Best Instagram Scheduler Apps

Instagram has turned people’s passion into a purchase and also has enhanced business skills a lot.

Instagram has been growing rapidly and with that businesses are growing as well. Almost everyone (a potential buyer/follower) has an Instagram account these days. So popularising businesses using Instagram is very important.

Everyone, whether he is a business person, blogger, writer, freelancer, or programmer, he/she must have an Instagram account.

Handling an Instagram account is very crucial. One must post regularly in order to attract more audience which can be converted into loyal followers and potential buyers.

In this article, we will discuss in detail what is the importance of posting regularly on Instagram along with the ways by which you can schedule Instagram posts.

Why do you Need to Post Regularly on Instagram?

Instagram is all about posting and every business is all about showing. What is shown, is sold. So one must regularly post on Instagram.

However, this requires a lot of time and effort. In the end, you might just start to wonder whether or not you have posted enough posts and whether they are regular or not. Well, don’t you worry. Here’s​ good news for you.

Now you can schedule Instagram posts using some apps. In this article, we have mentioned in detail these apps which a person needs to post regularly on Instagram.

Also, these are completely automated and extremely beneficial for growing your business as well as your​ fame.

These are some Instagram Scheduler apps available which allow the user to schedule their Instagram posts without you having to interfere.

The apps like Tailwind, AgoraPulse, Hootsuite, Buffer, etc. are wonderful options for scheduling your Instagram posts.

Here we shall discuss in detail these apps along with their pros and cons.

1 – Tailwind

One of the easiest ways​ to automate your Instagram posts on a regular basis. This is also an official Instagram partner offering the best services and one will definitely enjoy using these services.

The main advantage of using this app is that whenever the posts are scheduled, the user also gets a notification regarding the possible used hashtags and the best time to post.
The user also gets statistics of the published posts so that one knows about the engagement of the post. The Post Inspector area allows the user to get a detailed report about the no. of likes and comments on the published posts. Their recent feature includes scheduling Instagram stories where they can easily manage the stories posted by the companies as well as the marketing agencies.

Tailwind also works harmoniously with Pinterest and one can add multiple accounts using the same.

Advantages

• The completely automated publishing system
• Suggests the best time to post
• Suggests the possible hashtags.
• Counts Pinterest
• Can be used on iOS
• Add-on feature of chrome

Disadvantages

Not yet available on the Android play store.

Costing

It is a paid service app costing around $9.99/month for bloggers and small businesses​ and $799/month for big companies/agencies.

2 – AgoraPulse

This is also one of the most famous Instagram scheduling apps and it is very helpful in organizing Instagram posts in a very meticulous way. Also, this is available on both Android as well as iOS stores​.

The app provides various tabs for each network that is added to it. The labels include Inbox, Listening, Publishing, Fans & Followers, and Reports. The Listening tab allows the user to search for a hashtag and also to keep an eye on the activity status. The Reports tab allows the user to get a detailed analysis and statistics of the profile which includes the likes and the followers. One can also use the automated rule to filter the comments and mentions.

Advantages​

• Deep and advanced analysis
• Provided a visual calendar (weekly/monthly)
• Provides a republish option
• Supports auto-rickshaws of Instagram videos
• It supports Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube

Disadvantages

Slightly costlier

Costing

The monthly charge for this app is $49/month which allows 3 social network profiles and one team member to use this app. The other Medium plan costs about $99/month and allows 10 social profiles, 3 team members, and monitoring of the Ads to use the app.

3 – Later

This is yet another multi-platform Instagram posts scheduler app. This also schedules​ your Instagram posts in a neat and an arranged manner. This app works in an advanced manner, which means you can schedule your posts to be published later on too.

All the images can be uploaded on this app priorly. The app then sends the user notification about the time to publish the post. The notification automatically drives the person to the Instagram app where the post is waiting already to get published​.

This app also provides a complimentary package of scheduling 30 posts a month.
One can easily log in to the Later Account on the desktop or laptop and upload the images from Google Drive or Dropbox, arrange them and schedule all of them in a very meticulous way.

Advantages

• Can be used on multiple platforms
• Provides visual calendar
• Analysis and reposting features can be availed for free
• Images can be uploaded from Google drive as well as Dropbox
• Posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest can also be scheduled

Cons

• Posting is done manually, this app only notifies the user
• Some features are paid
• Captions don’t get posted along with the Instagram posts.

Costing

This app is free of cost but some features are paid. The features such as calendar sharing, Deep or Advanced Analytics, etc. require a monthly subscription of around $7-$9 which has to be paid annually.

4 – Hootsuite

This is yet another leading Instagram posts scheduler app that is a boon for managing social media accounts. With the availability of multiple platforms’ scheduling, this app is literally a huge time saver. However, the posts are not directly published but rather require human intervention.

It works on the same principle as that of Later. The app notifies the person about the right time to publish the posts and the user has to open the Instagram account and publish the posts himself.

This app is free for a total of 30 posts for all social media platforms. As for all the social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, you can only schedule a total of 30 posts. For an advanced version, you will have to buy a paid monthly subscription.

Pros

• Mobile-friendly interface
• The analytics provided by this app is real-time
• Scheduling for bulk posts is available
• This app also suggests the best time to upload the post

Cons

A total of 30 posts are only available for all the social media platforms.
The calendar view is not available for the complimentary package

Costing

Hootsuite is free for only 30 total posts for social media platforms. For advanced features and add more profiles, one should upgrade it to a monthly subscription of $29/month. The app also provides a free 30 days trial before joining in for the subscription.

5 – Buffer

This is one of the recent social media platforms’ scheduling apps. This allows the person to schedule the posts in a neater and an organized way.

Just like Hootsuite and Later, this app also requires human intervention to publish the posts. One has to install the app and then schedule the posts in it. The person will then receive a notification regarding the publishing of the post. He/she then has to open an Instagram account and then publish the posts.

This app is also available for free and the user can publish only 10 posts using this app. If one wants to schedule more posts with advanced features, he should get the upgrade plan of $10/month and enjoy scheduling the posts unlimitedly​.

This app comes with a great mobile interface and an amazing feature of re-buffer or republishing the posts again for a scheduled time.

Pros

• Mobile-friendly interface
• Provides real-time analytics on the individual posts
• Provides re-buffer or republishing option for reposting the posts.

Cons

• Only 10 posts are allowed​ in a free account
• One has to upgrade this app in order to enjoy the advanced features
• This app doesn’t provide a visual calendar feature for a free account and shows the posts only as a list

Costing

This app is free but only for 10 posts. Some advanced features are also not eligible for use by the free user. However, a monthly subscription of $10/month is available for the wider use of this app and its services.

So these were some amazing Instagram posts scheduling apps/tools that you are definitely going to enjoy.

I would recommend using these apps/tools based on your​ choice or priority. Tailwind is by far the best and is also available as a free option, but it is limited to only iOS devices. For a digital marketing agency, AgoraPulse could be a great choice.

So, it totally depends upon the person’s choice and requirements. So, now grow your business and increase the visitors’ engagement using these amazing Instagram posts scheduling apps.

These apps will definitely make your work much easier and manageable. You now don’t have to worry about posting the apps and spending much time and effort in the same.

All you have to do is organize the posts priorly and then schedule these posts using the above-mentioned good apps.