spread out across the day. No need to flood your friends with posts all at once, let buffer post for you at predetermined times which you control!!! Best tool ever for sharing across all of your social media simultaneously and with very little effort on your part, sign into the Facebook, Twitter, Google and more sites and then create your post & choose which sites you want it sent to and at what time of day & then Buffer does everything else and you only made one post and Buffer will share it with all of the accounts that you have chosen!!!!!

This app is so amazing it saves me so much time it is so easy to use and it is awesome. Whenever I’m on the run or use this app so that I can still have post going up but I don’t necessarily have to be on my phone all the time!!

I CAN SCHEDULE MY POST TIMELY ALL DAY WITH NO ADS. 😏

I have two Instagram accounts & I can’t seem to add both accounts to my buffer account. The ONLY way to get help from buffer is to tweet them! I don’t have a Twitter account nor do I want one. So getting help is impossible.

Muy buena experiencia.

The posts I’ve queued up disappear without ever being posted to Instagram, which is the entire function of this app.

Not posting what I have in buffer & not letting me reconnect

I have been using Buffer for a couple of years now. Since the new update of not allowing to post to my personal Facebook profile, I have deleted the app and am looking elsewhere.

I was using this app for a couple a months then they asked me to upgrade in order to continue using the app.

I ended up deleting the app in less than 10 minutes. I cannot connect my Facebook profile because, I guess, Facebook is changing things and won’t let it link up, fine, no one uses FB anyway so not a huge deal. Then I turned to my Instagram account and if I don’t make it public I can’t post... no. I don’t want my account to be public. I have a lot of followers that are close friends and family and I don’t want strangers checking out my kids and getting into my life. So I set the reminders and tried to publish but still can’t. I don’t need reminders, I need to repost on Instagram! They should let you know this before you download. It would have saved me some time.

So easy to post for both my lines of business and my volunteer activities!!!

Amazing app!!! Love how I can schedule my post a head of time.

Keeps saying I don’t have a Facebook page to connect

This app will help you sooo much if you post regularly. I’m only giving it 4/5 because there’s a glitch or bug with posting to IG, and it’ll only remind me instead despite me fitting all requirements, but even with that, it’s still a must have app!

I’ve tried using this to repost on Instagram multiple times and it just doesn’t post.

It’s confusing how to collaborate with a team member. Haven’t figured it out yet

Hootsuite was giving me so many problems and since we use it for our small business that got to be pretty frustrating. I am new to Buffer but I’m really enjoying it so far. It seems to have the same features if not MORE. I enjoy the ability to customize photos, my display, etc. I am looking forward to using this app more. I gave 4/5 stars just because I haven’t been using long enough to know if there are any drawbacks.

Its nice but it randomly disconnects with instagram, im this close to giving it two stars. 👌

For years I been asking on who the experts do this and finally I founded, the best is that no need to coding and is very easy.

This app came highly recommended, and, as I’m often up late writing, would be really helpful to me. Alas, the “Buffer wants to manage your business” toggle switch would NOT toggle to the “off” setting! Even after closing and re-opening the app. For me, that’s a deal breaker. Also, while I don’t object to it knowing wnat I do on Facebook, I do object to facebook knowing what I do on Buffer. I think Mark Zuckerberg already knows quite enough about me, thank you! I refuse to use Facebook to sign into any other site on general principle! Since they have such a high rating, I am willing to try it again in a few weeks to see if it’s fixed.

I love it. Absolutely love it. It’s like your own assistant to post on your behalf without having to do it!!! Great app!

I have a small business and this app makes it super easy to have a life while balancing work life

Love it! Scheduling my social media posts. Just tried it and Im even consider the premium version

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: all is well again... Buffer is fixed at last... nothing to see here... **** UPDATE: just to be crystal clear for the reading comprehension challenged Buffer staff... NO PHOTOS SHOW UP ANYWHERE IN YOUR BUSTED APP WHEN I TRY TO POST A LINK... THE APP HAS STOPPED PULLING PHOTOS FROM ALL LINKS... ok?! **** at least on a free account, this app no longer pulls photos from links... must be part of Buffer’s gradual throttling of free accounts because I only see one other complaint about this issue since last week’s update... when I tried to talk to helpdesk on Twitter, they stopped communicating after I explained the problem... guess it’s bye bye to Buffer... too bad, it used to be a great app...

As a new entrepreneur using social media to promote my business, Buffer allows you to not have to worry about your posts. I set all my posts for the following week in one day by using the posting schedule. Awesome 👍🏼👍🏼

I tried other systems web and app Buffer is the best for me, still needs an integration with photo like adobe spark but I’m sure it’s coming. On think I wish for is a third type of account between solo and business I need analytics but not more users and a truck load of accounts. The cost of business is a bit steep.

I love Buffer, the RSS feed is such a timesaver and the customer service is responsive. It has increased my social media engagement tremendously. Thank you. The upgrade is well worth it.

Love scheduling my posts with this app!

I’m disappointed with this app. The idea of scheduling posts to Instagram is a huge incentive for me. The only problem is, it’s not posting automatically on the day and times I want it to. It only sends me a reminder to post. I’ve checked out the FAQ’s and here’s what I’ve done to see if it will work 1) scaled images to 1080 X 1080 2) enabled notifications on Instagram, my phone and Facebook. 3) within the character limit for all posts and hashtags used. It still doesn’t work. I’m also using the free account if that makes a difference. I’ve tried Hootsuite as well and I had the same problem. Is it something I’m doing wrong? Or does your app not work as well as you think it does?

Everything appears to work in Buffer. I tried an immediate repost and scheduled several reposts, and although it looks like they’ve gone through, they never end up appearing on my feed. Ugh

Buffer works great - for the most part- and has made my social media management much easier. However, the “Post Later” feature is really glitchy. It often doesn’t work at all, or when it is, it allows just one post to move to the queue before freezing again. Really annoying.

The new update is the best thing they’ve done and this is my favorite Mobile app to update social media with.

Only Facebook Pages or Groups can be managed by Buffer so I couldn’t even use it.

After latest update app no longer finds photo in link. This really degrades the value of the app. Please fix

The app is keep displaying same pictures for my post and the support is not responding to this issue~

The entire UI is pleasant and easy to use, but I have to say one of the great perks is the ability to schedule posts I create using Pablo through Buffer, and the “Buffer it” link that appears when you hover over photos in your browser! Not to mention the great functionality and UI for the iPhone app. It’s easy to see what posts you have scheduled, and that’s in the free version (which does not offer a calendar view). Since I work with a non-profit organization, it was imperative that I keep any social media costs down, and other social media management tools no longer offer a free version and if they do the functionality is basically useless. Thanks, Buffer, for making my life easier!

Buffer is a great tool. Easy to use

I’ve spent more time managing buffer than I did when I was simply copy pasting posts. I’ve had to reconnect to instagram literally every time I posted. Something which usually takes an hour. I’m just going to start emailing pictures to my phone and uploading them that way.

I’ve used the app for about two years now for my job as a social media manager and have absolutely loved it. For Twitter scheduling it’s amazing, LOVE being able to rebuffer because we send out like 50 blog posts a day. And you can se t from mobile desktop. A lot of the issues I’ve had in the past like image selections have been changed. I just wish you could add gifs greater than 3mb but I believe that’s a twitter issue. Recently with the new update it’s been closing out automatically when I go into the analytics tab. I mostly use the app and not desktop so this has been really frustrating because I can’t rebuffer anything. Please fix this!

Buffer usually works great, but it keeps connecting to the wrong Facebook account for my instagram direct publishing. I checked my Facebook and Instagram accounts several times to verify that the accounts are connected. It just seems to be Buffer. I don’t understand what is wrong. Buffer, no one in customer service has responded to my email yet. This is very frustrating.

Multiple posts went to the wrong accounts on Facebook causing an internal pr nightmare..

This has been great for me to schedule my FB, Twitter and Instagram posts when not auto posting from my blog. However, recently I have been having issues with the app telling me my image size exceeds the 10MB size, when I resize all my social post images to 2.5MB. I copy them to my iCloud files location, move them to my iPhone, and attempt to add the photo to the post in Buffer, but keeps saying it’s bigger than 10MB. Not sure what’s going on, but I am working with a workaround through LightRoom on my phone.

UPDATE: just to be crystal clear for the reading comprehension challenged Buffer staff... NO PHOTOS SHOW UP ANYWHERE IN YOUR BUSTED APP WHEN I TRY TO POST A LINK... THE APP HAS STOPPED PULLING PHOTOS FROM ALL LINKS... ok?! **** at least on a free account, this app no longer pulls photos from links... must be part of Buffer’s gradual throttling of free accounts because I only see one other complaint about this issue since last week’s update... when I tried to talk to helpdesk on Twitter, they stopped communicating after I explained the problem... guess it’s bye bye to Buffer... too bad, it used to be a great app...

Buffer is killer. It allows to to Schedule public + social media posts 2 per day 7 days a week up to 3 free.

Should have been a 10 minute process. I’ve logged out of ALL Facebook and Instagram accounts, redownloaded Buffer twice, and gone through the process 20 times. But it STILL auto-logs me into my personal Instagram account and offers no way to change this. Trying to add the appropriate one gets an “unknown error” message every single time. Worst of all, can’t even chat with the support team because no, no, I’m not going to TWEET at you for technical assistance. How is that the only option. Get it together.

Unless you have a BUSINESS PROFILE you can’t have the post automatically published ... annoying

A small business godsend. Saves me time in the long run and helps we rank higher in Google.

Just what I was looking for - all in one app to update all my social accounts. Four stars is for complicated posting on Instagram. Otherwise, all good.

I am a social media influencer I tried this app for free I had issues with it syncing with my social media accounts. They have no support if they did I would have purchased.

I very often schedule a post only to realize i scheduled on the wrong account. It would be really helpful if I was able to just switch the post to the correct account instead of having to make the post again and post it on the correct account.

I hate Buffer like I have never hated any technology in my life. It’s constantly unsyncing from my company’s social media accounts right before a scheduled post is supposed to happen so I scramble to do them at the last minute, thus completely defeating the sole purpose of paying for it. There is no phone number to call and the email address for customer service is a black hole. I got locked out of my actual buffer account and could not get help for days. I finally tracked someone down on Facebook messenger. After ten days and conversations with five different people I finally got back into my account only to now be locked out of Instagram and LinkedIn! Like an idiot, I encouraged my boss to pay for a year up front. We will not be renewing.

The best social media publisher

I was trying to post at a specific time on a specific day and the app randomly posted it at different hours, which made us look completely unprofessional. Needless to say I was disappointed. It was suppose to relieve some of the stress and time that goes into managing multiple accounts but instead it added more stress !

Buffer was easy to use especially when I could rebuffed old tweets in seconds. Now when I push to rebuffer, I have a menu to Share Now, Share Next, Add to Que.... Please get rid of that. It literally adds 5 mins of time when I’m bulk buffering over a hundred tweets. What used to take nano-seconds now takes 10 seconds. Please fix this.

Tools like these need a person to contact to get things done. The fact that you can not contact anyone to help you set up, is what is making me leave right now.

Can’t easily add accounts. Very frustrating

I operate a clinic and medspa and often find articles to share. This app makes is simple to just click click, click and fill my feeds.

I used to love this app. Now it’s changed and want to close my account and it doesn’t give you the option

There seems to be some glitches, for instance sometimes the queue says I have 0 posts going when I actually have some. It confuses me and then I have to keep rechecking to make sure it was just a mistake. The Instagram reminder, instead of just posting it for me, is super annoying. That wasn’t said in the description before I downloaded the app. So I’m going to try this to see if I can get over the thing s that annoy me here, and if I can’t I’m trying a different app.

We use Buffer to schedule pins out for our social media management business. The most recent update has made the program almost completely unusable. We cannot schedule anything from a website. I contacted buffer multiple times and it doesn’t look like there’s a solution at this point. We will be moving elsewhere.

An unknown error has occurred. Over and over and over and over and over and over again. With no guidance how to fix this!

I’d love to rate this app higher, but I’ve noticed that the keyboard will automatically insert random words as you’re typing. Has anyone else experienced this? I’ll have to stop using it since it’s so annoying.

I edit a lot of buffer content on mobile and thus rely on about 30-35 regular keyboard shortcuts to add common attributions and hashtags. The latest update seems unable to always check for these. (Only responds about 1/3 of the time) I’m not seeing this problem in other apps I’ve tested, so I don’t think it’s a iOS 12 bug.

The updated version of Buffer made life so much easier

Unfortunately I am really disappointed in this app. I did everything to try and make it work for me, on the 2 business profiles I have. No matter what I tried, it would never post anything (with or without a photo) to my IG business page. And when creating a post for my FB business page there were so many bugs that half of the time it becomes frustrating or impossible to write out a post, or actually be able to schedule it. Until they make this a well functioning app it is basically useless for its purpose. Maybe I will try it again later down the road.

Downloaded earlier this year... Excellent app. Was able to upload, buffer, coordinate and set up my posting super easily. Then stepped away for a bit because work picked up and came back to a 10 mb limit. Almost all photos I use are from photo shoots and high res cameras which apparently average around 13mb. So now back to another poorly coordinated app. Hopefully I’ll check back and see if the the limit has been changed.

I use to love this app. I dropped other scheduling platforms after using Buffer. HOWEVER, now it crashes every time I try to connect with IG to post scheduled content. It’s been happening since the update. PLEASE FIX! Meanwhile, I’ll be experimenting with other services 😔

App is not always stable. So without A automatic draft saving, you can have a post you spent 30 minutes on VANISH

An excellent service. Would recommend