Planoly: Scheduled post glitches and errors
Users are experiencing significant issues with the reliability and functionality of auto-posting features, leading to frustrations such as disappearing posts and error messages. Additionally, the perceived high cost of the service compared to competitors adds to user dissatisfaction.
66 different people have complained about this since 26 Aug 2018, most recently on 18 Aug 2026.
No new posts for 82 days. This may have been fixed, or people stopped writing about it — the evidence below is from before 18 Aug 2026.
- “It’s more frustrating to keep up with the app.”
- “Very frustrated and wish I had an alternative.”
- “Very frustrated and considering canceling and going back to manually posting”
66 people in 70 posts across 2 sources · 0 in the last 30 days, 0 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 66 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 66 people using Planoly: Social Media Planner
- What goes wrong
- Fails to connect to Instagram account21 people · 32%
- App crashes or freezes during use21 people · 32%
- Reels and grid layout display incorrectly17 people · 26%
- Drafts and scheduled posts disappear14 people · 21%
- Since
- 26 Aug 2018 → 18 Aug 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Planoly: Social Media Planner
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 11% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint6289%
- Request811%
Sources
70 signals · 2 sources
Evidence
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…me down time and time again and I have only had it less than a week. It’s more frustrating to keep up with the app. Also it’s a PAIN to reconnect back to FB… I don’t want to pay to have my content posted and out all the energy to creating my hash tags and captions just for it not to load correctly. It shows in…
FrustratedUrgent…my views in multiple surveys/help requests but nothing has changed. Very frustrated and wish I had an alternative.
FrustratedManual work…d other times I get a notification that something couldn't be posted. Very frustrated and considering canceling and going back to manually posting
FrustratedManual work…ab (if I can get it to show up at all) never has any data accessible. The internal editing system is useless. And uploading media frequently glitches half way through. If my client did not want to use the service until the year contract was up I would never use this program again. It is a nightmare with a pretty color…
Strong complaint…add and a request for a review before being able to contact support. So far this app hasn't posted anything I've scheduled and it's disabled for a month unless I pay. VERY disappointed.
Wastes timeWould pay
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Why did it move?
Score 23.7 → 23.8 · 05 Nov 2026, 17:00 → 18:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Scheduled post glitches and errors a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 66 different people described it independently, in 70 mentions, the earliest from 26 Aug 2018 and the most recent from 18 Aug 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: quiet — no new posts in the last 60 days. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 0 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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Planoly's auto-scheduling feature seems to be causing a lot of headaches, with posts not going out as planned and the app crashing during manual attempts. We've heard from 50 people about these issues, and it sounds like a real frustration. For those who've experienced this, does the problem happen more often on a specific phone or version of the app?